LINGUIST List 11.693

Tue Mar 28 2000

Books: Lang Politics/Change, Discourse

Editor for this issue: Scott Fults <scottlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Mike Groseth, Lang Politics/Lang Change: The Turkish Language Reform, G. Lewis
2. Mike Groseth, Discourse: Evaluation in Text, S. Hunston & G. Thompson (eds)

THE TURKISH LANGUAGE REFORM: A Catastrophic Success

Geoffrey Lewis, Oxford University

This is the first account of the transformation of the Turkish
language in the years following 1930--probably the most extensive
piece of language engineering ever attempted. The book is important
both for the study of linguistic change and for the light it throws on
twentieth-century Turkish politics and society.

March 2000 200 pp.; 1 table
0-19-823856-8 $60.00

Oxford University Press

EVALUATION IN TEXT: Authorial Stance and the Construction of
Discourse

Edited by Susan Hunston, University of Birmingham, and Geoffrey
Thompson, University of Liverpool

Long neglected as a focus of linguistic research, evaluation in its
various guises is now being recognized as a crucial aspect of any
study of discourse. In this book, writers coming from different
standpoints are brought together, providing a unique profile of the
topic from several perspectives. These perpectives include: Systemic
Linguistics, Narrative, Corpus Linguistics, and Discourse Analysis.

April 2000 240 pp.
0-19-823854-1 $72.00