Proper government

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Definition

Proper government is a type of government. A category is properly governed if it is governed by a proper governor. Categories that are usually considered proper governors for a category alpha, are categories that are coindexed with alpha (see antecedent government) and heads (in some models theta-assigning heads (theta government), in others lexical heads (head government)). Proper government is the key notion in the formulation of the Empty Category Principle.

Links

• Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

• Aoun, J., N. Hornstein, D. Lightfoot & A. Weinberg 1987. Two types of Locality, Linguistic Inquiry 184, pp. 537-577, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
• Aoun, Y. & D. Sportiche 1983. On the formal theory of Government, The Linguistic Review 2/3, pp. 211-236
• Chomsky, N. 1986b. Barriers, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
• Chomsky, N. 1981. Lectures on Government and Binding, Foris, Dordrecht.
• Lasnik, H. and M. Saito 1984. On the nature of proper government, Linguistic Inquiry 15, pp. 235-289
• Rizzi, L. 1990. Relativized Minimality, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.