The Challenges of Language Variation in Information Access

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Jussi Karlgren, Turid Hedlund, Kalervo Järvelin, Heikki Keskustalo, Kimmo Kettunen

Published: 2019, Last Modified: 12 Jan 2026Information Retrieval Evaluation in a Changing World 2019EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: This chapter will give an overview of how human languages differ from each other and how those differences are relevant to the development of human language understanding technology for the purposes of information access. It formulates what requirements information access technology poses (and might pose) to language technology. We also discuss a number of relevant approaches and current challenges to meet those requirements.