Hyperlink – a Linguistic and Technological Sign (“In the Beginning Was the Word, the Relationship, … the Link”) Cover Image

Hyperlinkul – un semn lingvistico-tehnologic („La început era cuvântul, relaţia, … linkul”)
Hyperlink – a Linguistic and Technological Sign (“In the Beginning Was the Word, the Relationship, … the Link”)

Author(s): Elena Ungureanu
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: hypertext; hyperlink; click; syntactic hyperfunction; (inter)net-linguistic; hypertexte; lien hypertexte; clic; hyperfonction syntaxique; (inter)net-linguistique; hypertext; hyperlink; click; hyperfuncţie sintactică; (int

Summary/Abstract: Hypertext, considered the third dimension of language (M. Bernard) uses as the fundamental concept the hyperlink (link), which is its engine. Without hyperlinks in the text area of Internet the users of electronic texts would be as if with no routes or traffic signs. Online text dynamism is due to the instant click on the link, an operation that establishes connections with other texts, documents, images, videos, etc. In a prospective grammar of the hyperlink, we’ll be talking about syntactic hyperfunction defined by two dimensions: linguistic and technological. The syntax itself is the science of textual relations, while the link will become one of the basic concepts of (inter)net-linguistics.

  • Issue Year: IX/2013
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 127-139
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Moldavian