Movement types and their interactions - Einzelansicht

Phrasal movements are not all alike—but what is the best way to classify them, and what are the constraints that regulate the interactions between different movement classes?  In exploring these questions, we will start by introducing the classic answer:  there are two classes of phrasal movement—“A” and “A-bar”—and, while a phrase can lawfully undergo A-bar movement after having undergone A movement, the opposite order of operations is prohibited (the so-called Ban on Improper Movement).  We will then proceed to problematize this approach and to refine the simple, dichotomic classification that underpins it.