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The aim of this paper is to review the proposals for the immobility of X’ category, to clarify their stipulatory nature, and to propose the mobility of X’ category. To reach this aim, the parametric approach to functional categories is adopted, which is crucial to the possibility of X’ movement. Assuming functional category F, in a language with F, the X’ movement is hard to appear overtly, because there is always FP which can be regarded as mover. But in a language without F, there is no FP, so the X’ movement appears ubiquitously. Empirically, the Korean V’ movement is analyzed. After the shortcomings of adjunction to argument approach and shell or functional category v approach is highlighted, the real existence V’ movement is emphasized.