Totalitarian Language: Orwell's Newspeak and Its Nazi and Communist Antecedents

By John Wesley Young and John Wesley Young

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813913241
• ISBN13: 9780813913247
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Univ of Virginia Pr
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"