The Linguistic Characteristics of Language Use Among Immigrants from Ghazaouet to Tlemcen

Abstract

This present study is part of one of the fields of sociolinguistics; it is interested in the fact of bilingualism linked to immigration. Indeed, knowledge of both languages; French and dialectal Arabic; remains a natural need because that of the host country is a necessity for social, cultural and above all professional integration, on the other hand, dialectal Arabic designates Ghazaouet as a refuge for family meetings, holidays, parties, etc. . Code switching and borrowing are assimilated to social and identity processes and mark the language practices of immigrants. Finally, the duality of space creates an original bilingual identity that appears in the communication of immigrants in the Ghazaouet region in Tlemcen.