Répertoires et actes de communication en situation plurilingue : le cas de Ziguinchor au Sénégal

Juillard, Caroline - "Repertoires and communicative acts in a plurilingual situation: the case of Ziguinchor in Sénéga". The ways in which plurilingualism works in a pluriethnic town of South Senegal, and the dynamics of usages are examined from various viewpoints : a) statements of children about their variable use of languages in their repertoire, according to the addressee - b) management of their own repertoire by grown-up speakers within practical situations - c) use of the languages in contact for trading on market places. The relationship between the place of the speaker in his group and the language choice is studied. The expansion of Wolof, a language « introduced » from the north of the country, and its vernacularization in the urban context, especially among women and youth, reveals a newly developing identity.