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Chronological syntagmas are distinguished from the achronological as the autonomous segment defined maintains a literal and linear narrative sequence that is defined by the plot. The relations contained between shots that make up the chronological sequence can be simultaneous, or consecutive - in other words the sequence may show two spheres of action that are happening at the same time (the infamous "meanwhile . . ." intertitle), or they may be simply consecutive (this, then this).
In a general sense these sequences can be descriptive, or narrational. In the first instance what is presented in the sequence does not imply temporal succession, they are images placed in sequence that show different aspects of something where they are more or less happening at the same time. In the second they are clearly narrating.
Adrian Miles: Hypertext syntagmas: cinematic narration with links
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