Review Article

The formation of Turkish metaphors in information technologies and a metaphor proposal

Volume: 1 Number: 2 December 31, 2021
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The formation of Turkish metaphors in information technologies and a metaphor proposal

Abstract

With the development of information technologies, new concepts and processes have emerged in daily life. The recognition of these concepts and processes reveals the need to produce new metaphors. Metaphors are tools that enable people to understand and explain abstract, complex, or theoretical concepts. In this study, it was aimed to localize the metaphors used in the field of information technology by taking the cultural qualities and origins of the metaphor as central. This Study is conducted with an ethnographic model, a qualitative research method. The ethnographic model enables the research topic to be studied with a cultural perspective. As a result of the study, the origins of the various metaphors used in the field of information technologies and their metaphors have been revealed, and a new metaphorical proposal has been presented by giving examples for using local metaphor in information technologies.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Software Engineering (Other)

Journal Section

Review Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2021

Submission Date

July 3, 2021

Acceptance Date

August 13, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 1 Number: 2

Vancouver
1.İsmail Arıkoğlu, Recep Başarıcı, Mehmet Tekerek. The formation of Turkish metaphors in information technologies and a metaphor proposal. Computers and Informatics [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 1;1(2):56-73. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA34BR84MS

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