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Linked text within a node gains significance by virtue of what is not linked. This is perhaps the most literal expression of the paradgimatic in terms of link node hypertext. This is different to Bernstein's missing link pattern, where it is the absence of an expected or presumed link that generates a structure-in-absence. Here it is simply the decision to link from one word, phrase, or image, rather than another, that is actually a paradigmatic decision. That the majority of hypertexts privilege nouns as link origins simply demonstrates the paucity of hypertext design and writing.
Adrian Miles: Hypertext syntagmas: cinematic narration with links
A performative hypertext presented by Journal of Digital Information