Here, Orwell dispassionately discusses the вЂњperfectedвЂќ form of Newspeak, including itsВ grammatical вЂњpeculiarities,вЂќ such as вЂњan almost complete interchangeability between different parts of speechвЂќ (an issue current translators have encountered). These quotations come not from the main text of 1984but from an appendix called вЂњ The Principles of Newspeak,вЂќ which you can hear read at the top of the post. ItвЂ™s entirely plausible thatВ вЂњalternative facts,вЂќ or вЂњ altfacts,вЂќ would fit right into the вЂњNinth and Tenth Editions of the Newspeak Dictionary,вЂќ though it might easily fall out of favor and вЂњbe suppressed later.вЂќ No telling if it would make the cut for вЂњthe final, perfected versionвЂќ of Newspeak, вЂњas embodied in the Eleventh Edition of the Dictionary.вЂќ The purpose of Newspeak was not only to provide a medium of expression for the world-view and mental habits proper to the devotees of Ingsoc, but to make all other modes of thought impossible. (We might call OrwellвЂ™s English Socialists вЂњ accelerationsts.вЂќ) Newspeak appears not through history or social change but through the will of the Party.

In other words, Newspeak isnвЂ™t just a set of buzzwords, but the deliberate replacement of one set of words in the language for another.В The transition is still in progress in the fictionalВ 1984, but is expected to be completed вЂњby about the year 2050.вЂќ Students of history and linguistics will recognize that this is a ludicrouslyВ accelerated pace for the complete replacement of one vocabulary and syntaxВ byВ another.

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