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sodidthefactofhavingveryfewwordstochoosefrom。relativetoourown,thenewspeakvocabularywastiny,andnewwaysofreducingitwereconstantlybeingdevised。newspeak,indeed,differedfrommostallotherlanguagesinthatitsvocabularygrewsmallerinsteadoflargereveryyear。eachreductionwasagain,sincethesmallertheareaofchoice,thesmallerthetemptationtotakethought。ultimatelyitwashopedtomakearticulatespeechissuefromthelarynxwithoutinvolvingthehigherbraincentresatall。thisaimwasfranklyadmittedinthenewspeakwordduckspeak,meaning“toquacklikeaduck”。likevariousotherwordsinthebvocabulary,duckspeakwasambivalentinmeaning。providedthattheopinionswhichwerequackedoutwereorthodoxones,itimpliednothingbutpraise,andwhenthetimesreferredtooneoftheoratorsofthepartyasadoubleplusgoodduckspeakeritwaspayingawarmandvaluedcompliment。
thecvocabulary。
thecvocabularywassupplementarytotheothersandconsistedentirelyofscientificandtechnicalterms。theseresembledthescientifictermsinusetoday,andwereconstructedfromthesameroots,buttheusualcarewastakentodefinethemrigidlyandstripthemofundesirablemeanings。theyfollowedthesamegrammaticalrulesasthewordsintheothertwovocabularies。veryfewofthecwordshadanycurrencyeitherineverydayspeechorinpoliticalspeech。anyscientificworkerortechniciancouldfindallthewordsheneededinthelistdevotedtohisownspeciality,butheseldomhadmorethanasmatteringofthewordsoccurringintheotherlists。onlyaveryfewwordswerecommontoalllists,andtherewasnovocabularyexpressingthefunctionofscienceasahabitofmind,oramethodofthought,irrespectiveofitsparticularbranches。therewas,indeed,nowordfor“science”,anymeaningthatitcouldpossiblybearbeingalreadysufficientlycoveredbythewordingsoc。