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In this novel, a contradictory word meaning to quack like a duck is brought up by a character who desires to express every concept (10[1])using exactly one word. This novel’s appendix details the A, B, and C vocabularies of a language (10[1])where all parts of speech are interchangeable. (10[1])In this novel, the philologist Syme (10[1])works on the eleventh edition (10[2])of a dictionary. (10[1])A dark-haired girl throws a dictionary (10[2])at an image of Emmanuel Goldstein in this novel (10[1])on a “bright cold day in April [when] the clocks were striking thirteen.” For 10 points, the words “thoughtcrime” and “doublethink” and the language Newspeak originate from what George Orwell novel about Winston Smith? ■END■

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