Schrott, Angela; Wolf, Johanna; Pflüger, Christine (Hrsg.): Textkomplexität und Textverstehen. Studien zur Verständlichkeit von Texten. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023 (Linguistik -- Impulse & Tendenzen, 106). -- ISBN 978-3-11-104120-9. 364 Seiten, € 109,95 [Open Access unter https://www.degruyter.com]

The anthology "Text Complexity and Text Understanding" by Angela Schrott, Johanna Wolf, and Christine Pflüger addresses various aspects of text comprehensibility. The twelve contributions in the book mostly come from the field of Romance studies at the University of Kassel. Theoretical models on text complexity, recontextualization, and simplification techniques are discussed. The significance of visual codifications in texts is also debated. One contribution examines the appropriateness of text simplifications in administrative and legal contexts. Analyses on topics such as comics, memes, and digital communication are presented. The volume is primarily aimed at experts but has some shortcomings in terms of explaining terms and does not adequately consider text complexity in some cases. [Extracted from the article]