Descripción:
It is argued in this article that the symbolic-alphabetical system is not a mere representation of speech, but rather another system of symbolic representation of concepts in most languages. A fluent reader does not have to map graphemes onto phonemes to understand a written text. In his earlier days of literacy, he was stirred to establish bounds of equivalence between sounds and letters. Graphemes are distinctive visual unities which enhance the identity and the difference of meaning in pairs of written words. (V.g., the initial letters in ball = tall). In addition, the written system is an extension of human memory.