Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    George Orwell's Theory of Language
    George Orwell's Theory of Language
    George Orwell's Theory of Language
    Ebook187 pages2 hours

    George Orwell's Theory of Language

    By Andrei Reznikov

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    There is not a single book that gives a systematic description of George Orwells views on language. Andrei Reznikovs work is the first attempt to fill this gap. Reznikov puts together the pieces of Orwells language puzzle, scattered throughout his essays, diaries, letters, radio talks and fiction, and proposes the Newspeak model as Orwells way to formulate his theory. The theory is then tested with illustrative examples from three languagesmodern English, Nazi German, and Soviet Russian. Finally, the author describes bias-free language as an implementation of Orwells ideas.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateAug 20, 2001
    ISBN9781469715988
    George Orwell's Theory of Language
    Author

    Andrei Reznikov

    Andrei Reznikov is a Professor of English at Karelian State Pedagogical University (Petrozavodsk, Russia). In 2000-2001 he was a Visiting Fulbright Scholar in the English Department of the University of Vermont, where he researched George Orwell’s theory of language.

    Related to George Orwell's Theory of Language

    Related ebooks

    Social Science For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      A Clockwork Jihadi

      May 27, 2021

      A Clockwork Jihadi
      12 min read

    • Article

      594 Ways of Reading Jane Eyre

      Feb 12, 2020

      Last summer, University of Oxford professor Matthew Reynolds, in collaboration with an international team of more than two dozen scholars, launched Prismatic Jane Eyre, a research project that explores the relationship between Charlotte Brontë’s clas

      4 min read

    • Article

      Translating Chinese Literature: Cross-Cultural Communication

      Jun 16, 2022

      Chinese literary works have become an important window for foreigners to understand Chinese culture. In bridging the gap, translators, as messengers of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, play an important role. A senior translato

      5 min read

    • Article

      Cormac McCarthy Returns to the Kekulé Problem

      Nov 30, 2017

      Robert Musil, in his Man Without Qualities, wrote that a Soul is “That which crawls away and hides whenever someone mentions algebra.” According to his friend, Elias Canetti, Musil “felt at home and seemed natural among scientists,” as distinct from

      7 min read

    • Article

      Broadening the Bookshelves

      Sep 24, 2022

      Broadening the Bookshelves
      6 min read

    • Article

      Translation as a Condition of Life: The Millions Interviews Aron Aji

      Sep 19, 2019

      One’s proficiency in a language has little to do with one’s birthplace. Proficiency requires training, study, and practice. The post Translation as a Condition of Life: The Millions Interviews Aron Aji appeared first on The Millions.

      17 min read

    • Article

      Talking Is Throwing Fictional Worlds at One Another

      Sep 9, 2020

      A few years ago, David Adger was in his office at Queen Mary University of London, where he is a professor of linguistics, when the phone rang. It was a British TV company that wanted him to invent a language for monsters with no lips, just big teeth

      10 min read

    • Article

      Professor Noam Chomsky

      Feb 29, 2024

      Professor Noam Chomsky
      4 min read

    • Article

      Talking Is Throwing Fictional Worlds at One Another

      Sep 19, 2019

      A few years ago, David Adger was in his office at Queen Mary University of London, where he is a professor of linguistics, when the phone rang. It was a British TV company that wanted him to invent a language for monsters with no lips, just big teeth

      10 min read

    • Article

      Watch Your Mouth

      Jul 12, 2018

      Watch Your Mouth
      1 min read

    • Article

      How the Federal Writers’ Project Shaped a Generation of Authors

      Oct 16, 2023

      The Federal Writers' Project of the 1930s proved an education in art and empathy. The post How the Federal Writers’ Project Shaped a Generation of Authors appeared first on The Millions.

