| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_02 | 46-60m   Now, I even get to experience some more cultural life because I'm getting too old to engage in sports any longer. | 
 			| r | ALREADY1A | PERIOD1C^* | I1* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | MORE1 | CULTURE1A* | TO-GO1A* | 
| l |  |  |  |  | 
| m | … | und mehr | kultur | 
 			| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_02 | 46-60m   This amounted to a loss of players. | 
 			| r |  |  | SPORTS1* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | 
| l | 
| m | sport | [MG] | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_01 | 61+m   Due to my joint-disease I resigned from active sports and do a lot less. | 
 			| r | TO-WITHDRAW1 | BODY1^ | BIT2A* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | MODERATE1 | AND7 | 
| l |  | 
| m | zurückziehen | bisschen |  | maß | und | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_01 | 61+m   I just do a little bit of sports because I only have a few contacts, which is sad I think. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | SPORTS1* | CONTACT2A* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | 
| l | 
| m | [MG] |  | kontakt | auch weniger | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_08 | 18-30f   Maybe less people use it, but it will remain forever, the DGS. | 
 			| r |  |  | MAYBE3* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | $ORAL^ | TO-STAY3 | ALWAYS4A* | 
| l | 
| m | vielleicht | [MG] | aber | bleibt | für immer | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_03 | 31-45f   One has to leave the emotional aspect out of the equation. | 
 			| r |  |  | SOUL3^* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | TO-PUSH-TO-THE-SIDE1 | 
| l | 
| m | emotional |  |  | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_05 | 61+f   But then there were less and less people and to many elderlies. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | OLD4A | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^* | 
| l |  | 
| m | nachwuchs | alt |  | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_01 | 61+m   The members get fewer and fewer. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | $GEST-OFF^* | 
| l | 
| m | [MG] |  | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_03 | 46-60m   Obviously, they had to qualify for the final. They were about 20 finalists. | 
 			| r | ROUGH1* | $NUM-TENS1:2 | TO-PARTICIPATE1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | grob | zwanzig | teilnehmer | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_01 | 18-30f   Now, with my apprenticeship, that’s gotten less. | 
 			| r | I2 | UNDER1A^ | EDUCATION1* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | schwer | ausbil{dung} | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_01 | 18-30f   Now, I am bound to my job working hours and that's why I travel less. | 
 			| r | COHERENCE1A^ | TO-WORK1 | TIME1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | $INDEX1 | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] | arbeiten | zeit | [MG] |  | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_01 | 18-30f   I had to cut back during my apprenticeship of course. | 
 			| r | I1^ | IS2 | REASON4B | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | EDUCATION1* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | REASON4B* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | war | grund |  | ausbildung |  | grund | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_01 | 18-30f   I had to cut back during my apprenticeship of course. | 
 			| r | REASON4B | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | EDUCATION1* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | REASON4B* | 
| l | 
| m | grund |  | ausbildung |  | grund | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_13 | 61+m   Now they meet up less and less, because they‘ve gotten old. | 
 			| r |  | NOW1* | OLD2C | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | TO-GO2A | TO-QUIT-MEMBERSHIP1* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | jetzt | alt | [MG] |  | aus{treten} aus{treten} | 
 			| Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_15 | 18-30f   It removed piece after piece until the house collapsed and was completely gone. | 
 			| r | IN-FRONT1^* | TO-BREAK6^* | TO-BREAK6^* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | ROUND6A^* | $INDEX1* | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | dann | ab | ab | [MG] | [MG] |  | 
 			| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_08 | 46-60m   Since we have the euro, I drive around half as much. | 
 			| r |  | EURO1 | HALF6* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | 
| l |  | 
| m | euro | halb |  | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_03 | 31-45m   It's true; it decreased. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | YES1A | $GEST-NM-NOD-HEAD1^ | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] | ja |  | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_13 | 31-45f   It used to be of high quality, but it's getting worse nowadays. | 
 			| r | QUALITY1A | QUALITY1A | NOW1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | $GEST^ | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | qualitativ | jetzt |  |  | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_01 | 18-30m   Everything was fine after cleaning up. | 
 			| r | GOOD1* |  | FINISH1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^* | 
| l | OVER2A^ | 
| m |  |  |  | [MG] | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_09 | 61+f   If there’s too much sunlight, the leaves turn brown and dry out. | 
 			| r | TO-OBTAIN1* | LEAF1 | BROWN1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^* | $GEST-FEAR1^* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | bekommt | blatt | braun | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_05 | 61+f   But then there were less and less people and to many elderlies. | 
 			| r |  | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | OLD4A | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^* | 
| l |  | 
| m | nachwuchs | alt |  | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_05 | 61+f   All I could do was watch the league diminishing in size. | 
 			| r |  |  | I1* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^* | 
| l |  | 
| m |  |  | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_03 | 46-60m   Obviously, they had to qualify for the final. They were about 20 finalists. | 
 			| r | BEFORE2 | QUALIFICATION2 | TO-TIDY1^ | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^* | $GEST-OFF^ | ROUGH1* | $NUM-TENS1:2 | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | vor | qualifikation | [MG] |  | [MG] | grob | zwanzig | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_07 | 46-60m   Back in the days, when I was manager at the sports club, nobody wore a tie, it was very casual. | 
 			| r | TIE-OR-CRAVAT1 | NONE8 | I1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^* | TODAY1* | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | [MG] | [MG] |  |  | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_01 | 18-30m   The number of deaf people decreased further. | 
 			| r |  |  | DEAF1A* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^* | 
| l |  | 
