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# Query expansion with phonetically similar proper nouns

- Without phonetic search: no hits in database of the GBV (January 2005)
  For example:
  "Was hat Hoyer über pazifische Lachse geschrieben?"
  (What did Hoyer write about pacific salmons?)
- Including phonetically similar proper nouns: one hit (author: Hoier) in the database of the GBV (January 2005)
  For example:
  "Was hat Hoyer über pazifische Lachse geschrieben?" (What did Hoyer write about pacific salmons?)

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