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noun
Movement of a constituent to a non-argument position, such as a specifier, as in topicalization or wh-movement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
