Subject: computers and the humanities : vol . 31 no . 2

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * just published just published just published just published * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * computers and the humanities volume 31 no . 2 1997 the most recent issue of computers and the humanities includes a special section entitled " debates in humanities computing " . this issue 's debate addresses a fundamental question underlying work on automatic word sense disambiguation : the viability of definitively distinguishing senses of polysemous words . yorick wilks , a well-known researcher in the area of automatic sense disambiguation and computational semantics , presents his view of word senses which supports the viability of current approaches to automatic word sense disambiguation . an opposing position is taken by lexicographer adam kilgarriff , who argues that definitive sense division is so difficult , even for humans , as to be virtually impossible , and describes an empirical study supporting his claim . table of contents - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - special section - - - - - - - - - - - - - - debates in humanities computing : the viability of automatic word sense disambiguation senses and texts yorick wilks i do n't believe in word senses adam kilgarriff other articles in this issue : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - an estonian morphological analyser and the impact of a corpus on its development heiki - jaan kaalep mtscript : a multi lingual text editor malek boualem and stephane harie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - computers and the humanities the official journal of the association for computers and the humanities editors - in - chief : nancy ide , dept . of computer science , vassar college , usa daniel greenstein , executive , arts and humanities data services , king 's college , uk for subscriptions or information , consult the journal 's www home page : http : / / kapis . www . wkap . nl / or contact : dieke van wijnen kluwer academic publishers spuiboulevard 50 p . o . box 17 3300 aa dordrecht the netherlands phone : ( + 31 ) 78 639 22 64 fax : ( + 31 ) 78 639 22 54 e - mail : dieke . vanwijnen @ wkap . nl members of the association for computers and the humanities ( ach ) receive a subscription to chum at less than half the price of an individual subscription . for information about ach and a membership application , consult http : / / www . ach . org / , or send email to chuck _ bush @ byu . edu .
