Lexical Variation among Tlemcen University Students at the English Department

Abstract

Sociolinguistics is a vast field that cannot be described in only one work because it includes many subject areas. This research investigation aims at incovering the lexical differences that occur between males and females and to know the factors that are responsible for such differences between genders.This research took place at the English department of Tlemcen, Algeria to find out the major differences that appear among students. Moreover, this work was made to help other investigators for their further research concerning gender and the lexical variation since it is something of novelty in the Algerian context since Algeria is an ideal example to study diversity and differences in the codes used.