[matrix] Is there a simpler version of ERG?

[Emily M. Bender]

Dear Norman,

My apologies for the much delayed reply.  We have just added a
"mini English" sample choices file to the Matrix customization page.
If you click that link (towards the bottom of the page), it will fill
out the questionnaire in a way that is consistent with the facts of
English.  This is "mini English" because it does not fully exercise
the questionnaire. We hope to add a more full-featured English choices
file in the near future.

Neither of these are versions of the ERG in any sense, but I
hope that what is there will be helpful.

Emily

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 2:09 AM, jin norman<nii2awh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>   When I read through matrix.tdl, I found only fundamental grammar rules and
> lexical types. I know one goal of grammar matrix is language independent,
> and that's the reason why only several POS types there. But, I'm wondering
> if it will be better to present a little more complicated grammar (of
> English) than the minimal grammar provided in the homepage of grammar matrix
> -- of course, it should be much more simpler than ERG.
>   Of course, the grammar matrix is good start point. However, since people
> who learn the grammar matrix probably know a little English (or German?),
> thus a little more complicated grammar (or, a very simple version of ERG)
> may be helpful.
>
> Best regards,
> Norman
>