...belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes. Now, it is clear that the decline of a language must...thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which...

...belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes. Now, it is clear that the decline of a language must...thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which...

...belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes. Now, it is clear that the decline of a language must...thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which...

...inquiry as gathering evidence. In a frequently quoted passage, George Orwell (1968) warns that language 'becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts...language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts' (p. 128). When undertaking historical inquiry, therefore, individuals must be rigorously attentive...

...Western intellectuals. Silly things are uttered, to be sure, largely because we have foolish thoughts — "But the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts." Orwell complained that "as soon as certain topics are raised [like religion, economics, or politics?l,...

...belief that language is a natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes. Now, it is clear that the decline of a language must...thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which...

...connection between language and thought. "A man may take to drink," Orwell wrote, "because he thinks himself a failure, and then fail all the more completely because...makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts." Good speakers and writers usually have many, many words at their command. But having them and using...

...1949, 'In Search of Goethe from Within, Letter to a German', in Partisan Review (trans. WR Trask) 2:93 A man may take to drink because he feels himself to...thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. George Orwell, 1946, 'Politics and the English Language', Horizon, no. 13 2:94 Newspeak was the official...

...(1905- ), biologist, greatly interested in politics and the application of science to social ends. more completely because he drinks. It is rather the...thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which...

...articles. Modern management writers could take Orwell's (1957) words to heart. He says that language 'becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts...makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts'. View the above in context of the earlier material covered. For Orwell, language consisted increasingly...