Le sociotoponyme urbain en Algérie : caractéristiques et lectures identitaires. Le cas des villes de Sidi Bel Abbès et d’Aïn Témouchent

Abstract

More than a toponym, the sociotoponym is a widespread onomastic phenomenon. The present study attempts to analyze the sociotoponyms present in two neighbouring Algerian cities Sidi Bel Abbès and Ain Témouchent. The places in these cities are allonyms and the naming practices reveal the predominance of popular toponyms. What characterises these common toponyms ? What reading can be made of them ? To answer this question, we have collected toponyms in discourse. The results of a plurilinguistic analysis reveal a multiform and plurilingual sociotoponymy, which allows to read the imbalances and socio-identity mutations of the cities in question.