Evaluating four readability formulas for Afrikaans
For almost a hundred years now, readability formulas have been used to measure how difficult it is to comprehend a given text. To date, four readability formulas have been developed for Afrikaans. Two such formulas were published by Van Rooyen (1986), one formula by McDermid Heyns (2007) and one for...
Main Authors: | Jansen, Carel, Richards, Rose, van Zyl, Liezl |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbosch University
2017-12-01
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Series: | Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus |
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Online Access: | https://spilplus.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/739 |
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