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328 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199691623
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 07 July 2011
Description
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.
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328 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199691623
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication date: 07 July 2011
Description
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.