Locality

One of the central notions in GB theory referring to the assumption that all syntactic relations, whether created by movement or by binding, should be local, that is, should not exceed a certain length or distance. Binding, government, the ECP and the notions of Barrier and Minimality all serve the purpose of enforcing locality on syntactic relations.

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

• Chomsky, N. 1986b. Barriers, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
• Chomsky, N. 1986a. Knowledge of language: its nature, origin and use, Praeger, New York.
• Chomsky, N. 1981. Lectures on Government and Binding, Foris, Dordrecht.
• Koster, J. 1987. Domains and dynasties: The radical autonomy of syntax, Foris, Dordrecht.