S0242 · bormuth_1966_readability_approach · registry identity
Readability, a New Approach
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1977 · The Philosophy of Composition
Bormuth's 1966 study finding that relationships between language variables and difficulty are often non-linear (curvilinear).
related The primary goal of refining readability formulas is to achieve predictive validity using the simplest possible mathematical variables.
Bormuth's research showing that the relationship between reading difficulty and readability formula traits is inconstant.
related Standard readability formulas fail to address the central issues of learning to write readable prose.
Bormuth's findings that readability improvements are consistent across different skill levels of readers (fast vs slow, neophyte vs expert).
direct Relative readability is a stable property across different types of readers, including slow and fast readers or neophytes and experts.
Warrant (explicit): The cognitive mechanisms governing the ease of linguistic processing are uniform across different levels of prior knowledge and reading speed.
could fail ifDomain-specific vocabulary may create a 'bottleneck' for neophytes that does not exist for experts, making the relative difficulty of two texts dependent on the reader's background knowledge.
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Bormuth (1966)J. R. Bormuth, 'New Developments in Readability Research,' 1967J. R. Bormuth, 'Readability, a New Approach,' 1966