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Movement paradox
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<p>A movement paradox is a phenomenon of grammar that challenges the <a href="/facts/Transformational_grammar/vqIyVYdP">transformational</a> approach to <a href="/facts/Syntax/6PxSV98p">syntax</a>. The importance of movement paradoxes is emphasized by those theories of syntax (e.g. <a href="/facts/Lexical_functional_grammar/UqAfrL1G">lexical functional grammar</a>, <a href="/facts/Head-driven_phrase_structure_grammar/MW1TXsca">head-driven phrase structure grammar</a>, <a href="/facts/Construction_grammar/dpPLkX3w">construction grammar</a>, most <a href="/facts/Dependency_grammar/cWnwcCM0">dependency grammars</a>) that reject movement, i.e. the notion that <a href="/facts/Discontinuity_(linguistics)/CXYguDTp">discontinuities</a> in syntax are explained by the movement of <a href="/facts/Constituent_(linguistics)/7eIG0Ap3">constituents</a>. </p>