From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May  3 18:10:47 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:10:47 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: "alxubz alHaafi" sequel
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1) Subject: "alxubz alHaafi" sequel

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Date: 03 May 1999
From: Abbas Al-Tonsi <tons at acs.auc.eun.eg>
Subject: "alxubz alHaafi" sequel

For those interested in the "al-xubz al-Haafii" discussion which started on
this list a while ago, there is some more in Arabic Dr Galal Amin wrote in
the monthly  magazine"Wighaat naZar" May1999 issue .
Abbas Al-tonsi

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May  3 18:15:45 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:15:45 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Arabic corpora and tagger query
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1) Subject: Arabic corpora and tagger

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Date: 03 May 1999
From: Shereen <s.khoja at lancaster.ac.uk>
Subject: Arabic corpora and tagger

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if there is a corpus of Arabic text that is freely
available. If there is such an Arabic corpus, has it been annotated with
part-of-speech tags. Also, has an automated part-of-speech tagger been
developed for Arabic?

Best wishes,
S Khoja
Computing Department,
Lancaster University,
s.khoja at lancaster.ac.uk

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May  3 18:12:00 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:12:00 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Home Interactive
Message-ID: <MON.3.MAY.1999.121200.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: Home Interactive

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Date: 03 May 1999
From: giovany <giovany at homeinteractive.com>
Subject: Home Interactive

Attn: Manager
                         From: Giovany


Home Interactive is involved in development, localizing and
distribution of high quality educational multimedia CD-ROM software
in Arabic language. The company is based in California - Pasadena
and we are dedicated to bringing the best in interactive educational
programs in the world to Arabic families.

Currently we have total of 9 software, which includes the Arabic
version of the award winning Knowledge Adventure Jumpstart series.

Jumpstart Toddler Arabic, $45
Jumpstart Preschool Arabic $45
Jumpstart Kindergarten Arabic $45
Jumpstart First Grade Arabic $60
My First Arabic Encyclopedia $55
Tasha & the Magic Geese Arabic/English $35
Imo & the King Arabic/English $35
Mega Math Blaster Arabic/English $50
Virtual Arabic Blocks Arabic/English $35

Soon we will be having 5 additional software:

Pre-K Arabic
2nd Grade Arabic
3rd Grade Arabic
Big Job Arabic/English
Invention Studio Arabic/English

Our standard worldwide distribution prices is as follows:
Qty:   100-300   30%
Qty:   300-500   35%
Qty:   500 +      40%

For additional product and company information please visit our site
at: http://www.homeinteractive.com

We would like to inform you that we have recently opened an e-commerce
site on the internet dedicated for Arabic books and software:
http://www.arabiclibrary.com

Looking forward for a successful cooperation between our companies and
hope to hear from you soon.

Best Regards
Giovany
Sales Manager.

Home Interactive Corporation
98 North Daisy Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91107
Tel: 626-792-9808 x. 15
Fax: 626-792-9809

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May  3 18:14:17 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:14:17 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Languages and Linguistics
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1) Subject: L&L call for papers
2) Subject: "Langues et Linguistique"

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Date: 03 May 1999
From: Moha Ennaji <estry at fesnet.net.ma>
Subject: L&L call for papers

Dear colleagues,


The journal of LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS

The journal LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS is published twice a year in Morocco.
It is looking for articles and book-reviews of a high academic standard to
be considered for publication. This peer reviewed journal has been
published since 1998 and is sponsored by a group of Moroccan and
international academics.

"L & L" is a world forum for the study of natural languages, with a special
focus on the languages in use in Africa and the Middle East. The journal
brings together research from English, French and Arabic traditions,
publishing significant work on phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis,
semantics, sociolinguistics,  pragmatics, discourse analysis, applied
linguistics, language acquisition, computational linguistics and
comparative studies.

L & L invites scholars to submit papers on any area of linguistic science.

Contributions should be in English, Arabic or French. Manuscripts must be
submitted in triplicate and cannot be returned. Manuscripts should not
exceed 20 pages. One hard copy of the final version of the article (printed
on a laser printer) must be sent to the journal, accompanied by a copy on a
computer diskette. Please note that the final version must be single-spaced
and edited on Word 6, Word 7 (Microsoft Word, Windows, PC) or RTF format to
facilitate quick printing and to avoid new mistakes and corrections.

