English Explanatory Dictionary

A′-movement

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Movement of a constituent to a non-argument position, such as a specifier, as in topicalization or wh-movement.

Word forms

A′-movement A-bar movement A' movement

Etymology

From A-movement, with the prime symbol (′), also read as "bar" (see X-bar theory), denoting a non-argument position. Named such because A′-movement targets positions that are not A-positions.

Related words

A-movement topicalization wh-movement
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