Knowledge evolution and consolidation in specialist domains : a corpus-based approach

Evolution of knowledge perhaps relates more to the replacement of belief then in believing per se. Evolution can be contrasted with consolidation - a period of stability, of little or no change in beliefs. Evolution of knowledge manifests itself in the evolution of special languages. The consolidati...

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Main Author: Al-Thubaity, AbdulMohsen O.
Published: University of Surrey 2004
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.410963