Kindly submit an article or a book-review to the editor:

Prof Moha Ennaji
Editor LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS
BP 5720 Fes-Sidi Brahim
FES 30014
Fax: +212 5 64 08 44
E-mail: <estry at fesnet.net/ma>
Website : http//www.fesnet.net.ma/lang-ling

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2)
Date: 03 May 1999
From: Moha Ennaji <estry at fesnet.net.ma>
Subject: "Langues et Linguistique"

chers collegues,

 Revue: "Langues et Linguistique"

La revue "Langues et Linguistique" parait deux fois par an au Maroc. Elle a
ete cree en 1998 par un groupe de chercheurs universitaires. Les troisiemes
et quatriemes numeros vont bientot voir le jour.

La revue invite les linguistes a contribuer aux numeros prochains de la
revue.

"Langues et Linguistique" est un forum international pour l'étude
scientifique des langues naturelles, plus particulièrement les langues en
usage en Afrique et au Moyen-Orient. La revue réunit des recherches en
français, anglais et arabe  portant sur la phonologie, la morphologie, la
syntaxe, le lexique la sémantique, la pragmatique, la sociolinguistique,
l'analyse du discours, la didactique des langues, la linguistique
computationnelle et les études comparatives.

Les etudes peuvent porter sur un phenomene linguistique  particulier dans
la mesure ou elles donnent un eclairage particulier ou entraine une
reflexion nouvelle sur un probleme de linguistique (theorique ou applique).

La revue invite les chercheurs à présenter des articles sur un des domaines
de la linguistique moderne.

La revue intègre également des comptes-rendus des ouvrages récemment
publiés dans le but d'en informer les libraires et les chercheurs et de
contributer à l'adoption de manuels nouveaux lors de l'élaboration des
programmes universitaires.

Les articles doivent être redigés en francais, anglais ou arabe, et soumis
en 3 exemplaires. Ils ne doivent pas dépasser 20 pages. Les textes
non-publiés sont pas retournés à leurs auteurs. Les articles retenus
doivent être saisis avec le logiciel Word 7 ou Word 6 (Microsoft Word,
Windows, PC)  ou format RTF et doivent parvenir à la revue sur disquette,
accompagnés d'une copie (en interligne simple) tirée  sur imprimante laser.

Bien vouloir adresser votre article ou compte-rendu au:

Prof Moha Ennaji
Directeur de la revue
LANGUES ET LINGUISTIQUE
BP 5720 Fes-Sidi Brahim
FES 30014
Fax: +212 5 64 08 44
E-mail: <estry at fesnet.net/ma>
site Internet: http//www.fesnet.net.ma/lang-ling

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May  3 18:15:11 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:15:11 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Semantic Associates Response
Message-ID: <MON.3.MAY.1999.121511.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: Dictionary of Semantic Associates Response

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Date: 03 May 1999
From: Kassem Wahba <Kassem_Wahba at zu.ac.ae>
Subject: Dictionary of Semantic Associates Response

You may look at the following:

1- Fiqh al-Lugha , li-al-Tha'aalibi,
Daar al-Kutub al-Cilmiyya-bayruut.

2- Maqaayiis al-Lugha, li-Ahmad 'ibn Faaris,
Daar al-Kutub al-Cilmiyya-bayruut.

There are some other dictionaries that address only one topic such as the
names of horses or the names of trees. It depends on what you are looking
for.
Regards
Kassem Wahba

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May  3 19:31:34 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 13:31:34 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: AIDA 2000 Conference Announcement
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1) Subject: AIDA 2000 Conference (Arabic Dialectology)

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Date: 03 May 1999
From: Kirk Belnap <rkb at email.byu.edu>
Subject: AIDA 2000 Conference (Arabic Dialectology)

The following was sent out to AIDA members.  I believe many of you who are
not currently AIDA members would be interested.  I thoroughly enjoyed the
last AIDA Conference in Malta.  Best, Kirk

P.S. If you plan to go, you need to respond immediately.  Unfortunately, it
appears you must do so by conventional mail, not email.

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ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE DIALECTOLOGIE ARABE (AIDA)
4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Morocco, April  2000
In association with the Department of English of the Faculty of Letters and
Social Sciences of Mohammed V University - Rabat

Dear Colleagues,

As announced at the Conference in Malta last year, the 4th AIDA Conference
will be held in Morocco  (Sat. April 1st through Tues. 4th, 2000).

The members of the organizing committee (which is constituted of Aberrafi
Benhallam, Fouzia Benjelloun, Mohammed Dahbi, Hafida El Amrani, Mohammed
Ezroura, Zakia Iraqi-Sinaceur, Simon Levy, and Abderrahim Youssi) are
working towards accommodating the conference in Marrakech; the exact venue
of the Conference will be announced at a later stage, as well as
information about costs, proceedings, social and cultural events, etc.

