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<P ALIGN="center"><CENTER><H1>The GF Resource Grammar Library Version 1.0</H1>
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<I>Author: Aarne Ranta &lt;aarne (at) cs.chalmers.se&gt;</I><BR>
Last update: Wed Mar 8 08:31:08 2006
Last update: Wed Mar 8 09:34:17 2006
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<H2>How to implement a new language</H2>
<H3>Ordinary modules</H3>
<P>
See <A HREF="Resource-HOWTO.html">Resource-HOWTO</A>
</P>
<H2>Ordinary modules</H2>
<P>
Write a concrete syntax module for each abstract module in the API
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<P>
Write a <CODE>Paradigms</CODE> module
</P>
<P>
Examples: English, Finnish, German, Russian
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<H3>Parametrized modules</H3>
<H2>Parametrized modules</H2>
<P>
Examples: Romance (French, Italian, Spanish), Scandinavian (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish)
</P>
<P>
Write a <CODE>Diff</CODE> interface for a family of languages
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<P>
Write concrete syntaxes as functors opening the interface
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<P>
Write separate <CODE>Paradigms</CODE> modules for each language
</P>
<P>
Advantages:
</P>
<UL>
<LI>easier maintenance of library
<LI>insights into language families
</UL>
<P>
Problems:
</P>
<UL>
<LI>more abstract thinking required
<LI>individual grammars may not come out optimal in elegance and efficiency
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<H3>The kernel of the API</H3>
<H3>The core of the API</H3>
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Everything else is variations of this
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<PRE>
cat
Cl ; -- clause
VP ; -- verb phrase
V2 ; -- two-place verb
NP ; -- noun phrase
CN ; -- common noun
Det ; -- determiner
AP ; -- adjectival phrase
fun
PredVP : NP -&gt; VP -&gt; Cl ; -- predication
ComplV2 : V2 -&gt; NP -&gt; VP ; -- complementization
DetCN : Det -&gt; CN -&gt; NP ; -- determination
ModCN : AP -&gt; CN -&gt; CN ; -- modification
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<H3>The core of the API</H3>
<P>
This <A HREF="latin.gf">toy Latin grammar</A> shows in a nutshell how the core
can be implemented.
</P>
<P>
Use this API as a first approximation when designing the parameter system of a new
language.
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<H3>How to proceed</H3>
<OL>
<LI>put up a directory with dummy modules by copying from e.g. English and
commenting out the contents
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<LI>so you will have a compilable <CODE>LangX</CODE> all the time
<P></P>
<LI>start with nouns and their inflection
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<LI>proceed to verbs and their inflection
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<LI>add some noun phrases
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<LI>implement predication
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<H2>How to extend the API</H2>
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Extend old modules or add a new one?
</P>
<P>
Usually better to start a new one: then you don't have to implement it
for all languages at once.
</P>
<P>
Exception: if you are working with a language-specific API extension,
you can work directly in that module.
</P>
<H3>Extend old modules or add a new one?</H3>
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