Aspects of Dialect Accommodation among Ghazaouet Students at Tlemcen University

Abstract

This study aims at exploring linguistic accommodation among Ghazaouet students in Tlemcen University. This work focuses mainly on how Ghazaouet students manifest their speech adjustments, discover the reasons behind such accommodation, and understand students‘ attitudes towards the phenomenon of linguistic accommodation. The findings reveal that Ghazaouet students do indeed modify their speech particularly in university settings, with the aim of being understood, or to avoid negative judgement. Students respond to this behaviour in diverse ways, ranging from positive, neutral to negative.