From Platon until 1960
Text as a thing
Do not use:
Dificult words
Long words
Long sentences
Methafors
Synonyms
So on…
In Sweden the pedagogues at the Scool department year1968 began to pay publicer to make LL-books.
The books were ment for persons with intelectual disability. (Problem with abstract thinking.)
Since about 1990 the books and the news "8-Pages" has been produced by "The Centre for Easy-to-Read".
Without changing the LL-concept they were marketing the product even for dyslectics and imigrants.