This book provides research-based insights that deepen and broaden current understandings of the nature of reading. Informed by psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic views of reading-as-meaning-construction, the studies build on principles of scientifi "There is no other book on the market like this.... It is a counterpoint to those which talk about scientific studies of reading in that, by the methodologies used, it reveals how much more context-rich studies of reading offer to our understanding of the reading process. This book would be excellent for graduate courses on oral reading analysis or oral reading assessment, psycholinguistic or sociolinguistic models of reading, or research methods in literacy education." Sharon Murphy, York University "This book is unique; there are many arguments out there about our current climate but this work looks beyond those to a place of intellectual and scholarly vitality. This is a timely and important book." Richard J. Meyer, University of New Mexico "This volume is certainly cutting-edge. It presents research that many in the reading field are not aware of. The scholarship is outstanding.... It will contribute significantly by helping to move the field past its current preoccupation with rapid and automatic word recognition.... It could set the standard for a new approach to 'scientific research.'" David Freeman, University of Texas Pan American