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The name refers to two central subtheories of the theory: government, which is an abstract syntactic relation, and '''binding''', which deals with the referents of Pronouns , Anaphores , and R-expression . GB was the first theory to be based on the Principles And Parameters model of language, which also underlies the later developments of the Minimalist Program. Binding The definition of binding has changed little from its initial conception; the final version is as follows:
Consider the sentence "John saw his mother." which is diagrammed below using simple Phrase Structure Rules .
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