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Reconceptualizing Readability: The Relationship between Surface and Underlying Structure Analyses in Predicting the Difficulty of Basal Reader Stories.
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Templeton, Shane; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1981
A comparison of the difficulty in underlying structure of basal reading texts with the difficulty in surface structure raises questions on the validity of the Fry Readability Formula and other traditional readability formulas. (CJ)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Deep Structure, Predictive Validity, Readability
Why Are Newspaper Law Reports So Hard to Understand?
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Bowles, Hugo – English for Specific Purposes, 1995
Demonstrates that the comprehension of law report discourse in newspapers in England is particularly difficult for the non-expert reader. Comparative discourse analysis of the way a particular case is reported in various newspapers shows that the discourse structure of the newspaper law report is not adequately signalled by the linguistic…
Descriptors: Charts, Communication (Thought Transfer), Court Litigation, Discourse Analysis