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G is a Blocking Category (BC) for i iff g is not L-marked and g dominates i.
Comment
The concept of a BC plays a role in the definition of barrierhood, introduced in Chomsky (1986b).
Link
Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics
References
Chomsky, Noam A. 1986b. Barriers. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
