Language Contact-Induced Change in Computer Mediated Communication in Algeria: Synchronous Communications via Messenger Versus Asynchronous Interactions Through Emails Amongst EFL Students at Ibn Khaldoun University of Tiaret

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General Introduction CHAPTER ONE: FEATURES OF THE SOCIOLINGUISTIC SITUATION IN ALGERIA 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Physical Setting and Geographic Regions 1.2.2 The Tell (the Hill) 1.2.3 The Sahara Desert 1.3 Demography and Ethnic Groups 1.3.1 Arabs 1.3.2 Berbers 1.4 Algeria: Government 1.5 Algeria: Conquest, Resistance, and Settlement 1.5.1 Pre-Colonial Era 1.5.2 The Arab-Islam Arrival 1.5.3 The Ottoman Rule and Regency of Algeria 1.5.4 France in Algeria, 1830-1962 1.5.5 Post Colonial Period: Arabization Policy 1.6 Languages in Algeria 1.6.1 Classical Arabic 1.6.2 Modern Standard Arabic 1.6.3 Algerian Arabic 1.6.4 Berber 1.6.5 French 1.6.6 English 1.7 Linguistic Outcomes of Language Contact 1.7.1 Diglossia 1.7.2 Bi/multilingualism 1.7.3 Borrowing 1.7.4 Code-Switching 1.8 Tiaret: Context of Enquiry 1.8.1 Ibn Khaldoun University: A Brief Account 1.9 Conclusion CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF KEY SOCIOLINGUISTIC CONCEPTS 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Language Contact 2.2.1 Contact-Induced Language Change 2.2.2 Types of Contact-Induced Language Change 2.2.3 Types of Language Contact 2.2.3.1 Language Maintenance 2.2.3.2 Language Shift 2.2.3.3 Creation of New Languages 2.2.4 Outcomes of Language Contact Situations 2.2.4.1 Diglossia 2.2.4.2 Bilingualism 2.2.4.3 Borrowing 2.2.4.3.1 Material and Structural Borrowing 2.2.4.4 Code-Switching 2.2.4.4.1 Types of Code-Switching 2.2.4.4.1.1 Tag-Switching 2.2.4.4.1.2 Intersentential Code-Switching 2.2.4.4.1.3 Intrasentential Code-Switching 2.3 Computer-Mediated Communication 2.3.1 Emergence of Computer-Mediated Communication 2.3.2 An Overview of Sociolinguistic Research on Computer-Mediated Communication 2.3.3 Theories of Computer-Mediated Communication 2.3.3.2 Social Information Processing Theory 2.3.3.1 Social Presence Theory 2.3.3.3 Uses and Gratifications Theory 2.3.3.4 Media Richness Theory 2.3.4 Text Messaging 2.3.5 Features of Text Messaging 2.3.5.1 Shortenings 2.3.5.2 Spelling and Numbers 2.3.5.3 Emojis 2.3.6 Types of Computer-Mediated Communication 2.3.6.1 Synchronous Interactions 2.3.6.1.1 Messenger as a Synchronous Interface of Interaction 2.3.6.2 Asynchronous Interactions 2.3.6.2.2 Emails as an Asynchronous Counterpart to Messenger 2.4 Conclusion CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY, DATA COLLECTION, AND DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Methodology 3.2.2 Population Sampling 3.2.3 Data Collection Tools 3.2.4 Description and Interpretation of the Questionnaires 3.2.5 Description and Interpretation of the Interviews 3.2.6 Content Analysis Approach 3.3 Conclusion General Conclusion References

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