Arabic-L:LING:Stop Words Query

[Dilworth B. Parkinson]

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Date: 19 Feb 2001
From: Dil Parkinson
Subject: Stop Words Query

I looked at the list of stop words, and found it to be quite
interesting, so I decided to reveal my ignorance. Can anyone explain
to me what a stop word is, and why one needs a list of them in
computational linguistics?
Thanks,
Dil

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