"Politics and the English Language" (1946) is an essay by George Orwell that criticised the "ugly and inaccurate" written English of his time and examined...
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English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The namesake of the language...
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Language politics is the way language and linguistic differences between peoples are dealt with in the political arena. This could manifest as government...
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English is a West Germanic language that originated from Ingvaeonic languages brought to Britain in the mid-5th to 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants...
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Basic English (a backronym for British American Scientific International and Commercial English) is a controlled language based on standard English, but...
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spending." In the 1946 essay "Politics and the English Language", George Orwell discussed the use of loaded language in political discourse: The word Fascism...
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The English language in Europe, as a native language, is mainly spoken in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Outside of these states, it has official status...
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English as a lingua franca (ELF) is the use of the English language "as a global means of inter-community communication"[full citation needed] and can...
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Teaching English as a second (TESL) or foreign language (TEFL) and teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) are terms that refer to teaching...
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The English Wikipedia is the primary English-language edition of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia. It was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger on...
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An English-based creole language (often shortened to English creole) is a creole language for which English was the lexifier, meaning that at the time...
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political doublespeak is criticized throughout his work, such as in Politics and the English Language. The New York Times has said the term is "the most...
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century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English period. Scholarly opinion varies, but the University...
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The English language descends from Old English, the West Germanic language of the Anglo-Saxons. Most of its grammar, its core vocabulary and the most common...
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Languages of India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages...
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Newspeak (redirect from Oldspeak (Standard English))
essay "Politics and the English Language" (1946) and in "The Principles of Newspeak" appendix to Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), Orwell discusses the communication...
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their native language, Arabic 18%, Russian 15%, Yiddish 2%, French 2%, English 2%, Spanish 1.6%, and 10% other languages (including Romanian, and Amharic,...
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In his 1946 essay "Politics and the English Language", George Orwell criticised the extensive use of "foreign" words in English. Australian composer...
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English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. English...
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Linguistic prescription (redirect from English usage)
language variety as purer Politics and the English Language – 1946 essay by George Orwell Traditional grammar – Framework for the description of the structure...
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International English is the concept of using the English language as a global means of communication similar to an international auxiliary language, and often...
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of the English Language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, was published on 15 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson. It is among the most...
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The following is a list of countries and territories where English is an official language used in citizen interactions with government officials. As of...
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Republic, Aristotle's Politics, Confucius's political manuscripts and Chanakya's Arthashastra. The English word politics has its roots in the name of Aristotle's...
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Old and Middle English. The Old English language started first from the Angle-Jute-Saxon invaders/settlers in the South and Eastern regions, and evolved...
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official language in seven other states and one union territory. Furthermore, English is the sole official language of the Judiciary of India, unless the state...
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The most commonly used language in the United States is English (specifically American English), which is the national language. A March 2025 executive...
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Modern English, sometimes called New English (NE) or present-day English (PDE) as opposed to Middle and Old English, is the form of the English language that...
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The identity of the longest word in English depends on the definition of "word" and of length. Words may be derived naturally from the language's roots...
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political reasons, or speakers of minority languages may be underreported in favor of a national language. Ethnologue lists the following languages as...
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