Round 6: Tossup 17

In this novel, a contradictory word meaning to quack like a duck is brought up by a character who desires to express every concept using exactly one word. (10[1])This novel’s appendix details the A, B, and C vocabularies of a language where all (10[1])parts of speech (10[1])are interchangeable. In this novel, the philologist Syme works on the eleventh (10[1])edition of a dictionary. (10[4])A dark-haired girl throws a dictionary at an image (10[1])of Emmanuel Goldstein in this novel 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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