HOW IS THE MIRACLE OF READING POSSIBLE? INVESTIGATING BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL PROCESSES OF EMERGENT MEANING WHILE READING

Abstract

If in one hand reading is a particular use of language, on the other, in order to understand the cognitive aspects of reading, it is necessary to avoid extending inadvertently the field of application of this object of study (MORAIS, 1996). While investigating reading, it is necessary to investigate which cognitive and social aspects are specific to it, and which are shared with oral verbal language, or yet with other languages, taking into account processes of verbal and non-verbal meaning production. In this article, the elements strictly related to the acquisition and process of reading are disentangle from the ones that are shared with other language, especially with the oral language, seeking at identifying the conscious and unconscious processes involved (DEHAENE, 2012; 2014). An accurate definition of reading is necessary to support public policies and pedagogical intervention based on the state of art of the studies on language, reading and cognition.