1st Edition

Newspeak (Routledge Revivals) A Dictionary of Jargon

By Jonathon Green Copyright 1984
278 Pages
by Routledge

282 Pages
by Routledge

278 Pages
by Routledge

George Orwell coined the term ‘Newspeak’ for his novel 1984 , the purpose of which was designed to shrink vocabularies and eliminate subtlety and nuance. For this dictionary, first published to herald the year 1984, Jonathon Green compiled nearly 8, 000 entries – selected from the slangs and specific vocabularies of trades, professions and interests – covering such areas as the world of... Read more

Introduction;  Acknowledgments;  Abbreviations;  Newspeak;  Bibliography

Biography

Jonathon Green