TY - JOUR
T1 - No reason to expect "reading universals"
AU - Levy, Yonata
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - Writing systems encode linguistic information in diverse ways, relying on cognitive procedures that are likely to be general purpose rather than specific to reading. Optimality in reading for meaning is achieved via the entire communicative act, involving, when the need arises, syntax, nonlinguistic context, and selective attention.
AB - Writing systems encode linguistic information in diverse ways, relying on cognitive procedures that are likely to be general purpose rather than specific to reading. Optimality in reading for meaning is achieved via the entire communicative act, involving, when the need arises, syntax, nonlinguistic context, and selective attention.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84869438585&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X12000088
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X12000088
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C2 - 22929460
AN - SCOPUS:84869438585
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 35
SP - 293
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 5
ER -