French-Arabic Code switching among Master Students of the French Department at Adrar University

Abstract

This work aims to study French-Arabic Code Switching among Master Students of the French Department at Adrar University. The purpose of the study is to find out whether Master students of French Department at Adrar University use code switching in their daily speech and if so, how often and under what categories fall the reasons that make them do that. In addition to that it seeks to know more about code mixing, borrowing, language planning, and diglossia. Another purpose is to know the linguistic history of Algeria in addition to the languages used in Algeria and the sociolinguistic situation in Algeria. To collect data, a questionnaire of 19 questions is distributed among the sample. The result of the study indicates that the Master students of French Department at Adrar University use the process of code switching very often and the reasons fall under historical, educational, and social categories.