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Roget's Thesaurus was first published in 1852 and has come to be one of the most famous and widely-used reference works in the world. This is the first account of its genesis. Werner Hullen contends that synonymy (words with similar meanings) is a feature of language without which we could not communicate. He describes the development in the theory and practice of synonymy from Plato to the seventeenth century, when the first English synonym dictionaries began to appear. Roget's Thesaurus, the first synonym dictionary arranged in topical order, represents an enormously significant peak in this development. This book exposes the conceptual framework behind the Thesaurus and shows how it can be interpreted as a predecessor of linguistic semantics.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199281998
ISBN-139780199281992
eBay Product ID (ePID)44779306
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Number of Pages424 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameHistory of Roget's Thesaurus : Origins, Development, and Design
Publication Year2005
SubjectLexicography, Linguistics / Semantics, Thesauri
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaRéférence, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorWerner Hüllen
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight22.6 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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LCCN2003-069103
IllustratedYes
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Lc Classification NumberPe1591
Table of Content1. Introduction2. Peter Mark Roget and his ideas3. Words, words, words4. Synonymy: examples of early statements and practices5. The beginnings of practical synonymy6. The emergence of the English synonym dictionary7. The topical tradition on English lexicography8. Roget's Thesaurus: a topical dictionary of synonymsBibliographyAppendixIndex
