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 entertainment, the media, the military economics, and finance. This dictionary provides an accurate and useful linguistic guide for students of lexicography and an interesting compendium for the general inquisitive reader.
| ISBN: | 9780415732734 |
| Publication date: | 10th April 2015 |
| Author: | Jonathon Green |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 264 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Revivals |
| Genres: |
Dialect, slang and jargon Grammar, syntax and morphology Lexicography Language: history and general works Sociolinguistics |
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 entertainment, the media, the military economics, and finance. This dictionary provides an accurate and useful linguistic guide for students of lexicography and an interesting compendium for the general inquisitive reader.
Newspeak features in the following genres: Dialect, slang and jargon, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Lexicography, Language: history and general works, Sociolinguistics
Newspeak is available in Paperback
Newspeak was written by Jonathon Green and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Newspeak has 264 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Revivals series
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