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Bypass language en route to meaning at your peril

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2023

Lindsay N. Harris Open the ORCID record for Lindsay N. Harris [Opens in a new window] ,
Charles A. Perfetti Open the ORCID record for Charles A. Perfetti [Opens in a new window]  and
Elizabeth A. Hirshorn Open the ORCID record for Elizabeth A. Hirshorn [Opens in a new window]
Lindsay N. Harris
Affiliation:
Department of Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language and Literacy, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA lharris3@niu.edu https://www.cedu.niu.edu/lepf/about/faculty/Lindsay-Harris.shtml
Charles A. Perfetti
Affiliation:
Learning Research and Development Center, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA perfetti@pitt.edu https://www.lrdc.pitt.edu/people/researcher-detail.cshtml?id=308
Elizabeth A. Hirshorn
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, USA hirshore@newpaltz.edu https://webapps.newpaltz.edu/directory/profile/elizabethhirshorn
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Abstract

The learning account of the puzzle of ideography cannot be dismissed as readily as Morin maintains, and is compatible with the standardization account. The reading difficulties of deaf and dyslexic individuals, who cannot easily form connections between written letter strings and spoken words, suggest limits to our ability to bypass speech and reliably access meaning directly from graphic symbols.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e245
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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