Overview
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.
- | Author: Barry J. Blake
- | Publisher: OUP Oxford
- | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2011
- | Number of Pages: 342 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0199691622
- | ISBN-13: 9780199691623
