wh-movement

Etymology
Most English interrogative words start with, for example, , , , , , , , , etc. (though is an exception).

Noun

 * 1)  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.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 疑問詞移位
 * Mandarin: 疑問詞移位
 * French: mouvement qu-
 * Russian: перемеще́ние вопроси́тельных сло́в