The question of whether the Orang Asli were the first...

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"The question of whether the Orang Asli were the first to step foot on the Malay Peninsula has been a moot point among scholars of the history of the peninsula. However, as explained in Chapter 1, there is good reason for retaining the term in Malaysia. As linguistics, Ferdinand de Saussure, which says that language is arbitrary and conventional, and from there to a later theory which says that language is relative, never absolute. On the coining of the term Orang Asli, we believe it was done in full consciousness with the objective of making the people bond with the other Bumiputra."

Creator

Asmah Haji Omar

Samsur Rijal Yahya

Noor Hasnoor Mohamad Nor

Source

Asmah Haji Omar, Samsur Rijal Yahya & Noor Hasnoor Mohamad Nor. (2018). The Orang Asli of Malaysia a linguistic perspective. Kuala Lumpur. University of Malaya Press. p.23.

GN635 Asmho

Date

2018

Contributor

amirul

Type

Book

Dublin Core