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Cognitive coherence relations and hypertext: from cinematic patterns to scholarly discourse

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HYPERTEXT '01: Proceedings of the 12th ACM conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia

Pages 165 - 174

https://doi.org/10.1145/504216.504261

Published: 10 September 2001 Publication History

Abstract

In previous work we argued that cinematic language may provide insights into the construction of narrative coherence in hypertext, and we identified in the shot juxtaposition of rhetorical patterns the source of coherence for cinematic discourse. Here we deepen our analysis, to show how the mechanisms that underpin cinematic rhetorical patterns are the same as those providing coherence in written text. We draw on computational and psycholinguistic analyses of texts which have derived a set of relationships that are termed Cognitive Coherence Relations (CCR). We validate this by re-expressing established cinematic patterns, and relations relevant to scholarly hypertext, in terms of CCR, and with this conceptual bridge in place, present examples to show how cinematic techniques could assist the presentation of scholarly discourse. This theoretical work also informs system design. We describe how an abstract relational layer based on CCR is being implemented as a semantic hypertext system to mediate scholarly discourse.

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Index Terms

Cognitive coherence relations and hypertext: from cinematic patterns to scholarly discourse
1. Applied computing
  1. Document management and text processing
    1. Document preparation
      1. Multi / mixed media creation
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Hypertext / hypermedia

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HYPERTEXT '01: Proceedings of the 12th ACM conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia

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DOI:10.1145/504216

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University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Schneider JGroza TPassant A(2013)A review of argumentation for the Social Semantic WebSemantic Web10.5555/2590215.25902184:2(159-218)Online publication date: 1-Apr-2013
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