[Sigia-l] So simple: Great moments in indexing

[Webb, KerryA]

Matt wrote:

> 
> it's an interesting situation, given that 'the' is an article and a
> determiner for a noun (when looking at it linguistically) .
> 
> the semantics of a title should indicate whether it adds value to the
> meaning of the subject or object and that should in turn dictate how
you
> list an item, whether its "The Book", or "Book, the"
> 

I don't know if it's covered in the prize-winning article, but this is a
non-trivial issue when it comes to foreign language material.

The Annals of Improbable Research had this story last year:

http://improbable.com/pages/airchives/paperair/volume12/v12i4/NA-The-The
-12-4.pdf

Kerry 
  
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