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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Minimal Governing Category''' is a Implementation of the notion [[binding domain]], proposed in Chomsky (1981). The MGC of alpha is defined as the minimal XP ([[maximal projection]]) that contains [[alpha]], a [[SUBJECT]] [[accessible]] to alpha, and the [[governor]] of alpha.<br />
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=== Example ===<br />
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in (i) the MGC of the [[anaphor]] ''each other'' is the embedded IP, since it contains ''each other'', the accessible subject ''the men'', and the governor ''like''. Hence, ''each other'' must be [[bound]] within this IP in compliance with [[condition A]] of the [[binding theory]], and may not be coindexed with ''the girls'', which is not contained in its MGC.<br />
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(i) the girls<sub>i</sub> believe that [<sub>IP</sub> the men<sub>j</sub> like each other<sub>j/*i</sub> ]<br />
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=== Links ===<br />
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[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Minimal+Governing+Category&lemmacode=544 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]<br />
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=== References ===<br />
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* Chomsky, N. 1981. ''Lectures on Government and Binding,'' Foris, Dordrecht.<br />
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