From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun  2 17:38:30 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:38:30 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Glossaries, word indices responses
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1) Subject: Glossaries, word indices
2) Subject: Glossaries, word indices, CD-ROM

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Date: 02 Jun 1999
From: Kassem Wahba <Kassem_Wahba at zu.ac.ae>
Subject: Glossaries, word indices

You may look at the following:

1- al-Khaliil ibn Ahmad al-Faraahiidy (100-175 H) " Kitaab al-Cayn" ed.
Abdullah  Darwiish, Part one. Cairo, Egypt (year ?).

2- al-Khaliil ibn Ahmad al-Faraahiidy (100-175 H) "Tartiib  Kitaab al-Cayn"
ed. Mahdy al-Makhzuumy and Ibraahiim al-Saamurraa'y, Three parts.
Intishaaraat Iswah (al-TaabiCa li-munathamit al-'awqaaf wal-'umuur
al-khayriyya), Qum, Iran. (1414 H).

3- 'aby Caly al-qaaly (288-356 H), " al-'amaaly" Daar al-Hadiith, Bayruut,
Lubnaan, 1984.

As for the difference between the first and the second book (i.e,
dictionary) of Kitaab al-Cayn is in the first book, the words (roots) are
arranged phonetically, but in the second, the words (roots) are arranged
alphabetically. The third book is not a dictionary.

Regards
Kassem Wahba

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Date: 02 Jun 1999
From: Stefan.Weninger at lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Subject: Glossaries, word indices, CD-ROM

Dear Mr. Arnzen!

In Arabian studies we don't have even a tiny fraction of glossaries
or word-lists of what the classicists have for Latin and Greek!

Try the following:

- "List of sources" in Endress / Gutas, Greek and Arabic Lexicon
(=HdO I.11) for Arabic - Greek glossaries

- The "Abkürzungsverzeichnis" (3rd ed.) of WKAS lists amoung a
lot of other sources also a few glossaries and word-indices..

- Try the Noor al-Sira CD-ROM. It contains 4 important
historiographical works (Tabari etc.)

- For a concordance on Nahg al-balagha, cf. my review in ZAL 30
(1995)

Good luck,

Stefan Weninger


PD Dr. Stefan Weninger
Institut für Semitistik
Veterinärstr. 1
80539 München
Germany
Tel.: +49-89-2180-3713
Fax: +49-89-2180-3851

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun  2 17:52:44 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:52:44 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Women in Islam
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Date: 02 Jun 1999
From: Khalid AbdulSamad Draper <mujahid at gte.net>
Subject: Women in Islam

Marhaban,

I do recognize that this list is devoted to teachers and students of the
Arabic language, and with that duly noted, I apologize for the tangent I
proceed to take.

In the post to which I am responding, there was the following statement
"quest to understand femininity--with Muslim women's oppression, the
practice of female genital mutilation, and the everlasting question of the
veil drawing most of the scrutiny."

In most Western acedemia, I find it quite disconcerting that most if not all
discussion about women and Islam portrays the Muslim woman as the most
oppressed person on the face of the planet.

As an American who converted to Islam, and as a student of the Arabic
language, I wonder just how much time these people have spent with Muslims.
I also wonder how much effort have they invested in drawing the line between
Islam and cultural practices which may be, rather than Islam, the culprit
responsible for the purported "Islamic" injustices against women.

In my admittedly brief time as a Muslim, I have found that in instances of
oppression and suppression of women that I have seen personally, it was due
to the lack of knowledge and understanding of Islam on the part of the male
rather than his implementation of Islam.

As far as Western acedemia has come from the days when certain orientalists
claimed that the Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) was killed by a stampede of pigs
while in a drunken stupor (a'udhu biLLah)- how far it has to go before it
can finally gaze with an objective eye at Islam and Muslims.

Shukran,

Khalid

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun  2 02:42:49 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:42:49 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Call for Papers - Islamic Masculinities
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1) Subject: CFP: Islamic Masculinities

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Date: 01 Jun 1999
From: Lahoucine Ouzgane <Lahoucine.Ouzgane at ualberta.ca>
Subject: CFP: Islamic Masculinities

	CFP: Islamic Masculinities

(Apologies in advance for cross-postings. Please forward to interested
colleagues and post where appropriate.)

_Men and Masculinities_ seeks empirical and theoretical articles for an
upcoming multidisciplinary issue devoted to ISLAMIC MASCULINITIES.

In the last two decades, attention to gender issues in the Middle East and
the rest of the Islamic world has been focussed almost exclusively on a
quest to understand femininity--with Muslim women's oppression, the practice
of female genital mutilation, and the everlasting question of the veil
drawing most of the scrutiny. But masculinities in Islamic cultures have so
far not received as much attention as they deserve.

The broad title of this issue allows for multiple points of entry:

* constructions of masculinities;
* questions of masculinity, maleness, and the male body;
* representations of the male body in cultural texts and in the media;
* sexual practices and sexual identities;
* race, ethnicity, class--and masculinities;
* male-female relationships;
* relationships between patriarchy and dominant masculinities;
* relationships between concepts of masculinity and
  nationalism/fundamentalism;
* masculinities in the Islamic Diaspora.

Other relevant topics are welcome.

Please submit essays of up-to 7000 words by January 14, 2000
	to
Dr. Lahoucine Ouzgane
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB Canada T6G 2E5

E-mail: Lahoucine.Ouzgane at ualberta.ca

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun  2 02:36:56 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:36:56 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Query: Glossaries, word indices
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1) Subject: Query: Glossaries, word indices

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Date: 01 Jun 1999
From: ruediger.arnzen at ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Subject: Query: Glossaries, word indices

Dear colleagues,

I am currently working in the field of functional lexicography and
pragmatic semantics of Classical and early Middle Arabic texts (i.e.,
6th - 10th centuries A.D.). Up to now, my research has been based on
a rather small corpus of sources. I wonder if anyone could provide me
with any kind of word indices, glossaries or other sorts of databases
to any Arabic text of that period (no matter what genre; of course I
do have Qur´an and Hadith on CD-ROM). The materials need not be
complete nor somehow systematized, even handwritten collections or
notes would be of great help. It goes without saying that any
form of computer processable versions of Classical Arabic texts,
whether in Arabic script or transliterated, would be of invaluable
help to my project.
Many thanks in advance!

Dr. Ruediger Arnzen
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
Fax: #49-234-7094-671
E-mail: ruediger.arnzen at ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun  2 02:37:55 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:37:55 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Tutoring in Cairo Query
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Date: 01 Jun 1999
From: "Eric B. Gerow" <megerow at gsbpop.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Tutoring in Cairo

Greetings,

I wonder if anyone can recommend any Arabic language tutoring in Cairo.

I will be attending an intensive course in July but would like to arrive
before that and begin my studies in mid-June.

Can anyone recommend any programs or qualified individuals who may be able
to provide 2-3 weeks of instruction in basic MSA or colloquial Egyptian?

Thanks for your help.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun  2 17:56:49 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:56:49 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Introduction
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Date: 02 Jun 1999
From: Pilar Lirola Delgado <pilar.lirola at uca.es>
Subject: initial message

Name: Pilar Lirola
e-mail address: pilar.lirola at uca.es
areas of interest: Arabic Language, Modern Arabic Literature (specially
Egyptian and Moroccan), Arabic Language Teaching
dialects spoken natively: spanish
dialects which has access to native speakers: Modern Standard Arabic,
Egyptian Arabic, English

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jun  3 16:50:11 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 10:50:11 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: SSCM Workshop: Programs
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1) Subject: Semitic Syntax Conference and Morphology Workshop: Programs

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Date: 03 Jun 1999
From: Abbas Benmamoun <e-benma at staff.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Semitic Syntax Conference and Morphology Workshop: Programs

Dear Colleagues,

Here are the programs of the Semitic Syntax Conference and  Morphology
Workshop that will be held this July (14, 17, 18) during the LSA Summer
Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Information
about the Institute, Travel and lodging can be found at the following
website: http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/linginst



Best wishes

Abbas

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 Conference on Syntax of Semitic Languages
               July, 17 - 18, 1999
 Levis Faculty Center, 3rd Floor

Saturday, July, 17

8:30 - 9   Registration ($10)

9 - 10 Edit Doron, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & UCSC, 'Agency and
Voice: the Semantics of the Semitic Templates'

10 - 11 Maya Arad, MIT, 'Contents of v: Evidence from the Hebrew binyan
System'

11 - 11:30   Coffee break

11:30 - 12:30 Frederick M. Hoyt, Cornell University, 'Reduced Agreement as a
Specificity Effect in Rural Palestinian Arabic'

12:30 - 2   Lunch break

2 - 3 Joseph Aoun, USC, 'Superiority and Resumption'

3 - 4  Lina Choueiri, USC, 'The Structural Diversity of Relative
Constructions'

4 - 4:30   Coffee break

4:30 - 5:30  Girma Halefom, McGill University, and  John S. Lumsden,
Universite du Québec à Montréal, 'Subject Clitics in Amharic'

5:30 - 6:30  Ivy Sichel, City University of NY, 'Person and Definiteness
Features in third person Pronouns in Hebrew'


Sunday, July 18


9 - 10 Tanya Reinhart, Utrecht University & Tel-Aviv University, and Tal
Siloni, Tel-Aviv University, 'Reflexive Reduction: Lexical and Syntactic
Operation'

10 - 11 Yael Sharvit, University of Massachusets, 'On nisa and hiStadel'

11 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 12:30 Abbas Benmamoun, UIUC,
'The Feature Structure of Functional Categories: the EPP Feature of
Sentential Negation'

12:30 - 2   Lunch break

2 - 3   Hagit Borer, USC, 'Structuring Nominals: Evidence from Hebrew'

3 - 4  Ilan Hazout, University of Haifa, 'Participial Relatives: the Grammar
of Predicate Formation'

4 - 4:30 Coffee break

4:30 - 5:30 Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, Université Paris VII, '(In)definiteness
and Genitives: from Romanian to Hebrew'

5:30 - 6:30 Giuliana Giusti and Ur Schlosky, University of Geneva,
'Demonstratives and the Structure of the Semitic DP'

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Workshop on Semitic Morphology
July 14, 1999
Room 407, Levis Faculty Center


Wednesday, July, 14

8:30 - 9 Registration

9-10     Jean-François Prunet, UQAM,  Renee Beland, UQAM, and Ali Idrissi,
            King Abdul Aziz University
Semitic Roots as Lexical Units

10-11 Iris Berent, Florida Atlantic University, Daniel L. Everett,
University of Pittsburgh, and Joseph Shimron, University of Haifa.
An Experimental Approach to the OCP: Evidence for Violable Identity
Constraints in Hebrew Roots.

11-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Elabbas Benmamoun (UIUC)
Semitic Morphology: The Central Role of the Imperfective.

12:30-2 Lunch Break
2-3   John S. Lumsden, UQAM, and Girma Halefom, McGill University
Against A Fission Analysis of Arabic Verbal Morphology

3-4  Nurit Melnik, University of California, Berkeley
A Multiple-Inheritance Hierarchical Representation of Hebrew Adjectives of
Enablement

4-4:30  Coffee Break

4:30-5:30 Jean Balcaen, University of Toronto
The Tiberian Hebrew Perfect: ?-feature hierarchies and underspecification

5:30-6:30 Mohamed Naji, CNRS, University of Paris VII Jussieu
An Interactive Approach to Morpheme Distribution and Syntactic features: the
Case of Arabic Person Morphology.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jun  4 16:49:39 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 10:49:39 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: glottal lingual activity query
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Date: 04 Jun 1999
From: Christian Nuytten <nuytten at skynet.be>
Subject: Question about glottal lingual activity

Hello to all,

I have a question concerning the use of the voice in the Arabian language.
I would like to quote from a book I'm reading
('What happens in singing' by Gerard Macworth-Young (1953) - (p48)):

..."The 'glottic shock', or 'glotal stop' as it is called in phonetics,
has been the subject of much barren controversy in the singing world
ever since the aged Garcia, who called it the 'coup the glotte',
advocated its use in all vowel attacks.
Phonetically, the device is a consonant, formed by bringing the vocal cords
together
without vibration and then releasing them with a tiny explosion.
In arabic, it is a recognised consonant with a name and place in the alphabet.
It does not appear as a recognised consonant in any European language....."

If I may, I have some questions about this fragment:
- Is what is written by the author true?
- What is the name of this consonant?
- How is it written?
- Are there different forms in which it appears?
- What is the background (history) of its existance in the Arabian language?
- How is it pronounced?

Thank you.

Warm regards,
sincerely,
Christian

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jun  7 21:23:32 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:23:32 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Arabic materials for Middle School
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Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Mona-Dalle at acs.sch.ae (ACS of Abu Dhabi)
Subject: Arabic Program

Hi,

      Iam a teacher at A.C.S.of Abu-Dhabi and I am looking for curriculum
materials to teach Arabic as a Second language to Middle School students.
Can you please provide me with names/titles/adresses of programs that can
be of any help to me and the students willing to learn the language as  a
second language. Any help will be appreciated and recognized.
Thanks in advance!


Mona Sawan Dalle
American Community School of Abu Dhabi
P.O. Box 42114
United Arab Emirates

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jun  7 21:14:49 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:14:49 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Arabic Corpus Response
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Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Dalal Mahmoud <elgemei at humnet.ucla.edu>
Subject: classical and middle age arabic corpus

I am hope that what I suggest for you could be of some help. I know
Sakhr Computer Software Co. in Egypt is working extensively on Arabic
and Classical (Religious Quran and Hadith) text that are
computerized. You may try them and give them exact details of what
you are looking for and hopefully you may find what you are looking
for. Their web site is : http://www.sakhr Co.(I am sorry because I
cannot remember whether there is a dot after sakhr or not. Try both).
There is also an e-mail for questions about the extensive
Arabic-Arabic dictionary they have built which is alqamoos at sakhr.com
I find your query very interesting because I myself had trouble
trying to locate a corpora of Modern Standard Arabic. I found one at
the AUC in Cairo where I work and I am still trying to find some
details about it. There is also another one that should be ready for
linguistic analysis but only in five or six months. You may e-mail
Dr.Ali Farghly at farghaly at umich.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jun  7 21:21:22 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:21:22 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: glottal lingual activity responses
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1) Subject: glottal lingual activity answers
2) Subject: more on glottal lingual activity

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Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Robert Langer <rlanger at ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
Subject: glottal lingual activity answers

[The response to this query is found between the lines preceded by ">"]

> I have a question concerning the use of the voice in the Arabian language.
> I would like to quote from a book I'm reading
> ('What happens in singing' by Gerard Macworth-Young (1953) - (p48)):
>
> ..."The 'glottic shock', or 'glotal stop' as it is called in phonetics,
> has been the subject of much barren controversy in the singing world
> ever since the aged Garcia, who called it the 'coup the glotte',
> advocated its use in all vowel attacks.
> Phonetically, the device is a consonant, formed by bringing the vocal
>cords together without vibration and then releasing them with a tiny
>explosion.
> In arabic, it is a recognised consonant with a name and place in the
>alphabet. It does not appear as a recognised consonant in any European
>language....."
>
> If I may, I have some questions about this fragment:
> - Is what is written by the author true?
Yes.
> - What is the name of this consonant?
(Alif-)Hamza.
> - How is it written?
The Hamza representing the described sound is a small sign to be put above
or under the three Arabic "half-vowels" alif ('/â), wâw (w/û), and yâ' (y/î)
according to it's vowel surrounding (a, u, or i). In a lot of cases its
"carrier" is alif, as in the alphabet where the glottal stop is represented
by an alif being the first letter of it.
> - Are there different forms in which it appears?
Yes. As mentioned above the Hamza-sign can appear above and under an alif,
wâw, or yâ'. The sign itself stays the same.
> - What is the background (history) of its existence in the Arabian
language?
Its a phonemic consonant in the Arabic language.
> - How is it pronounced?
As described by the author above. In Indo-European languages (like English
or German) we have the same sound (but just don't write it) with every vowel
beginning which is not preceded by another consonant (at the beginning and
also in the middle of words like in "re-'affirm"; we just don't have it at
the ending of words which Arabic also has.
Please note that all my description of the phenomena is just practical and
might not fit for the taste of a linguist (e. g. a linguist might probably
argue that there are slight differences between an English and an Arabic
glottal stop a. s. o.)

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Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Bahana59 at aol.com
Subject: more on glottal lingual activity

my answers will appaer next to the question.
 Is what is written by the author true? yes
 - What is the name of this consonant? Hamza
 - How is it written? really sorry for not having an Arabic font but you can
find it in any book on Arabic language usually in the introduction part or in
a part that is designated to explain the sound and script of Arabic.
 - Are there different forms in which it appears? the shape of the hamza it
self does not change but because its relativally small size it is, most of
the time written on what is called a seat for the hamza and that is either
"alif", "waw", or "Yaa' ". (those are three letters represent long vowels in
Arabic.
 - What is the background (history) of its existance in the Arabian language?
hamza, historically, was a dialectal form that means that it was pronounced
by some Arabain tribes in the Arabian peninsula not all. In the old
inscriptions of Arabic it did not have a letter representing it. Later in the
8th century CE the Arab grammarian alkhaliil ibn ahmad recognized it as a
consonant and came up with a letter to represent it in writing.
 - How is it pronounced? just like what the text you included in your e-mail
said. It is also similar to the sound the british make in pronouncing the
"tt" in the word bottel.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jun  7 21:13:15 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:13:15 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Arabic tutoring in Cairo responses
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1) Subject: Arabic language tutoring in Cairo
2) Subject: Tutoring in Cairo

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Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Dalal Mahmoud <elgemei at humnet.ucla.edu>
Subject: Arabic language tutoring in Cairo

You were asking about Arabic tutoring in Cairo. I know that the
British Council in Cairo has an excellent division there for teaching
Arabic to non-native speakers. You can even arrange to have a tutor
if you want. Unfortunately I do not have their e-mail address.
Perhaps you may browse Yahoo and search for the British Council in
Cairo or in Alexandria. The second option is the American University
in Cairo where they also have the Arabic Studies Division and they do
teach Arabic for non-native speaker. Here is the e-mail of the
division director David Wilmsen dwilmsen at aucegypt.edu. E-mail him and
I am sure that he will be glad to answer all your questions.
By the way I am Dalal El Gemei. I am teaching at both Al AZhar
University in Cairo and at the ASD ( I teach translation). I am
currently a visiting scholar of the UCLA for three months. My e-mail
is either da2609 at hotmail.com or elgemei at humnet.ucla.edu The second
e-mail is only temporary till I leave the States by the end of JUly.
Thank you

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2)
Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Bahana59 at aol.com
Subject: Tutoring in Cairo

 When I left Egypt in the eighties Ain Shams University, located in
Abbasia/Cairo, had a summer program for teaching Arabic as a second language.
you can contact or visit the Faculty of Art/Arabic Language and Literature
department to ask if they still have such a program. If not you can check
with the department chairperson for names of instructors at the department
who would help you individually.

