wh-movement en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌdʌbəlju ˈeɪtʃ ˌmuvmənt/ (General-American)
Etymology
Most English interrogative words start with wh-, for example, who, whom, whose, what, which, when, where, why, etc. (though how is an exception).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) a syntactic phenomenon found in many languages around the world, in which interrogative words (sometimes called wh-words) or phrases show a special word order. Unlike ordinary phrases, such wh-words appear at the beginning of an interrogative clause.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wh-movements | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
Relateds
wh-island · wh-word · wh-in-situ · parasitic gap
Synonyms
Translations (4)
yue 疑問詞移位 /疑问词移位 (special order in interrogative sentences) · fr mouvement qu- (special order in interrogative sentences) · cmn 疑問詞移位 /疑问词移位 (special order in interrogative sentences) · ru перемеще́ние вопроси́тельных сло́в (special order in interrogative sentences)