Abstract
This study is primarily concerned with the question of how a certain type of remnant movement satisfies the Proper Binding Condition (PBC), the requirement that a trace be bound. Remnant movement is generally delineated as [...[β...tα...]...α...[...tβ...]...], in which remnant category β contains a trace of α, and yet is not overtly bound by α. Several studies on this topic have attempted to reduce the PBC to locality conditions such as the Minimal Link Condition, Phase Impenetrability Condition, and so on. The purpose of this study is to argue that a version of the PBC must be preserved independently and that PBC-effects on remnant movement are accommodated, according to the types of reconstruction applied to remnant categories.
