Readability : text and context /: text and context. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Alan Bailin, Hofstra University, USA and Ann Grafstein, Hofstra University, USA.
• Other Names: Bailin, Alan; Grafstein, A (Ann)
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; 1 Introduction to a New Approach to Readability; Evidence; Some basic concepts; Linking; Ambiguity; Contextual (background) knowledge; The chapters: an outline; 2 Readability Formulas; Historical background; Early attempts to measure readability; Thorndike: the precursor; Lively and Pressey: "A Method for Measuring 'Vocabulary Burden'"; Vogel and Washburne: "an objective method"; Adults' reading material; Dale and Tyler: adults with limited reading ability; Gray and Leary: what makes a book readable; Lorge and benchmarks. Classic readability formulasFlesch and readable style; The Dale-Chall formulas; Gunning Fog; Fry's Readability Graph; McLaughlin's SMOG; Other approaches to readability; The cloze procedure; Coh-Metrix; Readability formulas: a critique; The increment issue; The variables issue; The text simplification issue; Conclusions; Beyond formulas: how do we proceed?; 3 Grammar and Readability; Syntactic complexity; Syntactic ambiguity; Standard syntactic ambiguity; Down the garden path; Ambiguity and context; Morphology and linking; Chapter summary and concluding remarks. 4 Meaning in Words and SentencesAssessing vocabulary difficulty: word lists and word length; Knowledge, vocabulary, and readability; Morphological and other background knowledge; Words and contexts; Word meaning and contextual knowledge; Semantic ambiguity; The nature of reference; Vagueness and reference; Ambiguity and reference; Summary and conclusions; 5 Coherence and Discourse; What is coherence?; Conceptual linking and repetition; Background knowledge and assumptions; Genre; The effects of genre on readability; Frames and scripts; Domains; Connectives; Coherence and metaphor. Varieties of metaphorComprehension, fluency, and coherence; Summary and conclusions; 6 Towards a Theory of Readability; Text and context 1: background knowledge and assumptions; Text and context 2: the linguistic code; Text and context 3: the organization of the text; Text and context 4: synergistic effects; The practicality argument; Readability and education; Readability and writing to communicate; A theory of readability; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 224 pages)
• Subjects: 401/.9; Social sciences; Readability (Literary style); Reading comprehension; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Communication Studies; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- General; Readability (Literary style); Reading comprehension; Diskursanalyse; Lesbarkeit; Textverstehen; Discourse analysis; Readability; Written communication; Reading comprehension; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Library & Information Science -- General; Business & Economics -- Management Science; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- Pragmatics; Social Science -- Media Studies; Language: history & general works; Library & information sciences; Business & management; Discourse analysis; Media studies; Library science; Business; Discourse analysis; Communication; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Communication Studies; Communication studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137388773; 9781137388773
• Related ISBNs: 9781349570553; 9781137388766; 1137388765
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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