Date of Award

Fall 2025

Document Type

Thesis

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Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Linguistics Department

First Advisor

Michael Donovan

Abstract

This thesis discusses language policies and practices in Algeria and Côte d’Ivoire. These two countries were both colonized by France in the 19th century, and under their rule, French was enforced as an official language across French colonies. After their respective decolonizations in the mid-20th century, Algeria and Côte d’Ivoire diverged in their language policies. Côte d’Ivoire kept French as an official language, and Algeria instead chose Arabic, pursuing a national policy of Arabization. This thesis aims to analyze the factors contributing to these differing policies, while also addressing the language practices, and how they vary from the policies. To do this, I divided my analysis into both post-independent and modern perspectives, finding contemporary newspapers and speeches to compare and contrast the attitudes in each country over time.

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