;;; lang_profile_en.el — English language profile for ELP.
;;; Mirrors lang_profile_es / lang_profile_pt; keys the realizer's construction
;;; switches. English is typologically distinct from the Romance builds, so the
;;; flags differ where the grammar differs.

(lang_profile_en
  (language        "English")
  (iso639          "en")
  (family          "Germanic")

  ;; ── core typology flags ────────────────────────────────────────────────
  (pro-drop            no)     ; OBLIGATORY subjects — missing subject is FLAGGED
  (obligatory-subject  yes)
  (grammatical-gender  no)     ; natural gender only (he/she/it), no NP agreement
  (do-support          yes)    ; negation & questions of lexical verbs insert do/does/did
  (subject-aux-inversion yes)  ; yes/no + non-subject wh questions invert the operator
  (article-selection   "a/an/the")  ; a/an resolved PHONOLOGICALLY (an hour, a university)
  (adjective-position  prenominal)   ; attributive adjectives precede the noun; invariant
  (has-tag-questions   yes)          ; "...doesn't he?" — operator + reversed polarity
  (has-there-existential yes)        ; "there is/are/have been ..."
  (possessive-clitic   "'s")         ; saxon genitive; plural in -s -> bare apostrophe
  (question-punct      plain)        ; ? and ! only (no inverted marks)

  ;; ── verb / aspect system ───────────────────────────────────────────────
  (finite-agreement    "3sg-present-only")  ; only 3sg present -s (+ suppletive be)
  (auxiliary-order      (modal perfect progressive passive main))
  (perfect-aux         "have")   ; have + past participle
  (progressive-aux     "be")     ; be + present participle
  (passive-aux         "be")     ; be + past participle (+ by-agent)
  (future              "will + base")   ; no inflectional future
  (comparative         "synthetic-or-periphrastic")  ; -er/-est vs more/most by syllables

  ;; ── SACRED safety bar (shared with es/pt) ──────────────────────────────
  (negation-faithful   yes)      ; polarity never dropped/inverted; unplaceable -> FLAG

  ;; ── DIALECT overlay (post-realization, one core -> US/UK/AU) ────────────
  (dialect             US)       ; default; profile field switches the overlay
  (dialects            (US UK AU))
  (dialect-canonical   US)       ; core is authored in US orthography
  (dialect-overlay     "dialect_en.to_dialect")  ; orthography + lexis + grammar prefs
  (dialect-covers      (spelling lexis collective-agreement gotten/got)))