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ERIC Number: EJ312572
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Constructing Matching Texts in Two Languages: The Application of Propositional Analysis.
Valdes, Guadalupe; And Others
NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v9 n1 p3-19 Fall 1984
Discusses how current procedures for selecting/constructing equivalent texts may lead to error because of their specific limitations; proposes the utilization of micro-propositional analysis coupled with word-frequency lists and readability formulas for constructing "matching" texts; presents some procedures which researchers working in English and Spanish constructing parallel texts can use. (NQA)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Difficulty Level, English, Multilingual Materials, Readability, Readability Formulas, Spanish, Syntax, Translation, Word Frequency
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Matching Texts; Propositional Analysis; Text Structure