QUELQUES EXEMPLES DE CONTACTS FRANÇAIS/ARABES À TÉNÈS
A few examples of French- Arab contact in Tenes

Summary/Abstract: The author tries to depict, on basis of a multilingual presentation of Tenes, the way how the speakers perceive and categorize languages. The main purpose is showing that the core of languages does not (only) consist of their morphological, syntactic or phonological components, neither of their organisation in signifier/signified, as shown by structural and generative linguistics, but (most of all) it is important to see what speakers do. The author subsequently asserts that languages serve for functional purposes and, hence, are subject to appropriations, to representations which are constitutive elements. He finally concludes that linguistic and cultural pluralities cannot be only taken into account through the "ethical" way and, therefore, claims for a legitimation of the "emic" approaches as possible entries for the recognition of alterities.

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