In the 1990s minimalist program, it became a structure-building operation together with "Merge". "α" is the placeholder symbol for the moved constituent. The constituent (whom) and its trace (t) are said to form a "chain".
It is a term used in government-binding theory to refer to a single, universal movement rule, which subsumes all specific movement rules; also called alpha movement. The rule permits the movement of any phrasal or lexical category from one part of a sentence to another in such a way that the operation involves substitution or (Chomsky-) adjunction. The application of the transformation is restricted by the subjacency principle of bounding (sub-)theory, and its output is subject to a variety of filters, principles, etc. stated by other (sub-)theories of GB. See also affect alpha.[1]
In syntax, it is the most general formulation of possible movement permitted by a rule. More specific rules include move NP and move wh, which in turn are more general than specific transformations such as those involved in passivization.[2]
The single transformational rule occurring in most versions of GB, usually expressed as 'Move-alpha', can be stated more fully as 'Move any category to a different position'. The massive overgeneration which this rule would produce in isolation is heavily constrained by the other components of the grammar. Chomsky (1980).[3]
"Move α" in practice means "Move any constituent anywhere". "Affect Alpha" is a generalization to the effect of "Do anything to anything". The latter is viewed with suspicion by proponents of REST as an overgeneralization.
"Move α" marks a shift of attention in transformational grammar in around 1980, away from focussing on specific rules (the only "rule" is "Move α") to "Principles" constraining them.
^David Crystal/A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
^Jack C. Richards and Richard Schmidt / Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics
^R. L. Trask / A Dictionary of Grammatical Terms In Linguistics
January 01, 1970
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