Poll shows 1 in 4 Americans read no books last year. But books, aren't everything . . .

[David Bowie]

From:    "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>

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> 2.  the report goes back and forth between references to book-reading
> and references to "literacy".  see the snippets above.  this makes me
> very uncomfortable.  in other contexts -- for example, in discussions
> of spanish-speaking immigrants -- "literacy" retains its older
> meaning of 'ability to read and write', or has an extended meaning
> 'knowledge or competence in a specific field'.

> granted, we could use terms for involvement in reading (in general)
> and in book-reading (specifically), but "literacy" is already taken.

Literaturacy?

--
David Bowie                               University of Central Florida
     Jeanne's Two Laws of Chocolate: If there is no chocolate in the
     house, there is too little; some must be purchased. If there is
     chocolate in the house, there is too much; it must be consumed.

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