Describes an automatic procedure which uses the syntactic relations as the basis for grouping words into classes. It forms classes by grouping together nouns that occur as subject (or object) of the same verbs, and similarly by grouping together verbs occurring with the same subject or object. (Author)

Six spatial and three typographic coding systems were used to give 18 different styles of presentation for bibliographies. (Author)

Goffman's indirect method and a MeSH tree structure were used to classify a set of 109 medical documents. (PF)

A look at The London Education Classification, based on facet analysis, and has also been used as the basis for a thesaurus which was the English contribution to the multilingual thesaurus compiled for the EUDISED project of the Council of Europe. (Author)

A new classification is needed which would not prejudge the boundaries of art, one that would bring together in one place the literature on every sort of material artefact, tool, and artwork, without distinction. Within this grand class of artefacts, the sub-arrangement would, as far as possible, respect the integrity of individual cultures. Only…

Arguing for a "taxonomic approach" to the determination of the meaning of "rhetoric," this paper first indicates the need for renewed speculation about the ordering of knowledge as a whole. It then indicates the importance of general taxonomies for understanding rhetoric, illustrates its position with a pair of modern taxonomies, and concludes by…

Written in Russian, the article first notes common mistakes made by students of Russian and points out the dearth of synonym- and phraseological dictionaries of Russian. It then discusses 15 instances of synonymy. An alphabetical index of the 36 sample words is provided. (JH)

A three-level classification for describing computer assisted counseling systems is proposed. The first level consists of computer assisted systems which are information processing tools. Second level computer systems go beyond information processing and substitute for counselors in performing certain tasks. These systems, and those on the first…

The Center for Applied Linguistics, in its function as a clearinghouse for linguistic information, maintains a set of language files, limited to some 300 languages which have been selected from among the 3,000 to 4,000 in the world for their socio-political importance from an American point of view. The present list, compiled from these files,…

This article proposes some specific new guidelines for organizational taxonimizing that deliberately circumvent the problems of previous attempts, discusses the problem of selecting subgrouping dimensions for the formation of a taxonomy of organizations and proposes one possible set of such dimensions. (Author)

Relates Front-End Analysis (FEA) to motivation by categorizing it as either Diagnostic FEA or Planning FEA. The former is used to diagnose existing problems and prescribe motivational programs; the latter assumes that motivational programs must be implemented, along with other programs, to build the optimum environment to support the performance.…

The classification and cataloging of slides pose unique and critical problems in every field where they are used. A brief overview of the literature is presented, along with observations on local area slide systems and a description of a slide system developed for use in C-E Refractories' Research and Development Library utilizing color…

The involvement of the American College Health Association and its role in the development of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, American Psychiatric Association Third Revision (DSM-III) over the period of a year is described. (Author)

A German version of the "International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities, and Handicaps" was tested in respect to interrater reliability both on the method of relative agreement between raters and on the measure "kappa." Unsatisfactory reliability was found. (Author/DB)

The four major classifications of voice disorders (etiological, perceptual, kinesiologic, and mass and approximation classifications) are reviewed and the use of classifications to communicate with other professionals and to make management decisions is addressed. (CL)