A History Of Roget's Thesaurus

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 ... » 

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. «