According to George Orwell in ‘Politics and the English Language’, ‘it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes’. Orwell drew a relationship between...

According to George Orwell in ‘Politics and the English Language’, ‘it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes’. Orwell drew a relationship between politics and language, as have other writers like Australia’s Don Watson. In no more than 300 words, discuss the notion of language being linked to political conditions.