Türkçeye Teknolojik Gelişmeler İle Giren Yabancı Kökenli Sözcükler Üzerine Bir Çalışma

The developments in the technological areas like automotive industry, computation, communication and media sectors accelerate the percentage of the borrowings that enter into Turkish from foreign languages, especially from English. The present study was carried out with the aim of determining the attitude of the young Turkish people towards the borrowings that enter in their native language through such novelties. It also tried to analyze the success and acceptance of the Turkish words that have been produced to replace such borrowings. The findings of the study revealed that young Turkish people mainly prefer to use the borrowed words rather than their Turkish counterparts. It was observed that majority of the target borrowed items could not be replaced with Turkish counterparts yet. The reason for this situation might be that such usages are viewed as more prestigious by the young Turkish people. Besides, the Turkish words that are produced to replace the borrowings seem not to be introduced to young people adequately.