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The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success

by Geoffrey Lewis · 1999

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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.

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TurkeyTurkeyMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 208 pages

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