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:16:09 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Arabic Text Corpora Query
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Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Dalal Mahmoud <elgemei at humnet.ucla.edu>
Subject: arabic text corpora

My name is Dalal El Gemei. I am working at AlAZhar University  and
the American University in Cairo. I am currently working on a project
at the UCLA in the States for the analysis of collocation in American
English and Modern Standard Arabic. Does anybody know of any Arabic
text corpora other than in Michigan University and at the  American
University in Cairo. Would appreciate any suggestion.
Dalal El Gemei
e-mail  : da2609 at hotmail.com
              elgemei at humnet.ucla.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun  8 18:01:51 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:01:51 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Arabic for Middle School Responses
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1) Subject: Multimedia Arabic materials for Middle School
2) Subject: More materials

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1)
Date: 08 Jun 1999
From: GnhBos at aol.com
Subject: Multimedia Arabic materials for Middle School


Learn The Arabic Language Multimedia..

1) Future's Learn Arabic:

Children and Adults. Learn the Arabic language from English,
French, German or Portuguese. This innovative and complete
program is divided into 5 parts:

1) Introduction to Arabic and the origin of the language.
2) Learn the alphabet in 4 lessons.
3) Words and scenes -- useful words, the numbers and days
    of the week, months of the year and common scenes.
4) Reading practice.
5) Play and learn - Arrange the alphabet, letter vs. letter,
    match pictures with the correct letter, letter vs. picture,
    spelling practices, picture vs. picture, identify the picture
    and trace the letters.

Dictations and pronunciation exercises aid listening and
speaking with enjoyable games to reinforce learning.

Learn Arabic requires for IBM comp. PC: 486+; SVGA
256 color display; CD-ROM drive; Sound Blaster comp.
Sound card; Mouse; Windows 3.1 or 95; 4MB RAM.
Macintosh requires: System 7+; 4MB RAM; 8-bit color;
CD-ROM drive. Price $60.00 Plus shipping.


2) Sakhr's Learn Arabic:

This program is a course developed for foreigners to learn
Arabic. It teaches the principles of phonetics, writing and
structure of Arabic. Learning Arabic as a Foreign Language,
'Level one' advantages:

Self-based or classroom study. Maximum user control.
Lessons are configured according to the user's preferences.
Learn Arabic from four languages: English, French, Turkish and
Malaysian. Audio and Video of native speakers. More than 85
masterpieces in Arabic calligraphy. Toolbox kit for translation,
diacritizaion, font type. Authentic Middle Eastern music/song.

Components of the Program:

1. Lessons

The program comprises ten lessons where each is divided
into 12 parts. The first six are related to the presentation of
linguistic elements with equal emphasis given to the
four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The
next four furnish engaging exercises to sharpen the acquired
skills. Finally, the last two provide entertaining games to
re-enforce vocabulary items.

2. Appreciate Arabic:

'Appreciate Arabic' focuses on the history of the Arabic
language and its development. Following are the major
themes introduced:

The origin and spread of the Arabic language. Family tree of
the Arabic script. Stages in the development of the Arabic
language. Arabic calligraphy. The Arab world. Computerization
of the Arabic language.

3. Verses from The Holy Quran:

Verses from the Holy Quran are presented within an educational
framework. This is an optional part that may be of particular
interest to Muslim learners but will provide non Muslims with
a flavor of the Classical language.

4. Typing Tutor:

Using the computer as a medium for learning Arabic, necessitates
familiarity with the Arabic keyboard. Hence, Sakhr has included
its keyboard tutor as a gift to all learners of Arabic.

Price $45.00 plus insurance, shipping, and handling.

System Requirements:

Processor (minimum): DX 486. RAM: 10 MB. Free Space: 10 MB.
CD ROM. Sound Card. Display: VGA 256.
English or Arabic Win 3.x, 95.
--

3) The Rosetta Stone Arabic

The Rosetta Stone replicates the give and
take of learning that occurs when the native
language is acquired: words become associated
with objects and ideas because they are
introduced in a context where meaning is
clear and reinforcement is immediate.

The Rosetta Stone uses thousands of
carefully selected pictures to create its
context of meaning. The program elicits the
student's response and gives instantaneous
feedback, confirming the comprehension that
has taken place. The program has been
developed as a carefully sequenced, step by
step process - as words build to phrases,
sentences and dialogs, new vocabulary and
syntax are progressively integrated in a
systematic, natural flow. Users work
exclusively in the target language because
The Rosetta Stone depends on pictures to
create its context of meaning. It uses the
mind's innate ability to directly associate
sound to meaning, without translation into
the native language of the learner.
Price $395.00 plus shipping and Handling.

Mac, Windows, Windows 95/98, Windows NT,
CD-Rom-/MPC - 486SX or better. 4MB RAM minimum.
CD-ROM drive. Super VGA, 256 colors at 640x480
Sound Blaster or Compatible. Macintosh - Color
MACintosh. 4MB RAM minimum. CD-ROM drive.

Best Regards,

George N. Hallak      Microsoft & Sakhr Arabic Software
AramediA Group        Software Localization Translation
761 Adams Street      617-825-3044 Fax 617-265-9648
Boston, MA 02122 USA  http://www.aramedia.com

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2)
Date: 08 Jun 1999
From: Kassem Wahba <Kassem_Wahba at zu.ac.ae>
Subject: More materials

There are a lot of materials that can be of help, the following might be of
help:

1- Elementary Modern Standard Arabic, Peter Abboud, Ernest McCarus and
others, Cambridge University Press, 1983. Part 1 and 2.
2- Al-Kitaab fii TaCallum al-Carabiyya, Abbas Al-Tonsi, Mahmoud Al-Batal
and others, Georgetown University Press, 1995. Part 1 and 2.
3- Al-Kitaab Al-'asaasy fi TaCliim Al-Lugha Al-Carabiyya, Al-SaCiid Badawi
and others, Al-Munadhama Al-Carabiyya lil-Tarbiya wal-Thaqaafa wal-Culuum,
Tunis, 1988.
All the above three books are accompanied by  Cassette tapes except for the
second one, it has video tapes too.
As for the third book, it is available in ALL PRINTS book store in Abu
Dhabi, U.A.E.
As for the first, It is available in the Cultural Center in Abu Dhabi, i.e,
you can borrow them.
As for the second, contact Georgetown University Press.
Regards
Kassem Wahba

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:02:07 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: ACIDCA'2000 CFP & Exhibition
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1)
Date: 08 Jun 1999
From: BELGUITH Lamia <L.Belguith at fsegs.rnu.tn>
Subject: ACIDCA'2000 Call For papers and Exhibition

******************************************************************

                  CALL FOR PAPERS & EXHIBITION

                          ACIDCA'2000
                    International Conference on
Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision, Control and
        Automation in Engineering and Industrial Applications

                  <http://www.chez.com/acidca2000>

                Monastir (Tunisia), 22-24 March 2000

                         Organized by :
       Association for Innovation and Technology (Tunisia)
              University of Sfax (ENIS - FSEGS)

                          Sponsored by :
                            IEEE SMC

                         Co-Sponsored by :
                              TSS

                          Supported by :
            Tunisian State Secretariat of Scientific
                  Research and Technology(SERST)

*******************************************************************


SCOPE
-----
Technological innovation is related to more than one scientific field.
Cooperation between researchers in different scientific fields and
industrials is nowadays inevitable. The International Conference on
Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision, Control and
Automation in Engineering and Industrial Applications (ACIDCA'2000) will
provide a forum for theoretician and practitioner researchers, industrials,
and academic experts to exchange ideas, share experiences, promote
technological products, and address the important issue of the applications
of advanced topics in computational intelligence, artificial intelligence,
decision, control, and automation in engineering and industrial systems.
ACIDCA'2000 will include exhibits and demonstrations of real-world
applications and will be a job fair by matching up applicants with
employment opportunities.


TECHNICAL PROGRAM
-----------------
ACIDCA'2000 will be organized into seven thematic technical sessions
focusing on theory, implementation and applications. ACIDCA'2000 will also
include invited plenary speeches on selected advanced aspects given by
experts in the specific state-of-the art subject areas. Invited special
talks on major topics by eminent speakers will be included in the technical
sessions. There will be tutorial sessions on March 21. Detailed information
on the sessions along with tutorial abstracts will be available at
ACIDCA'2000 web site as soon as they are finalized.


EXHIBITION
----------
The exhibition will be held in parallel with ACIDCA'2000. All delegates and
guests will have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the technical
characteristics, performances, and details concerning the function and
applications of the products and display. Exhibitors who wish to participate
in the exhibition are requested to send application forms (available on the
web site of the conference) to the Secretariat of ACIDCA'2000 no later than
October 15, 1999.


WORKING LANGUAGE
----------------
The working language of ACIDCA'2000 is English.


THEMATIC SESSIONS
-----------------


1) Intelligent Methods :
Computational Intelligence, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Genetic
Algorithms, Evolutionary Computation, Hybrid Systems, Learning Algorithms,
Heuristic Searching, Intelligent Agents, Cooperative Knowledge-based
Systems, Expert Systems, Machine Learning, Knowledge Representation,
Distributed AI and Multi-Agents, Computer-aided Reading, Data Analysis and
Modeling, Data Fusion and Mining, Knowledge Discovery, Prediction & Time
Series Analysis, Information Retrieval, Intelligent User Interface.


2) Methods and Heuristics for Decision Making :
Intelligent Databases, Information Systems, Case-based Reasoning, Decision
Support Systems, GDSS, Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Qualitative and
Approximate-Reasoning Modeling, Meta-heuristics for Optimization, Decision
Theory, Game Theory, Discrete Simulation.


3) Software Engineering :
Requirement Engineering, Software Specification Techniques, Software Design
Techniques, Software Architecture, Design Patterns, Refinement and Analysis
Techniques, Formal Development Techniques, Software Prototyping, Software
Implementation Techniques, Software Validation, Verification and Testing,
Model Checking, Software Quality Assurance, Software Maintenance, Software
Process Model (Life Cycles), Computer-Aided Software Engineering, Software
Development Environments, Software Reuse, Reverse Engineering,
Object-Oriented Design, Software Engineering for and over the Internet,
Distributed Systems, Multi-agent Systems.


4) Corpora and Natural Language Processing :
Lexicography, Lexical knowledge acquisition, Part of Speech Tagging, Unknown
word guessing, Term recognition, Morphological Analysis, Robust Parsing,
Word Sense Disambiguation, Anaphora Resolution, Discourse segmentation,
Machine Translation, Agreement Error Correction, Spelling and Grammar
Correction, Information Extraction, Automatic Abstracting, Text
Categorisation, Speech processing, Multilingual corpora and multilingual
applications,  Corpus annotation, Evaluation.


5) Engineering and Industrial Applications :
Industrial Process Control, Real-time Systems, Discrete Event Systems, Petri
Nets, Robotics, Mechanical System Control, Mechatronics, Electric Machine
Design, Variable Speed Drives, Automotive Electrical Systems, Power System
Control, Renewable Energy Systems, Environment Engineering Systems, Chemical
and Biotechnical Process Control, Irrigation Systems Control, Intelligent
Sensors and Virtual Measurements, VLSI, Hardware Implementation,
Communication Systems, Multimedia Systems, Intelligent Manufacturing and
Production Systems, Production Management, Planning and Scheduling, Quality
Control, CIM.


6) Systems Analysis and Automatic Control :
System Identification, Modeling, Model Reduction, Filtering and Signal
Processing, Optimal and Robust Control, Adaptive and Predictive Control,
Pole Placement Control, Multivariable and Decentralized Control, Sliding
Mode Control, Fuzzy Control, Neural Control, Computer Control, Computer
Aided Control System, Fault Detection and Diagnostic, Expert and Knowledge
Based Systems, Nonlinear Systems, Stochastic Systems, Time Varying Systems,
Large-scale Systems.


7) Vision & Pattern Recognition :
Pattern Recognition : Clustering and Classification, Handwriting Recognition
and Verification : Cursive Script Recognition, Characters and Digits, Words,
Signature, Graphics and Symbol Recognition : Engineering Drawings, Maps,
Logo Types, Document Processing : Layout Analysis, Segmentation and
Labeling, Language Identification, Document Structure Analysis and Modeling,
Signal and Image Processing : Thresholding, Thinning, Noise Removal,
Segmentation, Vision and Image Understanding, Fractals, Speech Recognition,
Signal Compression and Transmission, Application Systems : Bank-Check
Processing, Business Forms Reading, Postal Automation, Number Plate
Recognition, Storage and Information Retrieval : Video Images, Compression
Algorithms, Multimedia and Hypertext, Text Retrieval and Document Model.


HONORARY CHAIRS
---------------
M. Ben Ahmed (TN), G. Dabbeche (TN), L.A. Zadeh (USA)


GENERAL CHAIRS
--------------
A. M. Alimi (TN), L. Belguith Hadrich (TN), A. Ben Hamadou (TN)


INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
-------------------------------

1) Thematic Session on Intelligent Methods
Chairs : R. Braham (TN), M. Mohammadian (AUS)
Members : H. Adeli (USA), O. Castillo (MEX), D. Dubois (F), H. Farreny (F),
L. Foulloy (F), T. Fukuda (J), P. Glize (F), D. Goldberg (USA), H.
Hyotyniemi (FI), F. Karray (CDN), T.D. Pham (AUS), A. Rebai (TN), D.
Rutkowska (PL), A. Sattar (AUS), J.L. Soubie (F), R.J. Stonier (AUS), S.
Vassilyev (RU), J. Virbel (F), K. Warwick (UK), X. Yao (UK)

2) Thematic Session on Methods and Heuristics for Decision Making
Chair : F. Ben Abdelaziz (TN)
Members : H. Artiba (B), S. Ben Abdallah (TN), M. Bettaz (DZ), F. Badran
(F), P. Borne (F), J. Climaco (P), Y. Gadhoum (CDN), K. Ghoudi (CDN), M.
Haouari (TN), O. Ibrahim (KWI), M. Itmi (F), J.Y. Jaffray (F), O. Laritchev
(RU), M. Maouch (DZ), J.M. Martel (CDN), K. Mellouli (TN), H. Merza (KWI),
R. Mhallah (TN), J.C. Pomerol (F), B. Raggad (USA), M. Roubens (B), C.
Roucairol (F), B. Roy (F), P. Smets (B), R.E. Steuer (USA), E. Talbi (F), M.
Tamiz (UK), J. Teghem (B)


3) Thematic Session on Software Engineering
Chairs : F. Kamoun (TN), P. Pepper (D)
Members : K. Barkaoui (F), A. Belguith (TN), N. Belkhiter (CDN), H. Ben
Ghezala (TN), R. Bouaziz (TN), M. Broy (D), S. Castano (I), A. Cherif (J),
K. Drira (F), C.F. Ducateau (F), S. Jahnichen (D), A. Jaoua (SA), D.
McGregor (USA), A. Mili (USA), M. Picavet (F), S. Sahraoui (BH), P. Srimani
(USA)


4) Thematic Session on Corpora and NLP
Chair : R. Mitkov (UK)
Members : R. Basili (I), P. Blache (F), C. Boitet (F), R. Bruce (USA), J.-P.
Chanod (F), F. Debili (TN), J.-P. Descles (F), J. Dichy (F), E. Ditters
(NL), E. Gaussier (F), U. Hahn (D), N. Ide (USA), G. Lallich (F), C. Mankai
(TN), T. McEnery (UK), J.-G. Meunier (CDN), A. Mikheev (UK), J.L. Minel (F),
S. Piperidis (GR), H. Rodriguez (E), M. Rosner (MLT), M. Rolbert (F), P.
Seuren (NL), H. Somers (UK), K.-Y. Su (TAI), I. Trancoso (POR), E.
Tzoukermann (USA), A. Voutilainen (FI)


5) Thematic Session on Engineering and Industrial Applications
Chairs : N. Derbel (TN), A. Elantably (USA)
Members : M. Abid (TN), M. Annabi (TN), I. Belkhoja (TN), N. Benhadj Braiek
(TN), S. Belguith (TN), A. Bouallegue (TN), R. Dhifaoui (TN), A. Dhouib
(TN), M. Gabbouj (FI), F. Ghorbel (USA), T. Hadhri (TN), M. Jaïdane (TN), H.
Kallel (TN), L. Kamoun (TN), M.B.A. Kamoun (TN), M. Karkoub (KWI), R. Le
Doeuff (F), S. Lejmi (USA), A. Maalej (TN), K. Najim (F), M. Poloujadoff
(F), A.S. Poznyak (MEX), M. Sawan (CDN), S. Siala (F), J.A. Tegopoulos (GR),
R. Tourki (TN)


6) Thematic Session on Systems Analysis and Automatic Control
Chairs : M.B.T. Kamoun (TN), A. Titli (F)
Members : J. Aguilar-Martin (F), R. Ben Abdennour (TN), A. Benhammou (MA),
J. Bernussou (F), J.-L. Calvet (F), B. Dahhou (F), G. Enea (F), G. Favier
(F), F.G. Filip (R), Z. Gajic (USA) , G. Garcia (F), C.J. Harris (UK), M.
Ksouri (TN), P. Millot (F), M. Najim (F), A. Ouali (TN), J. Quevedo (E),
P.D. Roberts (UK), A. Toumi (TN), H.-R. Trankler (D)


7) Thematic Session on Vision & Pattern Recognition
Chairs : M. Cheriet (CDN), F. Ghorbel (TN)
Members : A. Amin (AUS), A. Belaid (F), F. Bouslama (J), N. Ellouze (TN), A.
Ennaji (F), M. Gilloux (F), M. Leard (F), E. Lecolinet (F), Y. Lecourtier
(F), C.G. Leedham (SGP), W. Li (PRC), G. Lorette (F), F. Merazka (DZ), C.
Olivier (F), E.H. Ruspini (USA), S. Srihari (USA), G. Stamon (F), C.Y. Suen
(CDN)


LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
--------------------------
Chairs : W. Gargouri (TN), A. Masmoudi (TN)
Members : H. Abdelkafi (TN), C. Aloulou (TN), N. Ben Amara (TN), M. Ben
Jemaa (TN), H. Bouchhima (TN), M. Chtourou (TN), F. Gargouri (TN), A. Hadj
Kacem (TN), M. Jaoua (TN), M. Jmaiel (TN), A. Kamoun (TN), O. Mazhoud (TN),
H. Miled (TN), F. Mouria Beji (TN), H. Trabelsi (TN)


INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
----------------------------------
Chairs : F. Ghorbel (USA), F. Karray (CDN)
Members : F. Bouslama (J), A. Cherif (J), F. Derbel (D), O. Kanoun (D), S.
Kanoun (F), M. Karkoub (KWI), M.A. Khabou (USA), S. Lejmi (USA), C. Olivier
(F), T. Ouerfelli (F), S. Sahraoui (BH), I. Timimi (F)


PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS
-----------------------
Selected papers, in extended form, will be considered for publication in
edited books and eventually in international journals. ACIDCA'2000 will
offer best paper awards in three categories : Best Paper, Best Poster Paper
and Best Student Paper.


