#Materiality of Text

[omegaphilosophia]

The Ontology of Text

The ontology of text refers to the study of the nature, structure, and being of text, focusing on what text is at its most fundamental level. This exploration can span several philosophical and theoretical perspectives, often addressing questions about the existence, identity, and categorization of text as an entity. Here’s a breakdown of key aspects:

1. Text as an Ontological Entity:

Material vs. Abstract: Text can be considered both as a material object (e.g., a book or a written document) and as an abstract entity (e.g., the content or meaning conveyed by the text). The ontology of text thus involves understanding how these two aspects coexist and relate to each other.

Text as a Work vs. Text as a Document: The distinction between a text as a work (the conceptual or intellectual creation) and as a document (the physical or digital manifestation) is crucial in ontology. For instance, different editions of a book may be considered different documents but the same work.

2. Identity and Persistence:

Sameness and Variation: The ontology of text deals with the question of what makes a text the same across different instances or versions. What remains consistent between different editions or translations of a text? How much can a text change before it is considered a different text?

Temporal Aspects: How does the identity of a text persist over time? This includes considerations of how historical context, authorial intent, and reader interpretation might affect the identity of a text.

3. Structure of Text:

Hierarchical vs. Network Structures: Text can be seen as having a hierarchical structure (e.g., chapters, paragraphs, sentences) or a network-like structure (e.g., hypertext or intertextuality). The ontology of text examines how these structures are constituted and how they affect the nature of text.

Units of Text: What are the basic units of text? Words, sentences, paragraphs, or perhaps even smaller or larger units? The ontological inquiry involves defining and categorizing these units.

4. Function and Intent:

Authorial Intent: The role of the author's intention in the ontology of text is a major consideration. Is the meaning of a text tied to what the author intended, or does it exist independently?

Reader Interpretation: The ontology of text also considers the role of the reader or audience in constituting the text. Is the meaning of a text something inherent, or is it something that comes into being through interpretation?

5. Intertextuality and Contextuality:

Intertextual Relations: Texts often reference or build upon other texts. The ontology of text considers how texts are related to one another and how these relationships affect their existence and identity.

Contextual Dependency: The meaning and existence of a text can be dependent on its context, including cultural, historical, and situational factors. The ontology of text examines how context shapes what a text is.

6. Digital and Hypertext Ontology:

Digital Texts: The advent of digital texts introduces new ontological questions. How do digital formats affect the nature of text? How does hypertext, with its non-linear structure, change our understanding of text?

Versioning and Fluidity: Digital texts can be easily modified, leading to questions about the stability and identity of texts in a digital environment. What does it mean for a text to have a version, and how does this affect its ontology?

7. Philosophical Perspectives:

Structuralism and Post-Structuralism: These schools of thought provide frameworks for understanding the ontology of text, focusing on the underlying structures of language (structuralism) and the fluidity and instability of meaning (post-structuralism).

Phenomenology: This approach might consider the experience of the text, focusing on how it appears to consciousness and the role of the reader in bringing the text to life.

The ontology of text is a rich and complex field that intersects with many areas of philosophy, literary theory, linguistics, and digital humanities. It seeks to answer fundamental questions about what text is, how it exists, how it maintains identity, and how it relates to both its material form and its interpretation by readers.

[scootkiddo]

it’s so much worse. the way ellie tells joel to get up and he tries. the way abby seeps the pointed end of the club into his neck. the way the wlf members don’t even bother knocking ellie out because she is already so emotionally paralyzed by grief she can’t even so much as stand.

but more than anything else it’s crawling to him. all she can muster is crawling with nothing but her arms and cuddling into joel with her whole person. her face buried into the man’s which will forever be the last memory of him. it’s like watching a child seeking the safety of a parent who can’t protect them anymore. this isn’t just the death of a protector. it’s the death of home. joel, to ellie, is safety. safety that she spent the last five years resenting until it was too late. he’s been the one constant in a shattered world. so when he’s dying — or dead — she reverts, not in age but in emotional rawness. she becomes a daughter clinging to a father figure who can’t shield her anymore. and it’s not just fear. it’s complete unmooring. there’s no one left to hold the world up for her. it’s the kind of need that children have when everything feels too big, too loud, too dangerous. she needs to be held. but there’s no one to hold her, so she becomes the one doing the holding, even if he can’t respond. and he’ll never respond.

in one of ellie’s most harrowing moments in life joel was there to cling on to her. in yet another, she clings to him. but he’ll never cling back again.

