Episode 4: Orwell's Newspeak

01/10/24 • 24 min

Hello everyone, and welcome to Books Undone. I'm your host, Livia J. Elliot, and today we will discuss Newspeak, the fictional language that is under development in the famous novel 1984, written by George Orwell. It's a classic dystopia, but it is so deep, that I couldn't fit it entirely in a single chapter... so today, we'll only focus on language-related elements.

Full disclosure: there are spoilers in this podcast, but more importantly, what you will hear is my subjective opinion of it. You are allowed and entitled to disagree and differ.

Find the transcript on my website: https://liviajelliot.com/blog/2024/8-podcast-newspeak/

MENTIONED LINKS LINKS:
► UK's National Archive: George Orwell's Survilliance: https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/george-orwell-surveillance-and-the-state/
► Appendix to George Orwell's 1984, "The Principles of Newspeak": https://orwell.ru/library/novels/1984/english/en_app

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Full disclosure: there are spoilers in this podcast, but more importantly, what you will hear is my subjective opinion of it. You are allowed and entitled to disagree and differ.

Find the transcript on my website: https://liviajelliot.com/blog/2024/8-podcast-newspeak/

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Episode 3: Language in Babel-17

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Books Undone. I'm your host, Livia J. Elliot, and today we will discuss BABEL-17, a classic sci-fi by Samuel R. Delaney. I came across it thanks to a recommendation of a BookTube channel I watch regularly, @johanareads. In this episode, I will discuss the book's central theme of linguistic relativism.

Full disclosure: there are spoilers in this podcast, but more importantly, what you will hear is my subjective opinion of it. You are allowed and entitled to disagree and differ.

Find the transcript on my website:
https://liviajelliot.com/blog/2023/6-podcast-babel17/

Where else can you find me?

If you want to find out more about me, you can also check my website: https://liviajelliot.com/

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