1: Introduction
2Ottoman 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
Index
Geoffrey Lewis, FBA 1979, has been Emeritus Professor of Turkish at the University of Oxford since 1986 and a Fellow of St Anthony's College since 1961 (now Emeritus). He was Oxford University Visiting Professor at Robert College, Istanbul 1959-68, and has been a Visiting Professor at Princeton and UCLA.
`Review from previous edition The Turkish Language Reform is a
dramatic story, entertainingly written, and not overly long. What
is more, it provides a great insight into the practicalities of
language planning.... From the moment you read 'A catastrophic
success' in the subtitle you know that Lewis's intention is to
provide interesting, entertaining reading. The story is a great one
... and well worth the read.''
Journal of Sociolinguistics 5/2, 2001
`Professor Lewis has written a fascinating book and he deserves the
gratitude and appreciation of both colleagues and non-specialists
alike. Lewis has succeeded in making a demanding task seem
particularly easy and even graceful. As a stylist, Lewis is
incisive, sometime brutally candid, and almost always witty. The
book is sure to remain the last word on the language reform for a
long time to come.'
Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
`Very informative - especially for the nonspecialist - and
worthwhile reading ... this book can and must be recommended to
anyone interested in the modern Turkish language.''
Anthropological Linguistics
`Lewis's book is learned, eloquent, and witty... Particularly
effective and entertaining are those passages which he skillfully
translates twice -- first in their unadulterated form with their
full complement of words of non-Turkic origin, then in their
clean-up, "pure" Turkic form.''
Sino-Platonic Papers
`Lewis ... writes in a lively and witty style. Absolutely essential
for collections supporting Turkish and linguistics departments at
all levels... This book is a fascinating description of what can
happen when language reform is attempted in an unplanned but
enthusiastic fashion.''
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