POSTNOMINAL ADJECTIVES IN SPANISH DPS

Starting from the traditional distinction between R(elational) and Q(u alifying) adjectives, we divide the former into two major subclasses: Th(ematic) and C(lassificatory) adjectives. This distinction has effec ts on semantic interpretation and word order. Th-adjectives obey the t hematic hierarchy and C-adjectives follow patterns of subclassificatio n of objects in different domains. R-adjectives are maximal projection s mapped into specifier positions. Spanish, contrary to English, has o vert raising for gender and number checking on the noun and the adject ives. R-adjectives are argued to form syntactic clusters by a series o f adjunctions that satisfy antisymmetric c-command requirements and mi nimality constraints on movement.