Our goal is to get the meaning it stores

This is called the recognition point.In the process of honing in on one word,the active units suppress the activity of others,saving vital milliseconds.Most people can comprehend up to about 8 syllables per second.Yet, the goal is not only to recognize the word,but also to access its stored meaning.The brain accesses many possible meanings at the same time,before the word has been fully identified.We know this from studies which show that even upon hearing a word fragment like caplisteners will start to register multiple possible meanings,like captain or capital,before the full word emerges.