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In generative syntax, a '''barrier''' is a category which serves as a blockade for [[government]] and/or [[movement]]. 

===Comments===
The original definition (from Chomsky 1986) is:

  ''g is a barrier for b iff (a) or (b):
    a. g immediately dominates d, d a  [[Blocking Category]] for b
    b. g is a Blocking Category for b, g =/= IP''

===Link===
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Barrier&lemmacode=818 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics] 

===References===
*{{: Chomsky 1986b}}
*Lasnik, H. & Saito, M. 1992. ''Move alpha: conditions on its application and output.'' Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
*Rizzi, L. 1990. ''Relativized Minimality.'' Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.
 
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