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    The document discusses two views on the relationship between language and thought. The first view is from George Orwell's 1984, where the government intends for the limited language of Newspeak to limit thought by making dissenting ideas literally unthinkable. The second view is from Ludwig Wittgenstein, who stated that the limits of one's language define the limits of one's world.

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    Language and Thought 21

    Language and Thought


    It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak
    forgotten, a heretical thought—that is, a thought diverging from the principles of IngSoc—
    should be literally unthinkable, at least so far as thought is dependent on words.
    GEORGE ORWELL, appendix to 1984, 1949

    The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.


    LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, 1922

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    22 CHAPTER 1 What Is Language?

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    Language and Thought 23

    SHERMAN’S LAGOON © 2011 JIM TOOMEY

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    Summary 25

    Summary

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    References for Further Reading

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