Mari-Liisa Varila
List of John Benjamins publications in which Mari-Liisa Varila is involved.
Articles
2025 Presenting manuscript tables and diagrams to the Middle English reader Journal of Historical Pragmatics 26:1, pp. 69–99 | Article
In this paper, we examine information-organising graphic devices such as tables and diagrams in Middle English manuscripts. Our focus is on text producers’ metadiscourse describing these devices and instructing the reader in their use. We also pay attention to the visual and spatial relationship… read more
2020 Chapter 9. Book producers’ comments on text-organisation in early 16th-century English printed paratexts The Dynamics of Text and Framing Phenomena: Historical approaches to paratext and metadiscourse in English, Peikola, Matti and Birte Bös (eds.), pp. 209–229 | Chapter
This chapter focuses on book producers’ metadiscourse related to text-organisation in 16th-century English printed paratexts. Paratexts offered authors, translators, and printers a convenient space for instructing the reader in navigating the contents of the book at hand. Choices related to… read more
2019 Promotional conventions on English title-pages up to 1550: Modifiers of time, scope, and quality Norms and Conventions in the History of English, Bös, Birte and Claudia Claridge (eds.), pp. 73–98 | Chapter
This study traces the development of promotional conventions on English title-pages up to 1550. The early development of title-pages was influenced by older paratextual elements such as prologues and colophons. However, in the context of print production, book producers soon began to use this… read more