الرواق

English In The Algerian Digital Sphere: Code-switching Practices And Representations Among Young Students

Auteurs : Mimouni-belhoucine Faiza . Hocini Abdelkader .

Résumé

Abstract: This study falls within the field of digital sociolinguistics and highlights the use of English in the digital practices of young Algerian students. To this end, we adopted a mixed quantitative and qualitative method. The responses collected through a questionnaire administered to students at the University of Tlemcen, together with an analysis of the expressions used, enabled us to identify the types of code-switching (extra-sentential, inter-sentential, and intra-sentential) employed and to understand their representations. Finally, English fulfills both an expressive and a referential function, emerging as a modern communicative resource within their trilingual repertoire. .

Mots clés

digital sociolinguistics ; code-switching ; representations ; English ; students