Proposed papers to be delivered at the Conference should deal with
specific aspects of the dialects of Arabic, i.e. a paper should fit into
one the following categories :

1.Descriptive linguistics (synchronic or diachronic, at any one of the
structural levels of analysis).
2.Applied linguistics (sociolinguistics, comparative dialectology).
3.Geographical studies and linguistic atlases (concerned with the Arabic
speaking communities).
3.Oral literature and the dialects in the audio-visual media
4.Linguistic typology (by reference to the Arabic speaking communities).

The Conference organizers wish to suggest that the focus in the research
presented during this conference, whenever possible and/or appropriate, be
on any one the following topics :

  I- Facts and implications of code-switching in contact situations
 II- The social dynamics and the linguistic evolutionary tendencies
III-Language as a factor of socio-economic and cultural development

Contributions -this goes without saying- consist of original, unpublished
work that has not been previously read at other conferences. In either
Arabic, English, French, or Spanish, presentations will not exceed 30 min,
discussion included.

Depending on the number of proposals received for papers to be read, we
plan to hold a maximum of ten sessions (three mornings and three
afternoons), some of which will be run concurrently. One session will be
devoted to the Aida general Assembly. We are counting on everybody to help
us manage the conference adequately and make our preparations efficient so
as to make of the conference -for all concerned-a pleasant and satisfactory
occasion.

If you plan to attend the Conference, you are kindly requested to fill out
the enclosed form upon receipt of this circular letter or at least not
later than May15 ,1999, and mail to : Abderrahim Youssi, C9, Coop. Ouhoud
Guich-Oudaya.  10 000- Rabat. MOROCCO; or Fax (212) (7) 77 20 68. Only
those Colleagues who respond to this 1st circular letter will receive the
second circular letter. There will be a conference fee of $ 30, to be paid
later along with the payment for your other bookings, the breakdown of
which will be communicated to you in due course.

Participants who intend to read a paper are requested to send in an
abstract (about 300 words) before June 30th, 1999.

With friendly regards to all AIDA members, and hoping that most of you
not only would show interest but would also be able to attend, we remain
yours AIDIALLY,


On behalf of the Organizing Committee
A.Youssi


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REGISTRATION FORM
(To be filled out and sent back by mail not later than May 15, 1999)
Please use BLOCK LETTERS




NAME :

ADDRESS :





TEL :							FAX :

E-mail :


I intend to read paper (Please tick as appropriate) [   ]

Do not intend to read a paper  [    ]

Provisional title of proposed papaper :



Proposed paper would fit into the following category(-ies) (see text of
Circular letter) :
	-





Date :						Signature :


Mail back to : Abderrahim YOUSSI			Fax : 212-7-77 20 68

		C9, Coop. Ohoud , Guich-Oudaya
		10 000 Rabat -MOROCCO
			(North Africa)

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri May  7 23:01:19 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 17:01:19 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: University Programs Query
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1) Subject: degree in Arabic or Middle East related studies

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Date: 07 May 1999
From: Adi Ahmad A1C 12OSS/OSATW <adia at RANDOLPH.AF.MIL>
Subject: degree in Arabic or Middle East related studies

   I am an enlisted member of the United States Airforce
as a linguist In Arabic.  I am pursuing an officer career  program, but to
do that I need to have a four year college degree.  I can  pursue that
degree in Arabic or Middle East related studies, but I have no idea where I
can get that  accomplished at.  I am currently living in San Antonio Texas
at Randolph  AFB.  I will appreciate any help you can offer.

	Thank you,
	Ahmad Adi       A1C, USAF

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May 10 17:57:30 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 11:57:30 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Tutor Query
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1) Subject: HOW 2 PRACTICE ENGLISH? PLS HELP!

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Date: 10 May 1999
From: LADJADJ NACER <LADJADJ at trav.kiev.ua>
Subject: HOW 2 PRACTICE ENGLISH? PLS HELP!

Dear friends hello,

I am very pleased to write to you.

I am in Kiev the capital of Ukraine, a very beautiful country, be sure!

I would like to ask you a favor:my speken english is very bad, & I need it
very much because I am a journalist.

I would like to know: is there any possibility for me to practice spoken
english during three months in an anglophone country(uk, usa, canada,ireland)
via private contacts?

in other words: as I am not able at all to pay any studies or courses,
I would like to find a person who may be interested in me as a tutor
for free of my languages (arabic, french & russian), & I'll have my free
time to practice english with other people.

or maybe I'll be useful for a professional journalist or a translator
or a businessman if they are interested in my languages or to work with
countries of former soviet union(I have a good experiense as a law consultant
for foreigner businessmen working here in Ukraine)

I am 32 yo, maried, muslim, I dont drink nor smoke, a serious person,
a very good teacher of arabic, french & russian, a very good translator
from/into arabic, russian & french, a good journalist in economic journalism.