      6 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for George Orwell's Theory of Language

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      George Orwell's Theory of Language - Andrei Reznikov

      Nabook_preview_excerpt.html[r7&b[i =5RLl P*T5za^mcfggOї9 .ͦlG!U$rd&~ԸfiҔ姟ӫ7+jB=ղxgO1V6+{6x_ۚƫn^5幮\B=UJJ,k\xlL~/u֭C5ߪW/urve;wzF5n\X5mt׶m񣭔j5ay6x#SF+gʔ&oWxkmr̰@^v^ [)䯭a}[qCZW)ߺoLXѥ[ߚu.mr]Ufmᖋƭn^Z2L`3[_*f;yZO XR]\8=̧n߾W*S筙zaLxv󇗗3ۍųyrG/o;wxtow:ꆡ#[:Z?<ͼ׾sU;~#=ë'E.KS,:~1PZ⎢xpF& :Vݒ>*3K?.MgJ\u~i|GOBǨgۮUcc ,@C_?*9_ߞV)W/DG\=t^ju&|B:^:7͢:Ȯ8+K>~,d Φ3zI[yWj`F׺y "g`@g0pWִ ?Zq㥗& %xanAk% z ջZ=wkZ<7Bmemkgv[6G|4s1Vj1fV xCY$'3CLoD#k0kd:|w!5{vwf %F{̓Ak\92e 6̽RoC{Xy$r?8~kS"F󅔿yR)+ 1ti?9i|T" Ke#`joxKt|À49?9fEhdcEMOAO7|^`膅)Pkۮ0INGHC]:ǫwT`?s>weJÍDF,k",Ti/`-WNV"b Ldˢ()>-#ł%6_R7MQjkGtk.A!WioQ_ U 9!vB9l+iq 0PbLwe4jp>0rW!D X~WnFh Gg6;:>)ҹ tv0ƌ2S23Q 4YUY!'FjKpPWڃ# ==C_~Uj419UI~7췰X#|uBH Ak\n ֯F1z^ăS57=c7fi\Hw~駿FD'ԡ| 1(.a>^g5Ѥl(+8~VKIޜMWb8kU,Sj<: {xtbԚ;é6PiP5!`Rŕ.h9:**Ҥ"R'ȣL?ϷP:z+$X=CPr[̏ۃ'Ȳq)ڔ}2"պ\"!![i L=/m>xYջz3%4u?[x8X<`x=) dpW:EHZrώi?t!8l[|^/ EbQ#YKU/P}*g3Z=-yn/P7\w?O~P(&V[-7-;^:'%MYccKYQe;>v7}={jSgb)(Ӷm *Sa.o,Kdo%AJEu"  Dc#+ CZo2Lֵ7to ¸}jTCׁW3l0󂣅~dN*4."9(.%q昊V?~yE Kҫ1s^lLL3vh?Idҥd)l5i,0>O?MZ.0P/1r+@Xv;r_{% ~&=nq;oq5ɦO3n#pe+uoǩ2/Rё5T|KTtwꑰMX֕a҆޲iv2n[ ܢvlPc&Rs,mAIc/^ IѤ u9K+KE»482G \=^?TuPKC8w68^X6VCa-P|NA>LeRaab]3hkA-"*iK,mߦXW\TBbc=4Z~D>݀qzg%ma sJt f#7Vs`zq>gIDa~Lo=;?g~trM|@[Xcѳ8 b i wx󁐙}i7+ ;^NTìTR=aԌ[ќ%GZԟɵl0)ؾ, %\hvqQM0`{&x, N!&/ʎP19=ZK#$P_6+9L I ,C3&m]^ "qtY 1Ksty>KIC<|#uAҰ$,|*(SJfJ)ܒ{v[S8(D$s*' s_aģ`b%:3[+Wа~x'ccT7\7Eg;I?ct1VBZ< b ?{ SJ}7IdeF`ӯ7x:|+L7`e҂ZQQUyM<]fJ-Y \gf/@Ɵ 7l`Is{{zla!Սpo2 0͆M#ñ f5{z/gw%h<Ȧ4D9
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1