| A History of Roget's Thesaurus: Origins, Development, and Design Contributor(s): Hüllen, Werner (Author) |
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ISBN: 0199281998 ISBN-13: 9780199281992 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $85.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Spelling & Vocabulary - Reference | Thesauri |
| Dewey: 423.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.28" W x 9.18" (1.40 lbs) 424 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 Hüllen 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. |