Investigating on Dialect features within Tiaret speech community : Tiaret, Ain Dheb, Rahouia, and Frenda

Abstract

The present research is about investigating on dialect features within Tiaret speech community: Tiaret, Ain Dheb, Rahouia, and Frenda .It sheds the lights on how the Tiaretian dialect differs in the four areas .The aim behind investigating in this research is the lack of studies especially in the case of the dialect in Tiaret and its regions, and also to distinguish the dialect variation that occurs within the speech community of Tiaret, in comparison to its regions .In addition to this to highlight the effects of these features on the speech of the Tiaretians (age, gender, region, social class and culture). A mixed method that combines analytical descriptive and content analysis was adopted .Pupils were selected homogyniously over the area of the study from middle and secondary schools, and used the grid of observation to observe their dialect, sixty four (64) participants were selected, sixteen (16) of each region. The main findings and results revealed that there many diversities and variations in the Tiaretian dialect in term of words, expressions, and pronunciation.