Language Simplification Tendencies in Periodical Literature of Tanzimat and “Servet-i Fünun”

Abstract

This article deals with the tendencies of language simplification observed during the Tanzimat and “Servet-i Fünun” periods, both of which played an important role in the development of history of the Turkic public thought, as well as the development of the Turkic literary language. These tendencies are followed in the works of various prominent authors of the respective periods. The unique characteristics of language simplification tendencies are generalized. Both periods are evaluated as the integral phases of a common historical process. The article forms a certain imagine on the state of the common literary language in Turkey at the ends of the XIX century.