Talk About Books: A Study of Reading Groups PDF
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Talk About Books Also available from Bloomsbury Bloomsbury Essential Guide for Reading Groups , Susan Osborne Chick Lit , Rocío Montoro Conversation in Context , Christoph Ruehlemann Materializing Literacies in Communities , Kate Pahl Reading Circles, Novels and Adult Development , Sam Duncan Talk About Books A Study of Reading Groups David Peplow Bloomsbury Academic An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc LONDON (cid:129) OXFORD (cid:129) NEW YORK (cid:129) NEW DELHI (cid:129) SYDNEY Bloomsbury Academic An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square 1385 Broadway London New York WC1B 3DP NY 10018 UK USA www.bloomsbury.com BLOOMSBURY and the Diana logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published 2016 Paperback edition fi rst published 2017 © David Peplow, 2016 David Peplow has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identifi ed as the Author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. No responsibility for loss caused to any individual or organization acting on or refraining from action as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by Bloomsbury or the author. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: HB: 978-1-4725-7022-2 PB: 978-1-3500-4553-8 ePDF: 978-1-4725-7023-9 ePub: 978-1-4725-7024-6 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India Contents Transcription Key v i Acknowledgements v ii 1 Introduction 1 2 Communities of Readers 31 3 Reading Group Organization 55 4 Reported Discourse in the Reading Groups 1 01 5 Mimetic Reading in the Groups 1 39 6 Conclusion 175 Notes 181 Bibliography 183 Index 197 Transcription Key Transcript feature Key (.) brief pause – less than 0.5 seconds (0.5) timed pause = latching – no pause between speakers’ turns [yeah simultaneous speech [yeah Underlined talk speaker places emphasis on word or phrase >yes< speaker speeds-up <no> speaker slows down ::: drawn-out sound Hhh exhalation xxxxxx inaudible speech ↑ rising intonation ↓ lowering intonation ‘ ’ quoted speech from third-party (( laughter )) paralinguistic feature or non-verbal communication feature {RP voice} shift into exaggerated voice ? unable to distinguish speaker Acknowledgements I would like to thank the reading groups who kindly provided the data for this study. I would also like to thank the funders of the original project on which this book is based: the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Most thanks goes to my family and friends, who have supported me throughout the researching and writing of this book.
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