The syntax of wh-trace in EkeGusii

Wh-movement is a phenomenon by which a wh-element is attracted to a Q with which it is coindexed. Therefore, the wh-element must move to COMP position that it ends up in.This book provides an in-depth account for the phenomenon of wh-movement in EkeGusii based on Chomsky's Government and Binding theory (GB) which is a transformational approach in which wh-movement is described as a constituent movement. The book investigates wh-movement in EkeGusii, a Bantu language spoken in the Western part Kenya. It is established that EkeGusii forms wh-questions using three strategies, namely: full wh-movement, partial wh-movement, and intermediate strategy. Relative clauses in the language also exhibit wh-movement. More importantly, wh-movement is ex situ in EkeGusii, thus the wh-phrase moves to Spec, CP and bears a focus marker /na/ or /n/.

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Deborah Oyioka is currently pursuing PhD in Linguistics at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST), Kenya.Dr. Benson Ojwang' is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics, Maseno University, Kenya.Dr.David Ongarora is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics, Maseno University, Kenya and Acting Dean.