Adjectival inflection and the licensing of empty categories in DP

This paper is about the licensing conditions on empty categories in DP, dealing in particular with the distribution of the null nounproin adjectival contexts. I will show thatN-prois submitted to requirements of formal licensing and identification, in which inflexional morphology plays a crucial role. Under this scenario, the contrast between English and other languages with respect to N-procan be attributed to the absence versus presence of inflexional morphology within the nominal domain.