Exploring interdisciplinary relationships between linguistics and information retrieval from the 1960s to today
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Exploring interdisciplinary relationships between linguistics and information retrieval from the 1960s to today. / Engerer, Volkmar Paul.
In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology , Vol. 68, No. 3, 01.03.2017, p. 660-680.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Exploring interdisciplinary relationships between linguistics and information retrieval from the 1960s to today
AU - Engerer, Volkmar Paul
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - This article explores how linguistics has influencedinformation retrieval (IR) and attempts to explain theimpact of linguistics through an analysis of internaldevelopments in information science generally, and IRin particular. It notes that information science/IR hasbeen evolving from a case science into a fully fledged,“disciplined”/disciplinary science. The article establishescorrespondences between linguistics and informationscience/IR using the three established IRparadigms—physical, cognitive, and computational—asa frame of reference. The current relationship betweeninformation science/IR and linguistics is elucidatedthrough discussion of some recent information sciencepublications dealing with linguistic topics and a noveltechnique, “keyword collocation analysis,” is introduced.Insights from interdisciplinarity research andcase theory are also discussed. It is demonstrated thatthe three stages of interdisciplinarity, namely multidisciplinarity,interdisciplinarity (in the narrow sense), andtransdisciplinarity, can be linked to different phases ofthe information science/IR-linguistics relationship andconnected to different ways of using linguistic theory ininformation science and IR.
AB - This article explores how linguistics has influencedinformation retrieval (IR) and attempts to explain theimpact of linguistics through an analysis of internaldevelopments in information science generally, and IRin particular. It notes that information science/IR hasbeen evolving from a case science into a fully fledged,“disciplined”/disciplinary science. The article establishescorrespondences between linguistics and informationscience/IR using the three established IRparadigms—physical, cognitive, and computational—asa frame of reference. The current relationship betweeninformation science/IR and linguistics is elucidatedthrough discussion of some recent information sciencepublications dealing with linguistic topics and a noveltechnique, “keyword collocation analysis,” is introduced.Insights from interdisciplinarity research andcase theory are also discussed. It is demonstrated thatthe three stages of interdisciplinarity, namely multidisciplinarity,interdisciplinarity (in the narrow sense), andtransdisciplinarity, can be linked to different phases ofthe information science/IR-linguistics relationship andconnected to different ways of using linguistic theory ininformation science and IR.
U2 - 10.1002/asi.23684
DO - 10.1002/asi.23684
M3 - Journal article
VL - 68
SP - 660
EP - 680
JO - American Society for Information Science and Technology. Journal
JF - American Society for Information Science and Technology. Journal
SN - 2330-1635
IS - 3
ER -
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