Difference between revisions of "Blocking Category"

Latest revision as of 13:49, 28 March 2008

G is a Blocking Category for i iff g is not L-marked and g dominates i.

The concept of a Blocking Category plays a role in the definition of barrierhood, introduced in Chomsky (1986b).

Chomsky, Noam A. 1986b. Barriers. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

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-''G'' is a '''Blocking Category''' (BC) for ''i'' iff ''g'' is not [[L-marked]] and ''g'' [[dominate]]s ''i''.
+''G'' is a '''Blocking Category''' for ''i'' iff ''g'' is not [[L-marked]] and ''g'' [[dominate]]s ''i''.
 ===Comment===
-The concept of a BC plays a role in the definition of [[barrier]]hood, introduced in Chomsky (1986b).
+The concept of a Blocking Category plays a role in the definition of [[barrier]]hood, introduced in Chomsky (1986b).
 ===Link===
 [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Blocking+Category&lemmacode=837 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
-===References===
+===Reference===
-{{: Chomsky 1986b}}
+{{:Chomsky 1986b}}
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