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DOCUMENTATION NOTE: READABILITY OF FRENCH SCIENTIFIC TEXTS

ROBERT T. BOTTLE, CHAFFAI TEKFI

Journal of Documentation

ISSN: 0022-0418

Article publication date: 1 April 1988

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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

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MCB UP Ltd

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