wh-movement
A syntactic phenomenon found in many languages around the world, in which…A syntactic phenomenon found in many languages around the world, in which interrogative words (sometimes called wh-words) or phrases show a special word order. Unlike ordinary phrases, such wh-words appear at the beginning of an interrogative clause.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A syntactic phenomenon found in many languages around the world, in which interrogative words (sometimes called wh-words) or phrases show a special word order. Unlike ordinary phrases, such wh-words appear at the beginning of an interrogative clause.
перемеще́ние вопроси́тельных сло́вperemeščénije voprosítelʹnyx slóv
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Most English interrogative words start with wh-, for example, who, whom, whose, what, whicMost English interrogative words start with wh-, for example, who, whom, whose, what, which, when, where, why, etc. (though how is an exception).
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Forms
plural: wh-movements| Singular | wh-movement |
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regular
Synonyms
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4 related wordsLessons for this word
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