I. Background: the Issue of Locality in Generative Syntax

(1) Pre-minimalist approaches: Subjacency, Island effects, Government module, Case module, etc.

(2) Post-minimalist approaches: Minimal Link Condition, Attract Closest Principles, Phase Impenetrability Condition, etc.; Chomsky (2000), Seuren (2004), Radford (2004), Epstein & Seely (2006)