READABILITY BIBLIOGRAPHY

[Dan Lupo <dlupo -at- VNET -dot- IBM -dot- COM>]

Many thanks to those who responded to my request for citations about
readability.  Here is a compilation of what I received:


Campbell, L.J. & Holland, M.V. (1992). Understanding the Language of
     Public Documents Because Readability FOrmulas Don't.  In DiPietro,
     R.J. (Ed.) LINGUISTICS AND THE PROFESSIONS. NY:Ablex

Duffy, T.M. (1985). Readability formulas: what's the use?  In T.M.
     Duffy & R.M. Wller (Eds.), DESIGNING USABLE TEXTS (pp.113.143).
     NY:Academic P.

Hanna, J. (1994). Writer Worksheets: Test STC's Readability. TECHNICAL
     COMMUNICATION. vol 41, no 3.

Huckin, T.M. (1983). A cognitive approach to readability. In Anderson,
     Brockmann, and Miller (eds.), NEW ESSAYS IN TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
     COMMUNICATION: RESEARCH, THEORY, PRACTICE (pp. 99-110). Farmingdale,
     NY: Baywood.

Redish, J.C. & Selzer, J. (1985).  The place of readability formulas in
     technical writing.  TECHNICAL COMM, 32, 46-52.

Redish, J.C. (1980). Readability. In Felker (Ed.), DOCUMENT DESIGN: A
     REVIEW OF THE RELEVANT RESEARCH (pp. 69-93) Washington, DC: American
     Institutes for Research.

Selzer,J. (1983).  What constitutes a 'readable' technical style?  In
     Anderson, Brockmann, and Miller (Eds.), NEW ESSAYS IN TECHNICAL
     AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION: RESEARCH, THEORY, PRACTICE (pp.71-89).
     Farmingdale, NY: Baywood.


--Dan Lupo
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