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How Search Engines Read Your Mind: The Linguistics of Search

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Every time you use a search engine, you’re interacting with a sophisticated linguistic machine that does more than just match keywords. This post demystifies the linguistics behind search, explaining concepts like stemming, lemmatization, and semantic analysis in plain language. Learn how computers are taught to understand your intent, even when your query is misspelled or ambiguous.