DEADLINES
---------
** Conference Schedule
Paper Submission Due                                  01 October 1999
Notification of Acceptance                            10 December 1999
Receipt of Camera-ready Paper and Registration Fees   10 January 2000

** Exhibition Schedule
Application Form Due                                  15 October 1999
Receipt of Registration Fees                          15 January 2000


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
---------------------
Authors are requested to send four copies of full papers, written in English
and not exceeding ten pages including figures, tables and references, to
ACIDCA'2000 SECRETARIAT (please see the address below). Papers should be
prepared on A4 or 8.5" x 11" (Letter size) paper with 2.5 cm (1") margins on
all sides, simple-column format, in Times or similar style, 12 points.
Papers must be written on one side of the sheets and they should include
title, author's name(s) and affiliation(s) on top of the first page followed
by an abstract. Fax or e-mail submissions are not acceptable. Please
indicate corresponding authors with the e-mail addresses if available.
Papers should be accompanied with a submission letter indicating the
conference thematic session and four keywords covering the main paper
subject.
In addition, a 200-word (or so) abstract of the paper and a list of keywords
should be emailed as plain text to : acidca2000-oc at majordomo.ieee.org Please
indicate the thematic session in the subject of the message.


CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION FEES
------------------------------
ACIDCA'2000 conference registration fee will be announced on the web as soon
as possible. ACIDCA'2000 exhibition registration fee is estimated to US$ 140
per m² for those companies who wish to design and build their own stand, and
US$ 195 per m² for package stands. A single room in a four-star hotel will
cost around 50$.


TOURISTIC INFORMATION
----------------------
Monastir is located at 165 km south-east of Tunis, 24 km east of Sousse, and
80 km east of Kairouan. Monastir is served by the Skanes-Monastir
International Airport, an excellent road network, a Railway service
connecting Monastir to Sousse, beautiful wide avenues surrounded by
extensive parks as well as an impressive university. In Monastir there is no
shortage of pleasures : vast stretches of golden beaches, breathtaking
views, inland scenery of fascinating beauty and a thousand contrasts, a land
of lushness and genuine local hospitality. Hotels are plentiful, often
luxurious and always well located and well equipped. For more touristic
information, please visit : http://www.tourismtunisia.com or contact :
info at tourismtunisia.com.


ACIDCA'2000 SECRETARIAT
-----------------------
ADDRESS : Centre Postal Maghreb Arabe, BP 120, 3049 Sfax, Tunisia
TEL :     +216-4-279-154 (# 109)
FAX :     +216-4-296-229
E-MAIL :  acidca2000-oc at majordomo.ieee.org
WEB :     http://www.chez.com/acidca2000

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:02:11 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Arabic Corpora Correction
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Date: 08 Jun 1999
From: ali ahmed sabry farghaly <farghaly at umich.edu>
Subject: Correction

The Arabic corpora Dr. Dalal Mahmoud has referred to in an earlier message
is in the preliminary stage. It represents an effort made by Andy Freeman,
a Ph.D. candidate in Arabic linguistics to get the language center to
acquire a scanner and the appropriate software that allow scanning Arabic
texts. This facilitates entering large Arabic corpora into the computer.
Once the corpora is created, several programs could be developed (such as
concordances, tagging programs, morphological analyzers ..etc) fro many
different uses.

Please direct any inquiries about thsi corpora to Andy Freeman Email
andyf at umich.edu.



Ali Farghaly
Near Eastern Studies
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285

Office  (313) 647 - 4240
Home (313) 665 - 3278
FAX (313) 936 - 2679

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun  8 18:02:03 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:02:03 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: "Corpora and NLP" Call for Papers
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1) Subject: "Corpora and NLP" ACIDCA'2000 session Call for papers

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Date: 08 Jun 1999
From: BELGUITH Lamia <L.Belguith at fsegs.rnu.tn>
Subject: "Corpora and NLP" ACIDCA'2000 session Call for papers

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                         "Corpora and NLP"
                        ACIDCA'2000 session
                Monastir (Tunisia), 22-24 March 2000

                            Organised by:
                   University of Sfax (ENIS & FSEGS)
            Association for Innovation and Technology (AIT - Tunisia)

                            Sponsored by:
                              IEEE SMC
				co-sponsored by:
                                TSS
                            Supported by:
               Tunisian State Secretariat of Scientific
                   Research and Technology (SERST)

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General
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The last few years have seen the explosively growing use of corpora in
a number of NLP areas. Corpus data are used increasingly as a basis for
the design, development and optimisation of various NLP applications  but
also for their evaluation.

"Corpora and NLP" is a 3-day thematic session and will be held as part
of the International Conference on Artificial and Computational
Intelligence for Control, Automation and Decision in Engineering and
Industrial Systems (ACIDCA'2000) (for more details on ACIDCA'2000,
visit http://www.chez.com/acidca2000) . The session
"Corpora and NLP" will be organised as a workshop with its own
Proceedings and Programme Committee.

The session will address all aspects of the use of written and spoken
corpora (including the construction of corpora to be used) in NLP.


Main Topics
-----------

We expect submissions covering (but not limited to) the following
topics:

* Lexicography
* Lexical knowledge acquisition
* Part of Speech Tagging
* Unknown word guessing
* Term recognition
* Morphological Analysis
* Robust Parsing
* Word Sense Disambiguation
* Anaphora Resolution
* Discourse segmentation
* Machine Translation
* Agreement Error Correction
* Spelling and Grammar Correction
* Information Extraction
* Automatic Abstracting
* Text Categorisation
* Speech processing
* Multilingual corpora and multilingual applications
* Corpus annotation
* Evaluation

Papers describing industrial applications based on corpus
processing techniques are welcome.


Honorary Chairs
---------------

Mohamed Ben Ahmed - Tunisian State Secretary of Scientific
                    and Technological Research

Ghlem Dabbeche - Association for Innovation and Technology (AIT - Tunisia)

Lotfi A. Zadeh - University of California, Berkeley


General Chairs
--------------

Adel Alimi,
National School of engineering of Sfax (ENIS)

Lamia Belguith Hadrich,
LARIS Laboratory - Faculty of Economic Science
and Management of Sfax (FSEGS)

Abdelmajid Ben Hamadou,
LARIS Laboratory - Faculty of Economic Science
and Management of Sfax (FSEGS)


Programme Committee
-------------------

Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton) - Chair

Roberto Basili (Universita di Tor Vergata, Rom)
Philippe Blache (Universite de Provence, Aix-en-Provence)
Christian Boitet (GETA, Grenoble)
Rebecca Bruce (University of North Carolina at Asheville)
Jean-Pierre Chanod (Xerox, Grenoble)
Fathi Debili (IRMC, Tunis)
Jean-Pierre Descles (CAMS/Universite de Sorbonne, Paris)
Joseph Dichy (Lumiere University, Lyon)
Everhard Ditters (University of Nijemegen)
Eric Gaussier (Xerox, Grenoble)
Udo Hahn (University of Freiburg)
Nancy Ide (Vassar College, New York)
Genevieve Lallich-Boidin (Stendhal University, Grenoble)
Chafia Mankai (ISG, University of Tunis)
Tony McEnery (Lancaster University)
Jean-Guy Meunier (LANCI UQUAM, Montreal)
Andrei Mikheev (Harlequin Co., Edinburgh & University of Edinburgh)
Jean Luc Minel (CAMS/CNRS, Paris)
Stelios Piperidis (ILPS, Athens)
Horacio Rodriguez (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona)
Mike Rosner (University of Malta)
Monique Rolbert (Universite de Marseille)
Pieter Seuren (University of Nijemegen)
Harold Somers (UMIST, Manchester)
Keh-Yih Su  (National Tsing Hua University, Taipei)
Isabelle Trancoso (INESC, Lisbon)
Evelyne Tzoukermann (Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill)
Atro Voutilainen (Conexor, Helsinki)


Local Organising Committee
--------------------------

Walid Gargouri (FSEGS, Sfax), Ahmed Masmoudi (ENIS, Sfax) - Chairs
H. Abdelkafi (FLSHS, Sfax), Chafik Aloulou (FSEGS, Sfax),
Najoua Ben Amara (ENIM, Monastir), Maher Ben Jemaa (ENIS, Sfax),
Habib Bouchhima (SEREPT, Sfax), Mohamed Chtourou (ISETG, Gabes),
Faez Gargouri (FSEGS, Sfax), Ahmed Hadj Kacem (FSEGS, Sfax),
Maher Jaoua (FSEGS, Sfax), Mohamed Jmaiel (ENIS, Sfax),
Anas Kamoun (ENIS, Sfax), Omar Mazhoud (FSEGS, Sfax),
Houssem Miled (IPEIS, Sousse), Feriel Mouria-Beji (ENSI, Tunis),
Hafedh Trabelsi (ISET, Gafsa), Mongi Triki (FSEGS, Sfax)

International Organising Committee
----------------------------------

Fathi Ghorbel (Rice University, USA), Fakhreddine Karray
(University of Waterloo, Canada) - Chairs
Faouzi Bouslama (Hiroshima City University, Japan),
Adel Cherif (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan),
Faouzi Derbel (University of Muenchen, Germany),
Olfa Kanoun (University of Muenchen, Germany),
Slim Kanoun (University of Rouen, France),
Mansour Karkoub (Kuwait University),
Mohamed Ali Khabou (University of Missouri Columbia, USA)
Samir Lejmi (Synopsis Inc., USA)
Christian Olivier (University of Poitiers, France)
Tarek Werfelli (Cristal/Stendhal University, Grenoble)
Ismail Timimi (Cristal/Stendhal University, Grenoble)
Sofiane Sahraoui (University of Bahrain)


Submission Guidelines
---------------------

Authors are requested to submit full-length papers which should be
written in English and must not exceed 10 pages including figures,
tables and references. The first page of the papers should feature
title, author's name(s), surface and email address(es), followed by
keywords and an abstract.

Four hard copies of each submission are to be sent to the following
address :

ACIDCA'2000  (Corpora & NLP Session)
Centre Postal Maghreb Arabe,
BP 120, 3049 Sfax
Tunisia

In addition, a 200-word (or so) abstract of the paper and a list of
keywords should be emailed as plain text to R.Mitkov at wlv.ac.uk and
copied to  l.belguith at fsegs.rnu.tn

The papers will be reviewed by at least 2 members of the Programme
Committee.

Authors of accepted papers will be sent guidelines how to produce the
camera-ready versions of their papers for inclusion in the Proceedings.


Schedule
--------

Paper Submission Due: 1 October 1999
Notification of Acceptance : 10 December 1999
Camera-ready Paper Due : 10 January 1999
"Corpora and NLP" Session : 22-24 March 2000


Further information
-------------------

Registration to the "Corpora and NLP" session entitles the participants
to attend all other ACIDCA'2000 invited talks and sessions as well as
the exhibition. Registration details will be included in the Second Call
for Papers.

There will be tutorials on 21 March. More information on the tutorials
will be available from ACIDCA'2000 web site as soon as they are
finalised.

ACIDCA'2000 will offer best paper awards in three categories:
Best Paper, Best Poster Paper and Best Student Paper.

The social programme will be announced in the second call for papers.


For any Information
-------------------

Please contact :

Lamia Belguith
e-mail: l.belguith at fsegs.rnu.tn
Fax: (216) 4 296 229

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun  8 18:01:56 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:01:56 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: More on glottal lingual activity
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Date: 08 Jun 1999
From: John Leake <j.e.s.leake at ibm.net>
Subject: More on glottal lingual activity

Bahana (Bahana59 at aol.com) wrote
>>  How is it pronounced?
> [The hamza] is also similar to the sound the british make in pronouncing the
> "tt" in the word bottel.

... the "tt" in the word "bottle" _in the Cockney dialect (and in some
other London and regional dialects)_.
It's also the sound in the middle of the interjection "oh-oh!".

John Leake

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Sat Jun 12 22:56:54 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 16:56:54 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Creating Arabic .PDF Files
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1) Subject: Creating Arabic .PDF Files

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Date: 12 Jun 1999
From: Sumair Mahmood <mahmood-ca at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Creating Arabic .PDF Files

Ahlan wa Sahlan ya Asatizat al-Kiram!

Has anyone on this list server been successful in creating Arabic
Acrobat (.PDF) files?  As Dr. Joseph Bell has pointed out, such files
are very useful to share electronic Arabic documents across the
internet.

How do you create the Arabic .PDF file?  I mean, what operating system
(Arabic Windows 95?) do you use, what word processing program (Arabic
MS Word 95?) do you use, and what Adobe product (Distiller? Acrobat
PDF Writer?) do you use to create them?  Are these files created using
an Arabic version of Adobe Acrobat, or simply an English version which
converts post script Arabic files?

I am creating Arabic documents (.doc) under Arabic Windows 98 and
Arabic Word 95, but when I try using Acrobat Distiller 3.01 on them it
does not work.  Any suggestions?

I thank you for your time!


Br. Sumair, GM/F

http://members.xoom.com/Sumair/page35.html

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Sat Jun 12 22:58:07 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 16:58:07 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Job Announcement
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1) Subject: Job in Semitic Linguistics at Tel Aviv University

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Date: 12 Jun 1999
From: Uri Horesh <urihores at post.tau.ac.il>
Subject: Job in Semitic Linguistics at Tel Aviv University

The Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities at Tel Aviv University
announces a full-time, tenured or tenure-track position in Semitic
linguistics in The Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages: Section of
Semitic Languages, starting in the academic year 2000/1.

The position requires teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in
Semitic languages and Semitic Linguistics, and conducting research.
Salary and conditions will conform to Israeli University regulations.
Rank will be determined in accordance with the candidate's record of
achievement. Appointment procedures will be carried out according to the
rules and regulations of Tel Aviv University and are subject to the
approval of the University authorities.

Requirements:

1. Ph.D. in Semitic linguistics, or Ph.D. in linguistics or a cognate
field with expertise in Semitic linguistics. Preference will be given to
a candidate who shows interest in research and teaching of spoken South
Semitic languages (Ethiopian or Modern South Arabian).

2. Experience in teaching at a university level.

3. The candidate must be fluent in Hebrew, or (s)he must gain it within
two years after appointment.

4. Appointees will be required to reside in the Tel Aviv area.

Applicants should send their applications, including CV and description
of research interests, list of publications, samples of publications or
other written work, and also arrange for three letters of recommendation
to be sent directly to the dean:

Professor Marcelo Dascal, Dean
The Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities
Tel Aviv University
POB 39040
IL-69978 Tel Aviv
Israel
Fax: +972-3-640-7893

Some information on the activities of the Section of Semitic Languages at
Tel Aviv University may be obtained through its web site at
http://spinoza.tau.ac.il/hci/dep/semitic/

Deadline for submission of applications: September 15, 1999.


__________________________________________________________________________
Prof. Shlomo Izre'el
Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages       Home:
Tel Aviv University                              Simtat Neve Tsedek 7
IL 69978 Tel Aviv                                IL 65154 Tel Aviv
Israel                                           Israel
Tel +972-3-640 7602                              Tel +972-3-517 5341
Fax +972-3-640 9457                              Fax +972-3-510 1867
izreel at post.tau.ac.il
http://spinoza.tau.ac.il/hci/dep/semitic/izreel.html

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun 15 18:00:04 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 12:00:04 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Sad News
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Date: 15 Jun 1999
From: "A. FERHADI" <af3 at is2.nyu.edu>
Subject: Sad News

I have just received the following e-mail message with the shocking news of
the passing of our friend, Dr. Muhammad Amayrah (the Arabic Language
Coordinator at the United Nations in New York) while en route to Amman.

--Ahmed Ferhadi
New York University
_______________________________________________

Dear Ahmed

I'm sorry to inform you and it breaks my heart and soul to say it ,but it
seems true . Our Precious friend  Mohamed Amayreh has died of a heart attack
in the air ,Turkish Airline,flying from NY to Amman  on Friday  evening June
12 ,1999. This is so tragic and shocking to his two children,wife,family and
all of us who knew him and loved him. Mohamed was a great man,big in heart
and rich in soul.Every one at the UN who knew mohamed or met him is in shock
and feel the loss.Mohamed was one man of a kind .He was a positive force in
our lives who worked with him .Life is so cruel yaAhmed.
   Ahmed,
         I think you shoud  pass this horrible news to all ATTA members  to
keep mohamed alive among us. Call me.

Suad Mohamed <suadmohamed at hotmail.com>

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun 16 22:38:42 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:38:42 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: 1999 EURAMES Conf.
Message-ID: <WED.16.JUN.1999.163842.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: 1999 EURAMES Conference -- Ghent, Belgium

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Date: 16 Jun 1999
From: Christopher.Parker at ping.be (Chris Parker)
Subject: 1999 EURAMES Conference -- Ghent, Belgium

      Third Conference of The European Association of Middle Eastern Studies
                            September 27-29, 1999
            Center for Third World Studies-Middle East Studies Center
                       The University of Ghent, Belgium

                http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~sdconinc/CTWS/MESC

                     REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JULY 15, 1999


This note is a quick reminder to all those who have not yet registered, but
who are still considering attending or participating in this year's
conference of the European Association of Middle Eastern Studies, that we
are still considering proposals for presentation.

