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Word Recognition

Word recognition is the ability to recognize written words correctly and effortlessly, according to LINCS. A lexical definition is a word's meaning in common usage, as found in dictionaries. Lexical definitions state a word's meaning as simply as possible for wide understanding. Parsing analyzes symbols in a language according to grammatical rules, with the term coming from Latin for "part of speech." Meaning is constructed in the minds of language users through cognitive principles like metonymy, metaphor, and conceptual blending. Decoding translates written words to sounds and meanings, while encoding or spelling is the reverse process.

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Word Recognition

Word recognition is the ability to recognize written words correctly and effortlessly, according to LINCS. A lexical definition is a word's meaning in common usage, as found in dictionaries. Lexical definitions state a word's meaning as simply as possible for wide understanding. Parsing analyzes symbols in a language according to grammatical rules, with the term coming from Latin for "part of speech." Meaning is constructed in the minds of language users through cognitive principles like metonymy, metaphor, and conceptual blending. Decoding translates written words to sounds and meanings, while encoding or spelling is the reverse process.

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Word recognition, according to Literacy information and Communication System (LINCS) is

"the ability of a reader to recognize written words correctly and virtually effortlessly."
The lexical definition of a term, also known as the dictionary definition, is the meaning of
the term in common usage. As its other name implies, this is the sort of definition one is
likely to find in the dictionary. A lexical definition is usually the type expected from a
request for definition, and it is generally expected that such a definition will be stated as
simply as possible in order to convey information to the widest audience. Words can be
classified as lexical or nonlexical. Lexical words are those that have independent meaning
(such as a Noun (N), verb (V), adjective (A), adverb (Adv), or preposition (P). The
definition which reports the meaning of a word or a phrase as it is actually used by people
is called a lexical definition. Meanings of words given in a dictionary are lexical definitions.
As a word may have more than one meaning, it may also have more than one lexical
definition.
Parsing or syntactic analysis is the process of analysing a string of symbols, either in
natural language or in computer languages, conforming to the rules of a formal grammar.
The term parsing comes from Latin pars (orationis), meaning part (of speech).

Meaning does not reside in linguistic units but is constructed in the minds of the language
users. Meaning construction is an on-line mental activity whereby speech participants
create meanings on the basis of underspecified linguistic units. The construction of
meaning is guided by cognitive principles. The contributions collected in the volume focus
on two types of cognitive principles guiding meaning construction: meaning construction by
means of metonymy and metaphor, and meaning construction by means of mental spaces
and conceptual blending.

Decoding means translating written words into the sounds and meanings of spoken words
(often

silently). Encoding,

or

spelling,

is

the

reverse

process.

The

skills

in encoding are usually developed alongside decoding skills and reflect similar learning.

used

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