Secret language: codes, tricks, spies, thieves, and symbols
Auteur :
Blake, Barry J.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199691623
Date de publication :
7 juil. 2011
Dimensions :
19,1 x 13,0 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
370 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book is about language designed to mean what it does not seem to mean. Codes protect secrets. Symbol and magic hide meanings to imperil or delight. Languages made to confuse let insiders talk openly without being understood by others. Barry Blake looks in depth at these and many more and illuminates the most arcane and curious uses of language