NP-movement

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NP-movement is a movement of an NP into an A-position. Such movement occurs in passive constructions and Raising to Subject constructions, and arguably in constructions with ergative verbs. The trace of NP-movement is an NP-trace.

Other languages

German: NP-Bewegung

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

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