A thesis submetted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree "Licence en Langue et Littérature Anglaises"

This study proves the existence of a special language in the community of ISCAM referred to as jargon which can vehicle the reality hidden unden a code.
It is divided into five chapters. The first chapter entitled General introduction describes the background to the study and presents the statement of the problem, the purpose of the study, the research questions, the importance of the study, motivation, and the scope and delimitation of the study. The second chapter, Review of related literature, consists of the theories related to the topic under study in giving a general view of some previous sudies conducted on jargon or other special languages spoken in different social groups. The third chapter is methodology. It describes the methods and techniques used in data collection and analysis. It comprises four main points such as the choice of the research area, data collection techniques, sampling method and the data analysis procedures. The fourth chapter, Data analysis and findings, shows to what extent the questions asked in the questionnaire have been answered by the respondents and shed light on the results. The last chapter which is the General conclusion summariezes the study. It also gives detailed answers to the research questions as they were raised in the General introduction chapter.