Abstract
The paper focuses on the function of paragraph both in text organization and in text annotation from the point of view of coherence. Taking as examples three major types of corpora (the RST, ANNODIS, and PDTB corpora), it shows whether and to what extent the existing approaches account for the paragraph when a discourse relation gets annotated. Then it presents the theoretical principles underlying text annotation in two databases: the Supracorpora database of connectives and the Supracorpora database of hierarchical logical-semantic relations (a new linguistic resource). Text coherence is shown to result from the interaction of various discourse phenomena, acting at the level of local and global structures. In this approach, the paragraph is assigned to the meso-level, positioned between local and global levels. The researcher may analyze the internal organization of the paragraph, limiting oneself to the intersentential level. Yet, to analyze and describe how paragraphs follow one another in the text, it is necessary to operate at the supra-sentential level, adopting a conceptual apparatus fundamentally different from the one for the description of local text structure.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
