An Analysis of Semantic Overlap among English Prepositions in Roget's Thesaurus.
Lloyd J. Old · 2003
Using prepositions, related words from other parts of speech, and senses listed in Roget's Thesaurus, this paper discusses and illustrates the complex relationships between and among prepositions and other basic parts of speech. The pattern of genus and differentiae emerging from the complex relationships between words and senses suggests that prepositions cannot be viewed in isolation, and that a natural, and even optimal, organization of semantics exists that may explain why current methods of classification and partitioning of words and senses sometimes result in confusion.