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No Null Nouns - corpora@parles.upf

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Excluding illicit structures<br />

Why are *un bon, *la mera illicit DPs?<br />

[+preN] adjectives must appear in the configuration<br />

[ N A [+preN] N ].<br />

By Lexicalism, both categories in this structure must<br />

be words (or dominate words) of the same category.<br />

Words have phonological representation.<br />

N<br />

A<br />

[+preN<br />

bon<br />

N<br />

A N<br />

[+preN<br />

bon<br />

N<br />

A N<br />

[+preN<br />

bon ∅

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