ORWELL'S NEWSPEAK AND THE MODERN DISCOURSE

Authors

  • O. Matkovska

Keywords:

newspeak, language manipulation mechanisms, desemantisation of vocabulary, weasel words, political correctness, circumlocution, euphemism

Abstract

The article looks into the notion of newspeak, its features and functions in Orwell’s concept and attempts to trace the determined newspeak properties in the modern discourse. Newspeak manipulative mechanisms have been found in media, political and advertising discourse as realized in euphemisms, clichéd phrases, desemantised vocabulary, weasel words, abbreviations, and political correctness.

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Published

2012-06-29

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 26 (2012): Scientific proceedings of Ostroh Academy National University. "Philology" Series

Section

LINGUISTIC AND LITERATURE MATERIAL IN ITS STRUCTURAL AND STYLISTIC INTERPRETATIO

How to Cite

ORWELL’S NEWSPEAK AND THE MODERN DISCOURSE. (2012). Scientific Notes of Ostroh Academy National University: Philology Series, 1(26), 185-187. https://journals.oa.edu.ua/Philology/article/view/1139