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And On t h e o t h e r h a n d , t h e i n i t i a l s e q u e n c e s E-and t h e f i n a l s e q u e n c e s -eng, -&, and -ofe d o n o t o c c u r i n t h e f i r s t 2 0 , 0 0 0 words i n t h e T h o r n d i k e and Lorge ( 1 9 4 4 ) l i s t , y e t t h e y a r e c l a s s i f i e d as o r t h o g r a p h i c a l l y r e g u l a r s i n c e t h e y d o n o t v i o l a t e any phonological or scribal pattern. Thus pseudowords l i k e 9, woach, t r e n g , d e r l , and s t r o f e a r e p r o n o u n c e a b l e and s t r u c t u r a l l y r e g u l a r , even though t h e y c o n t a i n t r i g r a m s t h a t d o n o t o c c u r i n E n g l i s h words.

T h i s m e a n s t h a t t h e l e t t e r a is o f t e n VISUAL INFORMATION I N R E A D I N G 19 i n t e r p r e t e d a s e . 4 p r o v i d e s a n a l o g o u s d a t a from in letter recognition. t h e p e r i p h e r a l - v i e w i n g e x p e r i m e n t c a r r i e d o u t b y Bouma o n t h e IBM C o u r i e r 10 typeface. The c o n f u s i o n s w i l l b e u t i l i z e d i n o u r l a t e r work when t h e r e l a t i v e s i m i l a r i t y b e t w e e n l e t t e r s beco m es a n i m p o r t a n t q u e s t i o n i n o u r e x p e r i m e n t s .

However, some i n t e r e s t i n g a p p r o a c h e s t o u s i n g t o k e n m e a s u r e s embedded w i t h i n t y p e m e a s u r e s h a v e b e e n p r o p o s e d b y Solomon a n d P o s t m a n ( 1 9 5 2 ) , S a v i n ( 1 9 6 3 ) , and more r e c e n t l y by Landauer and S t r e e t e r 28 CHAPTER 3 (1973). As an example, t h e viab,le a l t e r n a t i v e s could be n a r r o w e d down t o a l l w o r d s c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e f e a t u r a l i n f o r m a t i o n and t h e r e a d e r m i g h t c h o o s e t h e m o s t f r e q u e n t word from t h i s s e t .

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