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1984 - Newspeak
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Newspeak Examples
What is Newspeak?
Definition in 1984:
- Newspeak is a fictional language created by George Orwell for the use in 1984.
- It is the official language of Oceania, and is thought to replace old speak and standard English by the year 2050.
Newspeak - Continued
- Newspeak is entirely devised to meet the requirements for INGSOC, also known as the English Socialism.
- It is a language designed to limit a person's possibility of rebellious thoughts; it is engineered to contain no negative terms.
- It was created to provide a medium of expression for world-views and mental habits towards the members of INGSOC
- It's vocabulary is constructed to give subtle expressions to every meaning possible that a member would want to express.
- Newspeak is designed to not extend, but limit the range of thought and in order to do this, the words were cut to a minimum.
- Newspeak words are divided into three classes, Vocabulary A, Vocabulary B, and Vocabulary C.
Vocabularies
Vocabulary A
- The Vocabulary A contains everyday words and phrases, as Orwell says, “for such things as eating, drinking, working” and so on.
- In comparison with modern English, these words are fewer in number but more rigid in meaning.
- Newspeak leaves no room for nuance, or for degrees of meaning.
Vocabulary B
- The Vocabulary B of Newspeak contains all words with political or ideological significance, specially made to engender blind acceptance of the Party’s doctrines.
- The Vocabulary B consists entirely of compound words and often compresses words into smaller forms to achieve simplicity.
Vocabulary C
- The Vocabulary C surrounds words that relate specifically to scientific and technical disciplines.
- It is designed to ensure that technical knowledge remains segmented among many fields, so that no individual can gain access to too much knowledge.