Climb_GClimb_German

gCLIMB for German

General

This page provides background information on phenomena and implementations included in gCLIMB for German.

In this document, I and me refers to AntskeFokkens.

Disclaimer

1. This documentation is under construction and incomplete. At present, the only way to get detailed into implementations of gCLIMB is by looking at the grammars.

2. I am currently finishing my thesis. In the near future, this page will therefore mostly contain background information that completes work described in my PhD. If you have request on other explanations or documentation, please contact me and I'll see if I can shift priorities around.

3. This documentation will be restructured soon

Where to get gCLIMB

For now, e-mail me. The repository should be accessible for guest accounts soon.

Phenomena

This section provides an incomplete list of phenomena implemented in gCLIMB for German. It describes when the phenomenon was added, when revised and what decisions were made concerning the scope of the phenomenon (i.e. what to do rare constructions, examples that are awkward, but not ungrammatical etc.)

Adverbial Negation

• repository version	addition/revision
  19613	Initial implementation of nicht with free position of adverbial

Comments:

• Fronting of the negative adverb in German sounds unnatural, but could be acceptable in poetry. In the initial implementation it is accepted by the grammar (i.e. parsed and generated)

?Nicht schläft           der     Mann.
Not    sleep.pres.3rd.sg the.nom man.nom.
''The Man doesn't sleep.''