Basic English Syntax with Exercises

Suggested Answers for Check Questions

A-movement (A=argument) is case-motivated (grammatically motivated), e.g. subject-movement, and the element moving is an argument that ands in an argument position, while A-bar movement (movement of an argument or non-argument to a non-argument position) is semantically motivated, e.g. wh-movement where the interpretation of the clause as interrogative is due to the wh-element moving.