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)

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Publication Date: 1973

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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)

International Library Review, 5, 2, 147-162, Apr 73

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)

Descriptors: Abstracting, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Information Utilization, Language Handicaps, Languages, Non English Speaking, Universal Decimal Classification

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