Mémoires de Fin d’Etudes
Etablissement
Université Mohamed Ben Ahmed d’Oran 2
Affiliation
Département de la langue d’Anglais
Auteur
BENHATTAB, Abdelkader Lotfi
Directeur de thèse
BOUHADIBA A.N.Farouk (Professeur)
Filière
Langue et Litterature Anglaises
Diplôme
Doctorat
Titre
Aspects of Languages in Contact in Algeria : The Case of the Mzabi and Kabyle Minorities of Oran
Mots clés
Code switching; Contact linguistics; Berber; Urban sociolinguistics;Minority groups; Insertional models of code switching; Equivalence based models of code switching
Résumé
The Present study investigates the patterns of speech displayed by Berber speakers in Oran. These patterns are essentially bilingual as they involve Berber, Algerian Arabic, Standard Arabic, and French. Our study focuses on only two groups of the Berber minority of Oran: The Mzabi, and the Kabyle groups. The rationale behind our interest in these groups is that they outnumber the other Berber speaking groups in Oran. The patterns of speech of the above cited groups are indicative of the contact phenomena under light in our investigation. The Kabyle and Mzabi Berber communities of Oran may be considered as quite interesting minority groups in the sense that they have as their mother tongue Berber. These minorities are the only ones whose mother tongue is totally unintelligible with the varieties that are in use in the verbal repertoire of the Algerian Arabic majority speakers. Mzabi and Kabyle speakers use Berber as the sole means of communication in their inner social networks such as the one of the family, and the one of friends. They also use the other varieties that make up their verbal repertoire i.e. Algerian Arabic, standard Arabic, and French. This situation creates contacts between the Members of these two groups and the Algerian Arabic majority speakers. Such type of contact triggers bilingual contact phenomena such as Code switching, code mixing and borrowing which are the main focus of the present investigation. The behavior of the members of the Mzabi and Kabyle Berber minorities of Oran is at the centre of the present study.
Date de soutenance
2011
Cote
TH3323
Pagination
XVI-294F
Format
30 cm
Notes
ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH FRENCH AND ARABIC.BIBLIOG.276-294F.
Statut
Soutenue