The Sociolinguistic Profile in Algeria

The current language situation in Algeria is largely the outcome of the different historical events as well as the geographical and ethnic diversity that characterizes the country. This situation provides us with an instance of the most culturally and linguistically...

The linguistic situation in Algeria

The linguistic situation in Algeria Following the initial sociolinguistic purposes of our study and trying to stick to the steps of a precise and concise sociolinguistic research, we intentionally avoided detailing the historical events that Algeria witnessed. Nevertheless, we give...

PROMOTING NATIONAL LANGUAGES AS OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

PROMOTING NATIONAL LANGUAGES AS OFFICIAL LANGUAGES INTRODUCTION Senegal like many other countries in the world and particularly in Africa is confronted with complex linguistic situation showing the country multifaceted socio-demographic and linguistic make-up of its population. This complex linguistic situation...

Social Aspect of Code Switching

The present chapter aims at presenting some aspects of the sociolinguistic situation in Algeria. It highlights the different periods which marked the history of the country, and the role of the various invaders who participated in the shaping of the...

Language Attitude Change According to the Variables of Gender

Easing language conflict problems is a critical challenge for language management and language planning. This research investigates a potential solution: altering the current negative mental representations about the languages in conflict. We need, first, to agree on what is meant...

Languages Varieties and Social Structure

Languages Varieties and Social Structure: Language, Dialect, and Variety: he phrase variety of language is used to refer to different manifestations of language. What make one variety of language distinct from another are the linguistic items that are involved in...

Monolingual vs. bilingual speakers and the status of foreign words

The sociolinguistic situation in Algeria: The sociolinguistic situation in Algeria is diverse and complex because of the existence of a melting pot of languages: Standard Arabic (hereafter SA) which is according to Algerian Constitutions (1963,1976, 1989, 1996, 2002) the official...

LANGUAGE OF HIP HOP AND POLITICAL CHANGES

LANGUAGE OF HIP HOP AND POLITICAL CHANGES LANGUAGES CONTACT IN RAP TEXTS This chapter generally deals with the phenomenon of borrowing in the different rap texts. This means the whole forms of code alternation that are used by rappers. In...

CODE SWITCHING AS A MENACE ON URBAN WOLOF

CODE SWITCHING AS A MENACE ON URBAN WOLOF Code switching vs Code mixing  Hudson defines code mixing as ‘a kind of linguistic cocktail a few words of one language, then a few words of the other, then back to the...

Linguistic statement of Seereer

PHONOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE DIALECTS OF SEEREER SIIN: THE CASE OF „‟OOL‟‟ AND „‟SINGANDUM‟‟ METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF DATA COLLECTING AND DATA ANALYSIS  This Master Thesis has been written on the basis of many complementary approaches. First of all, we have...