Wh Question In-Situ and Movement in Najdi Dialect

Abstract

Changes in the word’s place and the formation of the structure is a system by which some words move from its place to take another due to some effects of linguistic aspects like morphology and syntax . This movement is not only restricted to the words, but that may take place in phrases as well. These changes involve constrains that governs these changes and the movements process. Syntactic structure is one of the linguistic aspects that are commonly influenced in dialect languages. The structure of the sentence, including all kinds of sentences, is a matter of change in dialect. Much concern is paid to study the notion of interrogatives whether in Arabic dialect or in Gulf Arabic dialect. Since the divers of dialects of Saudi dialects are difficult to be touched, although these dialects are mutually intelligible. One of the two dominant dialects, Hijazi and Najd, can be a good representative of the rest of the sub-dialects. This paper will be a contribution to shed light on the structure of wh- interrogatives in-situ in Najdi Arabic dialect and the movement that takes place in different positions in the sentence.