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. vii, 313 pp.
Matti Peikola
List of John Benjamins publications for which Matti Peikola plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Discourse studies | English linguistics | Germanic linguistics | Historical linguistics | Pragmatics
Instructional Writing in English: Studies in honour of Risto Hiltunen
Edited by Matti Peikola, Janne Skaffari and Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 189] 2009. xiii, 240 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | English linguistics | Historical linguistics | Pragmatics
Opening Windows on Texts and Discourses of the Past
Edited by Janne Skaffari, Matti Peikola, Ruth Carroll, Risto Hiltunen and Brita Wårvik
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 134] 2005. x, 418 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Historical linguistics | Pragmatics
2024 Presenting manuscript tables and diagrams to the Middle English reader Journal of Historical Pragmatics: Online-First Articles | 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 1. Framing framing: The multifaceted phenomena of paratext, metadiscourse and framing The Dynamics of Text and Framing Phenomena: Historical approaches to paratext and metadiscourse in English, Peikola, Matti and Birte Bös (eds.), pp. 3–32 | Chapter
2020 Chapter 8. Patterns of reader involvement on sixteenth-century English title pages, with special reference to second-person pronouns Voices Past and Present - Studies of Involved, Speech-related and Spoken Texts: In honor of Merja Kytö, Jonsson, Ewa and Tove Larsson (eds.), pp. 113–130 | Chapter
Title pages may be viewed as early forms of advertisement, intended to make the potential reader purchase the book and attach a high value to its contents. In research into the consumer psychology of present-day advertisements, second-person pronouns have been found an effective means of… 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
2009 Instructional aspects of the calendar in later medieval England, with special reference to The John Rylands University Library MS English 80 Instructional Writing in English: Studies in honour of Risto Hiltunen, Peikola, Matti, Janne Skaffari and Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen (eds.), pp. 83–104 | Article
2009 Approaching instructional writing in English Instructional Writing in English: Studies in honour of Risto Hiltunen, Peikola, Matti, Janne Skaffari and Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen (eds.), pp. 1–11 | Article
2007 Trial discourse and manuscript context: Scribal profiles in the Salem witchcraft records Journal of Historical Pragmatics 8:1, pp. 43–68 | Article
The present paper underscores the importance of examining the original manuscripts and their context(s) of production, with specific reference to the wealth of documentary material produced in connection with the Salem witchcraft outbreak of 1692. The background to this study is an international… read more
2005 A frame for windows: On studying texts and discourses of the past Opening Windows on Texts and Discourses of the Past, Skaffari, Janne, Matti Peikola, Ruth Carroll, Risto Hiltunen and Brita Wårvik (eds.), pp. 1–4 | Article
2003 Introduction Discourse Perspectives on English: Medieval to modern, Hiltunen, Risto and Janne Skaffari (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Miscellaneous
2003 The catalogue: A late Middle English Lollard genre? Discourse Perspectives on English: Medieval to modern, Hiltunen, Risto and Janne Skaffari (eds.), pp. 105–135 | Article