| m |  |  | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_01 | 18-30m   All the leaves get picked up, the animals become quieter and it's darker outside. | 
 			| r |  | THERE1* | DEVIATION3^* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^* | ANIMAL4* | LIKE4A* | SILENCE2A* | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | da |  |  | tier | wie | ruhig | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_03 | 31-45m   But now it's getting less and less because everyone goes straight home. | 
 			| r |  |  | NOW1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^* | GO-HOME1* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | jetzt | [MG] | heim heim heim | 
 			| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_01 | 18-30m   I rarely meet up with other deaf people. | 
 			| r | DEAF1A* | TO-MEET1 | $INDEX1* | LITTLE-BIT7A | LITTLE-BIT2* | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | gehörlos | treff |  |  | [MG] | 
 			| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_04 | 46-60m   That's why I was always committed to water polo – sadly without success. | 
 			| r | I1* | ACTIVE2 | $GEST-OFF^ | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m | … | aktiv |  | [MG] | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_01 | 18-30m   There were less people, which surprised me. | 
 			| r |  | I1 | $GEST-OFF^ | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | [MG] |  | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_01 | 18-30m   So there were less and less people, which was good for us, as we had less to clean up then. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A | GOOD1 | WE1B | LITTLE-BIT4 | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | [MG] | gut | wenig | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_08 | 18-30f   That meant very little sign language. | 
 			| r |  | MEANING1* | SIGN-LANGUAGE1B | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m | bedeutet | gebärdensprache | wenig | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_01 | 61+m   But I am playing Skat less and less. | 
 			| r | SKAT2* | $PROD | SKAT2* | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l | 
| m | skat |  | skat | weniger | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_04 | 31-45m   Then it got less and less. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A | OFF1A^* | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] |  | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_02 | 46-60f   They are becoming rare these days. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l | 
| m |  | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_02 | 46-60f   If they are becoming rare how is that suppose to work with the light systems? | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l | 
| m | [MG] | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_02 | 46-60f   They are becoming rare. The environment/ the energy-saving light bulbs are supposed to be for the benefit of the environment. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A | ENVIRONMENT1 | NOT3B* | LIGHT-BULB1* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | [MG] | umwelt | nicht | aber | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_02 | 46-60f   It is very confusing for me and that's why my interest in politics decreased. | 
 			| r | INTEREST1A* | POLITICS1 | I1 | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | [MG] | politik |  | [MG] |  | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_05 | 61+f   If the person loses their hearing, being able to sign is a huge advantage. | 
 			| r |  |  | TO-HEAR2* | LITTLE-BIT7A | $INDEX1* | TO-ACCOMPLISH1C^* | ADVANTAGE2* | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m |  | [MG] | [MG] | vorteil | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_01 | 61+m   There is the exact same problem in clubs for hearing people. They get smaller and smaller, too. | 
 			| r | HEARING1A* | SAME2A* | HEARING1A* | LITTLE-BIT7A | SAME2A | $GEST-OFF^* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | hörend | selbe | hörend | [MG] | selbe |  | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_07 | 18-30f   That’s why it should be restricted to only a few schools. | 
 			| r |  |  | MEANING1* | LITTLE-BIT7A | SCHOOL1A* | IMAGINATION1A* | $INDEX1 | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m |  | wenig | schu{le} | vor{stellen} |  | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_04 | 18-30f   He’s eating less now. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l | HE-SHE-IT1 | 
| m |  | wenig | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_07 | 61+m   There will be fewer interpreters. | 
 			| r |  |  | INTERPRETER3A | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l | 
| m | dolmetscher | [MG] |  | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_07 | 61+m   Yes, they sign less and less. | 
 			| r | TO-SIGN1A | COME-HERE1 | TO-SIGN1A | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | kommt | kommt | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_07 | 61+m   They sign less and less. | 
 			| r |  | TO-SIGN1A | COME-HERE1 | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | kommt | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_07 | 61+m   Less deaf people work in the factories. | 
 			| r | $INDEX1 | DEAF1A | NOW1 | LITTLE-BIT7A | THROUGH2A | FACTORY5 | 
| l |  |  |  |  | 
| m |  | gehörlos | jetzt | wenig | durch | fabrik | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_08 | 31-45m   I exercise very little. | 
 			| r |  | SPORTS1 | I1* | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m | sport | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_11 | 31-45f   I liked doing sports and going to competitions, but now it's getting less and less. | 
 			| r | TO-SWARM1 | $GEST-OFF^ | NOW3* | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l | 
| m |  |  | jetzt |  | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_20 | 31-45m   It was my idea, but now there are fewer meetings. | 
 			| r | I1 | SELF1A* | IDEA2A | LITTLE-BIT7A | TO-MEET1 | $GEST-OFF^* | 
| l |  |  |  |  | 
| m | ich | selbst | idee | [MG] | treff |  | 
 			| Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_10 | 31-45m   That is great, but due to technological progress and me getting quite old already, there is less and less work in my field. | 
 			| r | MY1* | SPECIAL1* | TO-WORK2* | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-OFF^ | PROCEEDING1A* | OLD5A | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | mein | spe{zial} | [MG] | weniger | [MG] | alt | 
 			| Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_11 | 31-45f   Suddenly we got less and less orders in. | 
 			| r | COURSE-OF-TIME1 | SUDDENLY4^* | ASSIGNMENT2B* | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-OFF^ | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | [MG] | auftrag | [MG] |  | wenig | [MG] | 
 			| Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_11 | 31-45f   Suddenly we got less and less orders in. | 
 			| r | ASSIGNMENT2B* | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-OFF^ | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l | 
| m | auftrag | [MG] |  | wenig | [MG] | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_01 | 46-60m   We couldn’t watch TV that much. | 
 			| r |  | $INDEX1 | TELEVISION1A* | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m | und | fern{sehen} | wenig | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_14 | 18-30m   There are less and less people in the Sauerland. | 
 			| r |  | $INDEX1 | SAUERLAND1* | LITTLE-BIT7A | ALSO1A | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m |  | sauerland | [MG] | auch | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_14 | 18-30m   But in general, birth rates in Germany are already sinking anyway. | 
 			| r | ALREADY1B | BIRTH1B | TO-CALCULATE1^ | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l | 
| m | schon | geburtszahlen | [MG] | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_01 | 61+f   But it’s getting less. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l | 
| m | [MG] | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_01 | 61+f   It has decreased a lot in competitive sports. | 
 			| r |  | TO-LIVE1C^ | SPORTS1 | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l | 
| m | leis{tungs}sport | [MG] | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_01 | 61+f   It got less. | 
 			| r |  | I2* | NOW1* | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_06 | 18-30f   I don't think it's because of the deaf getting less and less. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-OFF^ | NO1A | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] | [MG] |  | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_06 | 18-30f   I don't think the name is changed, because of the decrease of the deaf. | 
 			| r | TO-CHANGE2A | BECAUSE-OF1 | DEAF1A* | LITTLE-BIT7A |  | 
| l |  | TO-BELIEVE2A* | 
| m |  | wegen |  | [MG] | glaube nicht | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_06 | 18-30f   I think they're getting less, because education needs to get better. | 
 			| r |  |  | REASON4B | LITTLE-BIT7A |  |  | EDUCATION2* | 
| l | TO-BELIEVE2A | ALSO1A | BECAUSE1* | $INDEX1 | 
| m | glaube | auch | grund | weniger | weil |  | bildung | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_06 | 18-30f   It's possible that deaf people get lesser, but the schools for the deaf won't vanish completely. | 
 			| r |  | MAYBE3 |  | LITTLE-BIT7A |  | PLAIN1B^* |  | 
| l | $INDEX1 | BUT1 | DEAF1B* | 
| m | vielleicht |  | [MG] | aber | r{egel} | gehörlosenschule | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_06 | 18-30f   Now there are only a few students left, I'd consider having only one school in central Germany. | 
 			| r |  |  | NOW3* | LITTLE-BIT7A | HENCE1* |  | SUGGESTION1B | 
| l | $INDEX1* | 
| m | jetzt | [MG] | darum |  | vorschlag | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_07 | 18-30m   The German visitors get less and less. | 
 			| r | ON-PERSON1 |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-OFF^* | 
| l |  | SELF1B | GERMAN1* |  | 
| m | … | selbst | deutsch | immer we{niger} we{niger} we{niger} we{niger} | [MG] | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_07 | 18-30m   The elderly visitors get less, too. | 
 			| r |  | OLD9* | ALWAYS1A* | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l | 
| m | alt | immer | we{nig} we{nig} we{nig} | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_11 | 31-45f   It's decreasing, though. | 
 			| r |  | BUT1* | NOW3* | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m | aber | jetzt | [MG] | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_01 | 18-30m   They got fewer and fewer. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l | 
| m |  | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_01 | 18-30m   In my first apprenticeship year, there were deaf people who signed, but not that many. | 
 			| r | TO-SWARM1 | TO-SIGN1D* | DEAF1A* | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] | gehörlos | [MG] | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_02 | 31-45m   I then went skiing less and less. Unfortunately, I don't do it anymore. | 
 			| r | $GEST-OFF^* | UNFORTUNATELY1* | $GEST-OFF^ | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] | leider | [MG] |  | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_02 | 31-45m   Well, there's less snow each year, as well. | 
 			| r | MOMENT1 | NOW1 | SNOW3B | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-OFF^* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | moment |  | schnee | wenig | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_02 | 31-45m   Yes, it's getting less and less each year. | 
 			| r |  | HERE1* | ALSO1A* | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l |  |  | 
| m |  | auch | wenig |  | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_02 | 31-45m   It's said that the temperature will be rising in the future, and that it won't be getting as cold as it used to be. | 
 			| r | FUTURE1A* | NOT-ANYMORE1A | COLD1* | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-I-DONT-KNOW1^ | 
| l |  | 
| m | kü{nftig} | ni{cht} mehr | kalt | wenig | [MG] | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_02 | 31-45m   Maybe we’re only being told that the temperature will rise to get us to be environmentally aware. | 
 			| r | $GEST-OFF^* | ALERT1* | NO1B* | LITTLE-BIT7A | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l | 
| m |  | alarm |  | wenig |  | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_06 | 61+m   Then, I had a job in model making as part of a job creation measure for half a year. There was only very little to do there. | 
 			| r | TO-TINKER1A^* | TO-TINKER1B^ | $GEST-OFF^ | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l | 
| m | a-b-m | modellbau | und dann weniger | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_07 | 31-45f   Most of the day-wage workers work until October and then they are let go again. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A | PEACE1^* | OFF-OR-TO-REMOVE-STH2* | 
| l | UNTIL1 | OCTOBER16 | 
| m | bis | okto{ber} |  | [MG] | [MG] | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_08 | 18-30f   The number of sign language users decreases, most of them speak. | 
 			| r | TO-SIGN1A | WHERE1A | TO-STAY3 | LITTLE-BIT7A | TO-SPEAK6* | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | wo | bleibt |  | [MG] | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_08 | 18-30f   Now, there are more hearing people that don’t know how to sign. | 
 			| r | NOW3* | MORE3 | HEARING1A | LITTLE-BIT7A | TO-SIGN1G* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | jetzt | mehr | hör{end} |  | [MG] | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_08 | 18-30f   There are less hearing aids. | 
 			| r |  |  | HEARING-AID1 | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m | hörgerät | [MG] | 
 			| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_08 | 46-60m   The reason for this was the rapid decline of jobs. | 
 			| r | REASON4A* | TO-WORK1 | NO3B^* | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | grund | arbeitslos | [MG] | 
 			| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_08 | 46-60m   Because of the new autobahn it’s gotten a little less busy. | 
 			| r | NEW4A* | MOTORWAY1* | BIT1A* | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | neu | autobahn |  | [MG] | 
 			| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_08 | 46-60m   Less busy, but still there’s a lot going on. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A | NEVERTHELESS4 | TRAFFIC1A^ | MAIN3^* | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] | trotzdem | [MG] | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_01 | 46-60f   It felt like, well, I don't know how to describe that feeling. It was like there was a person missing. | 