I am not racist, I can be friendly with any nation & any religion if they
can respect my views, I like good humour, good music, I write poems for
children & adults (my own poems in classical arabic), I know well & I like
french & russian cultures:history, phylo,litterature, songs!,..

I implore you to try to advise me, to give me any ideas, to put my mail
(this mail) in any convenant mailing lists or newsgroups,

my poor english make me a poor person! it's the reason of my low wage!
it's the reason why I am not able to cooperate with international journalism,
& it's the reason why I am not able to create my own business...

also I would like to have contacts & penpals among journalists, translators,
lawyers, poets, writers, students & any good people everywhere! welcome!

this is the matter for today. every day has it's matter!

pls do do something for me! other people surely will somewhen somewhere
do something good for you when you'll need help! surely!

in waiting for your reply, please be sure in my respect, consideration
& sincerness.

& many thanks to the moderator for this very good & useful mailing list,
long life moderators!

Have a nice day! & a nice night too!

Amicably,

Nacer Ladjadj.
tel/fax:+380 44 4639663.(at home)

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May 10 17:53:55 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 11:53:55 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: University Programs Responses
Message-ID: <MON.10.MAY.1999.115355.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: University of Texas-Austin
2) Subject: UT-Austin--finest interdisciplinary programs...
3) Subject: UT-Austin--excellent program...
4) Subject: Middle East program at UT-Austin
5) Subject: UT-Austin--good program...

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1)
Date: 10 May 1999
From: Paula Sanders <sanders at ruf.rice.edu>
Subject: University of Texas-Austin

The University of Texas-Austin has an excellent Center for Middle East
Studies and offers a full range of courses in Arabic and Middle Eastern
Studies.  Austin is only about an hour's drive from San Antonio (maybe 1
1/2 hrs), so the commute should not be a problem.

Paula Sanders

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2)
Date: 10 May 1999
From:  "Dr Salah D. Hammoud, 333-4580" <HammoudSD.DFF.USAFA at usafa.af.mil>
Subject: UT-Austin--finest interdisciplinary programs...

You are a little over one hour away from UT, Austin which has one of the
finest interdisciplinary programs in Middle Eastern Studies. Check it out!
And also if your plans are to attend graduate school and become a
commissioned officer, the Air force Academy in Colorado could use you as a
member of the faculty in our Arabic and Middle East Area Studies
program.Think about it!

Salah Hammoud
Foreign Languages
US Air force Academy, Colorado.

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3)
Date: 10 May 1999
From: "English, M.   LTC         DFL" <GM7302 at exmail.usma.army.mil>
Subject: UT-Austin--excellent program...

Since you live in San Antonio, the best place to try for admissions is
UT-Austin. They have an excellent program in Middle Eastern Studies and a
first rate Arabic Language program. If you're thinking about becoming an
officer then you may also want to consider one of the military academies.
They all have excellent programs in Arabic language and Middle Eastern
studies.

LTC Mark English
Academy Professor
USMA

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4)
Date: 10 May 1999
From: MOHAMMED M JIYAD <mmjiyad at unix.amherst.edu>
Subject: Middle East program at UT-Austin

You may try the Middle East program at the University of Texas in Austin.
I believe it is the closest to you, only 50 minutes drive from San
Antonio.
Best of luck.
Mohammed Jiyad

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5)
Date: 10 May 1999
From: Ahmed Z <mustang6 at rocketmail.com>
Subject: UT-Austin--good program...

Hi Ahmed,

If you have to stay in Texas then University of Texas
at Austin has a good program in Middle Eastern Studies.

Best of Luck

Farzan.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May 10 17:58:21 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 11:58:21 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Morphology Query
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1) Subject: morphology

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1)
Date: 10 May 1999
From: Rabia Redouane <rredouane at oise.utoronto.ca>
Subject: morphology

Dear colleagues:

I would very much appreciate your input with regard to these questions:
-  Which pattern is the most productive in Standard Arabic to denote
agency? Is it pattern Ca:CiC,  CaCCa:C or muCaCCiC?

- What about CaCCa:Ca and miCCaCa for instrumentality?

Are there any reference books that discuss this issue of productivity of
these patterns in Arabic?

Thanks in advance.

