This study seeks to unravel the patterns governing noun diminutive formation in Jijilian Spoken A... more This study seeks to unravel the patterns governing noun diminutive formation in Jijilian Spoken Arabic (JSA), a dialect of Algerian Arabic, and accounting for that within an Optimality Theory framework. A thorough analysis of the data at the researchers' disposal revealed that diminutivization in JSA is based on the patterns /CCi:jVC/ (masculine nouns) and /CCi:CV/ (feminine nouns) for tri-consonantal noun stems that surface with only two consonants, /CCi: CV/, /CCi:CVC/, and /CCi:jVC/ for tri-consonantal noun stems that surface with three consonants, and /CCi:CVC/ (masculine nouns), /CCi:CCV/ (feminine nouns) for quadri-consonantal noun stems. The emergence of these patterns is a result of applying some phonological processes namely vowel syncope, vowel epenthesis, vowel shortening, glide insertion, degemination and metathesis which tend to differ depending on the pattern being considered. The application of OT so as to account for the phonological processes involved in the linguistic phenomenon of noun diminution in JSA indicated that they emanate from a constant conflict between some markedness constraints and faithfulness constraints.
The present study aims chiefly at probing into the attitudes held towards the English language an... more The present study aims chiefly at probing into the attitudes held towards the English language and culture by third year Algerian learners of English as a foreign language at the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Mohammed Seddik Ben Yahia, Jijel. Owing to the overriding importance of attitudes in promoting cultural understanding and cultural awareness, the present research work revolves around the basic assumption that failure of the Algerian university learners of English in developing cultural awareness is due to holding negative attitudes towards it and towards its culture as well. To this end, a questionnaire was handed to 80 students. However, the analysis of this research instrument has demonstrated that the vast majority of the learners hold favourable attitudes towards the English language and its culture. That is, the research assumption was rejected. These gained insights into the learners' attitudes and the way they perceive the otherness of the target language and its culture, then, open the door to further research attempts and suggestions in the realm of attitudes and cultural awareness, two seemingly complex and multifaceted concepts.
This study seeks to unravel the patterns governing noun diminutive formation in Jijilian Spoken A... more This study seeks to unravel the patterns governing noun diminutive formation in Jijilian Spoken Arabic (JSA), a dialect of Algerian Arabic, and accounting for that within an Optimality Theory framework. A thorough analysis of the data at the researchers' disposal revealed that diminutivization in JSA is based on the patterns /CCi:jVC/ (masculine nouns) and /CCi:CV/ (feminine nouns) for tri-consonantal noun stems that surface with only two consonants, /CCi: CV/, /CCi:CVC/, and /CCi:jVC/ for tri-consonantal noun stems that surface with three consonants, and /CCi:CVC/ (masculine nouns), /CCi:CCV/ (feminine nouns) for quadri-consonantal noun stems. The emergence of these patterns is a result of applying some phonological processes namely vowel syncope, vowel epenthesis, vowel shortening, glide insertion, degemination and metathesis which tend to differ depending on the pattern being considered. The application of OT so as to account for the phonological processes involved in the linguistic phenomenon of noun diminution in JSA indicated that they emanate from a constant conflict between some markedness constraints and faithfulness constraints.
The present study aims chiefly at probing into the attitudes held towards the English language an... more The present study aims chiefly at probing into the attitudes held towards the English language and culture by third year Algerian learners of English as a foreign language at the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Mohammed Seddik Ben Yahia, Jijel. Owing to the overriding importance of attitudes in promoting cultural understanding and cultural awareness, the present research work revolves around the basic assumption that failure of the Algerian university learners of English in developing cultural awareness is due to holding negative attitudes towards it and towards its culture as well. To this end, a questionnaire was handed to 80 students. However, the analysis of this research instrument has demonstrated that the vast majority of the learners hold favourable attitudes towards the English language and its culture. That is, the research assumption was rejected. These gained insights into the learners' attitudes and the way they perceive the otherness of the target language and its culture, then, open the door to further research attempts and suggestions in the realm of attitudes and cultural awareness, two seemingly complex and multifaceted concepts.
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