 			| r | $GEST^ | $NUM-ONE-TO-TEN1A:1d* | TO-GO1B^* | LITTLE-BIT7A | FEELING3 | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | eine | person | weniger | weiß nicht | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_05 | 61+m   Back then there was a sense of solidarity but nowadays that’s getting less. | 
 			| r | PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1* | SOLIDARY1A | TODAY1* | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m | früher | [MG] | heute | [MG] | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_07 | 46-60m   Or, one could widen the vocabulary of International Sign, it’s pretty small for now. | 
 			| r | MORE1* | WORD2 | VALUE1B^ | LITTLE-BIT7A | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m | mehr | wortschatz | [MG] | [MG] | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_07 | 46-60m   Or, one could widen the vocabulary of International Sign, it’s pretty small for now. | 
 			| r | WORD2 | VALUE1B^ | LITTLE-BIT7A | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m | wortschatz | [MG] | [MG] | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_09 | 18-30m   You still know it from back in the day. By the time you were in schools there were less and less nuns. | 
 			| r | TIME5A* | NOW3* | YOU1* | LITTLE-BIT7A | NURSE1* | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | zeit | jetzt |  | [MG] | schwester |  | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_09 | 18-30m   You still know it from back in the day. By the time you were in schools there were less and less nuns. | 
 			| r | YOU1* | LITTLE-BIT7A | NURSE1* | LITTLE-BIT7A | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | [MG] | schwester |  | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_13 | 31-45f   It looks like it's less work for the teachers, but it's a disadvantage for the students. | 
 			| r |  | TO-SEE1 | LIKE4A* | LITTLE-BIT7A | TO-WORK2* | FOR1* | TEACHER2 | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | sieht | wie | weniger | arbeit | für | lehrer | 
 			| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_11 | 61+m   But that is due to the fact there are fewer newborn children in general, the majority of people only have one. | 
 			| r | BIRTH1A | $NUM-ONE-TO-TEN1A:1 | CHILD1 | LITTLE-BIT7A* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | … | ein | kind | wenig | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_01 | 18-30m   But there weren't many guests. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A* | LITTLE-BIT4 | TO-VISIT-OR-TO-ATTEND2* | 
| l | LITTLE-BIT7A* |  | 
| m |  | wenig | besuch | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_01 | 18-30m   But there weren't many guests. | 
 			| r |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A* | LITTLE-BIT4 | TO-VISIT-OR-TO-ATTEND2* | 
| l | LITTLE-BIT7A* |  | 
| m |  | wenig | besuch | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   I tried to read it and I noticed that they have fewer letters than we do here in Germany. | 
 			| r | $PROD | $PROD | WORD1^* | LITTLE-BIT7A* | AS-OR-THAN1 | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | [MG] | [MG] | buchstabe | wenig | als | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_02 | 31-45m   We have 26 letters and they have less than that. | 
 			| r | WORD1^* | HERE1 | $INDEX1 | LITTLE-BIT7A* | $GEST^ | $INDEX1* | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | buchstabe |  |  | wenig | [MG] | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_01 | 61+m   A whole group of about 30 people from the company E.ON [German energy supplier] jogged every Friday, but as time went on the group got smaller and smaller. | 
 			| r | EVERY-DAY1A | FRIDAY-$CANDIDATE-GOE21^ | ALL1A* | LITTLE-BIT7A* | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | jeden | freitag | weniger weniger | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_01 | 61+m   Then the number of people in the group decreased. | 
 			| r |  |  | THEN1A* | LITTLE-BIT7A* | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | [MG] | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_05 | 61+f   For DGS, this means that people will only speak and do signing less and less. | 
 			| r | TO-SPEAK1A* | NOT1 | TO-SIGN1A | LITTLE-BIT7A* | 
| l |  | 
| m | … | nicht mehr | gebärden |  | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_05 | 61+f   What if the person slowly loses their hearing? | 
 			| r | TO-HEAR2* | ABRUPTLY1A* | TO-HEAR2* | LITTLE-BIT7A* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m |  | plötzlich |  | [MG] | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_01 | 61+m   The number of members in Hamburg decreases more and more. | 
 			| r | FIGURE2A |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A* | $GEST-OFF^* | 
| l | HAMBURG1* | ALWAYS5* | 
| m | zahl | hamburg | immer | weniger |  | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_08 | 46-60f   But green spaces decline. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A* | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l | NATURE3* | SURROUNDING1A* | 
| m | natur | [MG] | [MG] | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_04 | 31-45m   Once they realized that less and less people were staying, the wall was built. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A* |  | ACTIVE1^ | WALL1B* | 
| l | TO-HEAR1* | 
| m |  |  | [MG] | mauer | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_05 | 61+f   Sign language will then disappear. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | LITTLE-BIT7A* | $GEST^ | 
| l | 
| m | [MG] |  | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_05 | 61+f   Hard of hearing hear less/ | 
 			| r |  |  | HARD-OF-HEARING1* | LITTLE-BIT7A* | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l |  | 
| m | schwerhörig | [MG] |  | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_05 | 61+f   It's also possible there will be less hard of hearing people with hearing aids who are older. | 
 			| r | HEARING-AID1* | FUTURE1A^* | OLD4B* | LITTLE-BIT7A* | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | … |  | alt | [MG] | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_05 | 61+f   They were introduced after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, the country got bigger and the subvention’s amount got smaller and smaller. | 
 			| r | IN-ADDITION1* | TO-SPREAD2* | SUBSIDY1* | LITTLE-BIT7A* | TO-PAY3* | 
| l |  | 
| m | dazu | [MG] | zuschuss | immer wenig wenig | [MG] | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_01 | 18-30m   And there will be fewer deaf people. | 
 			| r |  |  | DEAF1A | LITTLE-BIT7A* | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | [MG] |  | 
 			| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_03 | 46-60f   Here, in West Berlin, they became less and less. | 
 			| r |  |  | HERE1* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | 
| l |  | 
| m | westberlin | [MG] | 
 			| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_11 | 61+m   Of course, there are also elderly people who hear less and less over time; and neither sign language nor a CI are an option for them. | 
 			| r | CLEAR1B | $INDEX1 | OLD2C | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | TO-HEAR2* | BAD-OR-STALE2 | TO-SIGN1A | 
| l |  |  |  |  |  | 
