EAN: 9783447116961

THE TURKISH LANGUAGE REFORM AND BEYOND KARTONIE...

Debates on language policy and planning in the Republic of Turkey are the focus of this volume
which is the outcome of a conference held at the University of Freiburg in April 2019. The
eight chapters deal with various aspects related to both the official language Turkish and the
other languages used in Turkey  whether autochthonous minority languages or languages that have
recently become important through migration. For their analyses  the authors  coming from
different disciplinary backgrounds like Turkology  political science or history  use methods
like discourse analysis  mixed-method approaches or concepts from the field of linguistic
landscapes research.Topics include re-evaluations of the Turkish Language Reform of the 1920s
and 1930s  analyses of debates concerning the Turkish language in connection with questions of
gender  loanwords and use in political speeches  the language on public and private signs 
demands raised in connection with the so-called Democratic Opening initiated in 2009 or the
migration of refugees from Syria since 2011. Attention to current developments also provides
new perspectives on the early phase of language policy in Turkey and the question whether such
developments can be seen as continuities or discontinuities. In any case  this book makes an
engaging contribution to what seems to be a never-ending story.

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