BOOK

Readability: Text and Context

Alan BailinAnn Grafstein

Year: 2016 Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks   Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract

This book explores what makes a book readable by bringing together the relevant literature and theories, and situating them within a unified account. It provides a single resource that offers a principled discussion of the issues and their applications.

Keywords:
Readability Context (archaeology) Computer science Resource (disambiguation) World Wide Web Information retrieval Data science History Archaeology Programming language

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FWCI (Field Weighted Citation Impact)
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Citation History

Topics

Reading and Literacy Development
Social Sciences →  Psychology →  Developmental and Educational Psychology
Text Readability and Simplification
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Artificial Intelligence
Second Language Acquisition and Learning
Social Sciences →  Psychology →  Developmental and Educational Psychology

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