Mari-Liisa Varila
List of John Benjamins publications for which Mari-Liisa Varila plays a role.
Articles
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