RECREATING LANGUAGE – THE ART OF EXPRESSING A SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE
Accepted
26 March 2026
Available Online
15 November 2014
Abstract
THE PRESENT ARTICLE SUMMARIZES SOME OF T HE MAIN LANGUAGE CHARACTERISTICS USED BY MALCOLM BRADBURY IN HIS NOVEL RATES OF EXCHANGE. THE MAIN AIM OF THE ARTICLE I S TO DEMONSTRATE THE AUTHOR’S SUCCESS IN USING THE LANGUAGE SOLELY TO PRESENT AN D INVENT A SYSTEM, INSPIRED FROM THE COMMUNIST ONE. HIS SYSTEM IS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF THE FOREIGN TRAVELLER WHO CANNOT ADAPT TO THE RULES WHICH HE CANNOT UNDE RSTAND. THE PAPER IS ORGANIZED INTO FOUR DISTINCT SUBCHAPTERS EACH OF THEM DESCRIBING BRAD BURY’S PERSPECTIVE O VER THE COMMUNIST REGIME: THE STATUS OF THE REGIME, THE IN VENTED LANGUAGE, THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SLAKAN AND ENGLISH A ND THE FINAL CONCLUS IONS. FURTHERMORE, T HE ARTICLE PRESENTS NOT ONLY THE SYSTEM BUT ALSO THE SOCIETY , THROUGH ITS MAIN C HARACTERS. THESE CHARACTERS ARE PRESENTED BOTH AS PART OF THE SYSTEM, BUT ALSO AS INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO ADAPT TO THESE CHANGING RULES.
Keywords
SLAKAN LANGUAGE
PROTOTYPICAL SOCIETY
IRONY AND SARCASM
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