History of Roget's Thesaurus Origins, Development, and Design

Name: History of Roget's Thesaurus Origins, Development, and Design
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ISBN: 9780199281992

ISBN-10: 0199281998

ISBN-13: 9780199281992

Edition: 2005

Authors: Werner Hï¿½llen, Werner Hï¿½llen

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In 1852 Peter Mark Roget eclipsed a rich tradition of topically based dictionaries with the publication of his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas. Based on intuition as much as on specific linguistic principles Roget's book has been a bestseller ever since and is one of the most widely-used reference works ever published. In this book Werner Hllen gives the first history of its genesis andpublication, and investigates the principles of its structural design.The author opens with an account of Roget's life and his background in natural science. He then charts the parallel histories of dictionaries of synonyms and…

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List price: $90.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/7/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 424
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English




Introduction



Peter Mark Roget



Words, Words, Words



Synonymy: Early Stataements and Practices



The Beginnings of Practical Synonymy



The Emergence of the English Synonym Dictionary



The Topical Tradition in English Lexicography



Roget's Thesaurus: A Topical Dictionary of Synonyms