# Schott’s Significa

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- Authors: [Ben Schott](https://www.bookquiver.com/ben-schott)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2025-10-09

## Description

A language taxonomy for our curious times. Every day we are surrounded by complex, private systems of knowledge and language: some we use ourselves, others we observe or overhear. Every trade, gang, clique, and profession develops a private lexicon of words, signs, and signals to bind its members closer while keeping strangers out. From dog-walkers to spies, sommeliers to gym-goers, typography to graffiti, Schott's Significa decodes the secret languages that surround us. Packed with analysis exploring these taxonomies in all their fascinating detail, photographs and illustrations, this book is a dynamic evolution of the Miscellany concept for our curious times and the key to unlocking the hidden worlds around us.

## Editions

### Schott’s Significa

- Publisher: michael_joseph
- ISBN: 978-02-4173-660-9
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2025-10-09
- Language: en_GB