The Ideological Beliefs Towards Code Switching / Mixing Practices And Their Effects On Communication Efficiency Via 'sms Language' In Relizane : A Critical Discours Analysis

Résumé: This study investigates the efficiency of using Short Message Service (SMS) in Relizane Speech Community (RSC). It sets out a number of hypotheses to identify some of the distinct structural features of code switching in text messages. This seems as a departure from the meeting point of looking at such phenomenon in contemporary real-life interaction to a critical examination of their use in informal written messages in the speech of our bilinguals. To attain this, it is compulsory to prop up our investigation to Muysken's Typological Approach (2000), which is in fact applied to natural conversation. Moreover, a self-designed questionnaire - based on Bouamrane (1986) - is used to probe our bilinguals' attitudes towards the varieties they use today with a particular reference to code switching instances in text messages. The results confirm that our bilinguals code switch to signal their identities, to show their social belongings, to establish solidarity and to maintain affiliation with the other members of their community. On the one hand, the study shows the positive attitudes of our bilinguals towards the prevailing linguistic codes as an indication of their readiness to maintain the stable bilingual situation in Relizane. On the other hand, it reveals their highly positive attitudes towards the code switching processes in text messages, a new channel of contact, as being a key element to contribute in any of the internal cultural, religious and other developments in the modern society.

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