A Study on the Effect of Terminology on L2 Reading Comprehension

Should Specialist Terms in Medical Texts be Avoided

Bibliographic Data

ID11112457
AuthorsTheresa A Waldspurger (corresponding author), R E Lankamp
Year1990
Volume66
Issue1
Pages195
Publication date1990-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/415309
OpenAlexW1970752962
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited17

This research investigating the effect of a reader's knowledge on a linguistic level of analysis on comprehension of a text parallels research started earlier on the effect of syntactic analysis and syntactic knowledge on reading foreign-and native-language scientifIc and technical text (see for example Terms and L2 Reading Comprehension

Comprehension · Linguistics · Reading (process) · Reading comprehension · Terminology · Computer Science · Lexicography and Language Studies · linguistics and terminology studies · Medical Terminology · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Psychology

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