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# The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success New Ed Edition

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    He presents an excellent historical background for the reform and furnished plenty of ...
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2017*

I read about the alphabet change that Turkish underwent in school but I first learned about the vocabulary reform many years ago from the author's online article. Having an etymological sense myself and studying Turkish alone, I've been horrified and fascinated by some of the new misbegotten creations ever since. Recently I was determined to acquire the book and read more.  The author is very insightful and knowledgeable and knows his material thoroughly. His research is impeccable. He presents an excellent historical background for the reform and furnished plenty of juicy examples. A very useful additional is the translation he provides with every Turkish excerpt; providing a sense of the original thinking of the reformers in both form and vocabulary (and showing how individual words gradually became replaced) and also giving the aspiring Turkish learner an opportunity to learn sophisticated structures.Several Turkish and non Turkish friends of mine asked why the word "catastrophic" in the title. The author himself addresses this question in the book and also states that most people don't care where their words come from. However, just ask Nietzsche urged us to have a sense for the historical and understand the genealogy of morals, reading Mr Lewis's book will help reader develop an etymological sense and understand the genealogy of words, thus showing that even when it comes to wordsmithery, there is a scholarly, correct way (as exemplified by the author himself), and there is a shoddy, uninformed, way, to be avoided at all costs.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Turkish Language Reform by G.Lewis : an opinion
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2012*

This book is for libraries and I'm not a librarian. It is a book for highly specialized linguists which I am not. So obviously I made a mishtake in buying it, but I will not blame this on Professor Lewis. What I wanted really was a middle-brow account of Kemal's language reforms, of which I knew but little: the crazy extremism of the whole thing appealed to me. Well, Lewis' book did give me a good part of the story, but then it goes on to a treatment in minutest detail of the language reform itself, with learned arguments for and against Turkish linguists and discussions of word families and even single words. All in all, a huge deal more than I ever meant to bite off, much less chew and swallow.It's OK with me but it may be a great book for highly specialized people steeped in the Turkish language.I DO NOT regret buying this book.Alex TrierSantiago, Chile

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    You don’t have to speak Turkish to enjoy this book
  

*by A***M on Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2019*

This is a wonderful book to read if you are interested in social engineering. It is informative, it is entertaining, and it is engaging. Professor Lewis is masterful in presenting his case. You don’t even have to speak Turkish to enjoy the book. I have read it twice already and I am sure I will read it many more times to appreciate what the reformers dreamed and what the people expected.

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