1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Malay, Malaysian, and Indonesian -- 1.3. Methodology -- 2. Grammatical preliminaries -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The noun phrase -- 2.3. The prepositional phrase -- 2.4. The trigger system -- 2.5. Transitive clauses -- 2.6. Intransitive clauses -- 2.7. Some special clause types -- 2.8. Clause combining -- 2.9. Summary -- 3. Classical Malay -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. The discourse particles pun and lah -- 3.3. Constituent order in pun-less clauses -- 3.4. The interaction of factors and inter-text differences -- 3.5. Basic order -- 3.6. Conclusions -- 4. Modern Indonesian -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The loss of pun -- 4.3. The transitive clause -- 4.4. Intransitive clauses -- 4.5. Differences between authors -- 4.6. Basic order -- 4.7. Conclusions -- 5. Conclusions -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Other varieties -- 5.3. The path of change -- 5.4. The role of contact -- 5.5. Conclusions -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.