Author: Edward HigginsonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
An English grammar, specially intended for classical schools
Author: Edward HigginsonAn English Grammar, Etc
Author: Edward HigginsonThe Athenæum
Author: The Athenaeum
Author: Athenaeum
Author: Challenges in the Social Life of Language
Author: John EdwardsPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230302203
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
The first book to highlight the most pressing sociology-of-language themes of our times. All of which have to do with the twin issues of power and identity . Important evidence and illustrations bearing upon these matters are provided and supplemented by an extensive bibliography.
The Reader
Author: A History of Roget's Thesaurus : Origins, Development, and Design
Author: Werner HüllenPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191555010
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
In 1852 Peter Mark Roget eclipsed a rich tradition of topically based dictionaries with the publication of his Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, Classified and Arranged so as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas. Based on intuition as much as on specific linguistic principles, Roget's book has been a bestseller ever since and is one of the most widely-used reference works ever published. In this book Werner H--uuml--;llen gives the first history of its genesis and publication, and investigates the principles of its structural design. The author opens with an account of Roget's life and his background in natural science. He then charts the parallel histories of dictionaries of synonyms and concepts within the general context of lexicography. Synonymy, he argues, is a necessary feature of languages without which communication would be impossible. He traces its theory and practice from Plato to the emergence of French and English synonym dictionaries in the seventeenth century. Roget's was the first such book to be arranged by topic and the first to encompass the semantic network of the entire language. The author examines the manner and method of its compilation, the practical outcomes of the traditions on which it was based, and the ways in which the Thesaurus reflects and reveals Roget's beliefs and background. A History of Roget's Thesaurus will interest students and scholars of linguistics, semantics, and lexicography, as well as anyone wishing to know more about a great literary achievement and an astonishing publishing phenomenon.
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