The prior knowledge of the intended audience determines a text's information density, rate of new information, and accompanying background¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r3 · q1
Currency · newest study 1977 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q1 i? The article states that the previous knowledge held by the intended audience determines the density of information in the text, the rate at which new information can be introduced, and the amount of background that must accompany it. → de Beaugrande 1977

Evidence¶

de Beaugrande 1977¶

de Beaugrande, Robert. (1977). Writing as a Decision Process. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED159704

q1 · i? · theoretical · r3

A theoretical claim in the paper's discussion of early writing decisions: once a writer settles the intended audience, "the density of information in the text, the rate fit which new information can be introduced and the amount of b cuthat must accompany the latter" are determined. No empirical data are printed.

"the pnevioue .knowledge held e intendedamdlenee deteriniJies the density of information in the text, the rate fit which new information can be introduced and the amount of b cuthat must accompany the latter"

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