Networks and knowledge in Roget's Thesaurus

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Werner Hullen discusses the influence of Roget's Thesaurus abroad (Germany and the Romance countries) and examines how the Thesaurus prepared the way for the more recent idea of network semantics. He concludes by considering the role of synonymy in language from a perspective of cognitive linguistics.

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Full title :Networks and knowledge in Roget's Thesaurus / Werner Hullen.

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Publication Date:©2009.

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2009.

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Description:1 online resource (vii, 217 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9780191564680, 0191564680, 9780199553235, 0199553238, 9780191720352, 0191720356
oclc:ocn302347122
LC Classification:PE1617.R64
Dewey Decimal:423/.12

A roadmap to Roget's Thesaurus -- Roget's Thesaurus, deconstructed -- Roget's Thesaurus, 1852 to 2002 -- Three words from the thesaurus: negro, sex, and tolerance -- Roget in Germany: the adaptation of the thesaurus (1852) in Daniel Sanders' Sprachschatz (1873) -- Roget in the romance world: Théodore Robertson's translation of Roget's Thesaurus (1852) into French as Le Dictionnaire Idéologique (1859) -- Wilkins and Roget meet. An experiment in thought -- On background knowledge and seriality -- The didactic potential of thesauri -- A cognitive view of synonymy.

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Electronic books English language -- Lexicography English Language -- Semantics English language -- Synonyms and antony… REFERENCE Roget, Peter Mark Thesaurus of English words and phrases …