| m | klar |  | alt |  | hören immer | schlecht schlecht schlecht |  | 
 			| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_11 | 61+m   There are also more and more young adults who ruin their hearing in the club and hear less and less with age, one should not forget about that, either. | 
 			| r | $PROD | LATER10 | OLD2C | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | TO-HEAR2* | BAD-OR-STALE2 | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l |  |  |  |  | 
| m |  | später | alt |  | immer | schlecht schlecht schlecht |  | 
 			| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_11 | 61+m   For example, there were 250 children at the school in Leipzig before the reunification, now there are only 50. | 
 			| r | $NUM-TENS2A:5 | CHILD2* | TODAY1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | $NUM-TENS2A:5 | 
| l |  |  |  |  | 
| m | … | kinder | heute |  | fünfzig | 
 			| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_12 | 31-45f   I’m sorry, I don’t go out that much because of my children. | 
 			| r | THROUGH2B | CHILD2* | $GEST^ | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | 
| l |  | 
| m | durch | kinder |  | [MG] | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_15 | 46-60m   Then, after a few years, it ran low. | 
 			| r | YEAR1B* | YEAR1B* | TO-LIST1C^* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | $GEST^ | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | zwei | drei jahr |  | [MG] |  | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_16 | 31-45f   They say that the Kennedys suffered a heavy fate, because the number of family members decreased dramatically. | 
 			| r | $GEST-OFF^ | $INDEX1 | QUOTATION-MARKS1* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | VERY6* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | … |  | [MG] | [MG] | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_01 | 61+m   As I got older, my performance declined as well. | 
 			| r |  | I1* | OLD2B* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | PERFORMANCE4* | TO-MEASURE1A^* | I2* | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m |  | alt |  | keine leistung mehr | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_05 | 31-45m   I was delighted in the beginning, yes, but in recent times not as much. | 
 			| r | NOW1 | MOMENT1* | BIT2A* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | $GEST-OFF^* | 
| l |  |  |  |  | 
| m | jetzt | im moment | bisschen | [MG] |  | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_03 | 31-45f   Do you think it will lessen over time? | 
 			| r | OPINION1B | YOUR1 | FUTURE1B* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | meinst | zukunft |  | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_01 | 61+m   There used to be 32 clubs in total and now there are only three or four clubs. | 
 			| r |  | CLUB-OR-SOCIETY1A |  | TO-DECREASE-STH1B |  | ONLY2A |  | 
| l | $NUM-TENS1:3d | AREA1A^ | NOW1 |  | $NUM-ONE-TO-TEN1B:3d | 
| m | … | vereine |  | [MG] | jetzt | nur | drei | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_01 | 61+m   Many people have died, others got sick. Therefore there are less and less members. | 
 			| r | ACTIVE3B^* | SICK1* | $GEST-OFF^ | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | krank krank | [MG] | [MG] | [MG] | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_01 | 61+m   I let it cool off and kept trying if it was cool enough. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | BETTER1 | $PROD | TO-LOWER2 | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | [MG] | besser |  | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_11 | 31-45f   Because of the growing numbers of other activities in the field of culture for example and other areas, the importance of sports is decreasing. It is a pity. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | SPORTS1* | $GEST-OFF^ | TOO-BAD1* | 
| l | 
| m | [MG] | sport | schade | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_15 | 31-45m   Now there are a lot less. | 
 			| r |  |  | NOW1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | $GEST-OFF^ | OFF-CLOSED1^* | 
| l |  | 
| m | jetzt | [MG] |  |  | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_20 | 31-45m   I would have to propose a motion because of the chat dying down and deaf people wanting to use sign language, anyway. | 
 			| r | I1* | CHAT1B* | $GEST-OFF^ | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | $GEST-OFF^ | $GEST-OFF^* | $INDEX1* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m |  | chat | [MG] |  |  |  | 
 			| Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_11 | 31-45f   We went to their museum many times, though less recently lately, because after a while we had enough. | 
 			| r |  | NOW1* | MOMENT1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | CLEAR1A* | TO-BE-SICK-OF-STH1 | 
| l | MUSEUM1 |  |  |  |  | 
| m | museum | jetzt | moment |  | klar |  | 
 			| Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_11 | 31-45f   They reduced the production but kept some of the brown coal mines open. | 
 			| r |  | BUT1* | BIT2A* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | TO-REDUCE-SIZE1* | 
| l |  | 
| m | ab{er} |  | [MG] | abbau abbau abbau | 
 			| Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_14 | 31-45m   Yes, for the environment’s sake. | 
 			| r | $INDEX1 | REASON4B | ENVIRONMENT1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | grund | umwelt | [MG] | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_01 | 46-60m   I really do see how I communicate less and less with just one ear. | 
 			| r |  |  | COMMUNICATION1A | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | 
| l | 
| m | kommunikation | [MG] | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_01 | 46-60m   But I feel that it gets harder to control it. | 
 			| r | VOICE1* | GOOD1* | QUOTATION-MARKS1* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | 
| l |  | 
| m | stimme | [MG] | [MG] | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_03 | 18-30f   The tinnitus is still there. It won't vanish, but it is possible to reduce it. | 
 			| r | CAN2B* | VANISHED1B | ONLY2A | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | 
| l |  | 
| m |  |  | nur |  | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_03 | 18-30f   I have to learn to understand how to handle stress, and I have to reduce it. I have to look after myself and take my time, and then it works. | 
 			| r | STRESS1A* | HOW-QUESTION-COMPARISON1 | TO-AVOID2 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | MORE1 | INSIGHT1A | MORE1 | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | stress | wie | umgang | [MG] | mehr |  | mehr | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_03 | 18-30f   Life goes on, and maybe some day the time will come, and the hearing loss will abate. | 
 			| r | I1 | CAN2B* | $GEST-OFF^ | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | OR1* | HOWEVER2* | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | kann |  |  | oder | doch |  | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_04 | 31-45m   A lot of companies went out of business, and a lot of people got laid off. | 
 			| r | BROKE1 | BANKRUPTCY1* | TO-DISMISS2* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | 
| l |  | 
| m | pleite | [MG] | [MG] | [MG] | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_05 | 61+f   Using a hearing aid, hearing gets worse over time. | 
