"head movement" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: head movements [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} head movement (countable and uncountable, plural head movements)
  1. (syntax) 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). Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: head-to-head movement Hyponyms: T-to-C movement, V-to-T movement Related terms: wh-movement Translations (syntactic movement): 中心語移位 /中心语移位 (zhōngxīnyǔ yíwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), mouvement de tête [masculine] (French), déplacement de tête [masculine] (French)
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