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In genrative syntas, a '''chain condition''' is a wellformedness condition on [[chain]]s, which states that every [[chain]] (a1,...,an) must contain exactly one Theta-marked position and exactly one Case-marked position.

===Comments===
In A-chains an is Case-marked and an is Theta-marked, while in A'-chains the lowest [[variable]] A'-bound by the operator is Case-marked, and may either be Theta-marked, or A-bind a Theta-marked position in the [[chain]]. This condition restates the [[case filter]] (or the [[visibility condition]]) and the [[Theta criterion]] in terms of [[chain]]s.

===Link===
[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Chain+Condition&lemmacode=866 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

===References===
*{{: Chomsky 1981}}
*{{: Chomsky 1986}}
*{{: Chomsky 1986b}}

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-In genrative syntas, a '''chain condition''' is a wellformedness condition on [[chain]]s, which states that every [[chain]] (a<sub>1</sub>,...,a<sub>n</sub>) must contain exactly one Theta-marked position and exactly one Case-marked position.
+In genrative syntax, a '''chain condition''' is a wellformedness condition on [[chain]]s, which states that every [[chain]] (a<sub>1</sub>,...,a<sub>n</sub>) must contain exactly one Theta-marked position and exactly one Case-marked position.
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 *{{: Chomsky 1986}}
 *{{: Chomsky 1986b}}

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