... posteditor, APPLICATIONS OF THE THEORY OF CLUMPS 123 source language, target language, thesaurus head, Roget, Pask machine, Latin, technical language. Some of these, for example No. 3, are reasonable ... observation. 3. Phrase marker, kernels, string operation, transforma- tional grammar, terminal language, Markov process, finite state process. 4. Term abstract, descriptor, request, term vocabulary. ... 4, June and October 1965] Applications of the Theory of Clumps* by R. M. Needham, Cambridge Language Research Unit, Cambridge, England The paper describes how the need for automatic aids...