Hypertext Semiotics

Abstract

Rather than delivering yet another Hypertext Model, this paper lays out prolegomena of a theory of ¿Hypertext Semiotics¿, developed by the same author in an extensive dissertation. The aim of this approach is to interlace the existing models with the findings of semiotic research on a multidisciplinary basis. Special care is given to human-machine interaction; to spatial components of hyper/text; to semantic, semiotic and virtual spaces; to hypertext navigation and the pointing device of standard Web browsers; and, finally, to non-sequential texts and the concept of Intertextualit