Comparative Syntactic Study of Wh–Movement of Yoruba and Igala Languages
Aturamu Olayinka Omolayo
Department of Yoruba
College of Education, P. M. B. 250, Ikere, Ekiti State
Email: olayinkaaturamu@yahoo.com
Abstract
This paper attempts to presents a comparative account of WH- movement in standard Yoruba and Igala Languages, there are no words such as the English WH- word used for interrogative sentences but the name was given because of the syntactic behaviour of such words in sentences. Consequently, this paper identifies and analyse lexical words that function as WH- words Igala and Yoruba languages. The syntactic analysis of the interrogative sentences in the languages will be investigated on the basis of sentences drawn from Igala and Yoruba. We shall also attempt to discuss how the recent Minimalist program enable us to understand the WH – movement in Igala and Yoruba languages.
