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Pirkola, Ari – Journal of Documentation, 2001
Presents a morphological classification of languages from the information retrieval (IR) perspective. Discusses differences in inflection, derivation, and compounding; index of synthesis and index of fusion; cross-language retrieval research; the need for semantic and syntactic typologies; and the effects of morphology and stemming in IR.…
Descriptors: Classification, Information Retrieval, Language Typology, Morphology (Languages)

Yannakoudakis, Emmanuel J.; Attar-Bashi, Hussain A. – Journal of Documentation, 1989
Describes a model that displays structures necessary to map between the conceptual and external levels in database management systems, using an algorithm that maps the syntactic representations of tuples onto semantic representations. A technique for translating tuples into natural language sentences is introduced, and a system implemented in…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computational Linguistics, Connected Discourse, Database Management Systems

Sparck Jones, Karen – Journal of Documentation, 1974
Reviews the state of the art in automatic indexing, concentrating on the literature from 1968 to 1973. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Classification, Indexing, Information Retrieval

Kircz, Joost G. – Journal of Documentation, 1991
Addresses problems with automated bibliographic and full-text storage of scientific articles. The role of the scientific article is described, the structure is explained, current indexing and information retrieval techniques are criticized, new possibilities using a rhetoric syntax or argumentational syntax are explored, and the use of hypertext…
Descriptors: Full Text Databases, Hypermedia, Indexing, Information Retrieval