... unaware of the contra diction between the nature of the phonics system and the purported peda gogical purpose of the rules, which is to allow a reader to turn the written word into sound, and thereby ... the primacy of the alphabetic principle Without the al phabetic principle there is no neophonics model of reading, nor is there a rationale for intensive phonics in the classroom And the grand ... Neuroimaging and the Image of Phonics Besides a linguistics and psychology of self-proclaimed trustworthiness, the scientific arsenal of neophonics also includes a growing stockpile of hightech images of...