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== History == | == History == | ||
It was released to the public on 29 April 1852.<ref>Hüllen | It was released to the public on 29 April 1852.<ref>Taking as a starting point the preface to the first édition of this ''Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, Classified and Arranged so as to facilitate the Expression of Ideas'', writen on april the 29th. See also [[Werner Hüllen]], ''A History of Roget's Thesaurus: origins, development, and design'', Oxford University Press, 2004, preface p. vii-x (before introduction) of the book cited infra.</ref> Dr Peter Mark Roget former secretary of the Royal Society was inspired by the [[Utilitarianism|Utilitarian]] teachings of [[Jeremy Bentham]] and wished to help "those who are painfully groping their way and struggling with the difficulties of composition {{omission}} this work processes to hold out a helping hand".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=How to be Really Well Informed in Minutes: All you need to know about everything that matters from the popular 'Briefing' columns|publisher=Ebury Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0-09194-706-4|location=Croydon|pages=74–77}}</ref> The [[Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum (Jacksonville)|Karpeles Library Museum]] houses the original manuscript in its collection.<ref name=karpeles/> | ||
Roget's schema of classes and their subdivisions is based on the philosophical work of [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz|Leibniz]] (see {{ | Roget's schema of classes and their subdivisions is based on the philosophical work of [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz|Leibniz]] (see {{section link|Leibniz#Symbolic thought}}),{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} itself following a long tradition of [[epistemological]] work starting with [[Aristotle]]. Some of [[Aristotle's Categories]] are included in Roget's first class, "abstract relations". | ||
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{{blockquote|It is now nearly fifty years since I first projected a system of verbal classification similar to that on which the present work is founded. Conceiving that such a compilation might help to supply my own deficiencies, I had, in the year 1805, completed a classed catalogue of words on a small scale, but on the same principle, and nearly in the same form, as the Thesaurus now published.{{sfnp|Lloyd|1982|p=xix}}}} | {{blockquote|It is now nearly fifty years since I first projected a system of verbal classification similar to that on which the present work is founded. Conceiving that such a compilation might help to supply my own deficiencies, I had, in the year 1805, completed a classed catalogue of words on a small scale, but on the same principle, and nearly in the same form, as the Thesaurus now published.{{sfnp|Lloyd|1982|p=xix}}}} | ||
''Roget's Thesaurus'' is composed of six primary classes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/Roget/contents.html |title=Table of contents |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316070554/http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/Roget/contents.html |archivedate=March 16, 2013 }}</ref> Each class is composed of multiple divisions and then sections. This may be conceptualized as a tree containing over a thousand branches for individual "meaning clusters" or semantically linked words. Although these words are not strictly [[synonyms]], they can be viewed as colours or connotations of a meaning or as a spectrum of a concept.{{ | ''Roget's Thesaurus'' is composed of six primary classes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/Roget/contents.html |title=Table of contents |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316070554/http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/Roget/contents.html |archivedate=March 16, 2013 }}</ref> Each class is composed of multiple divisions and then sections. This may be conceptualized as a tree containing over a thousand branches for individual "meaning clusters" or semantically linked words. Although these words are not strictly [[synonyms]], they can be viewed as colours or connotations of a meaning or as a spectrum of a concept.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}} One of the most general words is chosen to typify the spectrum as its headword, which labels the whole group. | ||
== Editions == | == Editions == | ||
The original edition had 15,000 [[word]]s and each successive [[edition (book)|edition]] has been larger,<ref name=karpeles>{{cite web|url=http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/rogetdis.html |title=Roget's Thesaurus |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228110440/http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/rogetdis.html |archivedate=2009-12-28 |website=Karcpeles Library}}</ref> with the most recent edition (the eighth) containing 443,000 words.<ref>{{Cite web|last=HarperCollins|date=November 5, 2019|title=Roget's International Thesaurus, 8th Edition|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/rogets-international-thesaurus-8th-edition-thumb-indexed-barbara-ann-kipfer?variant=32116577566754|access-date=October 17, 2020|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506112000/https://www.harpercollins.com/products/rogets-international-thesaurus-8th-edition-thumb-indexed-barbara-ann-kipfer?variant=32116577566754|url-status=live}}</ref> The book is updated regularly and each edition is heralded as a gauge to contemporary terms; but each edition keeps true to the original classifications established by Roget.<ref name=":0" /> The name "Roget" is [[trademark]]ed in parts of the world, such as the United Kingdom | The original edition had 15,000 [[word]]s and each successive [[edition (book)|edition]] has been larger,<ref name=karpeles>{{cite web|url=http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/rogetdis.html |title=Roget's Thesaurus |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228110440/http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/rogetdis.html |archivedate=2009-12-28 |website=Karcpeles Library}}</ref> with the most recent edition (the eighth) containing 443,000 words.