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Yazan, Bedrettin – Language Policy, 2015
As part of the process of nation-state construction, the Republic of Turkey went through a language reform which was comprised of (a) the supplanting of Arabic script with Latin letters adjusted for Turkish phonology and (b) the replacement of Arabic and Persian loanwords with words either derived from known Turkish roots or found in pre-Islamic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Planning, Web Sites, Language Dominance
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Seloni, Lisya; Sarfati, Yusuf – Language Policy, 2013
This article explores the diminished use of Judeo-Spanish among Jews living in Turkey and asks the following research question: What factors, ideologies, and practices contribute to the demise of Judeo-Spanish? To address this question, we employed life history inquiry based on two oral history archives documenting elderly Turkish-Jewish community…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition, Ideology