Picture noun

A picture noun is a noun (such as picture or story) which appears to behave anomalously with respect to the binding theory. The anomaly is that the noun may define a binding domain.

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

• Chomsky, N. 1986a. Knowledge of language: its nature, origin and use, Praeger, New York.
• Chomsky, N. 1981. Lectures on Government and Binding, Foris, Dordrecht.