ABSTRACT
At the centre of these reflections is a new theory of intersemiotic textuality. It refers to various types of sign systems and artefacts (e.g. images). The new theory is based on three hypotheses. Firstly, the theory of a text does not exclusively refer to linguistic signs. Secondly, the textual level beyond the sentence cannot be described in terms of linguistic categories that are analogous to syntax. There is no “grammar” of text; texts are organized on the basis of principles of their own. And, thirdly, the text linguistic set of constitutive categories according to De Beaugrande and Dressler has to be revised. The analysis of texts from Dada serves to provide evidence in favour of this new approach.
