2019
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-28577-7_10
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Analyzing the Adequacy of Readability Indicators to a Non-English Language

Abstract: Readability is a linguistic feature that indicates how difficult it is to read a text. Traditional readability formulas were made for the English language. This study evaluates their adequacy to the Portuguese language. We applied the traditional formulas in 10 parallel corpora. We verified that the Portuguese language had higher grade scores (less readability) in the formulas that use the number of syllables per words or number of complex words per sentence. Formulas that use letters by words instead of sylla… Show more

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“…However, sentence length is one of the main readability indicators used in many validated readability tools in many languages. 6 , 24 , 35 Moreover, this is one of the first studies that attempt to assess the Arabic readability of PILs with limited evidence on the readability of PILs, specifically Arabic PILs in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and globally.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, sentence length is one of the main readability indicators used in many validated readability tools in many languages. 6 , 24 , 35 Moreover, this is one of the first studies that attempt to assess the Arabic readability of PILs with limited evidence on the readability of PILs, specifically Arabic PILs in Saudi Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and globally.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Measure how easy a text is to read and include the following features: Automated Readability Index (ARI), Coleman-Liau Index (CLI), Flesch Reading Ease (FRE), Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL), Gunning fog index (GFI) and SMOG (Dubay, 2004;Ghose and Ipeirotis, 2011) Readability features based on (Antunes and Lopes, 2019) Spelling Errors (SPELL) Number of misspelled words in review (Ghose and Ipeirotis, 2011) Number of words not found in Wiktionary 1 and Unitex-PB lexicons (Muniz, 2004) Dominant Terms (Dom-Terms)…”
Section: ) -Readability Features (Read)mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Measure how easy a text is to read and include the following features: Automated Readability Index (ARI), Coleman-Liau Index (CLI), Flesch Reading Ease (FRE), Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL), Gunning fog index (GFI) and SMOG Readability features based on (Antunes and Lopes, 2019) Spelling Errors (SPELL) Number of misspelled words in review Number of words not found in Wiktionary 1 and Unitex-PB lexicons Dominant Terms (Dom-Terms)…”
Section: Readability Features (Read)mentioning
confidence: 99%