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Beyond isolated word recognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2012

Simon P. Liversedge
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Psychology, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1PS, United Kingdom. s.p.liversedge@soton.ac.ukhttp://www.southampton.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/spl1.pagehib@soton.ac.ukhttp://www.southampton.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/hib.paged.drieghe@soton.ac.ukhttp://www.denisdrieghe.com
Hazel I. Blythe
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Psychology, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1PS, United Kingdom. s.p.liversedge@soton.ac.ukhttp://www.southampton.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/spl1.pagehib@soton.ac.ukhttp://www.southampton.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/hib.paged.drieghe@soton.ac.ukhttp://www.denisdrieghe.com
Denis Drieghe
Affiliation:
University of Southampton, Psychology, Highfield Campus, Southampton SO17 1PS, United Kingdom. s.p.liversedge@soton.ac.ukhttp://www.southampton.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/spl1.pagehib@soton.ac.ukhttp://www.southampton.ac.uk/psychology/about/staff/hib.paged.drieghe@soton.ac.ukhttp://www.denisdrieghe.com

Abstract

In this commentary we concur with Frost's view of the centrality of universal principles in models of word identification. However, we argue that other processes in sentence comprehension also fundamentally constrain the nature of written word identification. Furthermore, these processes appear to be universal. We, therefore, argue that universality in word identification should not be considered in isolation, but instead in the context of other linguistic processes that occur during normal reading.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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References

Blythe, H. I., Johnson, R., Tbaily, L. W., Liversedge, S. P. & Rayner, K. (under review) Reading transposed text: Effects of transposed letter distance and consonant–vowel status on eye movements. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.Google Scholar
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