Linguistic and Semantic Problems in the Use of English-language Information Services in Non-English-speaking Countries; or, How to Install an Elevator in the Tower of Babel

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Main Author: Wellisch, Hans (Hanan)
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1973
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contents Linguistic and Semantic Problems in the Use of English-language Information Services in Non-English-speaking Countries; or, How to Install an Elevator in the Tower of Babel Wellisch, Hans (Hanan) Abstracting Indexing Information Retrieval Information Seeking Information Utilization Language Handicaps Languages Non English Speaking Universal Decimal Classification English has become the primary language of most information retrieval tools. This makes it almost impossible for the non-English speaking world to take advantage of American abstracting and indexing services. One solution to this problem is to use the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) as a switching language. (Author/DH)
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spellingShingle Linguistic and Semantic Problems in the Use of English-language Information Services in Non-English-speaking Countries; or, How to Install an Elevator in the Tower of Babel
Wellisch, Hans (Hanan)
Abstracting
Indexing
Information Retrieval
Information Seeking
Information Utilization
Language Handicaps
Languages
Non English Speaking
Universal Decimal Classification
Linguistic and Semantic Problems in the Use of English-language Information Services in Non-English-speaking Countries; or, How to Install an Elevator in the Tower of Babel Wellisch, Hans (Hanan) Abstracting Indexing Information Retrieval Information Seeking Information Utilization Language Handicaps Languages Non English Speaking Universal Decimal Classification English has become the primary language of most information retrieval tools. This makes it almost impossible for the non-English speaking world to take advantage of American abstracting and indexing services. One solution to this problem is to use the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) as a switching language. (Author/DH)
title Linguistic and Semantic Problems in the Use of English-language Information Services in Non-English-speaking Countries; or, How to Install an Elevator in the Tower of Babel
topic Abstracting
Indexing
Information Retrieval
Information Seeking
Information Utilization
Language Handicaps
Languages
Non English Speaking
Universal Decimal Classification
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ080082