EKATERINA LAPSHINOVA-KOLTUNSKI, KERSTIN KUNZ Conjunctive relations across languages, registers and modes: semi-automatic extraction and annotation Abstract In the present paper, we focus on the corpus-based analysis of conjunctions as intra- and intersentential links in texts which play an important role in text organisation. Our research goal is to explore a broad range of cohesive conjunctive relations across languages, registers and with varying mode of discourse (spoken vs. written). For this purpose, we develop semi-automatic procedures for extraction and annotation of conjunctive relations in an English-German corpus. 1. Introduction In the present paper, we describe our corpus-based analysis of English and German conjunctive relations. Our focus is on cohesive conjunctions (further also conjunctions) as intra- and inter-sentential links in texts. We explore a broad range of conjunctive strategies across languages and registers with varying modes of discourse (spoken vs. written). Our definition of conjunctive relations is based on Halliday / Hasan (1976), who examine conjunctive devices as explicit triggers for logico-semantic relations which establish relations of meaning between textual elements. Cohesive conjunctions thus play an