دفاتر في اللسانيات والتعليمية
Volume 5, Numéro 1, Pages 17-22
2013-06-30

Constraints On Algerian Arabic-french Intrasentential Code-switching

Authors : Bouamrane Ali .

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.

Keywords

Algerian Arabic-French - Code-switching