Rabia Redouane
e-mail: rredouane at oise.utoronto.ca

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue May 11 14:48:54 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 08:48:54 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Final Call for Papers
Message-ID: <TUE.11.MAY.1999.084854.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject:  34th Colloquium of Linguistics - Final Call for Papers

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1)
Date: 11 May 1999
From: rapp at usun1.fask.uni-mainz.de (Reinhard Rapp)
Subject:  34th Colloquium of Linguistics - Final Call for Papers
          ____________________________________________
         |                                            |
         |       34th COLLOQUIUM OF LINGUISTICS       |
         |                                            |
         |        34. LINGUISTISCHES KOLLOQUIUM       |
         |                                            |
         |         34e COLLOQUE LINGUISTIQUE          |
         |                                            |
         |            September 7-10, 1999            |
         |                                            |
         |        University of Mainz, Germany        |
         |____________________________________________|
         |                                            |
         |            FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS           |
         |                                            |
         |            Deadline: May 31, 1999          |
         |____________________________________________|

          ____________________________________________
         |                                            |
         |  NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW   |
         |                                            |
         |   Additional Tutorial - Sydney M. Lamb:    |
         |   "The Neurocognitive Basis of Language"   |
         |                                            |
         |   Travel Support for Scientists from       |
         |   Eastern Europe                           |
         |____________________________________________|


We cordially invite you to participate in the 34th Colloquium
of Linguistics which will take place at the Johannes Gutenberg-
Universitaet Mainz, Faculty of Applied Linguistics and Cultural
Studies in Germersheim, from September 7 to September 10, 1999.
The motto of this year's conference will be "Linguistics on the
Way into the New Millennium". Continuing the tradition of the
colloquium, there will be no restrictions regarding the choice
of topics. The conference languages are English, German, and
French. Presentations should not exceed 30 minutes which includes
10 minutes of discussion. The deadline for abstracts is May 31,
1999. A volume of abstracts will be available at the conference.
The proceedings with the full papers will be published after the
conference with Peter Lang-Verlag.

In a break with tradition, this year's conference program will
be supplemented by a number of tutorials. Each tutorial comprises
three hours and is intended to give a concise introduction to a
specific field for audiences with a different focus of research.

We are particularly happy to offer you a bus excursion to the
old city of Heidelberg with a guided tour through the castle
on Thursday, September 9. On the way, we will stop in Speyer,
whose Cathedral (Kaiserdom) is part of the UNESCO's world
cultural heritage.

Please do not hesitate to bring this announcement to the
attention of interested colleagues. More information can be
found on our website at http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/lk/

Prof. Dr. Dieter Huber                    Dr. Reinhard Rapp


IMPORTANT DATES

May 31, 1999    - Submission of abstracts
                  (confirmation within two weeks)
                - Conference registration (reduced rate)
                - Registration for tutorials & excursion
                - Hotel reservation

Nov. 30, 1999   - Submission of full papers for the proceedings


PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

-----------------------------------------------------------
               |  Morning    |   Afternoon  |    Evening
---------------+-------------+--------------+--------------
 Tue, Sept. 7  |  Tutorials  |   Tutorials  |  Germersheim
               |             |              |  Guided Tour
---------------+-------------+--------------+--------------
 Wed, Sept. 8  | Opening &   |     Papers   |   Reception
               |   Papers    |              |  (Town Hall)
---------------+-------------+-----------------------------
 Thu, Sept. 9  |   Papers    |   Excursion to Heidelberg
               |             |          and Speyer
---------------+-------------------------------------------
 Fri, Sept. 10 |    Papers &    |         (Departure)
               | Conference End |
-----------------------------------------------------------

The presentations will be organized in several parallel sections.


TUTORIALS

-----------------------------------------------------------
    Time     |            Tutorial            |  Language
-------------+--------------------------------+------------
 9.00-12.30  | Prof. Peter Hellwig: Natural   |  English
             | Language Parsing, Part 1       |
             |                                |
 9.00-12.30  | Christian Otto: Sprachtech-    |  German
             | nologie fuer das Internet      |
-------------+--------------------------------+------------
 14.00-17.30 | Prof. Peter Hellwig: Natural   |  English
             | Language Parsing, Part 2       |
             |                                |
 14.00-17.30 | Prof. Uta Seewald-Heeg:        |  German
             | Maschinelle Uebersetzung       |
             |                                |
 14.00-17.30 | Prof. Sydney M. Lamb: The Neu- |  English
             | rocognitive Basis of Language  |
-----------------------------------------------------------

The Tutorials take place during the first full day of the confe-
rence (Sept. 7, 1999). Therefore, the official opening is on the
second day. For each tutorial, a description can be found at
http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/lk/


CONFERENCE SITE

The Faculty of Applied Linguistics and Cultural Studies (FASK)
of the University of Mainz is located in Germersheim in the south-
west of Germany on the Rhine between the cities of Mannheim and
Karlsruhe. It can easily be reached by car, train, and airplane.
With its 2500 students, more than 1000 of whom coming from 70
different foreign countries, the faculty is known as one of the
world's largest institutions dedicated to the training and edu-
cation of translators and interpreters. Within walking distance
from the faculty, six hotels and the student's residence are
available with single rooms priced between 25 and 90 DM per
night. Meals are provided by the university canteen, the cafe-
teria, and by a number of restaurants (with lunch specials).
The main attractions in and around Germersheim are its fortress,
the German Wine Road, the Palatinate Forest with Hambach Castle,
Speyer, Heidelberg, the Castle Park in Schwetzingen and the
Old Abbey in Maulbronn.


INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Dr. Susanne Beckmann, University of Muenster
Dr. Abraham P. ten Cate, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Dr. Tadeusz Danilewicz, Gdansk University
Prof. Dr. K. Dorfmueller-Karpusa, Univ. of Thessaloniki
Dieter W. Halwachs, University of Graz
Prof. Dr. Mikhail Kotin, State University Moscow
Prof. Dr. Wim Klooster, University of Amsterdam
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Kuerschner, University of Osnabrueck
Dr. Reinhard Rapp, University of Mainz (Conference Chair)
Prof. Dr. Hans Otto Spillmann, University of Kassel
Prof. Dr. Kazimierz A. Sroka, Gdansk University
Dr. Juerg Straessler, University of Bern
Prof. Dr. Zygmunt Vetulani, University of Poznan
Dr. Ingo Warnke, University of Kassel
Prof. Dr. Richard J. Watts, University of Bern
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Weber, University of Tuebingen
Prof. Dr. Lew Zybatow, University of Bielefeld


CONFERENCE FEE

The conference fee is 100 DM for early registration (120 DM after
May 31, 1999). This sum includes the registration fee and will,
among other things, cover pre-conference materials, tea and
coffee, the guided tour through Germersheim on Tuesday and the
reception on Wednesday. It will not, however, cover meals,
accomodation, proceedings, the excursion to Heidelberg (30 DM),
and the tutorials (20 DM per tutorial, written documentation
included). Accepted currencies are DM and Euro (exchange rate:
1 Euro = 2 DM).


REGISTRATION

Please find registration information on our website at
http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/lk/


TRAVEL SUPPORT

For a limited number of scientists from Eastern Europe - subject
to confirmation from our sponsors - there will be partial travel
support available. Several conditions and restrictions apply. The
deadline for applications is May 31, 1999. Please send requests to
the address given below.


CONFERENCE ADDRESS

Please send all correspondence to the following address:

34th Colloquium of Linguistics   http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/lk/
c/o Dr. Reinhard Rapp            rapp at usun2.fask.uni-mainz.de
Universitaet Mainz, FASK         Phone:  (+49) 7274 / 508-457
D-76711 Germersheim              Fax:    (+49) 7274 / 508-429
Germany

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue May 11 23:36:29 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 17:36:29 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: U of Washington Arabic Query
Message-ID: <TUE.11.MAY.1999.173629.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: University of Washington Arabic program

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1)
Date: 11 May 1999
From: "Timothy A. Gregory" <tgregory at tarjema.com>
Subject: University of Washington Arabic program

Greetings all,

I've heard a mixed reviews of the Arabic program at the
University of Washington, and I was wondering if anyone
could give me some information and/or opinions about the
program there.

Thanks for your help,


Timothy A. Gregory
tgregory at tarjema.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue May 11 23:35:36 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 17:35:36 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Metafiction Query
Message-ID: <TUE.11.MAY.1999.173536.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: metafiction

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1)
Date: 11 May 1999
From: Chszyska at aol.com
Subject: metafiction

Dear list-members,

does anyone know the Arabic equivalent for metafiction or metafictional?
Thanks in advance.

Christian Szyska

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed May 12 16:40:43 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 10:40:43 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Metafiction Response
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1)
Date: 12 May 1999
From: Muhammad Deeb <mdeeb at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Metafiction Response

	Arabic literary criticism uses variously for "metafiction":

	(a)   qiSSah @ani 'l-qiSSAh (lit. fiction about fiction);
	(b)   miitaqiSSah (prefix meta + qiSSah).

	Almost the same is done with "metalanguage":

	(a)  lughah taSifu 'l-lughah (language describing language);
	(b)  lughah waraa' 'l-lughah (language beyond language);
	(c)  miitalughah (meta + lughah).
						M. Deeb

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Department of Comparative Literature,
University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada T6G 2E6

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu May 13 15:04:32 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:04:32 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Eqbal Ahmed
Message-ID: <THU.13.MAY.1999.090432.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 13 May 1999
From: Muhammad Deeb <mdeeb at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Eqbal Ahmed

	Eqbal Ahmed, a Pakistani citizen, was for his entire life in the
West a committed militant and distinguished analyst of Third World and
Palestinian struggle.  Eqbal Ahmed, Noam Chomsky and Edward Said have been a
trinity whose opinion is sought and appreciated on world burning issues.

