Coh-Metrix measures text characteristics at multiple levels of language and discourse

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-229

  Graesser, Arthur C ^a   McNamara, Danielle S ^b   Cai, Zhiqang ^a   Conley, Mark ^a   Li, Haiying ^a   Pennebaker, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84928104195     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: 15548279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/678293     Document Type: Article

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