Questioning is an essential element in speech. The (syntactic) structures under which it is presented are not identical in all languages. Ébrié, the Kwa language of southern Côte d’Ivoire, is no exception to this rule. Indeed, in this speech, the interrogative utterance admits two possible syntactic structures. This article aims to explain this phenomenon through some relevant facts. Thus, the interrogation, in this language, is analyzed according to the different facets that the speaker uses to satisfy his communicational needs. To this is added a reflection on the interrogative lexemes which participate in the construction of the said statement.
Keywords : Interrogation, discourse, ebrié, kwa, interrogative sentence.
