MariAdditionally

MariAdditionally is a coined term used in linguistic annotation and natural language processing to denote a category of additive information in discourse. It refers to markers or constructions that add supplementary content to a claim without altering its core truth value. The term is not tied to a single word; rather, it describes a functional class that includes adverbs such as "additionally" and their equivalents across languages, as well as punctuation-based cues used in corpora.

Origin and usage: The term arose in theoretical discussions of discourse markers and annotation schemes. It is used primarily in research contexts to label segments of text that introduce supplementary information, constraints, or clarifications that extend the scope of the preceding proposition. In corpora annotation, MariAdditionally tags help separate main propositions from additive content, improving downstream tasks like parsing and machine translation.

In practical terms, a sentence may be annotated with MariAdditionally when the second clause introduces an ancillary or reinforcing point, as in "The report was released, additionally providing a full data appendix." The approach supports cross-linguistic comparison by providing a language-agnostic category for additive discourse.

Relation to other concepts: It overlaps with discourse markers, adverbials, and adjuncts; differs from conjunctions that connect independent clauses. MariAdditionally is primarily an annotation and modeling construct rather than a fixed grammatical category.