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Secret languages of Afghanistan and their speakers / by Jadwiga Pstrusińska ; translated into English by Agata Lenard ; edited by Agata Lenard and Ben Young.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ©2013.Description: viii, 169 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781443849708
  • 1443849707
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P381. A3.
Contents:
Contents: Acknowledgements—Introduction—Chapter one : on the definition and nature of a secret language—Chapter two : the ethnolinguistic situation in Afghanistan—Chapter three : polish research on the secret languages in Afghanistan—Chapter four : the secret languages of Afghanistan and their speakers—Chapter five : on the secret languages of the region—Chapter six : ethnic languages functioning as secret ones—Chapter seven : sacred secret languages—Chapter eight : on the social placement of the speakers of secret languages—Chapter nine : modes of encoding and secret vocabulary.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Monograph Monograph Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University P381.A3.P78 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3ACKU000365642
Total holds: 0

“Includes bibliography”—(pages [146]-160).

Contents: Acknowledgements—Introduction—Chapter one : on the definition and nature of a secret language—Chapter two : the ethnolinguistic situation in Afghanistan—Chapter three : polish research on the secret languages in Afghanistan—Chapter four : the secret languages of Afghanistan and their speakers—Chapter five : on the secret languages of the region—Chapter six : ethnic languages functioning as secret ones—Chapter seven : sacred secret languages—Chapter eight : on the social placement of the speakers of secret languages—Chapter nine : modes of encoding and secret vocabulary.

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