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Argument 3: prenominal adjectives Prenominal adjectives: must appear before a noun, follow SpecA, if there are any Examples: bon, mer/a, mal/a, presumpte/a, antic/ga (‘former’), trist/a (‘insufficient’). (4) a. un bon amic, *un amic bon, *aquest amic sí que era bon, *era un bon. b. una mera suposició, *una suposició mera, *aquesta suposició és mera, *era una mera. Strings not allowed by X-bar theory given.
Explaining prenominal As Two subtypes of A: A [+preN]. Ex: bon, mer, mal, etc. A [-preN]. Ex: dolent, bo, policial, etc. Many As are unspecified: belong to both subtypes. New c-structure rule (Sadler and Arnold 1994): N A N [+preN] Postnominal APs are projections of A [-preN].
Page 1 and 2: No Null Nouns Alex Alsina UPF April
Page 3 and 4: Aim of the talk Structure of a hea
Page 5 and 6: Existing work The majority positio
Page 7 and 8: Argument 1 The empty noun reduces
Page 9 and 10: Argument 1 In fact, once we allow
Page 11 and 12: Argument 2: two types of Ds Weak d
Page 13 and 14: C-structure The usual inventory of
Page 15 and 16: Example c-structures DP D′ D NP S
Page 17 and 18: F-structure However, the principle
Page 19 and 20: Sample vocabulary entries aquell: D
Page 21 and 22: Sample det-noun sequences DP D′ D
Page 23 and 24: Example Ds of each kind aquell: D S
Page 25: The role of null nouns Having empt
Page 29 and 30: Excluding illicit structures Why a
Page 31 and 32: What does the null noun do for us?
Page 33: References Bosque, Ignacio (1989):

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