	Ahmed as a person was to his friends and students a guiding light;
his presence in the academic and media domains was a stabilizing force.  He
will leave behind a special vacuum difficult to fill.

	His passing away is a grave loss, and we will miss him profoundly.
May God bless his soul with mercy and grant his family and friends solace
and fortitude.

								M. Deeb

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Department of Comparative Literature,
University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada T6G 2E6


> Dear Friends,
> I regret to inform you that our dear colleague, Eqbal Ahmed has died.
> He underwent surgery for colon cancer, and during surgery he suffered
> a heart attack. He died in his country of Pakistan. A voice for humanity
> has left us.

Forwarded by:
Joseph Massad
Assistant Editor
Journal of Palestine Studies
3501 M Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
Phone: (202) 342-3990 ext. 17
Fax: (202) 342-3927
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					Wed, 12 May 1999
					From: Joseph Massad
<jmassad at ipsjps.org>
					To: Arabic-Info at Dartmouth.EDU

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri May 14 17:29:38 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 11:29:38 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: The Guardian (London): Eqbal Ahmad
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1) Subject: Edward Said: Eqbal Ahmad & the Cause of Oppressed Peoples

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Date: 14 May 1999
From: Muhammad Deeb <mdeeb at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Edward Said: Eqbal Ahmad & the Cause of Oppressed Peoples

The Guardian (London), May 14, 1999

HEADLINE: Eqbal Ahmad;  He brought wisdom and integrity to the cause of
oppressed peoples

Edward Said

Eqbal Ahmad, perhaps the shrewdest and most original anti-imperialist
analyst of Asia and Africa, has died, aged 66, in Islamabad following an
operation for colon cancer. A man of enormous charisma and incorruptible
ideals, he was a prodigious talker and lecturer.

He had an almost instinctive attraction to movements of the oppressed and
the persecuted, whether in Europe, America, Bosnia, Chechnya, South
Lebanon, Vietnam, Iraq or the Indian sub-continent. He had a formidable
knowledge of history, always measuring the promise of religion and
nationalism against their depredations and abuse as their proponents
descended into fundamentalism, chauvinism and provincialism.

Ahmad was a fierce, often angry, combatant against what he perceived as
human cruelty and perversity. During his last years, he dedicated himself
- quixotically it would sometimes appear - to the creation of an
alternative university in Pakistan, named Khalduniyah after the great Arab
polymath and historian whose comprehensive view of the human adventure
Ahmad sought to embody in a curriculum solidly based in the modern
humanities, social and natural sciences.

Born in the Indian state of Bihar, he and his siblings left for Pakistan
in 1948; before that, his father was mur dered in bed over a land dispute,
as the boy lay next to him, a traumatic event Eqbal would cite when he
attacked material acquisitiveness.

In Lahore, he attended Foreman Christian College, became briefly an army
officer, then went to the United States in the mid-1950s as a Rotary
fellow in American history at Occidental College, California. He entered
Princeton in 1958 with a double major in political science and Middle
Eastern studies. He got his PhD in 1965 and, during his Princeton years,
went to Algeria, joined the FLN, was arrested in France and established a
cultural centre in Tunis.

During the 1960s, he taught at Cornell and Chicago, and was among the
first fellows of the anti-war Washington Institute of Policy Studies
(IPS). In 1969 he married Julie Diamond, a teacher and writer from New
York, and between 1973 and 1975 he established and headed the IPS's
offshoot in Amsterdam, the Transnational Institute.

Ahmad was an early and prominent opponent of the Vietnam war, and in 1970
was tried with the Berrigan brothers on a trumped-up charge of conspiracy
to kidnap Henry Kissinger - on which he and his alleged co-conspirators
were acquitted. In addition to his outspoken support of unpopular causes
(especially Palestinian rights), Ahmad's uncompro mising politics kept him
an untenured professor at various universities until 1982, when Hampshire
College, Massachusetts, made him a professor. He taught there until he
became emeritus professor in 1998, dividing his time between New England
and Pakistan.

During these years he travelled all over the world. Arabs, for example,
learned more from him about the failures of Arab nationalism than from
anyone else. In 1980, in Beirut, he was the first to predict the exact out
lines of the 1982 Israeli invasion; in a memo to Yasir Arafat and Abu
Jihad he also sadly forecast the quick defeat of PLO forces in South
Lebanon. He was a relentless opponent of militarism, bureaucracy,
ideological rigidity and what he called 'the pathology of power". He was
consulted by journalists and international civil servants about abstruse
currents in contemporary Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, India, Pakistan,
Angola, Cuba, Sri Lanka and he had an encyclopaedic knowledge of the US.

