مجلة الواحات للبحوث و الدراسات
Volume 15, Numéro 2, Pages 1446-1463
2022-12-14
Attitudes And Motivations For Code Switching Among Mozabite Speakers In Ghardaia: A Sociolinguistic Study
Authors : Hadj Said Youcef . Abdelhakem Slimane .
Abstract
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a sociolinguistic study of code switching among Mozabite speakers in Ghardaia. It examines the language choice of the Mozabite speakers withing different domains, in addition to their motivations and attitudes towards the use of code switching. To reach the objectives of the study, an online questionnaire consisting of five-point Likert scale is distributed to 235 random participants. The data analyzed demonstrates that the vast majority of the participants predominantly use their mother tongue (Mzabi) at home, with family members and when discussing personal matters. However, they tend to switch Mzabi with Arabic most of the time outside, with friends and when discussing business topics. The findings also showed that the respondents’ motivations for code switching range from the lack of equivalents in their native language, the establishment of solidarity and common identity, the need for feeling confident in addition to the attraction of listeners’ attention. Finally, the results of the questionnaire showed that the Mozabite speakers hold positive attitudes towards the use of code switching.
Keywords
Sociolinguistics ; Code switching ; Motivations ; Attitudes ; Mzabi ; Arabic ; French
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