Psychology
Syllable counts directly throttle reading speeds
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The word-length effect demonstrates that phonetic complexity bottleneck reading execution. The internal parser literally takes longer to compute words constructed with multiple syllables, even if visual recognition is instantaneous. The system insists on internally sounding out the heavy syllables, drastically stalling the overall text intake.
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