Orwell's condemnation of clichés: "Politics and the English Language"

Authors

  • Monica Maria Montenegro de Oliveira Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica da Paraíba (CEFET-PB) Brazil
  • Malcolm Coulthard Birmingham University United Kingdom
  • Leticia Niederauer Tavares Cavalcanti Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB) Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18265/2447-9187a1999id7506

Keywords:

George Orwell, animal farm, cliché, politcs and the English Language

Abstract

Orwell used cliché in Animal Farm in 1945, despite the fact that he was to condemn it when he wrote "Politics and the English Language" in 1946; the paper was finally published in 1947.

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Published

1999-01-01

How to Cite

OLIVEIRA, M. M. M. de; COULTHARD, M.; CAVALCANTI, L. N. T. Orwell’s condemnation of clichés: "Politics and the English Language". Revista Principia, [S. l.], n. 7, p. 130–133, 1999. DOI: 10.18265/2447-9187a1999id7506. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ifpb.edu.br/index.php/principia/article/view/7506. Acesso em: 3 jan. 2026.

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Linguística, Letras e Artes
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