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THE POWER OF LANGUAGE IN ORWELL’S NOVEL: ANIMAL FARM A PRAGMATIC STUDY

Tabarak Abdul- Hussein Turkey, Mazin Jasim Al- Hilu

Volume: 10 Issue: 2 2020

Abstract:

This research is concerned with analysing pragmatically the power of language upon people. The analysis focuses on the British novel, 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell. This study aims at analysing the language used in the novel and showing how it can be used as an oppressive device that can be manipulated to lead to a totalitarian state. The model of analysis that is used in the current study is Grice’s theory of implicature and the cooperative principles (1975). The researcher employs qualitative method to have deep understanding and examination to the data of the present study. The results of this research reveal that pragmatic analysis shows that language can be used as a tool to spread power and authority. It can lead to a whole totalitarianism when those in power imply their aims and intuitions in the words they use. The implied meaning occurs when the speaker violates the relevance, the manner, the quality and the quantity maxims and being uncooperative. The study also shows the role and power that the language has upon the thought and behaviour of people

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v10i02.019

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