Barry J. Blake
Auteur de Secret Language: Codes, Tricks, Spies, Thieves, and Symbols
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Barry J. Blake
Historical Linguistics 2001: Selected papers from the 15th International Conference on Historical Linguistics,… (2003) — Directeur de publication — 4 exemplaires
The Warrnambool language : a consolidated account of the Aboriginal language of the Warrnambool area of the western… (2003) 2 exemplaires
Flying Fortress 2 exemplaires
Oeuvres associées
Lonely Planet Australian Language & Culture (1994) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 38 exemplaires
Historical linguistics, 1997 : selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics,… (1998) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Blake, Barry John
- Date de naissance
- 1937-09-05
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Australia
- Lieu de naissance
- Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia
- Études
- University of Melbourne (BA|1958)
Monash University (MA|1968, PhD|1975) - Professions
- professor (Linguistics)
linguist - Organisations
- Monash University
La Trobe University
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 16
- Aussi par
- 3
- Membres
- 210
- Popularité
- #105,678
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 42
- Langues
- 1
Well I say a book like this, it does seem to be in almost two separate sections, the bit about ciphers and codes, and the longer bit about secret, hidden languages, and while the ciphers and codes section is good and useful and solid, and he does try to link the two parts but I think they could have done with being two separate books. Mostly because then there would have been more on the languages part.
According to the blurb, Blake is a specialist in Aboriginal languages, and it shows because there are far more Australian (and indeed Oceanian) examples than normal. It also meant his example of English secret languages were very London-based.
I really enjoyed the book.… (plus d'informations)