The diversity and quality of the work we have already recieved is
impressive.  A list of participants with presentation titles and abstracts
can be found on our website at the following url:

                http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~sdconinc/CTWS/MESC

This list will be updated weekly until the July 15 registration deadline.

The website also contains up-to-date conference information, an on-line
registration form, information about the hosting institution, and a virtual
tour of the City of Ghent, Belgium.

We hope to see you here!

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun 16 22:40:23 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:40:23 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: D.O. marking in Maltese Query
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1) Subject: Direct Object marking in Maltese

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Date: 16 Jun 1999
From: mmifsud at waldonet.net.mt
Subject: Direct Object marking in Maltese

DIRECT OBJECT MARKING IN MALTESE

In Maltese certain categories of Direct Object, related mostly to  the
feature +Human (and especially personal proper nouns) are preceded by
the object marker  LIL  or  ’L.  Other direct objects may exhibit this
marker optionally, while inanimate and abstract objects are obligatorily
unmarked.  This usage is distinct from the marking of Indirect Objects
through the preposition LIL (to).

We are trying to establish to what extent this syntactic feature is
shared by language varieties around the Mediterranean. While Lebanese
also exhibits object marking, North African Arabic, as far as we are
aware, does not.  On the other hand, modern Spanish and Sicilian both
share this feature.

We would be grateful for any feedback on this matter.

Manwel Mifsud
Albert Borg
(Malta)

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jun 21 14:51:49 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 08:51:49 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Arabic Software Query
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1) Subject: Arabic software

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Date: 21 Jun 1999
From: Katya Levitan <devochkakatya at hotmail.com>
Subject: Arabic software

Hello!

My name is Katya Levitan, I'm a student assistant at the ADA office of
Middlebury College. This summer I am researching the kinds of assistive
devices available to disabled students in Arabic-speaking countries or
Arabic-teaching institutions. Middlebury hosts a number of Summer Language
Schools every year, and some disabled students in the Arabic school are in
need of assistance such as Arabic braille, software for the blind/deaf/para-
and quadraplegic, etc. If you can provide any information on the topic, such
as distributors, prices, or any other relevant data, please let me know.



Sincerely,

Katya Levitan

ylevitan at middlebury.edu

ADA fax (802)443-2440

ADA office

Middlebury College

Hathaway House

Middlebry, VT 05753

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun 22 18:05:28 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:05:28 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Symposium at Wayne State
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1) Subject: Symposium at Wayne State University

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Date: 22 Jun 1999
From: Dallas Kenny <k.d.kenny at wayne.edu>
Subject: Symposium at Wayne State University

RE: the symposium "Bridging Past, Present & Future: Arabic as a Foreign
Language in the New Millennium" to be held at Wayne State University,
Detroit, Michigan, October 15-16, 1999.

Pre-registration deadline is Sept. 15 ($25)
Registration at door is $35

The final symposium event calender will be sent out July 15.

For more information regarding hotel or symposium information, visit the
symposium web site at:

http://www.langlab.wayne.edu/NearEast/Events.html

Dallas Kenny, PhD
Director
Foreign Language Technology Center
3rd Floor, Manoogian Hall
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan  48202  USA

k.d.kenny at wayne.edu

Tel: 313-577-6390
Fax: 313-577-3041

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun 22 18:07:54 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:07:54 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Arabic Software Responses
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1) Subject: Arabic-supported assistive materials
2) Subject: list of software


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Date: 22 Jun 1999
From: Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject: Arabic-supported assistive materials

Greetings / privyet....


Today is Monday, June 21, 1999.

Two possible sources for such Arabic-supported assistive materials are:

o  The Ministry of Education (MOE) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I think the web
site URL is < http://www.moe.gov.sa >. The MOE oversees the government-run
national programs for special education.

o  I have heard that there are special efforts underway on product
development at some institution(s?) for disabled students in Jeddah. (Might
be private schools or institutes, rather than MOE-run entities.)

I can do some web searches of some sites there and let you know on results.

o  The Ministry of Education in the United Arab Emirates, which operates an
extensive program for students needing special education. I think the UAE
University's College of Education few years back was working with some US or
UK firms on software for disabled Emiratis (school-age) and associated
Braille devices.

You also might visit and query the sections at this URL: <
http://www.ummah.net > (Might be just < http://ummah.net >)

Hope these leads help.

Good luck...Khair, in sha' Allah.

Regards from Los Angeles,

Stephen H. Franke

E-mail: < mutarjm at aol.com >

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2)
Date: 22 Jun 1999
From: GnhBos at aol.com
Subject: list of software

Dear Katya,

The following long list of software may not contain Arabic braille,
but it will give you an idea about most of the Arabic software in
the market.

The following are few of the best selling Arabic and Islamic Software.
Microsoft Bilingual Arabic/English Software Require Arabic Windows.

MS Arabic Win 98 (Upgrade) is $249.00 when purchased alone
MS Arabic Word 97 (Upgrade) is $229.00
MS Arabic Office 97 Std. (Upgrade) is $495.00
MS Arabic Office 97 Pro (Upgrade) is $649.00
MS Arabic Access 7.0 (Upgrade) is $149.00
MS Arabic Windows 98 and Office 97 is $649.00 [Save $95.00]
MS Arabic Windows 98 and Word 97 is $429.00 [Save $49.00]

Glyph's Arabic Fonts* (16) for Arabic Win 95, 3 in 1 package 49.00
Sakkal's Arabic & Islamic Calligraphic Designs (PC or Mac) $49.00

Layout's* ArabicXT 3.01 + Quark XPress 3.32 is $995.00 Mac or PC
Layout's ArabicXT 4.0 + QXP 3.32 + QXP 4.0 Upgrade $1695.00 Mac
Layout's ArabicXT 4.0 for Passport is $695.00 Mac or PC
Layout's AXT 4.0 Upgrade + QXP 4.0 Passport Upgrade $750.00 Mac
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jun 25 23:35:48 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:35:48 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Sicillian Arabic
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Date: 25 Jun 1999
From: Peter Jarrett <PJ2 at soas.ac.uk>
Subject: Sicillian Arabic

Greetings!

I would be extremely grateful if anyone could give me pointers
towards sources of information on the use of Arabic in Sicilly, both
in general terms and more specifically in relation to the period
after the end of Muslim rule - particulary the 12th-century.

Many thanks indeed in anticipation  -  PJ.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jun 25 23:38:21 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:38:21 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Conference Announcement
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1) Subject: National Conference on Heritage Languages in America

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Date: 25 Jun 1999
From: AATA <aata at byu.edu>
Subject: National Conference on Heritage Languages in America

National Conference on Heritage Languages in America
October 14-16, 1999
Westin Long Beach Hotel, Long Beach, California

Introduction
California State University at Long Beach, the Center for Applied
Linguistics, and the National Foreign Language Center invite you to
participate in the inaugural event of a major new national initiative.
"Heritage Languages in America" will be the first major project of the
Heritage Languages Initiative, a national effort to develop the languages
of our heritage communities through strengthening the educational
institutions that work with them.  Participants in the conference will
share knowledge and resources with some of the leading figures in heritage
language education in the United States.  Equally important, participants
will have the unprecedented opportunity to help shape the development of
the heritage language field by articulating a national agenda on the
preservation and cultivation of heritage languages as rich national
resources.  This work will be facilitated by task forces that will be
established at the conference to address issues that include articulations
across programs, teacher preparation, materials development, instructional
strategies, assessment, and public advocacy.

Participants
Representatives from five important constituencies will participate in this
conference: Heritage language communities and schools, pre-collegiate
(preK-grade 12) heritage language educators, colleges and universities
researchers in a variety of settings,  and consumers of language expertise.
We have also invited the following distinguished researchers: Russell
Campbell, Lily Wong Fillmore, Joshua Fishman, Mary McGroarty, Cecilia Pino,
Ana Roca, Fabian Samaniego, Guadalupe Valdes, and Aida Walqui.

Call for Proposals
Proposals are invited for poster presentations by teachers, administrators,
and curriculum designers.  Interested poster presenters are asked to submit
an abstract of 250 words by July 15, 1999, to :
Scott McGinnis
National Foreign Language Center
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
Fax: 202-667-6907
E-mail: heritage at nflc.org
Webpage: www.nflc.org

Lodging
A block of rooms is available at the Westin Long Beach Hotel at the rate of
$139 per night.  Participants are responsible for contacting the hotel
directly to make their reservations by calling (562) 436-3000 by September
15, 1999.  Please indicate that you are attending "Heritage Languages in
America: A National Conference" when making your reservations.

All registrations materials must be in by September 15, 1999.
For more information about this conference, please contact:
Lara Atella or Catherine Ingold
National Foreign Language Center
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 667-8100
Fax: (202) 667-6907
E-mail: heritage at nflc.org
www.cal.org/heritage
www.csulb.edu/~cla/rgrll/events.html
www.nflc.org


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jun 25 23:39:28 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:39:28 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS
Message-ID: <FRI.25.JUN.1999.173928.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: 3rd issue of LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS

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Date: 25 Jun 1999
From: Moha Ennaji <estry at fesnet.net.ma>
Subject: 3rd issue of LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS

Third issue of LANGUAGES & LINGUISTICS
 Aspects of Linguistic Description and Analysis
		Edited by Fatima Sadiqi

CONTENTS

Fatima Sadiqi
Introduction

Ahmed Chergui Saber
Resumptive Pronouns, Operator Type, and Weak Crossover

El Hassan Souâli
Adjunction to Clausal Arguments

Wafaa Ammar and Khaled Rifaat
The Phonetic Inventory of Consonants of Egyptian Children

Stuart Davis and Bushra Adnan Zawaydeh
A Descriptive Analysis of Hypocoristics in Colloquial Arabic

Nancy C Dorian
The Stages of Language Obsolescence: Stages, Surprises, Challenges

Fatima Agnaou
EFL Attrition: Features and Compensatory Strategies

Hassan Es-saiydi
Coreference and Anaphora  (in Arabic)

For further contact, Please write to:
Professor Moha Ennaji
e-mail: estry at fesnet.net.ma
Fax: +212 46 08 44

Address: Languest et Linguistique
BP 5720 Fes-Sidi Brahim
Fes 30014
MOROCCO

For more information about the new journal, please consult:

                http://www.fesnet.net.ma/lang-ling


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun 29 17:01:36 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:01:36 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Sicilian Arabic Discussion
Message-ID: <TUE.29.JUN.1999.110136.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: Sicilian Arabic

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1)
Date: 29 Jun 1999
From: "Robert R. Ratcliffe" <ratcliff at fs.tufs.ac.jp>
Subject: Sicilian Arabic

re: Peter Jarett's question on Sicilian Arabic,

I know of one article on this:

Agius, Dionisius A. 1994. "Siculo Arabic: Interferences, Deletions, and
Additions". Actes des permieres journees internationales de
dialectologie arabe de Paris.  ed. D. Caubet and M. Vanhove. Paris:
Publications Langues 'O.

The author is apparently at the university of Leeds.


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun 29 16:59:59 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 10:59:59 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Sibawayhi Site;Broken Plural Book
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1) Subject: Sibawayhi Site
2) Subject: Broken Plural Book

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1)
Date: 29 Jun 1999
From: Michael Carter <m.g.carter at east.uio.no>
Subject: Sibawayhi Site

It occurred to me you and some others
might be interested to learn that I have finally got a demo version
published of a hypertext of seven chapters of Sibawayhi on the web.  The
URL is

http://www.hf.uio.no/east/sibawayhi/HomePage/index.htm

and although it is very klunky and still not technically complete I think
it is worth bringing to the attention of as many people as possible.  Later
this year I have the collaboration of Lutz Edzard for a whole year, so the
project will start to make progress when he gets here.

Mike


M. G. Carter, Dept. IØO, Oslo University
POB 1030 Blindern, Oslo N-0315
Tel. +47 22 856854 (O), +47 23 198138 (H), Fax +47 22 854140
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2)
Date: 29 Jun 1999
From: "Robert R. Ratcliffe" <ratcliff at fs.tufs.ac.jp>
Subject: Broken Plural Book

The 'Broken' Plural Problem in Arabic and Comparative Semitic:
allomorphy and analogy in non-concatenative morphology

Robert R. Ratcliffe, Ph.D.
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

 The formal aspects of non-concatenative morphology have received
considerable attention from linguists in recent years, but the
diachronic dimensions of such systems have been little explored.  The
current work applies a modern methodological and theoretical framework
to a classic problem in  Arabic and Semitic historical linguistics (IQ(J the
highly allomorphic system of (IT(Jstem-internal(IU(J or
(IT(Jbroken(IU(J plurals found
in Arabic and related languages.  The work shows that widely-accepted
views regarding the historical development of this system are untenable
and offers a new hypothesis to account for it.
 The first chapter lays out an explicit methodology for
comparative-historical research in morphology-- a necessary preliminary
since few explicit proposals have been made in this area. The second
chapter presents a relatively complete analysis of Arabic morphology
based on contemporary formal linguistic approaches to phonology and
morphology. The third chapter applies this analysis to the noun plural
system, establishing patterns of regularity and productivity in the
system, proposing a division of singular-plural pairs into seven
declension classes, defined by form and distribution. The fourth chapter
reviews the historical-linguistic literature, showing that neither of
the principal theories concerning the origin of the system-- semantic
shift or ablaut-type sound change-- accounts adequately for the data.
The fifth chapter offers a systematic comparison of the plural systems
of Semitic languages, incorporating much new research on the languages
of South Arabia and Ethiopia. The sixth chapter offers a reconstruction,
the main points of which are that the stem-internal plural was a feature
of Proto-Semitic, but that the rich allomorphy  in  the plural systems
of SW Semtic has developed within this subfamily as a result of sound
change and analogy.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Robert R. Ratcliffe
Associate Professor, Arabic and Linguistics,
Dept. of Linguistics and Information Science
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Nishigahara 4-51-21, Kita-ku
Tokyo 114 Japan

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun 30 22:39:22 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:39:22 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING: Algerian Arabic Query
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1) Subject: Algerian Arabic Query

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Date: 30 Jun 1999
From: "Elizabeth M. Bergman" <embergman at earthlink.net>
Subject: Algerian Arabic Query

Can anyone recommend any recent works on Algerian Arabic?

Many thanks,

Elizabeth

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun 30 22:37:32 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:37:32 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Sicilian Arabic Discussion
Message-ID: <WED.30.JUN.1999.163732.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: Sicilian Arabic Discussion
2) Subject: Sicilian Arabic Discussion

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1)
Date: 30 Jun 1999
From: "Kaye, Alan" <akaye at Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU>
Subject: Sicilian Arabic Discussion

Please note that Agius has published a whole book on this topic in the Lib.
on Arabic Ling. series (my rev. appeared in BJMES in 1997).

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2)
Date: 30 Jun 1999
From: Jonathan Owens <Jonathan.Owens at uni-bayreuth.de>
Subject: Sicilian Arabic Discussion

Dear Mr. Jarret,

In caes you haven't had reference to it yet, the most up to date
study is Agius':
Agius, Dionisius
1996	Siculo Arabic. London: Kegan Paul International.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun  2 17:38:30 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:38:30 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Glossaries, word indices responses
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1) Subject: Glossaries, word indices
2) Subject: Glossaries, word indices, CD-ROM

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1)
Date: 02 Jun 1999
From: Kassem Wahba <Kassem_Wahba at zu.ac.ae>
Subject: Glossaries, word indices

You may look at the following:

1- al-Khaliil ibn Ahmad al-Faraahiidy (100-175 H) " Kitaab al-Cayn" ed.
Abdullah  Darwiish, Part one. Cairo, Egypt (year ?).

2- al-Khaliil ibn Ahmad al-Faraahiidy (100-175 H) "Tartiib  Kitaab al-Cayn"
ed. Mahdy al-Makhzuumy and Ibraahiim al-Saamurraa'y, Three parts.
Intishaaraat Iswah (al-TaabiCa li-munathamit al-'awqaaf wal-'umuur
al-khayriyya), Qum, Iran. (1414 H).

3- 'aby Caly al-qaaly (288-356 H), " al-'amaaly" Daar al-Hadiith, Bayruut,
Lubnaan, 1984.

As for the difference between the first and the second book (i.e,
dictionary) of Kitaab al-Cayn is in the first book, the words (roots) are
arranged phonetically, but in the second, the words (roots) are arranged
alphabetically. The third book is not a dictionary.

Regards
Kassem Wahba

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2)
Date: 02 Jun 1999
From: Stefan.Weninger at lrz.uni-muenchen.de
Subject: Glossaries, word indices, CD-ROM

Dear Mr. Arnzen!

In Arabian studies we don't have even a tiny fraction of glossaries
or word-lists of what the classicists have for Latin and Greek!

Try the following:

- "List of sources" in Endress / Gutas, Greek and Arabic Lexicon
(=HdO I.11) for Arabic - Greek glossaries

- The "Abk?rzungsverzeichnis" (3rd ed.) of WKAS lists amoung a
lot of other sources also a few glossaries and word-indices..

- Try the Noor al-Sira CD-ROM. It contains 4 important
historiographical works (Tabari etc.)

- For a concordance on Nahg al-balagha, cf. my review in ZAL 30
(1995)

Good luck,

Stefan Weninger


PD Dr. Stefan Weninger
Institut f?r Semitistik
Veterin?rstr. 1
80539 M?nchen
Germany
Tel.: +49-89-2180-3713
Fax: +49-89-2180-3851

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun  2 17:52:44 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:52:44 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Women in Islam
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Date: 02 Jun 1999
From: Khalid AbdulSamad Draper <mujahid at gte.net>
Subject: Women in Islam

Marhaban,

I do recognize that this list is devoted to teachers and students of the
Arabic language, and with that duly noted, I apologize for the tangent I
proceed to take.

In the post to which I am responding, there was the following statement
"quest to understand femininity--with Muslim women's oppression, the
practice of female genital mutilation, and the everlasting question of the
veil drawing most of the scrutiny."

In most Western acedemia, I find it quite disconcerting that most if not all
discussion about women and Islam portrays the Muslim woman as the most
oppressed person on the face of the planet.

As an American who converted to Islam, and as a student of the Arabic
language, I wonder just how much time these people have spent with Muslims.
I also wonder how much effort have they invested in drawing the line between
Islam and cultural practices which may be, rather than Islam, the culprit
responsible for the purported "Islamic" injustices against women.

