Add this copy of Sociology of Secret Languages to cart. $18.10, like new condition, Sold by Lighthouse Books, ABAA rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dade City, FL, UNITED STATES, published by Simla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, (1977). First Edition.
Edition:
Simla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, (1977). First Edition
Publisher:
Simla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, (1977). First Edition
Language:
English
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18811365052
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Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), vii + 102 pp. Fine (As New) in a torn dust jacket. From dust jacket: Sociology of Secret Languages is a challenging work on a subject which is at once original and exciting. It seeks to provide, in a multi-dimensional and multi-level frame, an authentic account of the special and secret languages of some small, cohesive, and closed groups in relations to their socio-cultural matrix. The four studies included in this monograph delineate how the language disguise helps the speakers not only to carry on their profession, legitimate or illegitimate, but also to maintain and reinforce their group exclusiveness and we-feeling. In the words of Professor Samarin of the University of Toronto, this book is "a valuable contribution to Indian studies as well as to the study of argots."
