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Morphological adaptation of English verb roots among Algerian EFL learners : towards a contact-induced language change
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Source
Issue
Vol. 18, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.101-115, 15 p.
Publisher
University of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmad
Publication Date
2019-12-31
Country of Publication
Algeria
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Languages & Comparative Literature
Literature
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Abstract EN
With English becoming the lingua franca of the globalized world, students are avidly eager to learn it virtually regardless of the field of study they are enrolled in; the current generation of Algerian students constitutes no exception.
Indeed, their interest in learning English is undoubtedly leaving remarkably visible traces in their daily conversations.
As a consequence, their dialectal Arabic is becoming, in the course of learning a new language -English in this case-, subject to change not only in terms of using Anglicism and code switching but also in terms of using adapted borrowing.
By way of example, it is becoming increasingly common to hear infiltrations similar in principle to /laɪkɪ: tu/ as an affirmative reply to: 'Do you like -something masculine-? or /mæ-laɪkɪtu: -ʃ/ in case of a negative reply.
In an attempt to identify the various patterns of such embedded words in Dialectal Algerian Arabic, a survey has been carried out with EFL learners at Mentouri University.
The results revealed that English verb roots are inflected by the same tense, subject, object, gender, number, command and negation denoting markers, inherent in Dialectal Algerian Arabic.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Awashi, Amal. 2019. Morphological adaptation of English verb roots among Algerian EFL learners : towards a contact-induced language change. Traduction et Langues،Vol. 18, no. 2, pp.101-115.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1024910
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Awashi, Amal. Morphological adaptation of English verb roots among Algerian EFL learners : towards a contact-induced language change. Traduction et Langues Vol. 18, no. 2 (Dec. 2019), pp.101-115.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1024910
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Awashi, Amal. Morphological adaptation of English verb roots among Algerian EFL learners : towards a contact-induced language change. Traduction et Langues. 2019. Vol. 18, no. 2, pp.101-115.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1024910
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Journal Articles
Language
English
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BIM-1024910