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Re: [b-hebrew] Re: disambiguate question

From: "C. Stirling Bartholomew" <threetreepoint AT earthlink.net>
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Re: disambiguate question
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 09:48:56 -0700

On 6/2/05 8:32 AM, "Peter Kirk" <peterkirk AT qaya.org> wrote:

>> */Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>/* wrote:
>>
>> and used the following wonderful word:
>>
>> "...... disambiguate....."
>>
>> meaning, possibly," remove ambiguity from?" I wonder when was it
>> coined, and when is it used?
>
>
> Sorry, this is perhaps a term from the computer era or perhaps from
> linguistics ...

Both. I think the term was used in computational linguistics in the '70s and
possibly earlier.

Clay Bartholomew

[b-hebrew] confirmation of subscription, Emmanuel Gitlin, 06/02/2005
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  - [b-hebrew] Re: disambiguate question, Uri Hurwitz, 06/02/2005
    - [b-hebrew] Re: disambiguate question, Peter Kirk, 06/02/2005
      - Re: [b-hebrew] Re: disambiguate question, C. Stirling Bartholomew, 06/02/2005