ABSTRACT
The preceding chapter was devoted to letter identification. In this chapter, I show that the prior identification of letters is not required for the identification of entire words. This chapter is restricted to considering words in isolation, where there is no extrinsic clue to their identity. I am still not focusing on anything that might normally be regarded as reading, where a meaningful purpose and context are involved. But the chapter is another step toward a demonstration that procedures permitting the visual identification of words without the prior identification of letters also permit comprehension without the prior identification of words.
