Newspeak (Routledge Revivals) - A Dictionary of Jargon

List of contents

Introduction; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Newspeak; Bibliography

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathon Green
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.08.2013
• EAN: 9780415732710
• ISBN: 978-0-415-73271-0
• No. of pages: 282
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric, Sociolinguistics, Language: history & general works, Dialect, slang & jargon, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Lexicography, Grammar, syntax and morphology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling & Vocabulary, Language: history and general works, Dialect, slang and jargon