The Category P Features, Projections, Interpretation

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(85) a. ma’axal nora ze (lo) kal (*lo) le-axila
food awful this (not) easy (not) to-eating
This awful food is (not) easy *(not) to eat
Compare:
b. (lo) kal (lo) le’exol ma’axal nora ze
(not) easy (not) to+eat food awful this
It is (not) easy (not) to eat this awful food.
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(86) a. ha-kelev kal le-iluf, aval ha-para lo
the-dog easy to-taming, but the-cow not
The dog is easy to tame, but the cow is not.
b. *ha-kelev kal le-iluf, aval ha-para kaša/lo kala
the-dog easy to-taming, but the-cow difficult/not easy
The dog is easy to tame, but the cow is difficult/not easy.
Compare:
c. dan muxan lehitxaten, aval dina lo (muxana)
Dan [is] ready to+get+married, but Dina [is] not (ready)
Recall also that in the English TC it is impossible to strand to that follows the
tough A (87a), whereas this is possible if the adjective is not tough (87b). The
ungrammaticality of (87a) is expected under the complex AP analysis:
(87) a. *John is easy to please, but Mary is difficult to.
b. John is eager to dance, but Mary is reluctant to.
The proposed analysis for the TC gains independent support in Hebrew, as it
bears a striking resemblance to the analysis of Hebrew adjectival constructs in
inalienable constructions in Siloni (2002), exemplified in (88):
(88) yalda yefat eynayim/se’ar nixnesa la-xeder
girl-fem.sg. beautiful-fem.sg. eyes/hair entered to+the-room
“A girl with beautiful eyes/hair entered the room.”