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A′-movement
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English
Alternative forms
en A-bar movement
en A' movement
Etymology
From en A-movement, with the prime symbol
(mul ′), also read as "bar" (see en X-bar theory),
denoting a non-argument position. Named such because
A′-movement targets positions that are not A-positions.
Noun
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en linguistics Movement of a constituent to a non-argument position, such as a specifier, as in topicalization or wh-movement.
Related terms
en A-movement
en topicalization
en wh-movement