Linguistic Variation and Language Teaching
Edited by : MOHA ENNAJI
2016

MOHA ENNAJI

Introduction

JAOUAD MOUMNI
Tense-Checking in Arabic Negative Sentences

JEAN ROMAIN KOUESSO
Langues des Grassfields et perspectives d’une société de l’inclusion linguistique au Cameroun

KOUSSAILA ALIKI
La néologie employée en contexte scolaire kabyle : De quelques difficultés rencontrées

IMANE ELHADI
Les fonctions des variétés linguistiques dans les médias audiovisuels marocains

DAOUIA LAABOUDI and REDDAD ERGUIG
Project-Based Learning: An Empowering Move for Teacher Trainees

ABDELMAJID AZOUHIR
Phonological Patterns in Afrasian Languages (in Arabic)

 

 

Introduction

This issue, which includes six articles, one of which in Arabic, deals with linguistic varieties at the structural and applied levels. The authors come from different disciplines, namely: education, linguistics, and sociology.  Their articles deal with language facts, culture, and education through theoretical approaches and socio-educational perspectives.

 

 

Tense-Checking in Arabic Negative Sentences
pp. 1-14
JAOUAD MOUMNI

Jaouad Moumni deals with the temporal system that operates within the negative constructions in Standard Arabic. In this language, some negative markers are specified for time, others are not. The crucial question is to show how the temporal feature is checked in both cases. In doing so, a flexible model is proposed, where three functional levels are involved in creating a temporal information.

 
 
Langues des Grassfields et perspectives d’une société de l’inclusion linguistique au Cameroun
pp. 15-34
JEAN ROMAIN KOUESSO

Jean Roman Kouesso’s article focuses on the main initiatives likely to significantly reinforce the abilities of Grassfields’ languages in Cameroon in order to outstandingly respond to the new expectations of the national linguistic environment. On the basis of a critical method of documentary resources, direct field facts and the interactions with the linguistic field actors, two types of initiatives are examined: the current and the potential initiatives. But, the achievement of these various initiatives relies on the change of people’s mentalities for a display of positive language attitudes.
 
 
La néologie employée en contexte scolaire kabyle : De quelques difficultés rencontrées
pp. 35-46
KOUSSAILA ALIK

The article by Koussaila Alik focuses on the neologism used in Kabyle schools for the Amazigh language teaching. The objective is to deal with the encountered problems in real life situations by taking into consideration the different initiatives brought up in school books. The article discusses the following aspects: the typology of neologisms, the lexicographical references used, dialectal origins of neologisms, and the encountered difficulties.
 
 
Les fonctions des variétés linguistiques dans les médias audiovisuels marocains
pp. 47-64
IMANE ELHADI

Imane Lhadi’s article describes and analyzes the functions of linguistic varieties in the Moroccan audiovisual media. It is based on the observation of the speakers’ interventions in various programs in order to find out the functions of the linguistic varieties in the audiovisual media in Morocco.

 
 
Project-Based Learning: An Empowering Move for Teacher Trainees
pp. 65
DAOUIA LAABOUDI and REDDAD ERGUIG

Daouia Laaboudi and Reddad Erguig’s article deals with Project-Based Learning as an effective teaching and learning tool which is increasingly being used as an important new aspect of the Moroccan Higher Education system. The results obtained indicate that students used a variety of resources to accomplish their projects, which empowered them and allowed them to be autonomous
 
 
Phonological Patterns in Afrasian Languages (in Arabic)
pp. 1A
ABDELMAJID AZOUHIR

Abdelmajid Azouhir provides a sound analysis of Afrasian languages with a focus on their phonological features.  After looking at the previous analyses by Clements, Anis, and Watson, the article focuses on the evolution of the phonological features of words in Arabic and other Afrasian languages.