Duality and bilingualism in Algeria

Abstract

This article deals with the state of cohabiting languages ​​in Algeria by describing them according to the approaches advanced by sociolinguists such as Fergusson, Fishman, Coudrec, in particular bilingualism and diglossia and their relationships with other linguistic phenomena such as interference. linguistic, code-mixing and code-switching, the traces of which affect the verbal performance of the Algerian individual, positively or negatively depending on the degree of mastery of the language. These traces demonstrate through the location of the languages: Tamazigth, Arabic, French and the dialects and sub-dialects in different places and situations such as school (according to the different levels of education) and general and private administrations for the purpose of 'achieve the results of these incorrupted linguistic practices, or in the cohabitation or in the conflict between these prototypes.