[lil-vibes]

was sick this whole week so im beaming it straight to narinder

[woundedly]

ᰋ✦ ١٢٧ ूੂ ⃛͡ ຶ⵿ ⠀ ♬ ೃ࿔ ୨꒰✿⃨. . ꛒ⊃✟

𓐩 𓊑ㅤ ♥︎̼̻♥︎̼̻♥︎̼̻ ㅤ‘ 𝓐𝓶𝓸𝓮𝓫𝓪. ̩̩͙༑𓈒̩̩͙༑𓈒̩̩͙ ㅤ༩ᭊㅤ♡⃟

*:･ 𒋲 ᳜⡴ 𓉳̸  ➁➁➁ ʕ·͡ˑ·ཻʕ·͡ˑ·ཻʔ­ ྀ

⃛͡ †⏝ིི᭨ ྀ ˘͈ ᵕ ˘͈ )ʃƪ(ᐡ꒳ᐡ Ꮚᵕ̣̣̣̣̣ ہ ᵕ̣̣̣̣̣̣ Ꮚ ⠀ ̩͙﹡ ̩͙﹡ ̩͙﹡

❀ ✿ ིུ͠⠀ ࿀࿁ ✿𝆬՞๑￫ܫ￩՞꒱ა 𓋈 ᩳ˕ ᩳ

´𖥨᩠ׄ݁။ ²₂² 🚬 ʢ-̫͡-ʔ͏ * ͚❤︎‧̥˚̩̩̥·‧̥·̊‧̥✿‧̥˚̩̩̥·‧̥·̊‧̥❤︎‧̥

౨ৎ⋆˚｡⋆. 🪼 ᣟ݂ ✩͏ ❤︎ ⋆ ₊˚ ✿﮾᳜⡴ h͟e͟a͟r͟t͟a͟c͟h͟e͟

̩͙ᩙ •́ ᎔ ก̀ ྀᖭ༏ᖫི. ५ ◜ᵕ◝ ྀི ㅤ ͚⠀ ♬ᬊ᭢˚̣̣̣͙͏ ૮꒰ྀི ៸៸ ꒱

✿᪶ᛌ ⠞𒈔ାୁ. ݂ ໋ ・ ゜* 𓈒 美人

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

[anxiouscaretaker]

me when the character canonically gets little to no rest

[simptasia]

DS9 + text posts part 1

[sirenist]

some dividers I made for my newest rentry

like/rb if used —♡︎ do not repost!

[draculasdaughterrr]

⭒ ⋆ 💿 webcore blinkies ⋆ฺ࿐🩹 ࣪⁎˚

[crowlixcx]

Fanfiction is great because I'm a greedy slut that wants it all. Nothing you could ever give me in a TV show would achieve the high I get when I've got 13 au's all on the go at once with bonus fanart on the side, like the most luxurious multiple course meal with wine pairings curated just to my taste

[vivinism]

⊹ 𖥔 𝓢𝔂𝓶𝓫𝓸𝓵𝓼 𝓓𝓾𝓶𝓹

ਏਓㅤ ժׁ̲̲ׅ̲̲݊ꫀׁ̲̲ׅ̲ܻ̲ᥣׁ̲̲ׅ̲֪̲ꪱׁ̲̲ׅ̲𝒸𝒶𝓉𝑒 love ✶⃝ ⋆.˚ ⋆ 𐙚₊˚⊹ ᡣ𐭩ྀིྀི

❤︎ ꢯ•̫͡•ʔ 💭 ♪ ˳꣑�� ۠ 🫙 ͟2͟ ͟O͟ ͟O͟ ͟9͟

𝐴 𝑛 𝑔 𝑒 𝑙 . ݁˖ . ݁ ᭝ ᨳଓ ՟ ៹﹒˔ ก マ ಌֵ๋̥̾͒۫·̊

. 𓇼 ｡ﾟ ͡ 🪨 ✴︎🪷𓈒͏ུུ̑̑. ཉ 𖡄̽ݴ𖣂 恋人 ꖡ

ꫂㅤ۪ᰍ ⊰ㅤㅤ 花壇 𑊁 ๑ ꕀ ꒱ 𝓋ꫀׁׅܻꪱׁׅᥣׁׅ֪ ͜ ࣪ ㅤ⚹. ᨵׁׅ 🪽

[nicodefresas]

