«The identity and the use of Arabicin the administrative communication :marks of pride and spots of doubt. « Administrations in Batna as a model

Abstract

 The administration is an interface of the official state. The communication language is the reflection of its personality and the embodiment of the dimensions of its linguistic identity. The language used in the administrative context may be perceived as the symbol of unity and a sense of pride in belonging, and also a device that holds a sense of Independence and a shield against gradual decay. This paper aims at analysing the actualities of the use of Arabic in the Algerian administration environment, in order to answer the following questions : what are the backgrounds behind the level of using Arabic in the Algerian administrative environment ? What is its scope ? What are the key factors in the emergence of a linguistic phenomenon (purity of language, code-mixing, borrowing,...) and not another in the administrative communication between employees in the administrations or between the administrative assistant and the citizen ? And what does relate it to the pride of adherence to the national linguistic identity ? To achieve that we adopted a descriptive approach, using a statistical method based on extrapolation of the actualities of the used language in the official administrative context and on analysing its results in light of the theoretical basis framing this study, in order to answer the outlined issue.