Recall the definition of "governing category" given as (70II): (70II) β is a "governing category" for α if and only if β is the minimal category containing α, a governor of α, and a SUBJECT accessible to α. Suppose that we were to simplify this definition to (100), dropping the reference to government and introducing the obvious change in terminology: (100) β is a "binding category" for α if and only if β is the minimal category containing α and a SUBJECT accessible to α.
- Chomsky (1993), a pag.220