Dictionary

head movement en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Movement of a word from the head of one maximal projection to the head of another maximal projection above the first one (i.e., such that the destination head c-commands the original head).

Forms

Hyponyms

T-to-C movement · V-to-T movement

Relateds

wh-movement

Synonyms

head-to-head movement

Translations (3)

fr déplacement de tête (syntactic movement) · cmn 中心語移位 /中心语移位 (syntactic movement) · fr mouvement de tête (syntactic movement)