Critical Analysis – George Orwell: Politics and the English Language

In George Orwell's politics and English, he stated his view on English differences. Orwell negatively expresses that contemporary English is "full of bad habits" (Orwell, 1946). And in today's society, people are using English incorrectly.

Mr. Orwell also discussed the irrelevant nature of foreign words and said, "Hundreds of foreign words and phrases are actually not necessary in English." (Orwell, 1946) He thinks that we need to delete foreign words such as "sacred sac", "ancient regime", "current situation" and replace them with new words. But Orwell does not clarify how new phrases will replace old phrases. English has never been a stone language, and has undergone a transient change. Due to popular influence, the impact of the world is transplanted to our language.

English has always been influenced by foreign countries, such as French, German, Latin. This is inconsistent with attempts to delete Orwell's foreign words as most languages ​​come from other languages. As words change, new words become popular, old words and phrases become obsolete and lose their position in English. After all, Orwell called it "pretending words" that would be obsoleted and also replaced by other phrases that would have foreign influences.

George, Orwell (1946) Politics and English, London: Horizon n http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/ (Visit Date: 12th April 2012)

(1) George Orwell 's 1946 paper "Politics and English" has had a sustained impact on the relationship between politics and language. (2) This effect is particularly evident given the variety of reviews that cited the paper recently. (3) For example, articles analyzing some common words of "The The Distortion of Language; or or Revisited" in Mark Falcoff 's 2009 "National Commentary Online" ("Activist", "Civil Rights Leader ) "Diversity" etc.) (4) A close analysis of Falkov's ambiguity in political language intentionally reflects Orwell's own point-by-point analysis of the then political language. (5) Even after 63 years 'publication, Orwell' s paper was followed by contemporary thinkers.

In George Orwell's politics and English, he stated his view on English differences. Orwell negatively expresses that contemporary English is "full of bad habits" (Orwell, 1946). And in today's society, people are using English incorrectly. Mr. Orwell also discussed the irrelevant nature of foreign words and said, "Hundreds of foreign words and phrases are actually not necessary in English." (Orwell, 1946) He thinks that we need to delete foreign words such as "sacred sac", "ancient regime", "current situation" and replace them with new words. But Orwell did not clarify how new phrases would replace old phrases. English has never been a stone language, and has undergone a transient change. Due to popular influence, the impacts of the world are ported to our language.