Merge of adjectives in DP (40)
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Non-predicative (prenominal) adjectives DP
nP
D el
AP
nP
posible
AP
nP
futuro
NP rey
(41) Predicative (postnominal) adjectives DP
D D el
nP n NP AP
NP
amarillo
N libro
Now let us consider the reasons for the two representations just proposed. 4.4.1.1 Non-predicative (prenominal) adjectives First, consider (40). Recall that it has been shown in section 4.2 that [−p] and [+p] adjectives dier interpretively. Given (40), it can be claimed that [−p] adjectives receive the aforementioned intensional interpretation at SEM (the semantic module) once they Pair-Merge with nP. As a consequence of this merge, the members of the pair are then sent to Spell-Out, the last step in the derivation, and, at the same time, are interpreted according to