It is common to hypothesize that in classifier and non-classifier languages alike the various functional heads (determiner/demonstrative, numeral, classifier) each head their own projection, so that the maximal projection of the nominal phrase is not NP but something like DP. We evaluate the predictions this makes regarding selection and verb-object idioms in English, a nonclassifier language, and in Korean and Vietnamese, two classifier languages. These predictions are not upheld, and nominals act very differently from clauses and PPs, which are headed by functional heads. Selection and idioms show that the maximal projection of the nominal must be a projection of the lexical N itself, not a functional element. We develop such an analysis of nominals, and show how it accounts for data that was taken to motivate the DP Hypothesis.

A low cost downconverter for a 1.7-2.3 GHz analog radio system has been implemented using -the fiberglass printed-circuitry technique. A maximum 1.9db SSB noise figure and minimum 31dB conversion gain were achieved. The design and performance of such a low cost-unit are also presented.