ICTs Use on Linguistics Change and Identity

Abstract

Language dynamics are related to an important set of factors – age, gender, history, geography – and as well to new means of communication used in daily life. With the extensive use of new technologies, and the implementation of the latest approaches dealing with learning and understanding, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), have become one of the necessities of modern learning and communication. Even in developing countries like Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt, these technologies have overwhelmed schools, colleges and universities. The issues addressed in this paper concern primarily understanding lexical innovation in the speech of Algerian Oran teenagers spoken variety, and how the use of ICTs influence their understanding and learning. This will contribute to language innovation and change, semantically and pragmatically in use throughout society, more specifically at the impact of ICTs usage and integrationist approaches to language in the current linguistic market.