In my admittedly brief time as a Muslim, I have found that in instances of
oppression and suppression of women that I have seen personally, it was due
to the lack of knowledge and understanding of Islam on the part of the male
rather than his implementation of Islam.

As far as Western acedemia has come from the days when certain orientalists
claimed that the Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) was killed by a stampede of pigs
while in a drunken stupor (a'udhu biLLah)- how far it has to go before it
can finally gaze with an objective eye at Islam and Muslims.

Shukran,

Khalid

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun  2 02:42:49 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:42:49 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Call for Papers - Islamic Masculinities
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Date: 01 Jun 1999
From: Lahoucine Ouzgane <Lahoucine.Ouzgane at ualberta.ca>
Subject: CFP: Islamic Masculinities

	CFP: Islamic Masculinities

(Apologies in advance for cross-postings. Please forward to interested
colleagues and post where appropriate.)

_Men and Masculinities_ seeks empirical and theoretical articles for an
upcoming multidisciplinary issue devoted to ISLAMIC MASCULINITIES.

In the last two decades, attention to gender issues in the Middle East and
the rest of the Islamic world has been focussed almost exclusively on a
quest to understand femininity--with Muslim women's oppression, the practice
of female genital mutilation, and the everlasting question of the veil
drawing most of the scrutiny. But masculinities in Islamic cultures have so
far not received as much attention as they deserve.

The broad title of this issue allows for multiple points of entry:

* constructions of masculinities;
* questions of masculinity, maleness, and the male body;
* representations of the male body in cultural texts and in the media;
* sexual practices and sexual identities;
* race, ethnicity, class--and masculinities;
* male-female relationships;
* relationships between patriarchy and dominant masculinities;
* relationships between concepts of masculinity and
  nationalism/fundamentalism;
* masculinities in the Islamic Diaspora.

Other relevant topics are welcome.

Please submit essays of up-to 7000 words by January 14, 2000
	to
Dr. Lahoucine Ouzgane
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB Canada T6G 2E5

E-mail: Lahoucine.Ouzgane at ualberta.ca

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun  2 02:36:56 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:36:56 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Query: Glossaries, word indices
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1) Subject: Query: Glossaries, word indices

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Date: 01 Jun 1999
From: ruediger.arnzen at ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Subject: Query: Glossaries, word indices

Dear colleagues,

I am currently working in the field of functional lexicography and
pragmatic semantics of Classical and early Middle Arabic texts (i.e.,
6th - 10th centuries A.D.). Up to now, my research has been based on
a rather small corpus of sources. I wonder if anyone could provide me
with any kind of word indices, glossaries or other sorts of databases
to any Arabic text of that period (no matter what genre; of course I
do have Qur?an and Hadith on CD-ROM). The materials need not be
complete nor somehow systematized, even handwritten collections or
notes would be of great help. It goes without saying that any
form of computer processable versions of Classical Arabic texts,
whether in Arabic script or transliterated, would be of invaluable
help to my project.
Many thanks in advance!

Dr. Ruediger Arnzen
Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
Fax: #49-234-7094-671
E-mail: ruediger.arnzen at ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun  2 02:37:55 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:37:55 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Tutoring in Cairo Query
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Date: 01 Jun 1999
From: "Eric B. Gerow" <megerow at gsbpop.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Tutoring in Cairo

Greetings,

I wonder if anyone can recommend any Arabic language tutoring in Cairo.

I will be attending an intensive course in July but would like to arrive
before that and begin my studies in mid-June.

Can anyone recommend any programs or qualified individuals who may be able
to provide 2-3 weeks of instruction in basic MSA or colloquial Egyptian?

Thanks for your help.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun  2 17:56:49 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 11:56:49 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Introduction
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Date: 02 Jun 1999
From: Pilar Lirola Delgado <pilar.lirola at uca.es>
Subject: initial message

Name: Pilar Lirola
e-mail address: pilar.lirola at uca.es
areas of interest: Arabic Language, Modern Arabic Literature (specially
Egyptian and Moroccan), Arabic Language Teaching
dialects spoken natively: spanish
dialects which has access to native speakers: Modern Standard Arabic,
Egyptian Arabic, English

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jun  3 16:50:11 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 10:50:11 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: SSCM Workshop: Programs
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1) Subject: Semitic Syntax Conference and Morphology Workshop: Programs

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Date: 03 Jun 1999
From: Abbas Benmamoun <e-benma at staff.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Semitic Syntax Conference and Morphology Workshop: Programs

Dear Colleagues,

Here are the programs of the Semitic Syntax Conference and  Morphology
Workshop that will be held this July (14, 17, 18) during the LSA Summer
Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Information
about the Institute, Travel and lodging can be found at the following
website: http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/linginst



Best wishes

Abbas

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 Conference on Syntax of Semitic Languages
               July, 17 - 18, 1999
 Levis Faculty Center, 3rd Floor

Saturday, July, 17

8:30 - 9   Registration ($10)

9 - 10 Edit Doron, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & UCSC, 'Agency and
Voice: the Semantics of the Semitic Templates'

10 - 11 Maya Arad, MIT, 'Contents of v: Evidence from the Hebrew binyan
System'

11 - 11:30   Coffee break

11:30 - 12:30 Frederick M. Hoyt, Cornell University, 'Reduced Agreement as a
Specificity Effect in Rural Palestinian Arabic'

12:30 - 2   Lunch break

2 - 3 Joseph Aoun, USC, 'Superiority and Resumption'

3 - 4  Lina Choueiri, USC, 'The Structural Diversity of Relative
Constructions'

4 - 4:30   Coffee break

4:30 - 5:30  Girma Halefom, McGill University, and  John S. Lumsden,
Universite du Qu?bec ? Montr?al, 'Subject Clitics in Amharic'

5:30 - 6:30  Ivy Sichel, City University of NY, 'Person and Definiteness
Features in third person Pronouns in Hebrew'


Sunday, July 18


9 - 10 Tanya Reinhart, Utrecht University & Tel-Aviv University, and Tal
Siloni, Tel-Aviv University, 'Reflexive Reduction: Lexical and Syntactic
Operation'

10 - 11 Yael Sharvit, University of Massachusets, 'On nisa and hiStadel'

11 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 12:30 Abbas Benmamoun, UIUC,
'The Feature Structure of Functional Categories: the EPP Feature of
Sentential Negation'

12:30 - 2   Lunch break

2 - 3   Hagit Borer, USC, 'Structuring Nominals: Evidence from Hebrew'

3 - 4  Ilan Hazout, University of Haifa, 'Participial Relatives: the Grammar
of Predicate Formation'

4 - 4:30 Coffee break

4:30 - 5:30 Carmen Dobrovie-Sorin, Universit? Paris VII, '(In)definiteness
and Genitives: from Romanian to Hebrew'

5:30 - 6:30 Giuliana Giusti and Ur Schlosky, University of Geneva,
'Demonstratives and the Structure of the Semitic DP'

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Workshop on Semitic Morphology
July 14, 1999
Room 407, Levis Faculty Center


Wednesday, July, 14

8:30 - 9 Registration

9-10     Jean-Fran?ois Prunet, UQAM,  Renee Beland, UQAM, and Ali Idrissi,
            King Abdul Aziz University
Semitic Roots as Lexical Units

10-11 Iris Berent, Florida Atlantic University, Daniel L. Everett,
University of Pittsburgh, and Joseph Shimron, University of Haifa.
An Experimental Approach to the OCP: Evidence for Violable Identity
Constraints in Hebrew Roots.

11-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-12:30 Elabbas Benmamoun (UIUC)
Semitic Morphology: The Central Role of the Imperfective.

12:30-2 Lunch Break
2-3   John S. Lumsden, UQAM, and Girma Halefom, McGill University
Against A Fission Analysis of Arabic Verbal Morphology

3-4  Nurit Melnik, University of California, Berkeley
A Multiple-Inheritance Hierarchical Representation of Hebrew Adjectives of
Enablement

4-4:30  Coffee Break

4:30-5:30 Jean Balcaen, University of Toronto
The Tiberian Hebrew Perfect: ?-feature hierarchies and underspecification

5:30-6:30 Mohamed Naji, CNRS, University of Paris VII Jussieu
An Interactive Approach to Morpheme Distribution and Syntactic features: the
Case of Arabic Person Morphology.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jun  4 16:49:39 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 10:49:39 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: glottal lingual activity query
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Date: 04 Jun 1999
From: Christian Nuytten <nuytten at skynet.be>
Subject: Question about glottal lingual activity

Hello to all,

I have a question concerning the use of the voice in the Arabian language.
I would like to quote from a book I'm reading
('What happens in singing' by Gerard Macworth-Young (1953) - (p48)):

..."The 'glottic shock', or 'glotal stop' as it is called in phonetics,
has been the subject of much barren controversy in the singing world
ever since the aged Garcia, who called it the 'coup the glotte',
advocated its use in all vowel attacks.
Phonetically, the device is a consonant, formed by bringing the vocal cords
together
without vibration and then releasing them with a tiny explosion.
In arabic, it is a recognised consonant with a name and place in the alphabet.
It does not appear as a recognised consonant in any European language....."

If I may, I have some questions about this fragment:
- Is what is written by the author true?
- What is the name of this consonant?
- How is it written?
- Are there different forms in which it appears?
- What is the background (history) of its existance in the Arabian language?
- How is it pronounced?

Thank you.

Warm regards,
sincerely,
Christian

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jun  7 21:23:32 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:23:32 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Arabic materials for Middle School
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Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Mona-Dalle at acs.sch.ae (ACS of Abu Dhabi)
Subject: Arabic Program

Hi,

      Iam a teacher at A.C.S.of Abu-Dhabi and I am looking for curriculum
materials to teach Arabic as a Second language to Middle School students.
Can you please provide me with names/titles/adresses of programs that can
be of any help to me and the students willing to learn the language as  a
second language. Any help will be appreciated and recognized.
Thanks in advance!


Mona Sawan Dalle
American Community School of Abu Dhabi
P.O. Box 42114
United Arab Emirates

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jun  7 21:14:49 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:14:49 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Arabic Corpus Response
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1) Subject: classical and middle age arabic corpus

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Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Dalal Mahmoud <elgemei at humnet.ucla.edu>
Subject: classical and middle age arabic corpus

I am hope that what I suggest for you could be of some help. I know
Sakhr Computer Software Co. in Egypt is working extensively on Arabic
and Classical (Religious Quran and Hadith) text that are
computerized. You may try them and give them exact details of what
you are looking for and hopefully you may find what you are looking
for. Their web site is : http://www.sakhr Co.(I am sorry because I
cannot remember whether there is a dot after sakhr or not. Try both).
There is also an e-mail for questions about the extensive
Arabic-Arabic dictionary they have built which is alqamoos at sakhr.com
I find your query very interesting because I myself had trouble
trying to locate a corpora of Modern Standard Arabic. I found one at
the AUC in Cairo where I work and I am still trying to find some
details about it. There is also another one that should be ready for
linguistic analysis but only in five or six months. You may e-mail
Dr.Ali Farghly at farghaly at umich.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jun  7 21:21:22 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:21:22 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: glottal lingual activity responses
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1) Subject: glottal lingual activity answers
2) Subject: more on glottal lingual activity

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Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Robert Langer <rlanger at ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
Subject: glottal lingual activity answers

[The response to this query is found between the lines preceded by ">"]

> I have a question concerning the use of the voice in the Arabian language.
> I would like to quote from a book I'm reading
> ('What happens in singing' by Gerard Macworth-Young (1953) - (p48)):
>
> ..."The 'glottic shock', or 'glotal stop' as it is called in phonetics,
> has been the subject of much barren controversy in the singing world
> ever since the aged Garcia, who called it the 'coup the glotte',
> advocated its use in all vowel attacks.
> Phonetically, the device is a consonant, formed by bringing the vocal
>cords together without vibration and then releasing them with a tiny
>explosion.
> In arabic, it is a recognised consonant with a name and place in the
>alphabet. It does not appear as a recognised consonant in any European
>language....."
>
> If I may, I have some questions about this fragment:
> - Is what is written by the author true?
Yes.
> - What is the name of this consonant?
(Alif-)Hamza.
> - How is it written?
The Hamza representing the described sound is a small sign to be put above
or under the three Arabic "half-vowels" alif ('/?), w?w (w/?), and y?' (y/?)
according to it's vowel surrounding (a, u, or i). In a lot of cases its
"carrier" is alif, as in the alphabet where the glottal stop is represented
by an alif being the first letter of it.
> - Are there different forms in which it appears?
Yes. As mentioned above the Hamza-sign can appear above and under an alif,
w?w, or y?'. The sign itself stays the same.
> - What is the background (history) of its existence in the Arabian
language?
Its a phonemic consonant in the Arabic language.
> - How is it pronounced?
As described by the author above. In Indo-European languages (like English
or German) we have the same sound (but just don't write it) with every vowel
beginning which is not preceded by another consonant (at the beginning and
also in the middle of words like in "re-'affirm"; we just don't have it at
the ending of words which Arabic also has.
Please note that all my description of the phenomena is just practical and
might not fit for the taste of a linguist (e. g. a linguist might probably
argue that there are slight differences between an English and an Arabic
glottal stop a. s. o.)

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Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Bahana59 at aol.com
Subject: more on glottal lingual activity

my answers will appaer next to the question.
 Is what is written by the author true? yes
 - What is the name of this consonant? Hamza
 - How is it written? really sorry for not having an Arabic font but you can
find it in any book on Arabic language usually in the introduction part or in
a part that is designated to explain the sound and script of Arabic.
 - Are there different forms in which it appears? the shape of the hamza it
self does not change but because its relativally small size it is, most of
the time written on what is called a seat for the hamza and that is either
"alif", "waw", or "Yaa' ". (those are three letters represent long vowels in
Arabic.
 - What is the background (history) of its existance in the Arabian language?
hamza, historically, was a dialectal form that means that it was pronounced
by some Arabain tribes in the Arabian peninsula not all. In the old
inscriptions of Arabic it did not have a letter representing it. Later in the
8th century CE the Arab grammarian alkhaliil ibn ahmad recognized it as a
consonant and came up with a letter to represent it in writing.
 - How is it pronounced? just like what the text you included in your e-mail
said. It is also similar to the sound the british make in pronouncing the
"tt" in the word bottel.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jun  7 21:13:15 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:13:15 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Arabic tutoring in Cairo responses
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1) Subject: Arabic language tutoring in Cairo
2) Subject: Tutoring in Cairo

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Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Dalal Mahmoud <elgemei at humnet.ucla.edu>
Subject: Arabic language tutoring in Cairo

You were asking about Arabic tutoring in Cairo. I know that the
British Council in Cairo has an excellent division there for teaching
Arabic to non-native speakers. You can even arrange to have a tutor
if you want. Unfortunately I do not have their e-mail address.
Perhaps you may browse Yahoo and search for the British Council in
Cairo or in Alexandria. The second option is the American University
in Cairo where they also have the Arabic Studies Division and they do
teach Arabic for non-native speaker. Here is the e-mail of the
division director David Wilmsen dwilmsen at aucegypt.edu. E-mail him and
I am sure that he will be glad to answer all your questions.
By the way I am Dalal El Gemei. I am teaching at both Al AZhar
University in Cairo and at the ASD ( I teach translation). I am
currently a visiting scholar of the UCLA for three months. My e-mail
is either da2609 at hotmail.com or elgemei at humnet.ucla.edu The second
e-mail is only temporary till I leave the States by the end of JUly.
Thank you

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Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Bahana59 at aol.com
Subject: Tutoring in Cairo

 When I left Egypt in the eighties Ain Shams University, located in
Abbasia/Cairo, had a summer program for teaching Arabic as a second language.
you can contact or visit the Faculty of Art/Arabic Language and Literature
department to ask if they still have such a program. If not you can check
with the department chairperson for names of instructors at the department
who would help you individually.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jun  7 21:16:09 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 15:16:09 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Arabic Text Corpora Query
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Date: 07 Jun 1999
From: Dalal Mahmoud <elgemei at humnet.ucla.edu>
Subject: arabic text corpora

My name is Dalal El Gemei. I am working at AlAZhar University  and
the American University in Cairo. I am currently working on a project
at the UCLA in the States for the analysis of collocation in American
English and Modern Standard Arabic. Does anybody know of any Arabic
text corpora other than in Michigan University and at the  American
University in Cairo. Would appreciate any suggestion.
Dalal El Gemei
e-mail  : da2609 at hotmail.com
              elgemei at humnet.ucla.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun  8 18:01:51 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:01:51 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Arabic for Middle School Responses
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1) Subject: Multimedia Arabic materials for Middle School
2) Subject: More materials

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1)
Date: 08 Jun 1999
From: GnhBos at aol.com
Subject: Multimedia Arabic materials for Middle School


Learn The Arabic Language Multimedia..

1) Future's Learn Arabic:

Children and Adults. Learn the Arabic language from English,
French, German or Portuguese. This innovative and complete
program is divided into 5 parts:

1) Introduction to Arabic and the origin of the language.
2) Learn the alphabet in 4 lessons.
3) Words and scenes -- useful words, the numbers and days
    of the week, months of the year and common scenes.
4) Reading practice.
5) Play and learn - Arrange the alphabet, letter vs. letter,
    match pictures with the correct letter, letter vs. picture,
    spelling practices, picture vs. picture, identify the picture
    and trace the letters.

Dictations and pronunciation exercises aid listening and
speaking with enjoyable games to reinforce learning.

Learn Arabic requires for IBM comp. PC: 486+; SVGA
256 color display; CD-ROM drive; Sound Blaster comp.
Sound card; Mouse; Windows 3.1 or 95; 4MB RAM.
Macintosh requires: System 7+; 4MB RAM; 8-bit color;
CD-ROM drive. Price $60.00 Plus shipping.


2) Sakhr's Learn Arabic:

This program is a course developed for foreigners to learn
Arabic. It teaches the principles of phonetics, writing and
structure of Arabic. Learning Arabic as a Foreign Language,
'Level one' advantages:

Self-based or classroom study. Maximum user control.
Lessons are configured according to the user's preferences.
Learn Arabic from four languages: English, French, Turkish and
Malaysian. Audio and Video of native speakers. More than 85
masterpieces in Arabic calligraphy. Toolbox kit for translation,
diacritizaion, font type. Authentic Middle Eastern music/song.

Components of the Program:

1. Lessons

The program comprises ten lessons where each is divided
into 12 parts. The first six are related to the presentation of
linguistic elements with equal emphasis given to the
four skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The
next four furnish engaging exercises to sharpen the acquired
skills. Finally, the last two provide entertaining games to
re-enforce vocabulary items.

