Diversion of qualitative characteristics of text complexity (a case study of literary and popular science PIRLS texts)

The study under consideration highlights the multidimensional comprehensive analysis of eight texts diverse genre attribution applied in international PIRLS testing during 2001-2011 (PIRLS (Progress International Reading Literacy Study) is conducted by Association assessment academic achievements IEA. national coordinator research implementation Russian Federation FIAQE «Federal Institute quality education»). objective to substantiate hypothesis concerning similarities and differences typological characteristics that aim at evaluating complexity popular science literary texts. cornerstone theory serves assumption text which involves quantitative (the word, sentence, length) as well qualitative (narrativity, syntactical simplicity, precision, referential cohesion, semantic cohesion) [14]. determines display a wider diversity structures higher narrative degree than similar length readability conditions. precision indicators are manifested approximately same range whereas cohesion represent broad fluctuations both cases.