Aspects of Language Contact in Algerian Comics: A Sociolinguistic Study of Sabaou’s Houma Fighter

Abstract

This dissertation is an attempt to explore the comic book world where text and image combination’s conveys meaning and submerges readers with emotions all framed under a sociolinguistic study. Given that individuals in daily life are inclined to alternating codes; this work tries to determine the social motivations behind such alternations. Algerian Arabic / French code switching instances were analyzed using the Markedness Model of Myers-Scotton.