<ref>{{Cite web|last=HarperCollins|date=November 5, 2019|title=Roget's International Thesaurus, 8th Edition|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/rogets-international-thesaurus-8th-edition-thumb-indexed-barbara-ann-kipfer?variant=32116577566754|access-date=October 17, 2020|archive-date=May 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506112000/https://www.harpercollins.com/products/rogets-international-thesaurus-8th-edition-thumb-indexed-barbara-ann-kipfer?variant=32116577566754|url-status=live}}</ref> The book is updated regularly and each edition is heralded as a gauge to contemporary terms; but each edition keeps true to the original classifications established by Roget.<ref name=":0" /> The name "Roget" is [[trademark]]ed in parts of the world, such as the United Kingdom {{citation needed|date=September 2025}}. By itself, it is not protected in the United States, where use of the name "Roget" in the title of a thesaurus does not necessarily indicate any relationship to Roget directly; it has come to be seen as a [[Genericized trademark|generic]] thesaurus name.{{sfnp|Lloyd|1982|p=xiii|ps=, quote: "The name has become synonymous with the ''Thesaurus'', yet Dr Roget himself is a shadowy figure."}} | ||
In 1952 the copyright belonging after Roget's death in 1869 to his son "John Lewis" Roget a [[lawyer]] then his grandson "Samuel Romilly" Roget a [[engineer]] passed to the original publishers, now known as [[Longman]].<ref>John Lewis Roget (1828-1908) add an index and performs a major revision in 1879. Samuel Romilly Roget publishes his major contributions in 1936. Article "Roget's Thesaurus" in (Oxford) ''encyclopedia.com'', external link infra.</ref> The first [[Penguin Books|Penguin edition]] appeared in 1953 and the second designed par Robert A. Dutch in 1966.<ref>The Penguin Roget's thesaurus of English words and phrases, new edition completely revised, updated and abridged by Susan M. Lloyd, Penguin Books, Middlesex, 1984/1986 (paperback), 776 pages. Preface p. viii</ref> Susan M. Lloyd née Emmerson, former teacher in [[Birmingham]] and in [[Uganda]], Master Philosophy degree at the [[University of East Anglia]], edited the first revision for twenty years of ''Roget's Thesaurus'', published by Longman in 1982. Betty Kirkpatrick resumes the revision of the Thesaurus in 1987. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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Template:Short description Template:Italic title Roget's Thesaurus is a widely used English-language thesaurus, created in 1805 by Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869), British physician, natural theologian and lexicographer.
History
It was released to the public on 29 April 1852.[1] Dr Peter Mark Roget former secretary of the Royal Society was inspired by the Utilitarian teachings of Jeremy Bentham and wished to help "those who are painfully groping their way and struggling with the difficulties of composition Template:Omission this work processes to hold out a helping hand".[2] The Karpeles Library Museum houses the original manuscript in its collection.[3]
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Content
Roget described his thesaurus in the foreword to the first edition:
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Roget's Thesaurus is composed of six primary classes.[4] Each class is composed of multiple divisions and then sections. This may be conceptualized as a tree containing over a thousand branches for individual "meaning clusters" or semantically linked words. Although these words are not strictly synonyms, they can be viewed as colours or connotations of a meaning or as a spectrum of a concept.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". One of the most general words is chosen to typify the spectrum as its headword, which labels the whole group.
Editions
The original edition had 15,000 words and each successive edition has been larger,[3] with the most recent edition (the eighth) containing 443,000 words.[5] The book is updated regularly and each edition is heralded as a gauge to contemporary terms; but each edition keeps true to the original classifications established by Roget.[2] The name "Roget" is trademarked in parts of the world, such as the United Kingdom Script error: No such module "Unsubst".. By itself, it is not protected in the United States, where use of the name "Roget" in the title of a thesaurus does not necessarily indicate any relationship to Roget directly; it has come to be seen as a generic thesaurus name.Template:Sfnp
In 1952 the copyright belonging after Roget's death in 1869 to his son "John Lewis" Roget a lawyer then his grandson "Samuel Romilly" Roget a engineer passed to the original publishers, now known as Longman.[6] The first Penguin edition appeared in 1953 and the second designed par Robert A. Dutch in 1966.[7] Susan M. Lloyd née Emmerson, former teacher in Birmingham and in Uganda, Master Philosophy degree at the University of East Anglia, edited the first revision for twenty years of Roget's Thesaurus, published by Longman in 1982. Betty Kirkpatrick resumes the revision of the Thesaurus in 1987.
See also
References
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External links
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- Roget's Thesaurus: The Original Manuscript at Karpeles Manuscript Library
- Searchable 1911 version hosted by the University of Chicago
- Roget's Thesaurus at Project Gutenberg
- Roget's Hyperlinked Thesaurus - (No longer maintained)
- ROGETS THESAURUS, encyclopedia.com
- Peter Mark Roget, britannica.com
- The Remarkable Roget's Thesaurus, merriam-webster.com
- ↑ Taking as a starting point the preface to the first édition of this Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, Classified and Arranged so as to facilitate the Expression of Ideas, writen on april the 29th. See also Werner Hüllen, A History of Roget's Thesaurus: origins, development, and design, Oxford University Press, 2004, preface p. vii-x (before introduction) of the book cited infra.
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- ↑ John Lewis Roget (1828-1908) add an index and performs a major revision in 1879. Samuel Romilly Roget publishes his major contributions in 1936. Article "Roget's Thesaurus" in (Oxford) encyclopedia.com, external link infra.
- ↑ The Penguin Roget's thesaurus of English words and phrases, new edition completely revised, updated and abridged by Susan M. Lloyd, Penguin Books, Middlesex, 1984/1986 (paperback), 776 pages. Preface p. viii