Turkish Language Reform - A Catastrophic Success

Zusatztext This book can and must be recommended to anyone interested in the modern Turkish language. Klappentext This is the first account of the transformation of the Turkish language in the years following 1930--probably the most extensive piece of language engineering ever attempted. The book is important both for the study of linguistic change and for the light it throws on twentieth-century Turkish politics and society. Zusammenfassung This account of the transformation of Ottoman Turkish into modern Turkish is based on the author's knowledge, experience and continuing study of the language, history, and people of Turkey. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Ottoman Turkish 3. The New Alphabet 4. Ataturk and the Language Reform until 1936 5. The Sun-Language Theory and After 6. Atay, Atac, Sayili 7. Ingredients 8. Concoctions 9. Technical Terms 10. The New Yoke 11. The New Turkish 12. What Happened to the Language Society References

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Lewis, Geoffrey (Emeritus Professor of Turkish Lewis, Geoffrey L Lewis, Geoffrey L. Lewis
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.1999
• EAN: 9780198238560
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823856-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; HISTORY / World, Nationalism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Islamic Studies, General & world history, Turkey, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, turkish, Historical & comparative linguistics, General and world history, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Historical and comparative linguistics, HISTORY / Islamic, Türkiye / Turkey