Introduction

[Karen McComas]

Hi Marty,

Haven't introduced myself yet, but you've thrown out some good bait :)

I'm not very clear on the scope of discourse (one reason I joined this list)
but let me respond with a theory of my own about hypertext environment, if it
is a discourse (and I'm not certain that it is - let's just suppose it
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:

> Dear Discours-ers:
>
> I'm Marty Jacobsen, a co-owner of DISCOURS and associate editor and
> Webmaster for the LINGUIST List.  A student with James Cornish and John
> Krajicek in the discourse studies program at Texas A&M, I am currently
> scheduling a defense of my dissertation, which deals with orality/literacy
> and hypertextuality.
>
> I have a one-time offer to gnaw on something that gnaws at me.  One of the
> most interesting things to me in discourse studies is the choice of a
> minimal unit of discourse, which we all know varies with approach and
> 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.
>
> Any takers?
>
> Marty Jacobsen, Ab.D
> Texas A&M

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Karen L. McComas
Communication Disorders, Marshall University
Huntington, WV  25755-2634
URL:  http://www.marshall.edu/commdis/mccomas.htmlx
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