A history of Roget's thesaurus
Subtitle: origins, development, and design
By: Werner Hüllen.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
Subjects: Roget, Peter Mark, 1779-1869; English language -- Synonyms and antonyms; English language -- Lexicography; English language -- Semantics; Thesauri -- Publishing
Description: First published in 1852, 'Roget's Thesaurus' has come to be one of the most famous and widely used reference works in the world. This book exposes the conceptual framework behind the thesaurus and shows how it can be interpreted as a predecessor of linguistic semantics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-404) and index.