the present book summarizes the conflicting linguistic situation in Algeria and how this generates a polyphonic character within the Algerian journalistic article. the present book deals with the sociolinguistic side of the polyglottic situation in Algeria and a polyphonic study of the Algerian journalistic article containing a linguistic fluctuation. the present book is divided into two parts, the first is a description of the linguistic situation in Algeria. the second is a polyphonic-linguistic study of the Algerian journalistic article.