In this book Werner Hüllen examines Roget's Thesaurus in relation to linguistics, philosophy and history. He explores the influence of Roget's Thesaurus abroad (Germany and the Romance countries). He epitomizes its history and compares the various editions of the book. In lexical case studies he evaluates some entries with pertinence to their cultural and political implications. He discusses the didactic potential of thesauri in general and considers the implications of the Thesaurus for the study of scholarly linguistics and psychology. He discusses how Roget's Thesaurus prepared the way for the more recent idea of network semantics. By analyzing retrieval techniques one can show, he claims, how the words of languages were (and are) stored in the minds of those who speak them. Professor Hüllen concludes by considering the role of synonymy in language from a perspective of cognitive linguistics showing that it is indispensable for communication.
Author(s): Werner Hüllen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 256
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
1 A Roadmap to Roget’s Thesaurus......Page 10
2.1 Four assertions......Page 17
2.2 The first and third assertions......Page 18
2.3 The second and third assertions......Page 23
2.4 The fourth assertion......Page 26
2.5 The new text genre of synonym definition......Page 28
3.1 Old and new: the macrostructure......Page 31
3.2 Old and new: the microstructure and pragmatic structures......Page 35
3.3 Old and new: horse......Page 37
3.4 New into old: photo......Page 42
3.5 Old: the introduction......Page 44
4.1 Interest of topic......Page 46
4.2 Negress, Negro......Page 48
4.3 Sex......Page 54
4.4 Tolerance, toleration......Page 62
4.5 Conclusion......Page 67
5.1 Roget’s Thesaurus in Germany......Page 69
5.2 The structure of Roget’s Thesaurus......Page 70
5.3 Daniel Sanders as lexicographer......Page 72
5.4 Identical structures......Page 74
5.5 Some divergent structures......Page 76
6.1 The teacher of modern languages......Page 85
6.2 The semantic order of words......Page 88
6.3 Comparing Roget and Robertson: introduction and macrostructure......Page 93
6.4 Comparing Roget and Robertson: entry article 566......Page 95
6.5 Detailed comparisons......Page 98
7.1 Structures of thesauri......Page 101
7.2 John Wilkins’ Essay (1668), chap. XI, genus XXXVI, Civil Relation II, profession or vocation......Page 105
7.3 Roget’s Thesaurus (2002), entry article 687......Page 112
8.1 On background knowledge......Page 117
8.2 A typology of seriality......Page 120
8.3 The undergrowth......Page 129
9.1 Retrieval techniques......Page 131
9.2.1 The macrostructure explicitly given......Page 138
9.2.2 Pragmatic structures implied......Page 141
9.3 The essential gain......Page 149
10 A Cognitive View of Synonymy......Page 153
10.1.1 Linguistic competence as semiotic competence......Page 154
10.1.2 Linguistic competence as communicative competence......Page 160
10.1.3 The identification of meaning(s)......Page 163
10.2.1 Componential aspects of meaning......Page 172
10.2.2 Semantic malleability......Page 175
10.3.1 Similarity and synonymy......Page 183
10.3.2 Fields and frames......Page 189
10.3.3 Antonyms......Page 191
10.4 Synonyms and antonyms in texts......Page 195
10.5 Dictionaries and thesauri......Page 201
Bibliography......Page 208
C......Page 218
D......Page 219
H......Page 220
L......Page 221
O......Page 222
R......Page 223
S......Page 224
W......Page 225
Y......Page 226
