page_title: Locality (linguistics)
section_title: Small Clauses and Binding Theory
hierarchical_section_title: Locality (linguistics) / Where locality is observed / Small Clauses and Binding Theory
caption_attribution_description: English: mary 2
context_page_description: In linguistics, locality refers to the proximity of elements in a linguistic structure. Constraints on locality limit the span over which rules can apply to a particular structure. Theories of transformational grammar use syntactic locality constraints to explain restrictions on argument selection, syntactic binding, and syntactic movement.
context_section_description: Small clauses show that different categories can have subjects, which is supported by Binding Theory. The internal structure of a small clause is determined, typically, by a predicate or a functional element, and are considered as being projections of a functional category.
  Given this, Binding Theory can predict the internal structure of a small clause, depending on which Principle is present within the structure.
  Take, for example, the following data: 
  This data suggests that [AP proud] has a subject, [DP John], and that the anaphor that it has as a complement, [DP herself]/[DP her], has a domain local domain that extends to the node which dominates [DP Mary], as it c-commands and binds the anaphor.
  As such, the underlying structure that is suggested is the following: 
  Binding Theory correctly predicts that 5.1 a) will be an ungrammatical construction given Principle A which requires the anaphor to be bound locally. As well as correctly predicting 5.1 b) as grammatical, given Principle B, which states that pronouns cannot be locally bound. Both instances are represented, respectively, within the generated structures.
caption: 5.1 b)
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