BOUGHLIEM, KheiraALLAM IDDOU, Samira2024-05-132024-05-1320232602-621Xhttp://dspace.univ-temouchent.edu.dz/handle/123456789/3961This article deals with the notion of the linguistic imaginary, taking as an example the case of the French-expression Algerian writer Katia Hacène. It is a multidisciplinary approach whose goal is to describe what is understood by the phenomenon of linguistic appropriation and imagination in the author. Further still, this text questions what differentiates the representations of the imaginary an important distinction to describe because it could explain one of the sources of the (socio) linguistic phenomena with regard to the languages present in Algeria.linguistic imaginary, French expression, language appropriation, linguistic representation, (socio) linguistic.