An LFG-type Grammar for German Based on the Topological Model

This paper proposes a description of German word order in a LFG-type grammar. Contrary to earlier Lexical Functional Grammar description of German, our grammar uses as c-structure the topological model. This gives us a simpler grammar, which covers (partial) VP fronting, intraposition, extraposition, auxiliary flip and all other order possibilities for a verbal dependent. Our grammar is implemented in an LFG parser.