Constraints on Algerian Arabic-French Intrasentential Code-switching

Bouamrane Ali

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Constraints on Algerian Arabic-French Intrasentential Code-switching

Authors:

Bouamrane Ali

Publisher:

Université Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Oran

Journal:

دفاتر في اللسانيات والتعليمية Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.17-22

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001426607

pISSN:

2600-6316

Keywords:

Algerian Arabic-French - Code-switching

Abstract:

 Algerian Arabic (AA) and French (Fr) are the two most spoken languages among bilinguals in Algeria1. These languages are often mixed. In fact this code switching2 constitutes the most salient feature of the speech of Algerians. This AA/Fr code switching is prohibited in specific structural environments by a number of constraints. Most of the following constraints confirm those found by Abassi (1977) for Moroccan Arabic-French code-switching and consequently refute Bentahila and Davies' (1983) claim that Arabic-French intra-sentential switching in Morocco is possible at all syntactic boundaries except at word-morpheme boundaries.

Article Details

Constraints on Algerian Arabic-French Intrasentential Code-switching

Authors: Bouamrane Ali

Publisher: Université Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Oran

Journal: دفاتر في اللسانيات والتعليمية Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.17-22

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 6/2013

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001426607

pISSN: 2600-6316

Algerian Arabic-French - Code-switching

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Authors:

Bouamrane Ali

Publisher:

Université Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed Oran

Journal:

دفاتر في اللسانيات والتعليمية Vol.5 Issue 1, pp.17-22

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

6/2013

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001426607

pISSN:

2600-6316