1.2.3. La conceptualisation de l’hétérogénéité linguistique arabe

‘ «The reality of contemporary Arabic is such that every utterance embodies an incommensurable amount of variation and shifts alternating between one variety and another. The elements from different varieties are so densely intertwined that no part -of an utterance- can actually be characterized as either literary or colloquial» Wilmsen (1996 : 76, nous souligons). ’