Women Lexical Variation in Maghnia Speech Community

Abstract

The present study lies within the scope of language variation. Its aim is to describe and examine lexical variation in language of women including the reasons that influence language change or more precisely dialect change at the level of vocabulary among women in the community of Maghnia. As variation and change are conceived as the result of various factors, the study aims to present the concepts related to them, 54 moreover, it attempts to describe the linguistic situation in Algeria. On the other hand, the study tries to shed light on the reasons that push women to use a different vocabulary and which can contribute to language change.