Asociolinguistic study of the sociolect spoken by traders operating in Bujumbura city markets
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Date
2016
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UB, FLSH
Abstract
This work entitled A Sociolinguistic Study of the Sociolect Spoken by Traders
operating in Bujumbura City Markets sought to investigate how a group of people sharing profession, operating in a multilingual environment and having diverse backgrounds can create their owll medium of communication. It determines to what extent such a coded system is important for a network. Five main chapters make weIl sorne cornes AIso,
The first one "General Introduction" states the problem, shows the hypotheses and objectives that we gave ourselves for the study as well as the scope of the study. Moreover some key terms useful for the work are defined.
The second chapter named "Literature Review" paves the foundation of the study by giving clarifications to the sociolect and related domains in linguistics. Here, other researchers give their different points of view to support our research.
The third chapter "Methodology" comes up with the different techniques used to sample the population and to collect the data. Also, it shows procedures which helped the data analysis. This section is ended by a short look at the difficulties encountered during the research.
The fourth chapter "Data Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Findings" is the study itself; it shows the presentation through different classifications of the data, an analysis through which meaning of data in the normal and in the special languages is observed. After, a short interpretation of the fmdings was judged important; to understand to what extent traders operating in Bujumbura City Markets are happy with their "medium of expression of the existing and new realities.
The last chapter "General Conclusion" is a queue of the work. It summarizes the whole study and gives a door to future researchers.
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A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fillfilement of the Requirements for The Award of the Degree "Licence en Langue et Littérature Anglaises"