@article{143049,
  address          = {Amsterdam/Philadephia},
  author           = {Mostari, Hind Amel},
  journal          = {Language Problems and Language Planning},
  number           = {1},
  pages            = {25-43},
  publisher        = {John Benjamins Publishing Company},
  title            = {A sociolinguistic perspective on Arabisation and language use in Algeria},
  url              = {https://doi.org/10.1075/lplp.28.1.04mos},
  volume           = {28},
  year             = {2004},
  abstract         = {The Algerian National Constitution stipulates that Classical Arabic is the only official language of the nation, which is supposedly used by all members of the speech community. French is regarded as a foreign language and is taught starting from the fourth year of the primary level. The Algerian diglossic situation is characterized by the use of Classical Arabic and French as high varieties used in formal and public domains, and colloquial dialects, namely Algerian Arabic and Berber, as low varieties for informal and intimate situations. In public domains, Classical Arabic is present virtually everywhere and used (especially at the written level) in varying degrees. In some domains, such as education or the physical environment, Classical Arabic dominates; in other domains such as the economy, Classical Arabic is used in parallel with French. This linguistic reality is primarily the outcome of many years of intensive campaigns of Arabisation and major political and even financial decisions, beginning right after independence, aimed at promoting the status of Classical Arabic and giving to Algeria its Arabo-Muslim identity.},
  doi              = {10.1075/lplp.28.1.04mos},
  hhtype           = {socling (computerized assignment from "sociolinguistic")},
  inlg             = {English [eng]},
  issn             = {0272-2690},
  keywords         = {;naf;alg;lng;scl;x.211d;},
  lgcode           = {Algerian Arabic [arq]},
  macro_area       = {Africa},
  src              = {benjamins, eballiso2009, weball},
  subject_headings = {naf, alg, lng, scl, x.211}
}