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<h1 class="parseasinTitle"><span id="btAsinTitle" style="">Arabisms in
Modern Standard Turkish: A Study on the Arabic Loanwords and the
Turkish Language Reform <span
style="text-transform: capitalize; font-size: 16px;">[Paperback]</span></span></h1>
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<li><b>Paperback:</b> 140 pages</li>
<li><b>Publisher:</b> VDM Verlag Dr. Müller (May 16, 2010)</li>
<li><b>Language:</b> English</li>
<li><b>ISBN-10:</b> 3639254767</li>
<li><b>ISBN-13:</b> 978-3639254761</li>
<li><b>Product Dimensions: </b>
8.7 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
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The Turkish language was deeply influenced by both Arabic and Persian
during the centuries of existence of the Ottoman Empire, and was then
called Osmanl?ca, Ottoman Turkish, thus becoming a truly hybrid
language. After its fall, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of
the Turkish Republic, decided that this influence should cease. Also,
he wanted a pure language for the new nation, an "Öz Türkçe", or Pure
Turkish, free from all foreign, that is, from Arabic and Persian
mainly, influences. This is the topic of this book, that is, to give an
overall idea of who the Turks are, the characteristics of the Turkish
language, why all this Arabic influence on Turkish started and how and
when it ended - with the very controversial "language revolution", or
"Dil Devrimi", as the Turks call it. From the mention of the Turks by
the Chinese in their annals in the 6th century, the important period of
conversion to Islam, to the renewed language in the 20th century, the
reader will have the opportunity to follow the unique history of this
language, that few others can equal.<br>
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