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

Door Barry J. Blake

Categorie
Taalkunde & Woordenboeken
Boeknummer
#328847-ZA8
Titel
Secret Language: Codes, Tricks, Spies, Thieves, and Symbols
Auteur
Blake, Barry J.
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Oxford University Press
Jaar van uitgave
2010
ISBN10
0199579288
ISBN13
9780199579280
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original red boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting

With revelations on every page, and sample codes and puzzles for the reader to crack,Secret Language will entertain everyone with an urge to know more about the most arcane and curious uses of language. From backmasking to the Enigma Machine, from magic words to literary symbols, here is a lively, engaging tour of languages that hide their meanings from all but a chosen few. Blake explains the difference between ciphers and codes and shows how secret messages have been written--and broken--for almost two thousand years. He explores the history and uses of the slang and argot of schools and trades, tracing the stories of centuries-old cants such as those used by sailors and criminals--among them polari, the mix of Italian, Yiddish, and slang once spoken among strolling players and circus
... (Lees verder)folk and most recently adopted by the gay community. He examines the sacred languages of ancient cults and religions, uncovers the workings of onomancy, spells, and gematria, considers the obliqueness of allusion and parody, and celebrates the absurdities of euphemism and jargon.
Pagina's
328
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 8,00

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