Barry J. Blake
Author of Secret Language: Codes, Tricks, Spies, Thieves, and Symbols
About the Author
Works by Barry J. Blake
Historical Linguistics 2001: Selected papers from the 15th International Conference on Historical Linguistics,… (2003) — Editor — 4 copies
The Warrnambool language : a consolidated account of the Aboriginal language of the Warrnambool area of the western… (2003) 2 copies
Flying Fortress 2 copies
The Mathi group of languages 1 copy
Associated Works
Historical linguistics, 1997 : selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Historical Linguistics,… (1998) — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Legal name
- Blake, Barry John
- Birthdate
- 1937-09-05
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Australia
- Birthplace
- Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia
- Education
- University of Melbourne (BA|1958)
Monash University (MA|1968, PhD|1975) - Occupations
- professor (Linguistics)
linguist - Organizations
- Monash University
La Trobe University
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Statistics
- Works
- 16
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 208
- Popularity
- #106,482
- Rating
- 3.4
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 41
- Languages
- 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.… (more)