Language
How the clarity and informativeness of a text changes, depending on the degree of specificity of the words used.
Research question 1: how do word specificity and concreteness affect text readability ?
Infographic statistical analysis
- Task 1 --> Statistical modelling:
Research question 2: how do specificity and concreteness relate to text informativeness and clarity ?
Infographic on data collection on clarity and informativeness of different text types (with different types of speakers)
- Task 1 --> Data collection (Crowdsourcing) related to clarity and informativeness of different types of text (with different types of speakers).
Infographic statistical analysis
- Task 2 --> Statistical modelling:
Research question 3: how word specificity and concreteness ebb and flow through the development of a text, to successfully convey a writer's intended message?
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Task 1 --> Analysis of pragmatic dynamics and levels of specificity of words used in the text to achieve different communicative purposes.