A sociolinguistic investigation of language use among syrian refugees in the City of Oran

Abstract EN

The present survey sheds light upon the processes of language maintenance and shift in the speech community of Syrians living in the city of Oran, it takes as a main purpose investigating the degree of language preservation or loss among the community under question through dissecting speech patterns and language use across various domains.

Information was collected by means of a semi-structured questionnaire and an interview.

Both were designed to obtain research goals and administered to a sample of 30 persons.

Findings show that the Syrian community is experiencing a gradual language shift in various areas, nevertheless, the Syrian dialect is strongly maintained in the family domain