Lexical features of the french language in Ivory Coast

Jerome Baghana; Yana A. Glebova; Tatiana G. Voloshina; Olga V. Dekhnich; Maksim S. Kushnarov

doi:10.29051/el.v7iesp.7.16280

Authors

Jerome Baghana Belgorod State University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8561-5650
Yana A. Glebova Belgorod State University, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0907-0035
Tatiana G. Voloshina Belgorod State University, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6839-9631
Olga V. Dekhnich Belgorod State University, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7374-1705
Maksim S. Kushnarov Belgorod State University, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7085-0372

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29051/el.v7iesp.7.16280

Keywords:

Language variation, Ivory Coast, Indigenous languages, French, Loanwords, Borrowing, Diglossia, Interference

Abstract

The article deals with the peculiarities of identifying the lexical features of the French language functioning on the territory of Ivory Coast, one of the West African. The research work focuses on a deep analysis of linguistic processes which are manifested in the study under the influence of a complex factors and its peculiar features hence to the process of language and cultural adaptation to the territorial needs of Ivory Coast. The article deals with the analyses of language situation’s peculiarities in Ivory Coast, with the French language domination process in various spheres of life. The authors stress, the Ivorian French variant is the hybrid mixture of a formation based on the French language, supplemented by elements of Ivorian local languages. The practical work part is based on the analysis of the examples of lexical interference and borrowings from indigenous languages, presenting the specific features of Ivorian French. The results of the research work prove, the French language has a wide range of words denoting local realities and reflecting the adaptation of the French language to the Ivorian culture peculiarities. All in all, French words with new lexical meanings and words from indigenous languages are widely used by the population of Ivory Coast.

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