مجلة علوم الإنسان والمجتمع
Volume 11, Numéro 4, Pages 619-636
2022-12-31

Code Switching As An Outcome Of Language Contact: A Context Based Model.

Authors : Amraoui Khaled . Bacher Ahmed .

Abstract

Algerians code-switch in most cases to three languages: Arabic, Tamazight (Shawith in this case), and French. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the underlying sociolinguistic factors leading to Shawith- Algerian Vernacular Arabic code-switching. It suggests a comprehensive context based model that explains a speaker’s choice of a certain code when conveying a communicative message. The data have been collected by recording and observing daily communication of Shawith native speakers. The main findings state that Shawi native speakers perform different interactional acts based on their calculation of the surrounding context. The latter is a sum of three worlds components that undergo a process of saving, changing or expanding.

Keywords

Code switching ; Shawith ; Arabic ; Context based Model