Theta-government

Definition

Theta-government is the configuration in which a governor theta-marks the phrase that it governs, formally defined as in (i).

(i) a theta-governs b iff a governs b and a theta-marks b

See also

• Theta Criterion
• Theta identification
• Theta-absorption
• Theta-grid
• Theta-position
• Theta-role
• Theta-role assignment
• Theta-theory

Links

• Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

• Chomsky, N. 1986b. Barriers, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

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