Linguistic Complexity and Text Comprehension: Readability Issues Reconsidered

by Georgia M. Green

Standard readability formulas are widely accepted as reliable means of determining text difficulty for readers. This book examines the shortcomings of these formulas, both for professionals who try to use these formulas to match texts with readers and for others who study how language is understood. Language comprehension experts in cognitive psychology, education, and linguistics present alternative viewpoints concerning the issue of effective readability...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089859541X
• ISBN13: 9780898595413
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 312 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"