2. Appreciate Arabic:

'Appreciate Arabic' focuses on the history of the Arabic
language and its development. Following are the major
themes introduced:

The origin and spread of the Arabic language. Family tree of
the Arabic script. Stages in the development of the Arabic
language. Arabic calligraphy. The Arab world. Computerization
of the Arabic language.

3. Verses from The Holy Quran:

Verses from the Holy Quran are presented within an educational
framework. This is an optional part that may be of particular
interest to Muslim learners but will provide non Muslims with
a flavor of the Classical language.

4. Typing Tutor:

Using the computer as a medium for learning Arabic, necessitates
familiarity with the Arabic keyboard. Hence, Sakhr has included
its keyboard tutor as a gift to all learners of Arabic.

Price $45.00 plus insurance, shipping, and handling.

System Requirements:

Processor (minimum): DX 486. RAM: 10 MB. Free Space: 10 MB.
CD ROM. Sound Card. Display: VGA 256.
English or Arabic Win 3.x, 95.
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3) The Rosetta Stone Arabic

The Rosetta Stone replicates the give and
take of learning that occurs when the native
language is acquired: words become associated
with objects and ideas because they are
introduced in a context where meaning is
clear and reinforcement is immediate.

The Rosetta Stone uses thousands of
carefully selected pictures to create its
context of meaning. The program elicits the
student's response and gives instantaneous
feedback, confirming the comprehension that
has taken place. The program has been
developed as a carefully sequenced, step by
step process - as words build to phrases,
sentences and dialogs, new vocabulary and
syntax are progressively integrated in a
systematic, natural flow. Users work
exclusively in the target language because
The Rosetta Stone depends on pictures to
create its context of meaning. It uses the
mind's innate ability to directly associate
sound to meaning, without translation into
the native language of the learner.
Price $395.00 plus shipping and Handling.

Mac, Windows, Windows 95/98, Windows NT,
CD-Rom-/MPC - 486SX or better. 4MB RAM minimum.
CD-ROM drive. Super VGA, 256 colors at 640x480
Sound Blaster or Compatible. Macintosh - Color
MACintosh. 4MB RAM minimum. CD-ROM drive.

Best Regards,

George N. Hallak      Microsoft & Sakhr Arabic Software
AramediA Group        Software Localization Translation
761 Adams Street      617-825-3044 Fax 617-265-9648
Boston, MA 02122 USA  http://www.aramedia.com

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2)
Date: 08 Jun 1999
From: Kassem Wahba <Kassem_Wahba at zu.ac.ae>
Subject: More materials

There are a lot of materials that can be of help, the following might be of
help:

1- Elementary Modern Standard Arabic, Peter Abboud, Ernest McCarus and
others, Cambridge University Press, 1983. Part 1 and 2.
2- Al-Kitaab fii TaCallum al-Carabiyya, Abbas Al-Tonsi, Mahmoud Al-Batal
and others, Georgetown University Press, 1995. Part 1 and 2.
3- Al-Kitaab Al-'asaasy fi TaCliim Al-Lugha Al-Carabiyya, Al-SaCiid Badawi
and others, Al-Munadhama Al-Carabiyya lil-Tarbiya wal-Thaqaafa wal-Culuum,
Tunis, 1988.
All the above three books are accompanied by  Cassette tapes except for the
second one, it has video tapes too.
As for the third book, it is available in ALL PRINTS book store in Abu
Dhabi, U.A.E.
As for the first, It is available in the Cultural Center in Abu Dhabi, i.e,
you can borrow them.
As for the second, contact Georgetown University Press.
Regards
Kassem Wahba

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Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:02:07 -0600
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Subject: ACIDCA'2000 Call For papers and Exhibition

******************************************************************

                  CALL FOR PAPERS & EXHIBITION

                          ACIDCA'2000
                    International Conference on
Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision, Control and
        Automation in Engineering and Industrial Applications

                  <http://www.chez.com/acidca2000>

                Monastir (Tunisia), 22-24 March 2000

                         Organized by :
       Association for Innovation and Technology (Tunisia)
              University of Sfax (ENIS - FSEGS)

                          Sponsored by :
                            IEEE SMC

                         Co-Sponsored by :
                              TSS

                          Supported by :
            Tunisian State Secretariat of Scientific
                  Research and Technology(SERST)

*******************************************************************


SCOPE
-----
Technological innovation is related to more than one scientific field.
Cooperation between researchers in different scientific fields and
industrials is nowadays inevitable. The International Conference on
Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision, Control and
Automation in Engineering and Industrial Applications (ACIDCA'2000) will
provide a forum for theoretician and practitioner researchers, industrials,
and academic experts to exchange ideas, share experiences, promote
technological products, and address the important issue of the applications
of advanced topics in computational intelligence, artificial intelligence,
decision, control, and automation in engineering and industrial systems.
ACIDCA'2000 will include exhibits and demonstrations of real-world
applications and will be a job fair by matching up applicants with
employment opportunities.


TECHNICAL PROGRAM
-----------------
ACIDCA'2000 will be organized into seven thematic technical sessions
focusing on theory, implementation and applications. ACIDCA'2000 will also
include invited plenary speeches on selected advanced aspects given by
experts in the specific state-of-the art subject areas. Invited special
talks on major topics by eminent speakers will be included in the technical
sessions. There will be tutorial sessions on March 21. Detailed information
on the sessions along with tutorial abstracts will be available at
ACIDCA'2000 web site as soon as they are finalized.


EXHIBITION
----------
The exhibition will be held in parallel with ACIDCA'2000. All delegates and
guests will have an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the technical
characteristics, performances, and details concerning the function and
applications of the products and display. Exhibitors who wish to participate
in the exhibition are requested to send application forms (available on the
web site of the conference) to the Secretariat of ACIDCA'2000 no later than
October 15, 1999.


WORKING LANGUAGE
----------------
The working language of ACIDCA'2000 is English.


THEMATIC SESSIONS
-----------------


1) Intelligent Methods :
Computational Intelligence, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Genetic
Algorithms, Evolutionary Computation, Hybrid Systems, Learning Algorithms,
Heuristic Searching, Intelligent Agents, Cooperative Knowledge-based
Systems, Expert Systems, Machine Learning, Knowledge Representation,
Distributed AI and Multi-Agents, Computer-aided Reading, Data Analysis and
Modeling, Data Fusion and Mining, Knowledge Discovery, Prediction & Time
Series Analysis, Information Retrieval, Intelligent User Interface.


2) Methods and Heuristics for Decision Making :
Intelligent Databases, Information Systems, Case-based Reasoning, Decision
Support Systems, GDSS, Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Qualitative and
Approximate-Reasoning Modeling, Meta-heuristics for Optimization, Decision
Theory, Game Theory, Discrete Simulation.


3) Software Engineering :
Requirement Engineering, Software Specification Techniques, Software Design
Techniques, Software Architecture, Design Patterns, Refinement and Analysis
Techniques, Formal Development Techniques, Software Prototyping, Software
Implementation Techniques, Software Validation, Verification and Testing,
Model Checking, Software Quality Assurance, Software Maintenance, Software
Process Model (Life Cycles), Computer-Aided Software Engineering, Software
Development Environments, Software Reuse, Reverse Engineering,
Object-Oriented Design, Software Engineering for and over the Internet,
Distributed Systems, Multi-agent Systems.


4) Corpora and Natural Language Processing :
Lexicography, Lexical knowledge acquisition, Part of Speech Tagging, Unknown
word guessing, Term recognition, Morphological Analysis, Robust Parsing,
Word Sense Disambiguation, Anaphora Resolution, Discourse segmentation,
Machine Translation, Agreement Error Correction, Spelling and Grammar
Correction, Information Extraction, Automatic Abstracting, Text
Categorisation, Speech processing, Multilingual corpora and multilingual
applications,  Corpus annotation, Evaluation.


5) Engineering and Industrial Applications :
Industrial Process Control, Real-time Systems, Discrete Event Systems, Petri
Nets, Robotics, Mechanical System Control, Mechatronics, Electric Machine
Design, Variable Speed Drives, Automotive Electrical Systems, Power System
Control, Renewable Energy Systems, Environment Engineering Systems, Chemical
and Biotechnical Process Control, Irrigation Systems Control, Intelligent
Sensors and Virtual Measurements, VLSI, Hardware Implementation,
Communication Systems, Multimedia Systems, Intelligent Manufacturing and
Production Systems, Production Management, Planning and Scheduling, Quality
Control, CIM.


6) Systems Analysis and Automatic Control :
System Identification, Modeling, Model Reduction, Filtering and Signal
Processing, Optimal and Robust Control, Adaptive and Predictive Control,
Pole Placement Control, Multivariable and Decentralized Control, Sliding
Mode Control, Fuzzy Control, Neural Control, Computer Control, Computer
Aided Control System, Fault Detection and Diagnostic, Expert and Knowledge
Based Systems, Nonlinear Systems, Stochastic Systems, Time Varying Systems,
Large-scale Systems.


7) Vision & Pattern Recognition :
Pattern Recognition : Clustering and Classification, Handwriting Recognition
and Verification : Cursive Script Recognition, Characters and Digits, Words,
Signature, Graphics and Symbol Recognition : Engineering Drawings, Maps,
Logo Types, Document Processing : Layout Analysis, Segmentation and
Labeling, Language Identification, Document Structure Analysis and Modeling,
Signal and Image Processing : Thresholding, Thinning, Noise Removal,
Segmentation, Vision and Image Understanding, Fractals, Speech Recognition,
Signal Compression and Transmission, Application Systems : Bank-Check
Processing, Business Forms Reading, Postal Automation, Number Plate
Recognition, Storage and Information Retrieval : Video Images, Compression
Algorithms, Multimedia and Hypertext, Text Retrieval and Document Model.


HONORARY CHAIRS
---------------
M. Ben Ahmed (TN), G. Dabbeche (TN), L.A. Zadeh (USA)


GENERAL CHAIRS
--------------
A. M. Alimi (TN), L. Belguith Hadrich (TN), A. Ben Hamadou (TN)


INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
-------------------------------

1) Thematic Session on Intelligent Methods
Chairs : R. Braham (TN), M. Mohammadian (AUS)
Members : H. Adeli (USA), O. Castillo (MEX), D. Dubois (F), H. Farreny (F),
L. Foulloy (F), T. Fukuda (J), P. Glize (F), D. Goldberg (USA), H.
Hyotyniemi (FI), F. Karray (CDN), T.D. Pham (AUS), A. Rebai (TN), D.
Rutkowska (PL), A. Sattar (AUS), J.L. Soubie (F), R.J. Stonier (AUS), S.
Vassilyev (RU), J. Virbel (F), K. Warwick (UK), X. Yao (UK)

2) Thematic Session on Methods and Heuristics for Decision Making
Chair : F. Ben Abdelaziz (TN)
Members : H. Artiba (B), S. Ben Abdallah (TN), M. Bettaz (DZ), F. Badran
(F), P. Borne (F), J. Climaco (P), Y. Gadhoum (CDN), K. Ghoudi (CDN), M.
Haouari (TN), O. Ibrahim (KWI), M. Itmi (F), J.Y. Jaffray (F), O. Laritchev
(RU), M. Maouch (DZ), J.M. Martel (CDN), K. Mellouli (TN), H. Merza (KWI),
R. Mhallah (TN), J.C. Pomerol (F), B. Raggad (USA), M. Roubens (B), C.
Roucairol (F), B. Roy (F), P. Smets (B), R.E. Steuer (USA), E. Talbi (F), M.
Tamiz (UK), J. Teghem (B)


3) Thematic Session on Software Engineering
Chairs : F. Kamoun (TN), P. Pepper (D)
Members : K. Barkaoui (F), A. Belguith (TN), N. Belkhiter (CDN), H. Ben
Ghezala (TN), R. Bouaziz (TN), M. Broy (D), S. Castano (I), A. Cherif (J),
K. Drira (F), C.F. Ducateau (F), S. Jahnichen (D), A. Jaoua (SA), D.
McGregor (USA), A. Mili (USA), M. Picavet (F), S. Sahraoui (BH), P. Srimani
(USA)


4) Thematic Session on Corpora and NLP
Chair : R. Mitkov (UK)
Members : R. Basili (I), P. Blache (F), C. Boitet (F), R. Bruce (USA), J.-P.
Chanod (F), F. Debili (TN), J.-P. Descles (F), J. Dichy (F), E. Ditters
(NL), E. Gaussier (F), U. Hahn (D), N. Ide (USA), G. Lallich (F), C. Mankai
(TN), T. McEnery (UK), J.-G. Meunier (CDN), A. Mikheev (UK), J.L. Minel (F),
S. Piperidis (GR), H. Rodriguez (E), M. Rosner (MLT), M. Rolbert (F), P.
Seuren (NL), H. Somers (UK), K.-Y. Su (TAI), I. Trancoso (POR), E.
Tzoukermann (USA), A. Voutilainen (FI)


5) Thematic Session on Engineering and Industrial Applications
Chairs : N. Derbel (TN), A. Elantably (USA)
Members : M. Abid (TN), M. Annabi (TN), I. Belkhoja (TN), N. Benhadj Braiek
(TN), S. Belguith (TN), A. Bouallegue (TN), R. Dhifaoui (TN), A. Dhouib
(TN), M. Gabbouj (FI), F. Ghorbel (USA), T. Hadhri (TN), M. Ja?dane (TN), H.
Kallel (TN), L. Kamoun (TN), M.B.A. Kamoun (TN), M. Karkoub (KWI), R. Le
Doeuff (F), S. Lejmi (USA), A. Maalej (TN), K. Najim (F), M. Poloujadoff
(F), A.S. Poznyak (MEX), M. Sawan (CDN), S. Siala (F), J.A. Tegopoulos (GR),
R. Tourki (TN)


6) Thematic Session on Systems Analysis and Automatic Control
Chairs : M.B.T. Kamoun (TN), A. Titli (F)
Members : J. Aguilar-Martin (F), R. Ben Abdennour (TN), A. Benhammou (MA),
J. Bernussou (F), J.-L. Calvet (F), B. Dahhou (F), G. Enea (F), G. Favier
(F), F.G. Filip (R), Z. Gajic (USA) , G. Garcia (F), C.J. Harris (UK), M.
Ksouri (TN), P. Millot (F), M. Najim (F), A. Ouali (TN), J. Quevedo (E),
P.D. Roberts (UK), A. Toumi (TN), H.-R. Trankler (D)


7) Thematic Session on Vision & Pattern Recognition
Chairs : M. Cheriet (CDN), F. Ghorbel (TN)
Members : A. Amin (AUS), A. Belaid (F), F. Bouslama (J), N. Ellouze (TN), A.
Ennaji (F), M. Gilloux (F), M. Leard (F), E. Lecolinet (F), Y. Lecourtier
(F), C.G. Leedham (SGP), W. Li (PRC), G. Lorette (F), F. Merazka (DZ), C.
Olivier (F), E.H. Ruspini (USA), S. Srihari (USA), G. Stamon (F), C.Y. Suen
(CDN)


LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
--------------------------
Chairs : W. Gargouri (TN), A. Masmoudi (TN)
Members : H. Abdelkafi (TN), C. Aloulou (TN), N. Ben Amara (TN), M. Ben
Jemaa (TN), H. Bouchhima (TN), M. Chtourou (TN), F. Gargouri (TN), A. Hadj
Kacem (TN), M. Jaoua (TN), M. Jmaiel (TN), A. Kamoun (TN), O. Mazhoud (TN),
H. Miled (TN), F. Mouria Beji (TN), H. Trabelsi (TN)


INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
----------------------------------
Chairs : F. Ghorbel (USA), F. Karray (CDN)
Members : F. Bouslama (J), A. Cherif (J), F. Derbel (D), O. Kanoun (D), S.
Kanoun (F), M. Karkoub (KWI), M.A. Khabou (USA), S. Lejmi (USA), C. Olivier
(F), T. Ouerfelli (F), S. Sahraoui (BH), I. Timimi (F)


PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS
-----------------------
Selected papers, in extended form, will be considered for publication in
edited books and eventually in international journals. ACIDCA'2000 will
offer best paper awards in three categories : Best Paper, Best Poster Paper
and Best Student Paper.


DEADLINES
---------
** Conference Schedule
Paper Submission Due                                  01 October 1999
Notification of Acceptance                            10 December 1999
Receipt of Camera-ready Paper and Registration Fees   10 January 2000

** Exhibition Schedule
Application Form Due                                  15 October 1999
Receipt of Registration Fees                          15 January 2000


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
---------------------
Authors are requested to send four copies of full papers, written in English
and not exceeding ten pages including figures, tables and references, to
ACIDCA'2000 SECRETARIAT (please see the address below). Papers should be
prepared on A4 or 8.5" x 11" (Letter size) paper with 2.5 cm (1") margins on
all sides, simple-column format, in Times or similar style, 12 points.
Papers must be written on one side of the sheets and they should include
title, author's name(s) and affiliation(s) on top of the first page followed
by an abstract. Fax or e-mail submissions are not acceptable. Please
indicate corresponding authors with the e-mail addresses if available.
Papers should be accompanied with a submission letter indicating the
conference thematic session and four keywords covering the main paper
subject.
In addition, a 200-word (or so) abstract of the paper and a list of keywords
should be emailed as plain text to : acidca2000-oc at majordomo.ieee.org Please
indicate the thematic session in the subject of the message.


CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION FEES
------------------------------
ACIDCA'2000 conference registration fee will be announced on the web as soon
as possible. ACIDCA'2000 exhibition registration fee is estimated to US$ 140
per m? for those companies who wish to design and build their own stand, and
US$ 195 per m? for package stands. A single room in a four-star hotel will
cost around 50$.


TOURISTIC INFORMATION
----------------------
Monastir is located at 165 km south-east of Tunis, 24 km east of Sousse, and
80 km east of Kairouan. Monastir is served by the Skanes-Monastir
International Airport, an excellent road network, a Railway service
connecting Monastir to Sousse, beautiful wide avenues surrounded by
extensive parks as well as an impressive university. In Monastir there is no
shortage of pleasures : vast stretches of golden beaches, breathtaking
views, inland scenery of fascinating beauty and a thousand contrasts, a land
of lushness and genuine local hospitality. Hotels are plentiful, often
luxurious and always well located and well equipped. For more touristic
information, please visit : http://www.tourismtunisia.com or contact :
info at tourismtunisia.com.


