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Hypertext syntagmas: cinematic narration with links
revolver

While a node with a single word may not have the qualities that Metz attributes to the close up of the revolver (though given the fluidity of typography - face, size, weight, colour, movement - available that is questionable) it is apparent that the force of the node that results from the link is much like an order word or command. There is an imperative attached to even a single word that is the destination of a link. There is some performative force that is the result of a link, in some manner because a link always operates as a promise.

Adrian Miles: Hypertext syntagmas: cinematic narration with links
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