 			| r | HEARING-AID1 | LATER3* | OLD4B | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | hör{gerät} | später | alt | [MG] | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_02 | 31-45m   It was snowing less when I started driving. Yet, it was very stormy. | 
 			| r | ALREADY1A | SNOW3A* | BUT1* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | MOMENT1* | WIND2* | $PROD | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | schon | schnee | aber | [MG] | mom{ent} | wind | [MG] | 
 			| Rostock | dgskorpus_mvp_02 | 31-45m   Later on, the storm abated, but there was still a lot of snow on the ground. | 
 			| r |  | LATER10* | WIND1* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | $ORAL^ | BIT2A* | NEVERTHELESS2A | 
| l |  | 
| m | später | wind | [MG] | aber | trotz{dem} | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_06 | 31-45f   You only rarely see that nowadays. | 
 			| r |  |  | TODAY3* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | 
| l | 
| m | heute | [MG] | 
 			| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_08 | 46-60m   Nowadays, it’s getting less and less. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | 
| l | 
| m | [MG] | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_09 | 18-30m   In comparison to the past the number of deaf people has declined; the group becomes smaller and smaller. | 
 			| r | GROUP3A^* | DEAF1B* | TOGETHER7 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | 
| l |  | 
| m |  |  | [MG] | [MG] | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_09 | 18-30m   There won‘t be many deaf people left ten, twenty years from now, I think. | 
 			| r | $NUM-YEAR-AFTER-NOW1:1 | $GEST-OFF^* | DEAF1B* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | $GEST-DECLINE1^* | 
| l |  |  |  |  | 
| m | … |  | [MG] | we{niger} we{niger} weniger | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_09 | 18-30m   The number of deaf trainees has become smaller over the years, from my first to my fourth year there was an extreme drop. | 
 			| r | NOW3* | $NUM-YEAR-OF-APPRENTICESHIP1:4 | I1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | VERY6 | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | jetzt | vierte {lehrjahr} |  | [MG] | [MG] | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_09 | 18-30m   Ever since first starting my apprenticeship, I‘ve observed that group sizes go down quickly. | 
 			| r | TRIVIAL1 | DEAF1B* | TO-SWARM1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | FAST3A | TO-ALTER1 | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m |  |  | [MG] | schnell | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_13 | 31-45f   But nowadays that's running low. | 
 			| r |  |  | NOW1 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | 
| l |  | 
| m | jetzt | immer weniger immer weniger | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_13 | 31-45f   Right, I also notice a motivation decrease. I ask myself why that is. Are they bored? | 
 			| r | ALSO1A | MOTIVATION1 | ALL1A | TO-DECREASE-STH1B | WHY1 | $INDEX1 | BOREDOM1* | 
| l |  |  |  |  |  | 
| m | auch | motivation | alle | [MG] | warum | langweilig | 
 			| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_11 | 61+m   Compared to the old days, there are fewer students in schools today. | 
 			| r | PAST-OR-BACK-THEN1* | MUCH-OR-MANY1A* | CLASS8* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | früher | viel |  | wenig wenig | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_01 | 61+m   I just do a little bit of sports because I only have a few contacts, which is sad I think. | 
 			| r | TO-DECREASE-STH1B^ | SPORTS1* | CONTACT2A* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | TOO-BAD1* | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l | 
| m | [MG] |  | kontakt | auch weniger | schade | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_06 | 31-45f   Her presence [in media] died down. | 
 			| r |  |  | $GEST-OFF^ | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | END1A* | 
| l | 
| m |  | [MG] |  | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_01 | 61+m   In the years leading up to the anniversary, the friendly competitions became rarer and rarer. Now there are no more. | 
 			| r | $GEST-OFF^ | FRIEND3 | TO-GIVE2^ | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | 
| l | 
| m | [MG] | freundschaft | nicht mehr | [MG] | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_01 | 61+m   Less and less people are active nowadays. | 
 			| r |  |  | ACTIVE3 | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | 
| l | 
| m | aktiv | [MG] | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_01 | 61+m   Many people have died, others got sick. Therefore there are less and less members. | 
 			| r |  |  | OR4A* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | ACTIVE3B^* | SICK1* | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l | TO-DIE1* | DEATH3 |  | 
| m | verstorben | tot | oder |  |  | krank krank | [MG] | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_01 | 61+m   I don't know what the department will look like in the future, because it is getting smaller and smaller right now. | 
 			| r | $GEST-I-DONT-KNOW1^ |  |  | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | 
| l | IN1 | MOMENT1 | 
| m | … | im | moment | [MG] | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_02 | 31-45f   But on the other hand, in the future it will become more difficult because the number of deaf people in this world is decreasing. | 
 			| r | $GEST-OFF^ | FUTURE1A* | DEAF1A | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | … | zukunft |  | [MG] | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_02 | 31-45f   But a continuously declining number of deaf people could lead to problems in the future. | 
 			| r | $INDEX1* |  | DEAF1A* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | $GEST-OFF^* | 
| l |  | $INDEX1 |  | 
| m | [MG] |  |  | [MG] |  | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_08 | 46-60f   There are supposed to be fewer cars, people should walk more. | 
 			| r | MORE1* | MACHINE1A^ | CAR1* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* |  | TO-RUN9C | 
| l | MORE1* | 
| m | mehr | a{uto} | auto | [MG] | mehr | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_08 | 46-60f   But the number of children is decreasing everywhere. | 
 			| r |  | CHILD2* | FIGURE2A | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | 
| l |  | 
| m | kinderzahl | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_20 | 31-45m   I don’t use MSN as much because the quality is just bad. I don’t like Cam frog either; it’s just too small. | 
 			| r |  |  | $ALPHA1:MN | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | $INDEX1 | QUALITY1A* | BAD-OR-STALE2 | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | m-s-n | [MG] |  | qualität | [MG] | 
 			| Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_01 | 18-30m   The usage of the terms ‘East’ and ‘West’ will decrease, but will they disappear? That's the question. | 
 			| r | WORD3 | EAST1A | WORD1* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | VANISHED1A | QUESTION-MARK1* | 
| l |  |  |  |  | 
| m | wort | ost | west |  |  |  | 
 			| Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_09 | 31-45f   For example, their former clubs disintegrated and they were considering what to do next. | 