¡ bios idea !

⠀ —Hey!! info/info (⁠ᗒ⩊ᗕ ྀི)

⠀ ⠀ྀི 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝘭𝑖𝑡𝑡𝘭𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝘭𝘭 ྀི

︶⊹︶︶୨୧︶︶⊹︶

♡⠀⠀[2003]⠀⠀⠀。⠀⠀ ૮ Ꮚ◞ ˔ ◟Ꮚა ⠀˙⠀⠀꒱

. ݁ ₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁ info/info ͙͘͡★　

loser — he/she ⋆˙⟡

:¨·.·¨ ⋆˙⟡ info/info ヾ(・ω・*)

₊༝ ۪۪۫۫ ‧₊₊༝ ۪۪۫۫ ‧₊₊༝ ۪۪۫۫ ‧₊he/him —2000 ₊༝ ۪۪۫۫ ‧₊₊༝ ۪۪۫۫ ‧₊₊༝ ۪۪۫۫ ‧₊₊༝ ۪۪۫۫ ‧₊

sleeping . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁.

[bernard-the-rabbit]

Uni doodles <3

[im-real-sorry-frank]

emergency baberoe + text posts for the propaganda war

[tenderyouth]

zayne loses his mind when he lovingly puts his hand around your throat, warm light gleaming from his wedding band as his fingers tighten around your neck.

when zayne’s hand reaches upwards to caress your cheek, he almost chokes on air as he watches your smaller hand cover his, your ring finger adorned with a gorgeous jewel – not a big one, but a subtle reminder of who you belong to.

zayne loses the last bits of composure when your hands guide his palm towards your mouth, his middle and ring fingers catching in-between your lips, slipping in all the way down to the knuckles. your tongue curling around his digits, sweetly playing with his ring as you watch him with big pleading eyes.

zayne is utterly and completely ruined by this sight. he loves his dear wife so much and the least he can do is prove it to you. luckily for both of you, his ways of showing affection include fucking into you mindlessly as his teeth and tongue is pressed into the delicate skin of the side of your throat, whispering “mine, mine, mine” like a prayer.

[winterfleursblog]

Seungkwan husband texts

☆ Pairing: Actress!reader x idol!Seungkwan

☆ Warnings: Contains suggestive texts (Minors DNI!)

🪽 ~

Many people say that life changes when you get married—the lover you met isn't the same as the one you married. However, this doesn't seem to be true for you. Seungkwan is still the same Seungkwan you met back 5 years ago, just a little more ... bold.

Just like that one time you were in a photoshoot as Calvin Klein's newest model.

Or that one time your choreography went viral online. It's not that you didn't know he was jealous—you just didn't know he was that jealous.

The man also yearns

especially when you're overseas

Well, who wouldn't yearn for such a good wife?

But at the end of the day, he has made it his full time job to make you the happiest

Author's notes: Made this because I was so bored 😛 The pictures used are not mine/edited (esp the calvin klein!). They're taken from Pinterest and used for better visualization (delulu).

[okayto]

Libraries are fantastic, but you have to understand: there is a tradeoff, which is: you don’t get to hang onto materials indefinitely.

You can’t yell at us because you’ve decided to use a library music score for 3 months and you have to at least bring it to the library before checking it out again. You can’t yell at us if you can’t renew it because someone else placed a hold so they can use it too. Don’t get snippy if you signed an agreement saying you understand you get this laptop for 4 weeks and then you have to return it.

Yes, libraries are fantastic, but things have to be accessible to everyone, not just  you.