Table of Contents

1: Introduction
2: Peter Mark Roget
3: Words, Words, Words
4: Synonymy: Early Stataements and Practices
5: The Beginnings of Practical Synonymy
6: The Emergence of the English Synonym Dictionary
7: The Topical Tradition in English Lexicography
8: Roget's Thesaurus: A Topical Dictionary of Synonyms

About the Author

Werner Hüllen is Professor Emeritus of English Linguistics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He has published widely on the teaching and learning of English as a foreign language.

Reviews

a book packed with new and fascinating information and analyses.
*Jane Roberts, International Journal of Lexicography*