The Effect of Text Structure on Text Comprehension of Japanese and American Readers
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/2001/PDFs/STC48-000114.PDF

Spyridakis, Jan H. and Waka Fukuoka
STC Proceedings
2001

Abstract:

This paper presents the preliminary findings from a study that sought to determine whether Japanese and American readers’ comprehension of expository text is similarly affected by text organization. Results are presented and discussed with regard to their implications for technical communicators.