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A History of Roget's Thesaurus: Origins, Development, and Design
Contributor(s): Hüllen, Werner (Author)

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 ISBN: 0199254729     ISBN-13: 9780199254729
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $95.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2004
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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.
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Semantics
Dewey: 423.12
LCCN: 2003069103
Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.42" W x 9.42" L (1.95 lbs) 450 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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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 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.
 
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