DOCUMENTATION NOTE: READABILITY OF FRENCH SCIENTIFIC TEXTS
ROBERT T. BOTTLE
(Department of Information Science, The City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB)
CHAFFAI TEKFI
(Department of Information Science, The City University, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB)
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Abstract
The readability of three French scientific journals is examined using the Farr‐Jenkins‐Paterson simplification of the Flesch reading ease formula. The results show a relative decrease in readability with time. The results also suggest that these changes are due to changes in style or linguistic factors rather than subject characteristics.
Citation
BOTTLE, R.T. and TEKFI, C. (1988), "DOCUMENTATION NOTE: READABILITY OF FRENCH SCIENTIFIC TEXTS", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 44 No. 4, pp. 339-345. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026834
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1988, MCB UP Limited