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The constructions of DP of Medieval Spanish were used in different ways from the DP of Modern Spanish. In concrete, the definite article of Medieval Spanish could be used with the possessive, but, in Modern Spanish, no. In Medieval Spanish, the definite article was possible to be interpreted as the demonstrative. So, the definite and the demonstrative didn't appear inside the extended nominal projection. However, the definite article and the demonstrative of Modern Spanish can be used together in the same phrase. In this paper, first, we point out that the DP of Medieval Spanish is generated in the other way from the DP of Modern Spanish. We have examined that the concept of Parameters can be applied to the constructions with the DP in Chomsky's Parameters Medieval Spanish. In Syntax, we propose that the possessive in Modern Spanish is derived from the construction DP, which contains the preposition abstract P. On the other hand, the possessive in Medieval Spanish is generated from CopP