A′-movement
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
Movement of a constituent to a non-argument position, such as a specifier, as in…
Movement of a constituent to a non-argument position, such as a specifier, as in topicalization or wh-movement.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for A′-movement. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA