The Category P Features, Projections, Interpretation

developing the Theta System, for her integrity and genuine care for students, for her
sincere humanity.
Henk van Riemsdijk’s sending me the only copy of his outstanding 1978 book
and his answering at length all my questions was a moving display of academic
collegiality.
Many thanks go to Yosef Grodzinsky and Naama Friedmann for taking interest
in my work and helping me with the neurolinguistic data, to the faculty members of
the Linguistics department at Tel Aviv university, Outi Bat-El for sending me to do
the tables, Ruth Berman for sharing with me her unbelievable knowledge in
linguistics and life-time experience (“Of course it (the thesis) will end, it’s just that
sometimes the person ends before it…”), Alex Grosu for commenting insightfully on
the final draft of the manuscript, and also Mira Ariel, Rachel Giora, Nirit Kadmon,
Chuck Kisseberth, Fred Landman and Paul Wexler for their support over the years,
and for making me feel as their equal.
There were many people, friends, fellow students, teachers, distinguished
linguists, who helped and inspired me throughout the years in many ways, I am
deeply grateful to all of them: Ravid Aisenman, Nurit Asayag, Smadar Azrieli, Alona
Belikova, Gabi Danon, Noa and Asaf Danziger, Nomi Erteschik-Shir, Robert Fiengo,
Marc-Ariel Friedemann, Nora Goldshlach, Maya Gordon, Martin Haider, Richard
Kayne, Tal Keidar, Jacqueline Lecarme, Marijana Marelj, Irit Meir, Aya Meltzer,
Dimitra Papangeli, Tova Rapoport, Oren Sade-Leicht, Ivy Sichel, Arhonto Terzi,
Martin Weidner, Ziva Weiler, Joost Zwarts, and all my students.
Special thanks are due to my mother, Rosa, for giving a personal example of
human strength, determination and generosity, to the Rotems for their unlimited
kindness and readiness to help, and to Ilana Cohen for her wisdom, for helping me
become the person that I am.
Last but not least, my beloved Amir Rotem and Sacha, to whom this work is
dedicated, thank you for your unconditional love, unprecedented patience, constant
support and complete understanding, hilarious sense of humor, and for making my life
meaningful.