Language and Information - Selected Essays on Their Theory and Application
by Bar-Hillel, Yehoshua
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
USA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1964. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 388 pages including index. A collection of essays, most now out-of-print, written by the author in the preceeding 15 years. Of interest to those interested in machine translation and information retrieval - especially the more technical and applied aspects. Text divided into the following five sections: Theoretical aspects of language; algebraic linguistics; machine translation; semantic information; mechanization of information retrieval. Grey cloth-covered boards feature brilliant gilt lettering upon spine. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear. Some soiling to top edge. Minor moisture-induced undulations to top corner of pages around 190. Dust jacket bears closed tears at top of spine, otherwise average wear. Nice solid copy..
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- 16503576
- Title
- Language and Information - Selected Essays on Their Theory and Application
- Author
- Bar-Hillel, Yehoshua
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Language and Information - Selected Essays on Their Theory and Application A collection of essays, most now out-of-print, written by the author in the preceeding 15 years. Of interest to those interested in machine translation and information retrieval
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science & Technology;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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