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Exploring the Effect of Plain Terminology on Processing and Comprehension of Administrative Texts in Spanish: A Self-Paced Reading Experiment

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dc.contributor.authorFernández Silva, Sabela
dc.contributor.authorNúñez Cortés, Juan Antonio
dc.contributor.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6607-5772
dc.contributor.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0494-3850
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-10T06:12:25Z
dc.date.available2025-04-10T06:12:25Z
dc.date.issued2025-11-13
dc.descriptionThe registered version of this article, first published in International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2024; 0:1–13, is available online from the publisher's website: Wiley, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12650
dc.descriptionLa versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2024; 0:1–13, está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Wiley, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12650
dc.description.abstractClear communication between government administrations and citizens is a challenge in democratic societies. Public administration texts often contain technical legal terms, essential to convey specialized knowledge with precision but often impenetrable to non-experts. The plain language movement provides guidelines for simplifying legal-administrative texts, recommending avoiding, explaining, or replacing technical terms with more transparent synonyms. This study assesses the effect of plain terminology on the processing and comprehension of administrative texts in Spanish. We conducted a self-paced reading experiment in which participants (N = 117) read texts with legal-administrative terms and their plain synonyms and answered comprehension questions. Results showed that plain terms significantly improved comprehension but did not reduce reading times. Mixed linear regression analysis revealed that other term properties—length, frequency, and comprehensibility—also influenced reading speed and comprehension. These findings suggest that these factors should be considered when proposing clear alternatives to legal terminology.en
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dc.identifier.citationFernández-Silva, S. and Núñez Cortés, J.A. (2024), Exploring the Effect of Plain Terminology on Processing and Comprehension of Administrative Texts in Spanish: A Self-Paced Reading Experiment. Int J Appl Linguist.. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12650
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12650
dc.identifier.issn0802-6106 | eISSN 1473-4192
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/26474
dc.journal.titleInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.centerFacultad de Filología
dc.relation.departmentFilologías Extranjeras y sus Lingüísticas
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject57 Lingüística
dc.subject.keywordscomprehensionen
dc.subject.keywordslegal-administrative textsen
dc.subject.keywordslegal Spanishen
dc.subject.keywordsplain languageen
dc.subject.keywordsprocessing difficultyen
dc.subject.keywordsself-paced readingen
dc.subject.keywordsterminologyen
dc.titleExploring the Effect of Plain Terminology on Processing and Comprehension of Administrative Texts in Spanish: A Self-Paced Reading Experimenten
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