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170 ANTONIA ANDROUTSOPOULOUwhich is derived from the Principle of Full Interpretation (PFI) (cf. Chomsky1986b). More specifically, according to Higginbotham (1985), an adjective, forinstance, kalo 'good', contains an empty argument position, in (26b). In anexample like (26a), this position is identified via the special mechanism of 6identification, with the single open position of the noun vivlio 'book', as depictedin (26b), where the connecting line denotes 6 identification. 13 The resultantunique - after 6 identification — open position, is bound by the determiner.Informally speaking, through 9-identification, the referent of the adjective becomesthe same as the referent of the noun. The referent of the noun is determinedthrough its corresponding D(eterminer):(26) a. to kalo vivliothe good book'the good book'b.In contexts of adjectival modification involving adjectival determiners, as in(22b), or (23b), repeated here under (27a), I would like to claim that rather than 9identification, which is a relation holding between predicates, identification takesplace at the level of the constituents found in a Spec-head configuration underD/PP, as in (27b).(27) a. to vivlio *(to) kalothe book the good'the good book'b.