ACIDCA'2000 SECRETARIAT
-----------------------
ADDRESS : Centre Postal Maghreb Arabe, BP 120, 3049 Sfax, Tunisia
TEL :     +216-4-279-154 (# 109)
FAX :     +216-4-296-229
E-MAIL :  acidca2000-oc at majordomo.ieee.org
WEB :     http://www.chez.com/acidca2000

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun  8 18:02:11 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:02:11 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Arabic Corpora Correction
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Date: 08 Jun 1999
From: ali ahmed sabry farghaly <farghaly at umich.edu>
Subject: Correction

The Arabic corpora Dr. Dalal Mahmoud has referred to in an earlier message
is in the preliminary stage. It represents an effort made by Andy Freeman,
a Ph.D. candidate in Arabic linguistics to get the language center to
acquire a scanner and the appropriate software that allow scanning Arabic
texts. This facilitates entering large Arabic corpora into the computer.
Once the corpora is created, several programs could be developed (such as
concordances, tagging programs, morphological analyzers ..etc) fro many
different uses.

Please direct any inquiries about thsi corpora to Andy Freeman Email
andyf at umich.edu.



Ali Farghaly
Near Eastern Studies
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285

Office  (313) 647 - 4240
Home (313) 665 - 3278
FAX (313) 936 - 2679

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:02:03 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: "Corpora and NLP" Call for Papers
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Subject: "Corpora and NLP" ACIDCA'2000 session Call for papers

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                         "Corpora and NLP"
                        ACIDCA'2000 session
                Monastir (Tunisia), 22-24 March 2000

                            Organised by:
                   University of Sfax (ENIS & FSEGS)
            Association for Innovation and Technology (AIT - Tunisia)

                            Sponsored by:
                              IEEE SMC
				co-sponsored by:
                                TSS
                            Supported by:
               Tunisian State Secretariat of Scientific
                   Research and Technology (SERST)

**************************************************************************




General
-------

The last few years have seen the explosively growing use of corpora in
a number of NLP areas. Corpus data are used increasingly as a basis for
the design, development and optimisation of various NLP applications  but
also for their evaluation.

"Corpora and NLP" is a 3-day thematic session and will be held as part
of the International Conference on Artificial and Computational
Intelligence for Control, Automation and Decision in Engineering and
Industrial Systems (ACIDCA'2000) (for more details on ACIDCA'2000,
visit http://www.chez.com/acidca2000) . The session
"Corpora and NLP" will be organised as a workshop with its own
Proceedings and Programme Committee.

The session will address all aspects of the use of written and spoken
corpora (including the construction of corpora to be used) in NLP.


Main Topics
-----------

We expect submissions covering (but not limited to) the following
topics:

* Lexicography
* Lexical knowledge acquisition
* Part of Speech Tagging
* Unknown word guessing
* Term recognition
* Morphological Analysis
* Robust Parsing
* Word Sense Disambiguation
* Anaphora Resolution
* Discourse segmentation
* Machine Translation
* Agreement Error Correction
* Spelling and Grammar Correction
* Information Extraction
* Automatic Abstracting
* Text Categorisation
* Speech processing
* Multilingual corpora and multilingual applications
* Corpus annotation
* Evaluation

Papers describing industrial applications based on corpus
processing techniques are welcome.


Honorary Chairs
---------------

Mohamed Ben Ahmed - Tunisian State Secretary of Scientific
                    and Technological Research

Ghlem Dabbeche - Association for Innovation and Technology (AIT - Tunisia)

Lotfi A. Zadeh - University of California, Berkeley


General Chairs
--------------

Adel Alimi,
National School of engineering of Sfax (ENIS)

Lamia Belguith Hadrich,
LARIS Laboratory - Faculty of Economic Science
and Management of Sfax (FSEGS)

Abdelmajid Ben Hamadou,
LARIS Laboratory - Faculty of Economic Science
and Management of Sfax (FSEGS)


Programme Committee
-------------------

Ruslan Mitkov (University of Wolverhampton) - Chair

Roberto Basili (Universita di Tor Vergata, Rom)
Philippe Blache (Universite de Provence, Aix-en-Provence)
Christian Boitet (GETA, Grenoble)
Rebecca Bruce (University of North Carolina at Asheville)
Jean-Pierre Chanod (Xerox, Grenoble)
Fathi Debili (IRMC, Tunis)
Jean-Pierre Descles (CAMS/Universite de Sorbonne, Paris)
Joseph Dichy (Lumiere University, Lyon)
Everhard Ditters (University of Nijemegen)
Eric Gaussier (Xerox, Grenoble)
Udo Hahn (University of Freiburg)
Nancy Ide (Vassar College, New York)
Genevieve Lallich-Boidin (Stendhal University, Grenoble)
Chafia Mankai (ISG, University of Tunis)
Tony McEnery (Lancaster University)
Jean-Guy Meunier (LANCI UQUAM, Montreal)
Andrei Mikheev (Harlequin Co., Edinburgh & University of Edinburgh)
Jean Luc Minel (CAMS/CNRS, Paris)
Stelios Piperidis (ILPS, Athens)
Horacio Rodriguez (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona)
Mike Rosner (University of Malta)
Monique Rolbert (Universite de Marseille)
Pieter Seuren (University of Nijemegen)
Harold Somers (UMIST, Manchester)
Keh-Yih Su  (National Tsing Hua University, Taipei)
Isabelle Trancoso (INESC, Lisbon)
Evelyne Tzoukermann (Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill)
Atro Voutilainen (Conexor, Helsinki)


Local Organising Committee
--------------------------

Walid Gargouri (FSEGS, Sfax), Ahmed Masmoudi (ENIS, Sfax) - Chairs
H. Abdelkafi (FLSHS, Sfax), Chafik Aloulou (FSEGS, Sfax),
Najoua Ben Amara (ENIM, Monastir), Maher Ben Jemaa (ENIS, Sfax),
Habib Bouchhima (SEREPT, Sfax), Mohamed Chtourou (ISETG, Gabes),
Faez Gargouri (FSEGS, Sfax), Ahmed Hadj Kacem (FSEGS, Sfax),
Maher Jaoua (FSEGS, Sfax), Mohamed Jmaiel (ENIS, Sfax),
Anas Kamoun (ENIS, Sfax), Omar Mazhoud (FSEGS, Sfax),
Houssem Miled (IPEIS, Sousse), Feriel Mouria-Beji (ENSI, Tunis),
Hafedh Trabelsi (ISET, Gafsa), Mongi Triki (FSEGS, Sfax)

International Organising Committee
----------------------------------

Fathi Ghorbel (Rice University, USA), Fakhreddine Karray
(University of Waterloo, Canada) - Chairs
Faouzi Bouslama (Hiroshima City University, Japan),
Adel Cherif (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan),
Faouzi Derbel (University of Muenchen, Germany),
Olfa Kanoun (University of Muenchen, Germany),
Slim Kanoun (University of Rouen, France),
Mansour Karkoub (Kuwait University),
Mohamed Ali Khabou (University of Missouri Columbia, USA)
Samir Lejmi (Synopsis Inc., USA)
Christian Olivier (University of Poitiers, France)
Tarek Werfelli (Cristal/Stendhal University, Grenoble)
Ismail Timimi (Cristal/Stendhal University, Grenoble)
Sofiane Sahraoui (University of Bahrain)


Submission Guidelines
---------------------

Authors are requested to submit full-length papers which should be
written in English and must not exceed 10 pages including figures,
tables and references. The first page of the papers should feature
title, author's name(s), surface and email address(es), followed by
keywords and an abstract.

Four hard copies of each submission are to be sent to the following
address :

ACIDCA'2000  (Corpora & NLP Session)
Centre Postal Maghreb Arabe,
BP 120, 3049 Sfax
Tunisia

In addition, a 200-word (or so) abstract of the paper and a list of
keywords should be emailed as plain text to R.Mitkov at wlv.ac.uk and
copied to  l.belguith at fsegs.rnu.tn

The papers will be reviewed by at least 2 members of the Programme
Committee.

Authors of accepted papers will be sent guidelines how to produce the
camera-ready versions of their papers for inclusion in the Proceedings.


Schedule
--------

Paper Submission Due: 1 October 1999
Notification of Acceptance : 10 December 1999
Camera-ready Paper Due : 10 January 1999
"Corpora and NLP" Session : 22-24 March 2000


Further information
-------------------

Registration to the "Corpora and NLP" session entitles the participants
to attend all other ACIDCA'2000 invited talks and sessions as well as
the exhibition. Registration details will be included in the Second Call
for Papers.

There will be tutorials on 21 March. More information on the tutorials
will be available from ACIDCA'2000 web site as soon as they are
finalised.

ACIDCA'2000 will offer best paper awards in three categories:
Best Paper, Best Poster Paper and Best Student Paper.

The social programme will be announced in the second call for papers.


For any Information
-------------------

Please contact :

Lamia Belguith
e-mail: l.belguith at fsegs.rnu.tn
Fax: (216) 4 296 229

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun  8 18:01:56 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 12:01:56 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: More on glottal lingual activity
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1) Subject: More on glottal lingual activity

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1)
Date: 08 Jun 1999
From: John Leake <j.e.s.leake at ibm.net>
Subject: More on glottal lingual activity

Bahana (Bahana59 at aol.com) wrote
>>  How is it pronounced?
> [The hamza] is also similar to the sound the british make in pronouncing the
> "tt" in the word bottel.

... the "tt" in the word "bottle" _in the Cockney dialect (and in some
other London and regional dialects)_.
It's also the sound in the middle of the interjection "oh-oh!".

John Leake

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Sat Jun 12 22:56:54 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 16:56:54 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Creating Arabic .PDF Files
Message-ID: <SAT.12.JUN.1999.165654.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: Creating Arabic .PDF Files

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Date: 12 Jun 1999
From: Sumair Mahmood <mahmood-ca at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Creating Arabic .PDF Files

Ahlan wa Sahlan ya Asatizat al-Kiram!

Has anyone on this list server been successful in creating Arabic
Acrobat (.PDF) files?  As Dr. Joseph Bell has pointed out, such files
are very useful to share electronic Arabic documents across the
internet.

How do you create the Arabic .PDF file?  I mean, what operating system
(Arabic Windows 95?) do you use, what word processing program (Arabic
MS Word 95?) do you use, and what Adobe product (Distiller? Acrobat
PDF Writer?) do you use to create them?  Are these files created using
an Arabic version of Adobe Acrobat, or simply an English version which
converts post script Arabic files?

I am creating Arabic documents (.doc) under Arabic Windows 98 and
Arabic Word 95, but when I try using Acrobat Distiller 3.01 on them it
does not work.  Any suggestions?

I thank you for your time!


Br. Sumair, GM/F

http://members.xoom.com/Sumair/page35.html

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           if a teacher fails, an entire generation is lost.

  "But, can we expect teachers to revolutionize the social order
  for the good of the community?!  Indeed, we must expect this
  very thing."
                Carter Woodson, _The Miseducation of the Negro_

                BE A PART OF THE REVOLUTION: TEACH!
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Sat Jun 12 22:58:07 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 16:58:07 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Job Announcement
Message-ID: <SAT.12.JUN.1999.165807.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: Job in Semitic Linguistics at Tel Aviv University

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Date: 12 Jun 1999
From: Uri Horesh <urihores at post.tau.ac.il>
Subject: Job in Semitic Linguistics at Tel Aviv University

The Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities at Tel Aviv University
announces a full-time, tenured or tenure-track position in Semitic
linguistics in The Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages: Section of
Semitic Languages, starting in the academic year 2000/1.

The position requires teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in
Semitic languages and Semitic Linguistics, and conducting research.
Salary and conditions will conform to Israeli University regulations.
Rank will be determined in accordance with the candidate's record of
achievement. Appointment procedures will be carried out according to the
rules and regulations of Tel Aviv University and are subject to the
approval of the University authorities.

Requirements:

1. Ph.D. in Semitic linguistics, or Ph.D. in linguistics or a cognate
field with expertise in Semitic linguistics. Preference will be given to
a candidate who shows interest in research and teaching of spoken South
Semitic languages (Ethiopian or Modern South Arabian).

2. Experience in teaching at a university level.

3. The candidate must be fluent in Hebrew, or (s)he must gain it within
two years after appointment.

4. Appointees will be required to reside in the Tel Aviv area.

Applicants should send their applications, including CV and description
of research interests, list of publications, samples of publications or
other written work, and also arrange for three letters of recommendation
to be sent directly to the dean:

Professor Marcelo Dascal, Dean
The Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of HumanitiesTel Aviv University
POB 39040
IL-69978 Tel Aviv
Israel
Fax: +972-3-640-7893

Some information on the activities of the Section of Semitic Languages at
Tel Aviv University may be obtained through its web site at
http://spinoza.tau.ac.il/hci/dep/semitic/

Deadline for submission of applications: September 15, 1999.


__________________________________________________________________________
Prof. Shlomo Izre'el
Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages       Home:
Tel Aviv University                              Simtat Neve Tsedek 7
IL 69978 Tel Aviv                                IL 65154 Tel Aviv
Israel                                           Israel
Tel +972-3-640 7602                              Tel +972-3-517 5341
Fax +972-3-640 9457                              Fax +972-3-510 1867
izreel at post.tau.ac.il
http://spinoza.tau.ac.il/hci/dep/semitic/izreel.html

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun 15 18:00:04 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 12:00:04 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Sad News
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Date: 15 Jun 1999
From: "A. FERHADI" <af3 at is2.nyu.edu>
Subject: Sad News

I have just received the following e-mail message with the shocking news of
the passing of our friend, Dr. Muhammad Amayrah (the Arabic Language
Coordinator at the United Nations in New York) while en route to Amman.

--Ahmed Ferhadi
New York University
_______________________________________________

Dear Ahmed

I'm sorry to inform you and it breaks my heart and soul to say it ,but it
seems true . Our Precious friend  Mohamed Amayreh has died of a heart attack
in the air ,Turkish Airline,flying from NY to Amman  on Friday  evening June
12 ,1999. This is so tragic and shocking to his two children,wife,family and
all of us who knew him and loved him. Mohamed was a great man,big in heart
and rich in soul.Every one at the UN who knew mohamed or met him is in shock
and feel the loss.Mohamed was one man of a kind .He was a positive force in
our lives who worked with him .Life is so cruel yaAhmed.
   Ahmed,
         I think you shoud  pass this horrible news to all ATTA members  to
keep mohamed alive among us. Call me.

Suad Mohamed <suadmohamed at hotmail.com>

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun 16 22:38:42 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:38:42 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: 1999 EURAMES Conf.
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1) Subject: 1999 EURAMES Conference -- Ghent, Belgium

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1)
Date: 16 Jun 1999
From: Christopher.Parker at ping.be (Chris Parker)
Subject: 1999 EURAMES Conference -- Ghent, Belgium

      Third Conference of The European Association of Middle Eastern Studies
                            September 27-29, 1999
            Center for Third World Studies-Middle East Studies Center
                       The University of Ghent, Belgium

                http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~sdconinc/CTWS/MESC

                     REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JULY 15, 1999


This note is a quick reminder to all those who have not yet registered, but
who are still considering attending or participating in this year's
conference of the European Association of Middle Eastern Studies, that we
are still considering proposals for presentation.

The diversity and quality of the work we have already recieved is
impressive.  A list of participants with presentation titles and abstracts
can be found on our website at the following url:

                http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~sdconinc/CTWS/MESC

This list will be updated weekly until the July 15 registration deadline.

The website also contains up-to-date conference information, an on-line
registration form, information about the hosting institution, and a virtual
tour of the City of Ghent, Belgium.

We hope to see you here!

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun 16 22:40:23 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:40:23 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: D.O. marking in Maltese Query
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1) Subject: Direct Object marking in Maltese

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Date: 16 Jun 1999
From: mmifsud at waldonet.net.mt
Subject: Direct Object marking in Maltese

DIRECT OBJECT MARKING IN MALTESE

In Maltese certain categories of Direct Object, related mostly to  the
feature +Human (and especially personal proper nouns) are preceded by
the object marker  LIL  or  ?L.  Other direct objects may exhibit this
marker optionally, while inanimate and abstract objects are obligatorily
unmarked.  This usage is distinct from the marking of Indirect Objects
through the preposition LIL (to).

We are trying to establish to what extent this syntactic feature is
shared by language varieties around the Mediterranean. While Lebanese
also exhibits object marking, North African Arabic, as far as we are
aware, does not.  On the other hand, modern Spanish and Sicilian both
share this feature.

We would be grateful for any feedback on this matter.

Manwel Mifsud
Albert Borg
(Malta)

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jun 21 14:51:49 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 08:51:49 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Arabic Software Query
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1) Subject: Arabic software

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1)
Date: 21 Jun 1999
From: Katya Levitan <devochkakatya at hotmail.com>
Subject: Arabic software

Hello!

My name is Katya Levitan, I'm a student assistant at the ADA office of
Middlebury College. This summer I am researching the kinds of assistive
devices available to disabled students in Arabic-speaking countries or
Arabic-teaching institutions. Middlebury hosts a number of Summer Language
Schools every year, and some disabled students in the Arabic school are in
need of assistance such as Arabic braille, software for the blind/deaf/para-
and quadraplegic, etc. If you can provide any information on the topic, such
as distributors, prices, or any other relevant data, please let me know.



Sincerely,

Katya Levitan

ylevitan at middlebury.edu

ADA fax (802)443-2440

ADA office

Middlebury College

Hathaway House

Middlebry, VT 05753

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun 22 18:05:28 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:05:28 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Symposium at Wayne State
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1) Subject: Symposium at Wayne State University

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Date: 22 Jun 1999
From: Dallas Kenny <k.d.kenny at wayne.edu>
Subject: Symposium at Wayne State University

RE: the symposium "Bridging Past, Present & Future: Arabic as a Foreign
Language in the New Millennium" to be held at Wayne State University,
Detroit, Michigan, October 15-16, 1999.

Pre-registration deadline is Sept. 15 ($25)
Registration at door is $35

The final symposium event calender will be sent out July 15.

