Secret language / Barry J. Blake.
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نصالناشر:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010وصف:xi, 328 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780199579280
- 0199579288
- Z103 .B535 2010
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | Z103 .B535 2010 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30020000011003 |
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Subtitle on dust jacket: Codes, tricks, spies, thieves, and symbols.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-320) and index.
On being mysterious -- From anagrams to cryptic crosswords : Anagrams ; Palindromes ; Semordnilaps ; Acronyms and acrostics ; Word squares ; Lipograms and univocalics ; Cryptic crosswords -- Talking in riddles : Riddles ; The rebus ; The charade ; Equivocation and prevarication ; Riddles for the reader -- Ciphers and codes : Steganography ; Substitution ciphers ; Transposition ; Codes ; Towards a random key ; One-time pad ; Secret communication in the computer age ; Final word ; Ciphers to solve -- Biblical secrets : Kabbalah ; Anagrams ; Ciphers ; Notarikon ; Gematria ; Onomancy -- Words of power : Beliefs about language ; Letters and symbols ; Magic words and formulas ; Texts of power ; Iconicity -- Words to avoid : Names of humans ; In-laws ; Other avoidance -- Jargon, slang, argot, and 'secret' languages' : Jargon ; Slang ; Argots and 'secret languages' -- The everyday oblique : Politeness and the like ; Deliberate obscurity ; Humour ; Euphemism ; Abusive language ; Speaking in opposites ; Oxymora and other contradictions -- Elusive allusions : Literary allusions ; Allusive names ; Parody and satire ; Allusive brainteasers -- Finale.
Tours languages that hide meanings from all but a chosen few, explains the difference between ciphers and codes, and shows how secret messages have been written and broken for years.
