http://univ-bejaia.dz/dspace/123456789/321 2026-10-14T22:32:58Z http://univ-bejaia.dz/dspace/123456789/27626 A sociopragmatic study of disagreement strategies among young adult native kabyle speakers in Bejaia Guilef, Lina; Dahmani, Lamia (directrice de thèse) The current study investigated the disagreement strategies as realized by young adult native Kabyle speakers. It also examined the influence of the gender of the participants and the social status of the interlocutor on the participants’ choice of strategy. The sample of the study consisted of 25 males and 25 females living in Bejaia, Algeria. To collect the data, the researcher used a written discourse completion task (WDCT). The collected data were analyzed and categorized based on the taxonomy of disagreement strategies established by Ma?z-Arévalo (2014). The findings showed that the participants used two main disagreement strategies (mitigated and strong), which were divided into sub-strategies. In addition, they relied on mitigated disagreement strategies rather than strong ones. “Giving explanations” was the most common mitigated sub-strategy, and blunt statement of the opposite was the most frequent strong sub-strategy. Moreover, the findings of the study showed that the gender of the participants had an influence on the frequency of disagreement more than the type of strategies selected. Female participants produced slightly more disagreement instances than males. Both genders relied more on mitigated sub-strategies. In addition, the interlocutors’ social status also affected the overall frequency of disagreement strategies, as speakers produced more disagreement strategies when they addressed higher-status interlocutors compared to equal-status and lower-status interlocutors. Nevertheless, social status had little influence on the types of strategies used. Swearing was used to reinforce the speaker's disagreement. linguistics 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z http://univ-bejaia.dz/dspace/123456789/27623 Bella swan's Melancholia a freudian reading of the twilight saga new moon (2009) Chalal, Kenza; Slimi-Belkessa, Sabrina (directrice de thèse) Few studies have examined abandonment in young adult cinema through Freudian melancholia. This dissertation fills that gap by analysing The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) directed by Chris Weitz. It argues that Bella Swan’s reaction to Edward’s departure is not normal mourning but pathological melancholia as defined in Freud’s “Mourning and Melancholia” (1917). Focusing on Bella’s catatonic withdrawal, hallucinations, attachment to Jacob, and manic flight to Italy, the study uses the concepts of identification, split ego, self-attack, and the transition from dejection to mania. The findings show that Bella internalises Edward, turning anger into self-reproach and hallucinations; her self-sacrifice is manic, not heroic, and the happy ending leaves her pathology intact literature and civilization 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z http://univ-bejaia.dz/dspace/123456789/27616 Cinematic memory and female representation in mounia meddour's papicha (2019) Zerari, Nour el houda; Touche- kharouni, Nouara (directrice de thèse) This dissertation examines the representation of women’s experiences, trauma, andresistance during Algeria’s Black Decade (1990s) in Mounia Meddour’sfilm Papicha (2019). The study draws on Cathy Caruth’s trauma theory to explorehowthe film conveys psychological rupture through gaps, fragmentation, silence, andthetransformation of everyday life into a traumatic space. Moreover, it uses the concept ofthe female gaze developed in contrast to Laura Mulvey’s male gaze to analyzehowMeddour portrays women as active subjects who have emotions and lived experiences, particularly through fashion, the redesign of the traditional haïk, and the rebelliousfashion show. Finally, Deniz Kandiyoti’s theory of patriarchal bargain is employedtoexplore how women negotiate oppression through strategies of survival ,resistance,andcomplicity. The analysis demonstrates that Papicha through a cinematic memory, highlights women’s experiences , reasserts their visibility, and insists on hopeandcontinuity . Consequently, the film functions as a feminist act of remembranceandtestimony, confronting the historical violence of the Black Decade while alsoandresisting patriarchal oppression coming not only from terrorism, but alsocultural practices that contribute to the persistence of patriarchal values literature and civilization 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z http://univ-bejaia.dz/dspace/123456789/27613 The role of cultural affiliation in shaping amazigh speaking EFL learners ' l inguistic identity and english languages use Boudries, Melissa; Chantout, Mouloud; Boughani, Siha (directrice de thèse) Learning a foreign language is closely related to culture and identity, especially within multilingual contexts. Learners’ linguistic identities and language patterns are often influenced by their cultural backgrounds. However, the specific role of cultural affiliation among Amazigh-speaking EFL learners remains underexplored worldwide and particularly in the Algerian context. Therefore, this present study aims to investigate how cultural affiliation shapes the linguistic identity and English language use of Amazigh-speaking EFL learners at the University of Bejaia. In order to reach this objective, this study follows a descriptive quantitative design, implemented with 100 Amazigh-speaking EFL students from first-year Licence to second-year Master at the University of Bejaia. Moreover, it employs a quantitative method, where data were collected through three structured questionnaires: the Cultural Affiliation Scale (SCAS), the Linguistic Identity Scale (AELLIS), and the English Language Use Questionnaire (ELUQ). The findings revealed that the participants showed moderate to strong level of cultural affiliation, with the strongest attachment found in language and cultural holidays. Furthermore, students identified most strongly with both Tamazight and English with no statistically significant difference between the two. The simple regression analysis showed that cultural affiliation is not a statistically significant predictor of daily or academic English use, self-perceived English proficiency, attitudes towards English, or linguistic identity for any language. However it significantly predicted comfort and confidence in English. Consequently, both hypotheses which suggest that stronger Cultural affiliation reduces English use and increases identification with Tamazight are rejected. The study recommends that EFL teachers adopt culturally responsive teaching methods that respect learners’ culture while supporting English learning in multilingual classrooms foreign languages 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z