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This paper considers the impact of informatics and the new technology on the field of philology. A brief overview of developments in the field is given, and the present bottleneck of computational linguistics are considered. Also discussed are some of the challenges posed by natural language processing, and the ways in which we can rise to the challenge.
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Roberto Busa, Jesuit, born 1913, is a retired full professor of philosophy. His most important research area is linguistic analysis. Among his publications are Index Thomisticus, 49 vols., Stuttgart, 1974–79; and Fondamenti di informatica linguistira Milano, 1987.
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Busa SJ, R. Informatics and new philology. Comput Hum 24, 339–343 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00186474
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00186474