Empirical evaluation of Easy Language recommendations : a systematic literature review from journal research in Catalan, English, and Spanish
González-Sordé, Mariona (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Matamala, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Data:	2023
Resum:	Easy Language is a language variety that aims to make information more comprehensible and, ultimately, more accessible. Content in this variety is written and designed following a set of recommendations that have been published in different guidelines. However, it remains uncertain to what extent these recommendations are backed up by empirical research. The aim of this study is to review the existing literature that evaluates current recommendations in Easy Language guidelines, on the basis of the following research questions: (a) is there empirical research that evaluates current international Easy Language recommendations? and, (b) if so, what current international Easy Language recommendations are supported by empirical research and what results were obtained? To this end, we conducted a systematic literature review based on journal articles in three languages: Catalan, English, and Spanish. First, a systematic search was designed and performed in 10 databases of different fields of science. Then, we reviewed every article that resulted from the search and found that 6 publications out of the initial 617 met the inclusion criteria and could be considered relevant for the study. Based on the data extracted from the included publications, and after an overall review of our systematic search results, we safely state that there is indeed empirical research on some current Easy Language recommendations. Nevertheless, empirical research in the field (at least in the publication format and languages considered in our study) is not enough in terms of the number of publications, and the findings obtained are far from generalisable. Our literature review suggests future lines of research, and we hope that it fosters empirical studies in the field that help support the existing findings.
Ajuts:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021-SGR-00077 European Commission 957252
Nota:	Altres ajuts: acords transformatius de la UAB
Nota:	Acknowledgements: This work has been performed as part of Mariona González-Sordé's Ph.D. in Translation and Intercultural Studies at the Department of Translation, Interpreting and East Asian Studies (Departament de Traducció i d'Interpretació i d'Estudis de l'Àsia Oriental) of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The scholarship for the PhD programme that this study is part of was granted by reason of the PhD student's participation in the EU-funded Innovation Action (IA) MediaVerse project (H2020-EU.2.1.1 programme). MediaVerse has received funding from the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme from the European Union, under Grant Agreement nr. 957252. The authors of this article are members of TransMedia Catalonia, an SGR research group funded by the Catalan Government (Departament de Recerca i Universitats) (2021 SGR 00077). Funding: Open Access Funding provided by Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Accessible information ; Easy Language ; Easy-to-understand language ; Literature review ; Systematic review
Publicat a:	Universal access in the information society, 11 March 2023, ISSN 1615-5297

DOI: 10.1007/s10209-023-00975-2

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