In Lutz's eyes, doublespeak "is the language that pretends to communicate but really doesn't. It is the language that makes the bad seem good, the negative appear positive, the unpleasant appear attractive or at least tolerable". Many types of doublespeak are employed in our language to mislead the speaker's audience in a direction that the truth can come out to hold a different meaning. Lutz illustrates the styles of doublespeak into four categories. In shaping these categories, lies the people who hold the responsibility for the proliferation of doublespeak. .
The first of such doublespeak involve the use of euphemisms. A euphemism is a means of using a mild or positive phrase to soften a given statement as coming off as harsh, unpleasant, or distasteful reality. In Lutz's example of sending condolences to someone who is grieving by saying he/she has "passed away" instead of bluntly telling them he/she "had died", is a way of demonstrating a euphemism to indicate your sensitivity to the feelings of that grieving person. But it is when a euphemism is used to mislead or swindle, that it becomes a doublespeak. The U.S. State Department is one of such who has used a euphemism as a doublespeak. Their announcement of replacing the word "killing" by the phrase "unlawful or arbitrary deprivation of life" can be more tolerable to the public, which may have them believe that it's not as bad when essentially it means the same as killing. This results in an act of misleading, which converts this euphemism into a doublespeak as well. Lutz's statements on euphemisms is directed toward the government as being the creators and users of such doublespeak.
Jargon is a doublespeak that is used by those who use a specialized language to communicate with each other effectively. Some of those who use jargon in their language include doctors, lawyers, engineers, educators, or car mechanics. I think lawyers can be most related to using jargon as a doublespeak.
In today's society people are oblivious to doublespeak. The government and television are known for using doublespeak to make things look and sound better then what they are. ... Our government, the people who are in control of are freedom and rights use doublespeak to deceive us. ... Television uses doublespeak to manipulate us into buying their product. ... But there aren't enough to save us from the control of doublespeak....
Doublespeak in the Media Doublespeak in the media is a powerful tool used to influence our sense of reality. ... Doublespeak can be a very destructive form of propaganda. ... Nearly everyone uses doublespeak. ... Doublespeak is designed to appear to communicate when it does not. ... How do we detect doublespeak? ...
Lutz's article on "Language, Appearance, and Reality: Doublespeak in 1984," is about the disguising of words to make sentences "more appropriate." ... Lutz describes at least four kinds of doublespeak: euphemism, jargon, gobbledygook, and inflated. ... When euphemism is used to mislead or deceive, it has now become doublespeak. ... The fourth and final kind of doublespeak is inflation. ... But overall the notion of doublespeak is useful and helpful to those who use it right....
The terminology of "Doublespeak" may be consciously used to deceive. ... Use of doublespeak is easily seen and heard in political context. ... Doublespeak has a way of making wrong seem right, and the bad seem good. ... Society would benefit if when a politician spoke the public had a "doublespeak- translator". ... Doublespeak is a constantly changing language with obscure meanings often used by those in power....
"The squeaky wheel gets the grease" Which means it is best to speak up according to Americans. But a saying in Japan the goes; " The nail that sticks out gets hammered back in" which implies that it is better to keep quiet. That is one difference that you can find between cultures but there are also...
"The squeaky wheel gets the grease" Which means it is best to speak up according to Americans. But a saying in Japan the goes; " The nail that sticks out gets hammered back in" which implies that it is better to keep quiet. That is one difference that you can find between cultures but there are also...
The article called "Doubts About Doublespeak" by William Lutz. In this article, Lutz explains how government is trying to alter the way people react to words or phrases through a new way of rephrasing called doublespeak. One type of doublespeak is called euphemism. ...
Over the course of a person's life, propaganda will be a major factor in that person's everyday decisions. Propaganda is used to persuade people to support or adopt a certain opinion or attitude. In "Doubts About Doublespeak", William Lutz explains that "Doublespeak", or propaganda, "is a language w...
He'd likely tell you that it was the "challenge" that drew him into the project, which is Hollywood doublespeak for "sure thing" -- after all, there's nothing so breezy as dissolving a complex issue into three easy acts, especially when there are a few million avid readers out there who'll probably go see the film whether it's done with real actors or finger puppets. ...