 			| r |  | $INDEX1 | NOT-ANYMORE1A* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | WHAT1B^ | 
| l |  | 
| m |  | nicht mehr |  | [MG] | 
 			| Münster | dgskorpus_mst_01 | 46-60m   You weren’t sad, although you heard less? | 
 			| r |  |  | TO-HEAR2* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m |  | [MG] | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_12 | 46-60f   The numbers of members decrease theses days. | 
 			| r |  |  | NOW2* | TO-DECREASE-STH1B* | 
| l |  | 
| m | jetzt |  | 
 			| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_02 | 46-60m   Nowadays there aren‘t many left. | 
 			| r |  |  | NOW1* | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l | 
| m |  | [MG] | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_03 | 46-60m   Until 1984, meaning until I was 14 years old, the number of students decreased so I started commuting every day, as well. | 
 			| r | I1 | $NUM-TEEN2A:4 | OLD2C | TO-REDUCE3 | TO-SHRINK1A* | $GEST-OFF^ | I1 | 
| l |  |  |  |  | 
| m |  | vierzehn | jahre alt |  |  |  |  | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_03 | 46-60m   The other students did so, too, which is why the number of students in boarding school decreased. | 
 			| r |  | NON-LOCAL-STUDENT1 | ALSO3A* | TO-REDUCE3 | TO-SHRINK1A* | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l | 
| m | fahrtschüler | auch auch | weniger weniger weniger |  |  | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_03 | 46-60m   There are fewer students at our school now. | 
 			| r |  | $GEST-OFF^ | NOW1 | TO-REDUCE3 | $GEST^ | 
| l | AREA1A^* |  | 
| m |  |  | jetzt |  |  | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_12 | 61+m   The Americans paid and the people left the room. | 
 			| r | AMERICA1* | ALL2A | TO-PAY1* | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l |  | 
| m | … | alle | bezahlen bezahlen bezahlen |  | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_10 | 46-60m   I told them, that we had teletypewriters but they get used less and less. | 
 			| r |  | TO-OWN1* | MOMENT1* | TO-REDUCE3 | $GEST-OFF^* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m |  | moment |  |  | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_03 | 31-45f   They were assaulted and bullied, so that they would get a CI and thus there are less and less deaf people. | 
 			| r | TO-INCREASE-OR-TO-GAIN-WEIGHT3^ | HARASSING1B | DEAF1A | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l |  | 
| m |  |  |  | [MG] | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_03 | 31-45f   They are like, “Uh, we are so powerless, and the deaf people are going extinct, and we are completely apathetic.” | 
 			| r | CI1 | CI1* | DEAF1A* | TO-REDUCE3 | TO-BE-IN-THE-HOT-SEAT1 | I1 | TO-WALK-AROUND1 | 
| l |  |  |  |  |  | 
| m |  |  | gehörlos | [MG] | [MG] | wie | [MG] | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_05 | 61+f   If it really happens that cochlea implantations increase, there will be less deaf schools and integration schools will develop further. | 
 			| r | MORE3 | DEAF1A | SCHOOL1A | TO-REDUCE3 | INTEGRATION1 | SCHOOL1A | $INDEX1* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | mehr mehr mehr mehr | gehörlosenschule | weniger weniger | integrationsschule |  | 
 			| Hamburg | dgskorpus_hh_08 | 46-60f   It just wouldn’t be the same in North Rhine-Westphalia, because during delivery it looses its taste. | 
 			| r | AFTER1 | TO-DELIVER1B* | TASTE1 | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | nachlieferung | geschmack | reduziert | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_01 | 18-30f   But that way I used up my vacation days really quickly. | 
 			| r | MACHINE-AIDED2C* | VACATION4* | DAY1A | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l | 
| m | automatisch | urlaubstag | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_01 | 18-30f   Didn't the amount of trips decrease? | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-REDUCE3 | BIT2A | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] | bisschen | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_01 | 18-30f   Didn't the amount of trips decrease? | 
 			| r |  | TO-REDUCE3 | BIT2A | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] | bisschen | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_02 | 46-60f   There were less and less people in the East and an increasing number in West Germany. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-REDUCE3 | PRESENT-OR-HERE1 | $ORAL^ | TO-INCREASE-OR-TO-GAIN-WEIGHT3 | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] |  | mehr | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_07 | 61+m   The number of deaf people was decreasing and the hard of hearing were increasing. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-REDUCE3 | MORE6 | BETTER1 | MORE3 | 
| l |  |  | 
| m |  |  | besser | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_13 | 61+m   It‘s getting less and less. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l | 
| m | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_13 | 61+m   Same for nine-pin bowling, because there are no new people joining. | 
 			| r |  |  | NINE-PIN-BOWLING1 | TO-REDUCE3 | OFFSPRING1* | TO-COME1 | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | kegeln | [MG] | nachwuchs |  | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_13 | 61+m   I chat less and less. | 
 			| r | I1 | TODAY1* | I1 | TO-REDUCE3 | I1 | CHAT1A* | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | ich | [MG] |  | chat | 
 			| Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_03 | 18-30m   Unfortunately, my ASL skills have become pretty rusty, because there are just no opportunities for me to communicate in ASL here. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-REDUCE3 |  | TO-SIGN1A |  | 
| l | SOMETIME1 | ASL1 | I2* | WHO3 | WHO3 | 
| m | [MG] |  |  | [MG] |  | [MG] | wer | 
 			| Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_03 | 18-30m   Unfortunately, my ASL skills have become pretty rusty, because there are just no opportunities for me to communicate in ASL here. | 
 			| r | NONE3* |  |  | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l | $INDEX2 | I2 | 
| m | kein |  |  | [MG] | 
 			| München (Munich) | dgskorpus_mue_06 | 18-30f   There may be lesser then, but they won't disappear. | 
 			| r |  |  | POSSIBLE1* | TO-REDUCE3 | BUT1 | VANISHED1C* | NEVER2A | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | möglich | [MG] | aber | [MG] | niemals | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_02 | 61+f   But then again, maybe it decreases because of the CI. | 
 			| r | CI1 | $INDEX1 | BACK2^ | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l |  |  | 
| m |  |  | wieder zurück | [MG] | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_07 | 31-45m   At some point, everybody started smoking less. | 
 			| r | PROCEEDING1A* | TO-SMOKE1A* |  | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l |  | YOU-PLURAL1A | 
| m | [MG] |  |  | [MG] | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_07 | 31-45m   The smoking decreased, a lot of people quit. | 
 			| r |  |  | TO-SMOKE1A* | TO-REDUCE3 | TO-SAY1* | TO-END4* |  | 
| l |  |  | $GEST-OFF^* | 
| m |  | [MG] |  | aufhören | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_07 | 31-45m   That way, it minimized itself. | 
