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It is syntactical basis of hypertext that Bernstein's patterns actually describes and why it is of such interest. Not only for the patterns it demonstrates but because it is derived from the exuberance of existing hypertexts.
This also means, as Metz observes, that montage (linking) is then reconsidered as its role is no longer normative in the sense of having to follow a narrative, but is actually creative in that it produces and forms a narrative in its own right. Further this suggests that the forms produced are singular in the sense of being produced in their writing, by their processes, and not amenable to prior formalisation.
Adrian Miles: Hypertext syntagmas: cinematic narration with links
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