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The Dynamics of Text and Framing Phenomena: Historical approaches to paratext and metadiscourse in English
Edited by Matti Peikola and Birte Bös
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 317] 2020
► pp. 3–32

Chapter 1
Framing framing

The multifaceted phenomena of paratext, metadiscourse and framing

| University of Duisburg-Essen
| University of Turku
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 1.1Genette’s notion of paratext
    • 1.2Central questions of the volume
  • 2. Paratext, metadiscourse and framing – relating the core concepts of the volume
    • 2.1Paratext in a prototype perspective
    • 2.2Paratext and metadiscourse
    • 2.3Paratext and framing
    • 2.4Functional classifications of paratext, metadiscourse and framing
  • 3.Contextualising the dynamics of text and framing phenomena
    • 3.1Prototypical examples
      • 3.1.1Linguistic prototypicality: Genre conventions
      • 3.1.2Visual and material prototypicality
    • 3.2From prototypicality to periphery
      • 3.2.1Flagging issues
      • 3.2.2 Different levels of paratextual communication
      • 3.2.3 Status of elements in compilations
      • 3.2.4Entextualisation
      • 3.2.5 Media shifts and modes of production
  • 4.The contributions to the present volume
  • Notes
  • Primary sources
  • Secondary sources
Published online: 18 November 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.317.01bos
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London, British Library MS Harley 327.

London, British Library MS Harley 940.

London, British Library MS Lansdowne 455.

Manchester, John Rylands University Library MS English 76. https://​luna​.manchester​.ac​.uk​/luna​/servlet/

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