 			| r |  |  | $INDEX1 | TO-REDUCE3 |  | 
| l |  | $GEST-OFF^* | 
| m |  | [MG] |  | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_07 | 31-45m   The companies reduced the job positions and let go of their employees. | 
 			| r |  |  | TO-WORK4* | TO-REDUCE3 |  | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l | TO-DISMISS3* | 
| m | arbeiten |  |  | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_07 | 31-45m   Less was being sold. | 
 			| r |  |  | $INDEX1 | TO-REDUCE3 | TO-SELL1* | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] | [MG] | verkaufen | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_07 | 31-45m   That way, one automatically smokes less, automatically. | 
 			| r |  | PROCEEDING1^* | TO-SMOKE1A* | TO-REDUCE3 | PROCEEDING1^* | $INDEX1* | 
| l |  | 
| m | automatisch | [MG] | automatisch | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_07 | 31-45m   But the people are less and less interested in going to bars, so there are less and less people coming. | 
 			| r | TO-COME1* |  | $GEST-OFF^ | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l | NO-INTEREST1 | 
| m | [MG] | [MG] | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_07 | 31-45m   There are less customers, so the turnover becomes less, as well. | 
 			| r | SALES1 | $GEST-OFF^* | HOWEVER1A* | TO-REDUCE3 | $GEST-OFF^ | 
| l | 
| m | umsatz | doch | [MG] |  | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_07 | 31-45m   And less people smoke. | 
 			| r |  |  | TO-SMOKE1A* | TO-REDUCE3 | $GEST-OFF^* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m |  | [MG] |  | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_07 | 31-45m   Now, it’s gotten less. | 
 			| r |  |  | NOW1 | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l |  | 
| m | jetzt | [MG] | 
 			| Nürnberg (Nuremberg) | dgskorpus_nue_07 | 31-45m   I want to cut back soon, that’s the plan. | 
 			| r |  |  | $GEST^ | TO-REDUCE3 | PLAN2 |  | 
| l | ANYWAY1* | SOON2 | $GEST-DECLINE1^* | 
| m | {so}wieso |  | [MG] | plan | 
 			| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_02 | 18-30f   I became chairwoman because I noticed that the team in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, got smaller and smaller and that there was no team spirit. | 
 			| r | AREA1A^* | LIKE4A* | TEAM-OR-CREW1 | TO-REDUCE3 | AND2A* | SOLIDARY1A^* | NONE3 | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | … | wie | mannschaft | [MG] | und |  | kein | 
 			| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_02 | 18-30f   In the future there will be less and less deaf people. This is another reason for me to get involved. | 
 			| r | REASON4B | FUTURE1A | DEAF1A* | TO-REDUCE3 | $GEST^ | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | grund | zukunft |  | [MG] |  | 
 			| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_05 | 61+m   They have to reduce the number of atomic bombs and get rid of them all together in the future. | 
 			| r | FUTURE1B | $ORAL^ | MUST1 | TO-REDUCE3 | OFF-OR-TO-REMOVE-STH1A* | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | zukunft | atom | muss | abbauen | weg | 
 			| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_05 | 61+m   But when I look at my company, the number of employees is also decreasing. | 
 			| r | TO-VISIT-OR-TO-ATTEND1A | AREA1A^ | TO-WORK1 | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] | arbeiter | [MG] | 
 			| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_05 | 61+m   But he said, ”despite the job you don’t have much to do.“ I asked, „Why is it that there’s less work?” | 
 			| r | TO-DO1* |  | I1^ | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l |  | ALL2A^ |  | 
| m | nichts zu tun | warum | [MG] | 
 			| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_05 | 61+m   Then they order the product somewhere else where they pay only 600 euros, and I have less work to do. | 
 			| r | TO-WORK1 | $MORPH-LESS2 | I1* | TO-REDUCE3 | 
| l |  | 
| m | arbeit |  |  | [MG] | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_01 | 46-60f   Those young girls nowadays enjoy knitting less and less. | 
 			| r |  | YOUNG2* | GIRL4 | TO-REDUCE3 | TO-KNIT1 | $GEST-OFF^ | $$EXTRA-LING-ACT^ | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | jung | mädchen | [MG] | stricken |  | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_13 | 31-45f   The teacher said we should leave our child alone or otherwise it would get demotivated due to disappointment. | 
 			| r | TO-LET1 | OTHERWISE1 | MOTIVATION1 | TO-REDUCE3 | LIKE4A | DISAPPOINTED4 | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | lassen | sonst | motivation | [MG] | wie | [MG] | 
 			| Berlin | dgskorpus_ber_13 | 31-45f   Some people died, others married and moved away. Membership decreased tremendously. | 
 			| r | TO-DIE2* | TO-MARRY3B* | TO-MOVE2* | TO-REDUCE3* | 
| l |  | 
| m | [MG] | verheira{tet} | [MG] | [MG] | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_12 | 61+m   Yes, people left the room but/ | 
 			| r |  |  | $INDEX1* | TO-REDUCE3* | ONLY2A | 
| l |  |  | 
| m |  |  |  | 
 			| Frankfurt | dgskorpus_fra_12 | 61+m   There were less and less people/ | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-REDUCE3* | $INDEX1 | TO-GO-THERE1 | 
| l |  |  | 
| m |  |  |  | 
 			| Göttingen | dgskorpus_goe_08 | 18-30f   I used to have it almost all the time, but it got less now. | 
 			| r | MOST1A | TINNITUS1* | NOW3* | TO-REDUCE3* | 
| l |  |  |  |  | 
| m | meist{ens} | tinnitus | [MG] | 
 			| Bremen | dgskorpus_hb_05 | 61+f   Having different schools there would be less deaf teachers. | 
 			| r |  |  | TEACHER1 | TO-REDUCE3* | THROUGH2A* | TO-TEACH1 | 
| l |  | 
| m | lehrer |  |  |  | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_01 | 18-30f   Fewer/ I'd say it's still a fair amount. | 
 			| r |  |  |  | TO-REDUCE3* | $GEST-OFF^ | USUAL1* | $GEST^ | 
| l | 
| m |  |  | norm{al} | [MG] | 
 			| Köln (Cologne) | dgskorpus_koe_02 | 46-60f   But I don’t know if there is more or less unemployment now. | 
 			| r | $INDEX1 | TO-WORK5^* | $MORPH-LESS3 | TO-REDUCE3* | I2 | TO-KNOW-OR-KNOWLEDGE2A | NOT3B* | 
| l |  |  |  | 
| m | aber | arbeitslos | [MG] |  | weiß | nicht | 
 			| Leipzig | dgskorpus_lei_05 | 61+f   They want to reduce pollution in the world. | 
 			| r | WORLD1* | SOURCE1A^* | SHALL1* | TO-REDUCE3* | SHALL1* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | welt | abgas | soll |  | soll | 
 			| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_05 | 61+m   I still have a problem with my company because so many are unemployed now, since companies keep axing jobs. | 
 			| r |  | TO-WORK1* | TO-THROW1^* | TO-REDUCE3* | 
| l | $INDEX1 |  | 
| m |  | arbeitslos {arbeits}los | [MG] | 
 			| Schleswig-Holstein | dgskorpus_sh_05 | 61+m   But now it’s decreasing steadily. | 
 			| r |  |  | TODAY1 | TO-REDUCE3* | 
| l |  | 
| m | heute | [MG] | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_03 | 31-45m   I have noticed that with the expansion of the Internet, less and less people started coming. | 
 			| r | INTERNET1A | TO-SPREAD2 | TO-MEMORISE1* | TO-REDUCE3* | TO-COME2* | 
| l |  |  | 
| m | internet |  | gemerkt | [MG] |  | 
 			| Stuttgart | dgskorpus_stu_03 | 31-45m   People are fascinated with the Internet; they turn into couch potatoes. | 
 			| r | HOW-QUESTION1* | SPORTS1* | NO3B^* | TO-REDUCE3* | 
| l | 
| m | wie | sport | faul | [MG] |