For more information regarding hotel or symposium information, visit the
symposium web site at:

http://www.langlab.wayne.edu/NearEast/Events.html

Dallas Kenny, PhD
Director
Foreign Language Technology Center
3rd Floor, Manoogian Hall
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan  48202  USA

k.d.kenny at wayne.edu

Tel: 313-577-6390
Fax: 313-577-3041

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun 22 18:07:54 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:07:54 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Arabic Software Responses
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1) Subject: Arabic-supported assistive materials
2) Subject: list of software


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1)
Date: 22 Jun 1999
From: Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject: Arabic-supported assistive materials

Greetings / privyet....


Today is Monday, June 21, 1999.

Two possible sources for such Arabic-supported assistive materials are:

o  The Ministry of Education (MOE) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I think the web
site URL is < http://www.moe.gov.sa >. The MOE oversees the government-run
national programs for special education.

o  I have heard that there are special efforts underway on product
development at some institution(s?) for disabled students in Jeddah. (Might
be private schools or institutes, rather than MOE-run entities.)

I can do some web searches of some sites there and let you know on results.

o  The Ministry of Education in the United Arab Emirates, which operates an
extensive program for students needing special education. I think the UAE
University's College of Education few years back was working with some US or
UK firms on software for disabled Emiratis (school-age) and associated
Braille devices.

You also might visit and query the sections at this URL: <
http://www.ummah.net > (Might be just < http://ummah.net >)

Hope these leads help.

Good luck...Khair, in sha' Allah.

Regards from Los Angeles,

Stephen H. Franke

E-mail: < mutarjm at aol.com >

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2)
Date: 22 Jun 1999
From: GnhBos at aol.com
Subject: list of software

Dear Katya,

The following long list of software may not contain Arabic braille,
but it will give you an idea about most of the Arabic software in
the market.

The following are few of the best selling Arabic and Islamic Software.
Microsoft Bilingual Arabic/English Software Require Arabic Windows.

MS Arabic Win 98 (Upgrade) is $249.00 when purchased alone
MS Arabic Word 97 (Upgrade) is $229.00
MS Arabic Office 97 Std. (Upgrade) is $495.00
MS Arabic Office 97 Pro (Upgrade) is $649.00
MS Arabic Access 7.0 (Upgrade) is $149.00
MS Arabic Windows 98 and Office 97 is $649.00 [Save $95.00]
MS Arabic Windows 98 and Word 97 is $429.00 [Save $49.00]

Glyph's Arabic Fonts* (16) for Arabic Win 95, 3 in 1 package 49.00
Sakkal's Arabic & Islamic Calligraphic Designs (PC or Mac) $49.00

Layout's* ArabicXT 3.01 + Quark XPress 3.32 is $995.00 Mac or PC
Layout's ArabicXT 4.0 + QXP 3.32 + QXP 4.0 Upgrade $1695.00 Mac
Layout's ArabicXT 4.0 for Passport is $695.00 Mac or PC
Layout's AXT 4.0 Upgrade + QXP 4.0 Passport Upgrade $750.00 Mac
Layout's AXT 4.0 Full + QXP 4.0 Passport Upgrade $1095.00 Mac or PC
Layout's SafahatXT + QuarkXPress Int'l English 3.32 is $695.00 Mac
Layout's Kalimat Arabic in Illustration Applications $195.00 Mac
Layout's StripitXT for QuarkImmedia is $95.00 Mac
Layout's Arabic 26 Fonts CD 2 for ArabicXT/Kalimat $295.00 Mac or PC
Layout's Arabic 80 Fonts CD 1 for ArabicXT/Kalimat $295.00 Mac or PC
Layout's Arabic Fonts CD 1& 2 for ArabicXT/Kalimat $442.00 Mac or PC
(*) Layout's shipping charges are higher than other software.

Sakhr's Al-Qari Al-Aali OCR Pro., 13 Languages $1400.00
Sakhr's Al-Qari Al-Aali OCR Office, Arabic/English $300.00
Sakhr's Personal Office* (20 Programs in 1) is $70.00
Sakhr's Tools* for MS Arabic Office 95/97 $50.00
Sakhr's Find - Bahith Al-Nisus* is $200.00
Sakhr's Al-Qamoos* Dictionary Arabic/English/French $70.00
Sakhr's Modern Linear True Type Fonts* is $30.00
Sakhr's Al-Jawaher Scalable Font Pack* is $50.00
Sakhr's Typing Tutor* for Arabic & English V3.0 is $24.00

Sakhr's NasherNet Internet Publisher Version 2.0 is $175.00
Sakhr's CAT Translator CD for Arabic Win 95/98 is $2250.00
Sakhr's CAT Localizer CD for Arabic Win 95/98 is $750.00
Sakhr's CAT Aligner CD for Arabic Win 95/98 is $1875.00

Sakhr's Learn Arabic - Level One is $56.00
Sakhr's Arabic Grammar*, $45.00
Sakhr's Arabic Dictation $45.00
Sakhr's Words & Meanings* is $18.00
Sakhr's Qamoosi Al-Ajeeb My Incredible Dictionary $24.00
Sakhr's Test Your Memory CD is $18.00
Sakhr's Test Your Talent CD is $18.00
Sakhr's Test Your Knowledge CD is $18.00
Sakhr's Adventures in the Arab World CD is $18.00
Sakhr's Cinema AlArab CD is $50.00

Sakhr's Family Program Library* 10 Arabic CDs is $160.00
Sakhr's Baramij Al-Usra Family Kit*, (30 Programs in 1) is $80.00
Sakhr's Animal Fun Edutainment is $24.00
Sakhr's Ozzie's World is $32.00
Sakhr's Ozzie's Travel is $50.00
Sakhr's Ozzie's Science	 CD is $50.00
Sakhr's Adventures in the Arab Wrold $18.00
Sakhr's History of Arabic Cinema* on CD-ROM $50.00
Sakhr's Letters and Numbers is $18.00
Sakhr's Compute & Play CD is $18.00 (Math.)

Sakhr's Electronic Stories:The Fox & the Drum, The Monkey
and the Turtle, The Lion & the Rabbit: $18.00 Each.
Three Electronic Stories in One Package is $50.00.

Sakhr's Holy Qur'an 7.0 Multilingual. AlHutheifi & Hossary is $75.00
Sakhr's Sodies and Shuraim Recitation for Qur'an 7.0 is $20.00
Sakhr's Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence CD is $525.00
Sakhr's Hadith 2.0 (all 9 books) W/Explanation of ea. Hadith is $85.00
Sakhr's Al-Bayan, Hadith of Muslim & Bukhari CD-ROM - $32.00
Sakhr's Hajj and Umrah 5 Languages is $50.00
Sakhr's Islamic Information Treasure is $24.00
Sakhr's Islamic History 3 Languages is $50.00
Sakhr's Learn to Pray, Arabic/English/Malay is $24.00
Sakhr's Test Your Islamic Knowledge is $18.00
Sakhr's Fiqh Al-Mo'amallat is $60.00
Sakhr's Jurisprudence of Inheritance CD is $50.00
Sakhr's Jurisprudence of Transactions CD is $60.00
Sakhr's Encyclopedia of Economic Fatwas CD is $50.00
Sakhr's Zakat for Individuals*	CD is $40.00
Sakhr's Jurisprudence of Prayer CD is $50.00
Sakhr's Islamic Dictionary CD is $50.00
Sakhr's Journey to the Three Mosques CD is $32.00
Sakhr's Young Muslim Group CD is $50.00

ASC's Arabic Font Pack One for Arabic Win 3.x is $30.00
ASC's  Arabic Cooking Book/Multilingual CD combo $60.00 PC/Mac
ASC"s Jawaher Al Horof Arabic Editor in Latin Design Prog., $70.00

Universal Word Processor, BL998 Arabic & English $129.00
OnePen Text Editor, insert text in any program of any language, $169.00
Call about other Arabic, Hebrew, Asian, Indian, European, Cyrillic,
Ancient and Biblical language packages. Works with Any Windows.

Future's "Learn Arabic" Alphabets Song by Shooshoo, Video, Audio,
Games, and More. Edutainment at its Best, PC & Mac is $60.00.
Smiles' Arabic Made Easy, Egyptian Dialect is $46.00.
Rosetta Stone's Arabic Language multimedia course is $395.00
Al-Mutarjim* Professional Machine Translation Tool $699.00
Al-Wafi Arabic Translator* CD $120.00

* Requires MS Arabic Windows 95 and/or 98.

English-Arabic / Arabic-English Talking Dictionary 2Mil. Words $250.00
English-Arabic Hand-Held Talking Dictionary 400,000 Words $150.00
Arabic/English Keyboard PS-2 is $55.00.
Arabic/English Keyboard Stickers is $10.00.

Shipping, insurance, and handling (USA) is $10.50 for the first
item depending on weight. Personal Checks are accepted only
for prepaid orders, we ship after check is cleared. We also
accept most USA Credit Cards. Please contact us for worldwide
shipping rates ($20.00 & Up) and other sale conditions.

You are welcome to contact us for all of your Arabic Computing
needs.

Ahlan Wa Sahlan...

George N. Hallak       Software. Localizers. Translators
Aramedia Group         T 617-825-3044 F 617-265-9648
761 Adams Street       mailto:sales at aramedia.net
Boston, MA 02122, USA  http://aramedia.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jun 25 23:35:48 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:35:48 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Sicillian Arabic
Message-ID: <FRI.25.JUN.1999.173548.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: Sicillian Arabic

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1)
Date: 25 Jun 1999
From: Peter Jarrett <PJ2 at soas.ac.uk>
Subject: Sicillian Arabic

Greetings!

I would be extremely grateful if anyone could give me pointers
towards sources of information on the use of Arabic in Sicilly, both
in general terms and more specifically in relation to the period
after the end of Muslim rule - particulary the 12th-century.

Many thanks indeed in anticipation  -  PJ.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jun 25 23:38:21 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:38:21 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Conference Announcement
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1) Subject: National Conference on Heritage Languages in America

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Date: 25 Jun 1999
From: AATA <aata at byu.edu>
Subject: National Conference on Heritage Languages in America

National Conference on Heritage Languages in America
October 14-16, 1999
Westin Long Beach Hotel, Long Beach, California

Introduction
California State University at Long Beach, the Center for Applied
Linguistics, and the National Foreign Language Center invite you to
participate in the inaugural event of a major new national initiative.
"Heritage Languages in America" will be the first major project of the
Heritage Languages Initiative, a national effort to develop the languages
of our heritage communities through strengthening the educational
institutions that work with them.  Participants in the conference will
share knowledge and resources with some of the leading figures in heritage
language education in the United States.  Equally important, participants
will have the unprecedented opportunity to help shape the development of
the heritage language field by articulating a national agenda on the
preservation and cultivation of heritage languages as rich national
resources.  This work will be facilitated by task forces that will be
established at the conference to address issues that include articulations
across programs, teacher preparation, materials development, instructional
strategies, assessment, and public advocacy.

Participants
Representatives from five important constituencies will participate in this
conference: Heritage language communities and schools, pre-collegiate
(preK-grade 12) heritage language educators, colleges and universities
researchers in a variety of settings,  and consumers of language expertise.
We have also invited the following distinguished researchers: Russell
Campbell, Lily Wong Fillmore, Joshua Fishman, Mary McGroarty, Cecilia Pino,
Ana Roca, Fabian Samaniego, Guadalupe Valdes, and Aida Walqui.

Call for Proposals
Proposals are invited for poster presentations by teachers, administrators,
and curriculum designers.  Interested poster presenters are asked to submit
an abstract of 250 words by July 15, 1999, to :
Scott McGinnis
National Foreign Language Center
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
Fax: 202-667-6907
E-mail: heritage at nflc.org
Webpage: www.nflc.org

Lodging
A block of rooms is available at the Westin Long Beach Hotel at the rate of
$139 per night.  Participants are responsible for contacting the hotel
directly to make their reservations by calling (562) 436-3000 by September
15, 1999.  Please indicate that you are attending "Heritage Languages in
America: A National Conference" when making your reservations.

All registrations materials must be in by September 15, 1999.
For more information about this conference, please contact:
Lara Atella or Catherine Ingold
National Foreign Language Center
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
Tel: (202) 667-8100
Fax: (202) 667-6907
E-mail: heritage at nflc.org
www.cal.org/heritage
www.csulb.edu/~cla/rgrll/events.html
www.nflc.org


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jun 25 23:39:28 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:39:28 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS
Message-ID: <FRI.25.JUN.1999.173928.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: 3rd issue of LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS

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Date: 25 Jun 1999
From: Moha Ennaji <estry at fesnet.net.ma>
Subject: 3rd issue of LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS

Third issue of LANGUAGES & LINGUISTICS
 Aspects of Linguistic Description and Analysis
		Edited by Fatima Sadiqi

CONTENTS

Fatima Sadiqi
Introduction

Ahmed Chergui Saber
Resumptive Pronouns, Operator Type, and Weak Crossover

El Hassan Sou?li
Adjunction to Clausal Arguments

Wafaa Ammar and Khaled Rifaat
The Phonetic Inventory of Consonants of Egyptian Children

Stuart Davis and Bushra Adnan Zawaydeh
A Descriptive Analysis of Hypocoristics in Colloquial Arabic

Nancy C Dorian
The Stages of Language Obsolescence: Stages, Surprises, Challenges

Fatima Agnaou
EFL Attrition: Features and Compensatory Strategies

Hassan Es-saiydi
Coreference and Anaphora  (in Arabic)

For further contact, Please write to:
Professor Moha Ennaji
e-mail: estry at fesnet.net.ma
Fax: +212 46 08 44

Address: Languest et Linguistique
BP 5720 Fes-Sidi Brahim
Fes 30014
MOROCCO

For more information about the new journal, please consult:

                http://www.fesnet.net.ma/lang-ling


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun 29 17:01:36 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 11:01:36 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Sicilian Arabic Discussion
Message-ID: <TUE.29.JUN.1999.110136.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: Sicilian Arabic

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Date: 29 Jun 1999
From: "Robert R. Ratcliffe" <ratcliff at fs.tufs.ac.jp>
Subject: Sicilian Arabic

re: Peter Jarett's question on Sicilian Arabic,

I know of one article on this:

Agius, Dionisius A. 1994. "Siculo Arabic: Interferences, Deletions, and
Additions". Actes des permieres journees internationales de
dialectologie arabe de Paris.  ed. D. Caubet and M. Vanhove. Paris:
Publications Langues 'O.

The author is apparently at the university of Leeds.


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jun 29 16:59:59 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 10:59:59 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Sibawayhi Site;Broken Plural Book
Message-ID: <TUE.29.JUN.1999.105959.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: Sibawayhi Site
2) Subject: Broken Plural Book

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Date: 29 Jun 1999
From: Michael Carter <m.g.carter at east.uio.no>
Subject: Sibawayhi Site

It occurred to me you and some others
might be interested to learn that I have finally got a demo version
published of a hypertext of seven chapters of Sibawayhi on the web.  The
URL is

http://www.hf.uio.no/east/sibawayhi/HomePage/index.htm

and although it is very klunky and still not technically complete I think
it is worth bringing to the attention of as many people as possible.  Later
this year I have the collaboration of Lutz Edzard for a whole year, so the
project will start to make progress when he gets here.

Mike


M. G. Carter, Dept. I?O, Oslo University
POB 1030 Blindern, Oslo N-0315
Tel. +47 22 856854 (O), +47 23 198138 (H), Fax +47 22 854140
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Date: 29 Jun 1999
From: "Robert R. Ratcliffe" <ratcliff at fs.tufs.ac.jp>
Subject: Broken Plural Book

The 'Broken' Plural Problem in Arabic and Comparative Semitic:
allomorphy and analogy in non-concatenative morphology

Robert R. Ratcliffe, Ph.D.
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

 The formal aspects of non-concatenative morphology have received
considerable attention from linguists in recent years, but the
diachronic dimensions of such systems have been little explored.  The
current work applies a modern methodological and theoretical framework
to a classic problem in  Arabic and Semitic historical linguistics (IQ(J the
highly allomorphic system of (IT(Jstem-internal(IU(J or
(IT(Jbroken(IU(J plurals found
in Arabic and related languages.  The work shows that widely-accepted
views regarding the historical development of this system are untenable
and offers a new hypothesis to account for it.
 The first chapter lays out an explicit methodology for
comparative-historical research in morphology-- a necessary preliminary
since few explicit proposals have been made in this area. The second
chapter presents a relatively complete analysis of Arabic morphology
based on contemporary formal linguistic approaches to phonology and
morphology. The third chapter applies this analysis to the noun plural
system, establishing patterns of regularity and productivity in the
system, proposing a division of singular-plural pairs into seven
declension classes, defined by form and distribution. The fourth chapter
reviews the historical-linguistic literature, showing that neither of
the principal theories concerning the origin of the system-- semantic
shift or ablaut-type sound change-- accounts adequately for the data.
The fifth chapter offers a systematic comparison of the plural systems
of Semitic languages, incorporating much new research on the languages
of South Arabia and Ethiopia. The sixth chapter offers a reconstruction,
the main points of which are that the stem-internal plural was a feature
of Proto-Semitic, but that the rich allomorphy  in  the plural systems
of SW Semtic has developed within this subfamily as a result of sound
change and analogy.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Robert R. Ratcliffe
Associate Professor, Arabic and Linguistics,
Dept. of Linguistics and Information Science
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Nishigahara 4-51-21, Kita-ku
Tokyo 114 Japan

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun 30 22:39:22 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:39:22 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING: Algerian Arabic Query
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1) Subject: Algerian Arabic Query

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Date: 30 Jun 1999
From: "Elizabeth M. Bergman" <embergman at earthlink.net>
Subject: Algerian Arabic Query

Can anyone recommend any recent works on Algerian Arabic?

Many thanks,

Elizabeth

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Jun 30 22:37:32 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:37:32 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Sicilian Arabic Discussion
Message-ID: <WED.30.JUN.1999.163732.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: Sicilian Arabic Discussion
2) Subject: Sicilian Arabic Discussion

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Date: 30 Jun 1999
From: "Kaye, Alan" <akaye at Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU>
Subject: Sicilian Arabic Discussion

Please note that Agius has published a whole book on this topic in the Lib.
on Arabic Ling. series (my rev. appeared in BJMES in 1997).

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Date: 30 Jun 1999
From: Jonathan Owens <Jonathan.Owens at uni-bayreuth.de>
Subject: Sicilian Arabic Discussion

Dear Mr. Jarret,

In caes you haven't had reference to it yet, the most up to date
study is Agius':
Agius, Dionisius
1996	Siculo Arabic. London: Kegan Paul International.

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