Totalitarian language : Orwell's Newspeak and its Nazi and communist antecedents /
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| Author / Creator: | Young, John Wesley, 1951- |
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| Imprint: | Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, c1991. |
| Description: | xi, 335 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1292459 |
| Summary: | In this analysis of the language of totalitarianism, John Wesley Young examines the manipulation of language by Nazi and Communist regimes. Relating the language of totalitarian regimes to the language Newspeak in George Orwell's satirical novel 1984, Young addresses the similarities and differences between the real and fictional languages, demonstrates the accuracy of Newspeak, and explores the degree of control that language can exert over the thought and behaviour of a people. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 335 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-312) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0813913241 |