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Language Patterns | 1 |
Linguistic Theory | 1 |
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Instructional Science | 1 |
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McLaughlin, G. Harry | 1 |
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McLaughlin, G. Harry – Instructional Science, 1974
A discussion of how a Briton's educational level, social class, sex and age all go to determine the degree of linguistic difficulty he finds acceptable in reading matter; and how these determinants of acceptability relate to readability as measured by word and sentence lengths. (Author)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Linguistic Theory, Psycholinguistics, Readability