AHM1021
THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ALGERIA
MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
MENTOURI UNIVERSITY, CONSTANTINE
FACULTY OF LETTERS AND LANGUAGES
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Code-Variation among Algerian
University Students
Thesis Submitted to the Department of Foreign Languages in
Candidacy for the Degree of Doctorat d’Etat in
Linguistics
By Mr. AHMED SID Haouès
Supervisor: Prof. HAROUNI Zahri
Board of Examiners:
Chairman: Dr. MOUMENE Ahmed, M.C.(Mentouri University, Constantine)
Supervisor: Prof. HAROUNI Zahri (Mentouri University, Constantine)
Member: Dr. KESKES Said, M.C. (Ferhat Abbas University, Setif)
Member: Dr. HAMADA Hacène, M.C. (ENS, Constantine)
Member: Dr. BEGHOUL Youcef, M.C. (Mentouri University)
-October 2008 -
DEDICATION
I dedicate this work to my beloved family especially my parents, my brothers and sister, my wife, my daughters, and my son.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my thanks and deep appreciation for my supervisor, Professor Harouni Zahri, for her wonderful and insightful comments and suggestions. Her rigorous attention to the details over the course of the research from beginning to end has greatly improved my skills as a researcher.
Her demonstrated confidence in me and her words of encouragement were more valuable than she knew.
I would like also to thank the members of my doctoral committee:
Dr. Moumene Ahmed, Dr. Keskes Said, Dr. Hamada Hacène, and Dr. Beghoul
Youcef, who agreed to serve on my committee on short notice and whose valuable comments will help improve this thesis.
I acknowledge the contributions of my friends and colleagues, especially
Dr. Youcef Beghoul who helped in many ways to edit and proof-read my thesis, most of the time at a short notice, and Riad Belouahem who supported and encouraged me till the last moment.
I also acknowledge the great emotional support by my wife, Nedjma, my daughters Asma, Fatima Zohra, Ferial, and
MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
MENTOURI UNIVERSITY, CONSTANTINE
FACULTY OF LETTERS AND LANGUAGES
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Code-Variation among Algerian
University Students
Thesis Submitted to the Department of Foreign Languages in
Candidacy for the Degree of Doctorat d’Etat in
Linguistics
By Mr. AHMED SID Haouès
Supervisor: Prof. HAROUNI Zahri
Board of Examiners:
Chairman: Dr. MOUMENE Ahmed, M.C.(Mentouri University, Constantine)
Supervisor: Prof. HAROUNI Zahri (Mentouri University, Constantine)
Member: Dr. KESKES Said, M.C. (Ferhat Abbas University, Setif)
Member: Dr. HAMADA Hacène, M.C. (ENS, Constantine)
Member: Dr. BEGHOUL Youcef, M.C. (Mentouri University)
-October 2008 -
DEDICATION
I dedicate this work to my beloved family especially my parents, my brothers and sister, my wife, my daughters, and my son.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to express my thanks and deep appreciation for my supervisor, Professor Harouni Zahri, for her wonderful and insightful comments and suggestions. Her rigorous attention to the details over the course of the research from beginning to end has greatly improved my skills as a researcher.
Her demonstrated confidence in me and her words of encouragement were more valuable than she knew.
I would like also to thank the members of my doctoral committee:
Dr. Moumene Ahmed, Dr. Keskes Said, Dr. Hamada Hacène, and Dr. Beghoul
Youcef, who agreed to serve on my committee on short notice and whose valuable comments will help improve this thesis.
I acknowledge the contributions of my friends and colleagues, especially
Dr. Youcef Beghoul who helped in many ways to edit and proof-read my thesis, most of the time at a short notice, and Riad Belouahem who supported and encouraged me till the last moment.
I also acknowledge the great emotional support by my wife, Nedjma, my daughters Asma, Fatima Zohra, Ferial, and