Readability: Text and Context [electronic resource] /
Bailin, Alan.author.
Grafstein, Ann.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- 1. Introduction to a new approach to eadability -- 2. Readability formulas -- 3. Grammar and readability -- 4. Meaning in words and sentences -- 5. Coherence and discourse -- 6. Towards a theory of readability.
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.
Communication.
Linguistics.
Library science.
Business.
Management science.
Discourse analysis.
Communication Studies.
Linguistics, general.
Library Science.
Business and Management, general.
Discourse Analysis.
Media and Communication.