Noun Phrases as Nps { the Case of Hebrew

Data from Hebrew have been claimed to support the hypothesis that noun phrases should be considered DPs universally. This paper shows that the application of the DP hypothesis to Hebrew is based on partial data and theory-internal considerations. A straightforward analysis of noun phrases as NPs is proposed ; it is shown to account for a variety of facts that were believed to necessitate the introduction of functional categories and compulsory head raising in Hebrew NPs. Furthermore, this analysis provides a uniied account for phenomena that were overlooked in previous works, such as deeniteness agreement in the noun phrase and the similarities between construct state nouns and adjectives.