ABSTRACT
Like verbs and nouns, adjectives can be combined with °arguments and °modifiers to form a larger °projection. For example, the adjective boos in (1a) takes the PP op zijn vader ‘with his father’ as its °complement (i.e. internal argument), and can also be modified by a degree modifier such as erg ‘very’. The projection (erg) boos op zijn vader thus formed acts as a constituent, which is clear from the fact, illustrated by (1b), that it can be moved in its entirety into sentence-initial position; cf. the °constituency test. However, the adjective and its complement can also occur discontinuously, as shown in (1c&d).
