TY - BOOK AU - Ndikumana,Ferdinand AU - Ayancho,Julius Suh ED - University of Burundi TI - A semantic study of the sociolect used by University of Burundi students during 2012-2013 academic year: case of Mutanga and Rohero Campuses U1 - 8 PY - 2016/// CY - Bujumbura PB - University of Burundi, Institute for Applied Pedagogy, English-kirundi Departement KW - BI-BuBU KW - Analyse sémantique KW - 2012- 2013 (année academique) KW - Campus Mutanga (Université du Burundi) KW - Campus Rohero (Université du Burundi) KW - Mémoire N1 - A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree licencié en Pédagogie Appliquée, Agrégée de l'enseignement secondaire N2 - RESUME, The present work deals with a semantic study of the sociolect used by the university of Burrundi students during the 2012-2013 academic year :The case of rihero and Mutanga campuses.The researcher makes an investigation to find out whether the students' sociolect respects word formation processes,the semantic change of words and expressions used in the students'sociolect and the reason of creating that parlance.145 students are treated as the subjects of the study.The instruments used to gather the data were questionnaires ,face to face conversation or observation and interview recondings.The data collect were analyzed semantically from the general meaning to the social one.The study revealed that the university students use the sociolect for their identity and secrecy.In order to adress the identified problems as regards to the university students' attitude ,the researcher made some recommendations to further researcgers on the sociolinguistic knowldge,pragmatics and psycholinguistics on large communities. ER -