Turkish Grammar 2nd Edition

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G. L. Lewis (Emeritus Professor of Turkish, Emeritus Professor of Turkish, University of Oxford)

Turkish Grammar 2nd Edition

G. L. Lewis (Emeritus Professor of Turkish, Emeritus Professor of Turkish, University of Oxford)

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Turkish

Oxford University Press
01 December 2000

Grammar & vocabulary; Languages & ESL; Texts; Grammar; Turkish - Grammar; Turkish - Texts; Turkish - Languages

Since its appearance in 1967, Professor Lewis's Turkish Grammar has been the standard work on the language throughout the English-speaking world.

This revised and fully updated new edition further reflects the results of the language reform movement which, though not so drastic in its effect on the spoken language, has made anything written before the early 1930s, and a lot since, increasingly obscure to subsequent generations. Incorporating much new material, it presents an authoritative, lucid, and engaging text, setting out every form and construction of pre- and post-reform Turkish that may be encountered in print, as well as colloquial usages.

Reviews of the first edition:

'This is by far the most comprehensive Turkish grammar ever published in English

[Professor Lewis] guides the student through the delicate labyrinths of the language with sympathetic understanding and

what is rare in the grammarian

humour

The typography and arrangement of the book are beyond all praise, and all in all the book is a most notable achievement.'

Royal Central Asian Journal

'[The] thinnest chapters of a grammar are sometimes those on syntax; but in this book the discussions of modern Turkish syntax are the strongest sections, illustrated by lucid and penetrating analyses of sentence structure, with no skirting round difficulties or papering over of cracks

This book will certainly be instructive and indeed enjoyable reading to every student of Turkish who has already made some progress in the language.'

SOAS Bulletin

'Professor Lewis displays both a mastery of Turkish grammar and an understanding of how that grammar can be best presented to English speakers. His style is clear and readable, his overall approach extremely practical.'

Middle East Journal

By: G. L. Lewis (Emeritus Professor of Turkish Emeritus Professor of Turkish University of Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 423g
ISBN: 9780198700364
ISBN 10: 0198700369
Publication Date: 01 December 2000
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Turkish Grammar 2nd Edition

While others have told the history of the language reform as well, it is Lewis' great merit that more than a third of his study is devoted to analyzing the 'ingredients' and 'concoctions' of this reform as he calls them. This he does both expertly and wittily, enlivening his scholarly discussion of how intellectuals and others employed various suffixes to coin new words while frequently bending the rules of linguistics. * Jacob M. Landau, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem *