Neologisms and new words in XXI<sup>th</sup> century’s Turkish
Neologism is the term which is assigned to a thing, product, instrument, or notion. It can also be an existing word or phrase used in a new context. Neologisms are often confused with new words that are new elements derived by the process of word formation of the language. A neologism is a new language sign defining new notions while a new word represents a new sign for the existing signifier. In this paper, Turkish neologisms will be first compared to neologisms in western languages; then their etymological structure and semantics will be discussed.