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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
328

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Subjects

Historical linguistics, Ciphers, Cryptography, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES, Linguistics, Ancient Languages, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY, Historical & Comparative

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Secret Language: Codes, Tricks, Spies, Thieves, and Symbols
2011, Oxford University Press
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2010, Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents

Illustrations
Page ix
Acknowledgements
Page xi
1. On being mysterious
Page 1
2. From anagrams to cryptic crosswords
Page 7
3. Talking in riddles
Page 41
4. Ciphers and codes
Page 72
5. Biblical secrets
Page 114
6. Words of power
Page 128
7. Words to avoid
Page 171
8. Jargon, slang, argot, and 'secret languages'
Page 195
9. The everyday oblique
Page 241
10. Elusive allusions
Page 265
11. Finale
Page 291
Appendix: answsers to the problems
Page 298
Select bibliography
Page 304
Index
Page 321

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-320) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
417.7
Library of Congress
Z103 .B535 2010, P140, Z103 B535 2010, Z103 .B53 2010

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Hardcover
Pagination
xi, 328 p. :
Number of pages
328

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OL24552357M
Internet Archive
secretlanguage0000blak
ISBN 10
0199579288
ISBN 13
9780199579280
LCCN
2009941610
OCLC/WorldCat
465364155

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Language is a means of communication, but a good deal of language use is deliberately obscure if not actually encrypted in some form of cipher or code.
Page 1, added by Kevin R. Smith.

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