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'''Movement''' is the process which plays a role in deriving [[S-structure]] from [[D-structure]] and [[LF]] from S-structure by the reordering of [[constituent]]s. We say that an element at S-structure has been moved if there is a certain relationship between the element and an empty position elsewhere in the structure.

=== Example ===

in the question ''Who did he see'', we interpret ''who'' as the direct object of ''see''. This is explained if ''who'' is generated in the direct object position at D-structure (to the right of ''see'') and has been moved to the first position in S-structure. This is a case of overt movement because the effect of movement is visible at [[PF]]. When movement is involved in the derivation of LF, we speak of hidden or covert movement: the effect is invisible at the level of PF. Thus in a [[multiple question]] like ''Who saw what'', the second ''wh''-phrase ''what'' is covertly moved to sentence initial position in the derivation of LF (see [[wh-in-situ]]).

=== Links ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Movement&lemmacode=571 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

=== References ===

* Chomsky, N. 1993. ''A Minimalist Program for Linguistic Theory,'' MIT occasional papers in linguistics, 1-67. Reprinted in: Chomsky (1995).
* Chomsky, N. 1986b. ''Barriers,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
* Chomsky, N. 1973. ''Conditions on transformations,'' in: S.R. Anderson & P. Kiparsky, A festschrift for Morris Halle, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.
* Chomsky, N. 1965. ''Aspects of the Theory of Syntax,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.

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