Secret Language: Codes, Tricks, Spies, Thieves, and Symbols

This title is about language designed to mean what it does not seem to mean. It explores the history and uses of the slangs and argots of schools and trades such as Polari and the languages of ancient cults.

Author: Barry J. Blake
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 09/15/2011
Pages: 342
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780199691623

About the Author
Barry J. Blake is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at La Trobe University. His books include Playing with Words and All About Language.

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