He lists , classifies , and discusses various types of inference , by which he means , generally , `` the linguistic-logical notions of consequent and presupposition '' Crothers ( 1979:112 ) have collected convincing evidence of the existence of language chunks -- real structures , not just orthographic conventions -- that are smaller than a discourse , larger than a sentence , generally composed of sentences , and recursive in nature ( like sentences ) .
paragraph structure inference
E J Crothers
His work is taxonomic , in that he performs detailed descriptive analyses of paragraphs . He lists , classifies , and discusses various types of inference , by which he means , generally , `` the linguistic-logical notions of consequent and presupposition '' Crothers ( 1979:112 ) have collected convincing evidence of the existence of language chunks -- real structures , not just orthographic conventions -- that are smaller than a discourse , larger than a sentence , generally composed of sentences , and recursive in nature ( like sentences ) . These chunks are sometimes called `` episodes , '' and sometimes `` paragraphs . ''
He lists , classifies , and discusses various types of inference , by which he means , generally , `` the linguistic-logical notions of consequent and presupposition '' @@CITATION:112 ) have collected convincing evidence of the existence of language chunks -- real structures , not just orthographic conventions -- that are smaller than a discourse , larger than a sentence , generally composed of sentences , and recursive in nature ( like sentences ) .