movement (n.)

A term often used within the framework of TRANSFORMATIONAL GRAMMAR to refer to a basic kind of transformational operation. Movement transformations have the effect of moving CONSTITUENTS (usually one at a time) from one part of a PHRASE-MARKER to another (the ‘landing site’), as in the formation of PASSIVE sentences. An alternative term is REORDERING or PERMUTATION. In some approaches this notion is broken down into the more basic operations of ADJUNCTION and DELETION. Two main types of movement rules have been used: WH-movement and NP-movement (as when such PASSIVE sentences as The cup was put on the table are said to DERIVE from – was put the cup on the table by NP-movement of the cup). Other such RULES have been proposed from time to time, such as DATIVE movement (to handle such alterations as X gave Y to Z and X gave Z Y) and though movement (to handle such sentences as good writer though she is . . . ); but the need for these has been disputed. The possibility that all movement rules may be reflexes of a single, universal rule (referred to as MOVE ALPHA) has also now been proposed. In later formulations, the category which has been moved leaves behind an EMPTY NODE, or TRACE: this approach is known as the ‘trace theory of movement rules’. A moved constituent and its CO-INDEXED trace form a movement chain. In the minimalist programme, move is a basic operation which moves elements about in the process of TREE construction. Movement is constrained in various ways. Only the shortest movements of an element are acceptable (SHORTEST MOVE) into the nearest relevant position (the minimal link condition). Movements should be delayed until absolutely necessary (PROCRASTINATE). And movements must satisfy the requirements of the moved element (GREED). In earlier formulations of the programme, move existed alongside MERGE; later formulations regard move as a subtype of merge. In this approach, move is called ‘internal merge’ and merge is called ‘external merge’.

اخر الاخبار

اخبار العتبة العباسية المقدسة

تزامنًا مع حلول شهر ربيع الأول.. العتبة العباسية المقدسة ترفع مظاهر الحزن والسواد في المرقد الطاهر

بعد انتهاء شهري المحرم وصفر.. قسم الصيانة يباشر إدامة الثريات واستبدال مصابيح المرقد الطاهر

قسم الشؤون الخدمية يشرع بإدامة آليّات النظافة عقب انتهاء زيارة الأربعين

موكب عزاء الشعراء والرواديد ينظم مسيرة عزائية في ختام شهري الأحزان المحرم الحرام وصفر

المزيد

الآخبار الصحية

العنب.. فاكهة صغيرة بمفعول "خارق" للقلب والدماغ

دراسة تحدد "الحلقة المفقودة".. تسبب ارتفاع ضغط الدم

هذه الأطعمة تحمي دماغك من الشيخوخة وتزيد حدة الذكاء

خبراء يحذرون من مخاطر "الدهون المخفية" على القلب

المزيد

الآخبار التكنلوجية

الأرصاد الجوية تلجأ إلى الذكاء الاصطناعي.. لأي غرض؟

في منزلك.. "تعديل بسيط" يخفض ضغط الدم بشكل طبيعي

"ميزة جديدة" من إنستغرام تنافس تيك توك.. طال انتظارها

غوغل في مأزق.. بيانات 2.5 مليار مستخدم بقبضة القراصنة

المزيد

مواضيع ذات صلة

Word Order- Classifiers and phrasal dependents in DP

Word order- Suffixal Pl and Art

Syntax Word order and restrictive vs. nonrestrictive modification

Syntax

Language Mixture—Grammar

Change in grammar and pronunciation

Word order

Grammaticalization.

Convergence in the Balkans

Did we lose the perfect tense already?

It’s grammaticalization, innit?

Haugen’s model