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

by Barry J. Blake
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780199691623
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford
  • Publisher Imprint: OUP Oxford
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  • Pages: 342
  • Original Price: GBP 11.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 409 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Linguistics / Historical & Comparative

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.

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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