Noun phrases, such as this photo, can often appear both with modifiers, such as the adjective old, and with arguments, typically PPs such as of the queen. Most of the literature on the syntax of DPs has adopted the hypothesis that adjectives are base-generated higher than nominal arguments, just as adverbs are merged higher than arguments in the clause. This squib looks at the syntax of the Italian DP, focusing on the distribution of modifier PPs and argument PPs, and offers novel evidence that, contrary to the received view, nominal modifiers such as adjectives are in fact base-generated lower than nominal arguments.

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在名词短语中引入参数和修饰语

名词短语（例如这张照片）通常可以同时带有修饰语（例如形容词old）和自变量，通常是PP（例如，皇后）。关于DP语法的大多数文献都采用了这样的假设：形容词的生成是高于名词性参量的，而副词的合并高于子句中的参量。这个引文着眼于意大利语DP的语法，着眼于修饰语PP和自变量PP的分布，并提供了新的证据，与所接受的观点相反，名词修饰语（例如形容词）实际上是基数生成的，低于名词参量。