Secret language
By: Barry J. Blake
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780199579280
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-320) and index.
Table of contents: title: Illustrations
pagenum: ix; title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: xi; label: 1
title: On being mysterious
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: From anagrams to cryptic crosswords
pagenum: 7; label: 3
title: Talking in riddles
pagenum: 41; label: 4
title: Ciphers and codes
pagenum: 72; label: 5
title: Biblical secrets
pagenum: 114; label: 6
title: Words of power
pagenum: 128; label: 7
title: Words to avoid
pagenum: 171; label: 8
title: Jargon, slang, argot, and 'secret languages'
pagenum: 195; label: 9
title: The everyday oblique
pagenum: 241; label: 10
title: Elusive allusions
pagenum: 265; label: 11
title: Finale
pagenum: 291; title: Appendix: answsers to the problems
pagenum: 298; title: Select bibliography
pagenum: 304; title: Index
pagenum: 321