Two Types of Locality

The notion that empty categories in government & binding theory must be "properly governed" entails a disjunctive definition of government. Examined are the implications of assuming a separation such that well-formedness conditions applying at PF are stated in terms of government, whereasLF conditions dealing with binding relations are stated in other terms. These two distinct kinds of well-formedness conditions are paired & hold at different levels & cannot be substituted for one another. It is further argued that N. Chomsky's empty category principle (ECP) should be eliminated in favor of two separate types of locality requirements. The first condition, applying at PF, holds that empty categories must be governed by lexical head. The second, holding atLF, holds that anaphora must be bound in some local domain. It is shown that this change provides a formulation of universal grammar that has good explanatory power & is simpler than existing forms. 59 References. B. Annesser Murray