Sociolinguistic Variation in Sebdou Speech Community: Case of Training centre learners

Abstract

This research work aims to investigate the sociolinguistic situation of the speech community of Sebdou, more specifically, the linguistic features characterizing this community, mainly the phonological, morphological and lexical ones. It also aims to examine whether demographic factors like age, gender and level of education have any impact on language use among SA speakers and their attitudes towards their local variety. The research opted for questionnaire, interview, observation and recordings for gathering data. The results revealed that there is a difference between older and younger speakers in the use of language, and a variety of factors have affected such variation and had an impact on language mainly age and level of education. Also that SA speakers hold positive attitudes toward their dialect.