Introduction

[Susan Elaine Antlitz]

Well, I don't want to assert a hasty answer here, but I think you've hit
on an important idea Karen.  Whether it's a graphic or a single word or
letter, the smallest unit might be the link itself, no matter what form it
takes.

Other than that, a larger unit of hypertext seems to be the papragraph.
Paragraphs in hypertext often tend to be shorter than in other forms of
writing, and the frequent breaks make reading hypertext off the screen
easier on the eyes!

Susan

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Karen McComas wrote:

> is)....I think the minimal unit of discourse in a hypertext environment is
> either .... oh drats, I was going to initially say it was a single screen, but
> just as I started to type that I started to second guess myself...could it be
> a single letter, linked to another document....could it be a graphic, linked
> to another document....hmmmmmm....someone else better jump in here ;)
>
> Marty Jacobsen wrote:

> > purpose.  What is the minimal unit of discourse in a hypertext
> > environment? Is there one?  Is hypertext a discourse and can it be
> > measured this way?  I've got thoughts but not theories about this.