The
appendix to is an explanation of the principles of Newspeak, the language
the Party is working on to replace English (Oldspeak) by 2050. The goal of the change is to make
"heretical thought . . . literally unthinkable."
Newspeak does this
creating a few new words, but primarily by planning to eradicate as many words as possible and
by reducing the words that are left to one meaning. The appendix expands on what Syme discussed
about language within the canteen.
According to the Appendix, Newspeak will
consist of three classes of language:
The A vocabulary
consisted of the words needed for the business of everyday life . . .The B
vocabulary consisted of words which had been deliberately constructed for political purposes . .
.The C vocabulary was supplementary to the others and consisted entirely of
scientific and technical terms. . . .
The purpose of the
new language is to, as far as possible, eradicate the possibility of independent thought. It
presupposes that we are...
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