Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life

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Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life
Eclecticism: Reflections on literature, writing and life
Language and meaning

Language and meaning

An initial observation

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“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”

— GEORGE ORWELL, 1984

Conversing, by Terry Freedman

I’ve been fascinated by language and meaning for as long as I can remember. However, it is only recently that I became conscious of how that is evidenced by the books I read.

1984, by George Orwell, from which I’ve quoted above, is an o…

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