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Author:

H©ơllen, Werner.

Title:

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

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

vii, 217 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Roget, Peter Mark,--1779-1869.--Thesaurus of English words and phrases
English language--Synonyms and antonyms
English language--Lexicography
English language--Semantics

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-207) and index.

Contents:

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: Th©♭odore Robertson's translation of Roget's Thesaurus (1852) into French as Le Dictionnaire Id©♭ologique (1859) -- Wilkins and Roget meet. An experiment in thought -- On background knowledge and seriality -- The didactic potential of thesauri -- A cognitive view of synonymy.

ISBN:

0199553238
9780199553235

OCLC:

(OCoLC)231680169

LCCN:

2008024307

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)