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Publish, explain, understand, and comply: Legislation in Plain Language

The Theory and Practice of Legislation, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to systematize the political practice of three initiatives related to the concept of plain language on the Latin-American legislative arena.
Germán J. Arenas Arias
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Plain language summaries: A systematic review of theory, guidelines and empirical research

PLoS ONE, 2021
Plain language summaries (PLSs) have been introduced to communicate research in an understandable way to a nonexpert audience. Guidelines for writing PLSs have been developed and empirical research on PLSs has been conducted, but terminology and research
M. Stoll   +3 more
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Asthma: In Plain Language

Health Promotion Practice, 2004
The Community Asthma Program was designed to increase awareness of asthma among urban residents and to bring more people into available care. Educational sessions with patients indicated that many adults struggle with the complicated demands of managing a chronic disease. At the same time, however, a good deal of the written materials meant to provide
Lawren H. Daltroy   +6 more
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Tools for Overcoming Oppression: Plain Language and Human-Centered Design for Social Justice

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, 2022
Background: Technical and professional communication (TPC) audiences are increasingly international and intercultural. Some of these audiences, such as US asylum applicants, may be vulnerable and suffering trauma following violations of their human ...
Michela Sims
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The plain language movement and legislation: does plain language work?

2023
Submission note: A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Law, Faculty of Business, Economics and Law, La Trobe University, Bundoora.This thesis investigates plain language legislation–legislation drafted with elements associated with the plain language movement.
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Plain language: Can it ever be plain enough?

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 2019
Three versions of a financial form were compared to each other with regard to usability, understanding and respondents’ experiences. The first version did not explicitly use any plain language techniques; the second version of the form explicitly used some plain language techniques and in the third version even more plain language techniques were ...
Johanna Maria Burger, Leon de Stadler
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