DocumentCode
1245414
Title
Nested dialogues
Author
Hawkes, Lory
Author_Institution
DeVRY Inst. of Technol., Irving, TX, USA
Volume
37
Issue
4
fYear
1994
fDate
12/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
240
Lastpage
244
Abstract
Kenneth Burke´s New Rhetoric (1951) was meant to describe language as the basis of the interaction of individuals, objects, and courses of events in the human communication process. However, his theory can also be a useful rhetorical model to explain hypertext as a language event that relies on nested dialogues of visible text and invisible scripting. Moreover, Burke´s belief that the purpose of discourse is to share knowledge with others provides a striking parallel to Vannevar Bush´s original theory about hypertext. Even Burke´s metaphor of a drama fits the purpose and process of hypertext
Keywords
human factors; hypermedia; linguistics; user interfaces; New Rhetoric; discourse; human communication process; hypertext; individual interaction; invisible scripting; language; language event; nested dialogues; object interaction; rhetorical model; user interfaces; visible text; Animation; Embryo; Encoding; Humans; Rhetoric; Writing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0361-1434
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/47.365171
Filename
365171
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