Revue Maghrébine des Langues
Volume 7, Numéro 1, Pages 217-224
2011-12-31

Some Aspects Of Language Conservatism In Mazouna Dialect

Authors : Mostefa Sba Zoulikha .

Abstract

Mazouna dialect is a conservative dialect. Despite some phonological and semantic innovations that have occurred in the process of change of the latter, many aspects of conservatism are very noticeable and quickly perceived especially by non-native speakers of the dialect in question. The aim of this paper is to examine some of the lexical items that have resisted to language change and have kept their old forms.

Keywords

Aspects of Language - Conservatism - Mazouna Dialect