A grammar writer's cookbook
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TL;DR
The grammars: general analyses The clause Verbal elements Nominal elements Determiners Adjectives Prepositional phrases Adverbial elements Coordination Grammar engineering Overview Architecture and user interface Modularity, maintainability and transparency Ambiguity/overgeneration Measuring performance Finite state technology Concluding remarks Appendix.
Abstract
This handbook develops a methodology for writing and testing wide coverage, maintainable grammars. Parallel grammars for English, French, and German using Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) as a framework are used as an example.