No one who saw him sitting bare-foot and cross-legged on a living-room
floor, conversing genially until the early hours, with a glass in his
hand, will ever forget the sight or the sound of his voice as he announced
'four major points" - but never got past two or three. He loved
literature, especially poetry, and the sensitive and precise use of
language, whether it was Urdu, English, French, Arabic or Farsi.

Ahmad was that rare thing, an intellectual unintimidated by power or
authority, a companion in arms to such diverse figures as Noam Chomsky,
Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, Richard Falk, Fred Jameson,
Alexander Cockburn and Daniel Berrigan.

Immaculate in dress and expression, faultlessly kind, an unpretentious
connoisseur of food and wine, he saw himself as a man of the 18th century,
modern because of enlightenment and breadth of outlook, not because of
technological or quasi-scientific 'progress". Somehow he managed to
preserve his native Muslim tradition without succumbing either to the
frozen exclusivism or to the jealousy that has often gone with it.
Humanity and secularism had no finer champion. He is survived by Julie,
and their daughter Dohra, a graduate student at Columbia.

Edward W Said

Eqbal Ahmad, political scientist and peace activist, born 1933; died May
11, 1999

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed May 19 14:30:18 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 08:30:18 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Intensive Arabic Programs in the Gulf
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Date: 19 May 1999
From: "Eric B. Gerow" <megerow at gsbpop.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Intensive Arabic Programs in the Gulf

Greetings,

Does anyone know of any intensive Arabic language immersion programs held
this summer in any of the Gulf States (i.e. Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,
the Emirates, Bahrain)?

Many thanks,

Eric

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu May 20 16:29:07 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 10:29:07 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Gulf Arabic Programs Response
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1) Subject: Intensive Arabic Programs in the Gulf Response

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Date: 20 May 1999
From: Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject: Intensive Arabic Programs in the Gulf Response

Greetings.

Re the query about intensive programs in the Arabic language conducted in GCC
countries during summertimne.


Please clarify whether:

o  initial / basic acquisition?

o  refresher/maintenance/enhacement?

o  familiarization with the regional ("Gulf Arabic") dialect?

o  special purpose/special interest (i.e., technical subjects,
business/management, technology transfer programs, or other application
involving some specialized Arabic vocabulary?

o  credit or non-credit courses?

You are probably out of luck in finding a summer-time Arabic program in the
GCC region, as most universities, colleges, and similar institutions with
such programs for foreign students are shut down during the summer until the
next academic year starts in the fall.

On the other hand, as alternatives, there are some summertime Arabic courses
for foreign students (undergraduate level) offered in

o   Jordan (Yarmouk U in a joint program with the U of Va in Charlottesville)

and

o  Egypt (CASA program at AUC).

If you want Gulf Arabic (and have considerable foundation in FSA/MSA), there
are some possibilities for programs in UAE, Oman or Saudi Arabia, but those
have to be arranged fairly early and conducted during the regular academic
schedules of the sponsoring institutions. E-mail me for details on one such
program - good course with a very demanding and rigorous 6-8 week program -
in UAE.

Hope this helps answer your query. The desired regional location is fine, but
the timing is off.

Khair, in sha' Allah.

Regards from Los Angeles,

Stephen H. Franke

E-mail: < mutarjm at aol.com >

(Aplogies in advance for typos, as I am using a "loaner" laptop with
miniscule keyboard and screen.)

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri May 21 17:11:59 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 11:11:59 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Job Announcement: U of Virginia
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1) Subject: Position of Lecturer in Arabic Language

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Date: 21 May 1999
From: Waddah Al-Khatib <wa5y at cms.mail.virginia.edu>
Subject: Position of Lecturer in Arabic Language

Position of Lecturer in Arabic Language

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903.  AMELC announces a
one-year position at the level of lecturer in Arabic language, begining
Fall Semester 1999.  Candidates must have native, or near native fluency
in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), and one dialect. M.A. in Arabic language
studies, ABD, or Ph.D. required in addition to a successful proficiency-
based teaching record.  Responsibilities will include teaching 12 to 15
hours per week at the beginning and intermediate levels, and participating
in the administration of the Arabic Program.

Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action
Employer.

Send curriculum vitae and three letters of reference to:

	Chair, Arabic Search Committee
	Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
	B027 Cabell Hall
	University of Virginia
	Charlottesville, VA 22903

The committee will continue to consider applications until the position
is filled.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May  3 18:10:47 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:10:47 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: "alxubz alHaafi" sequel
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1)
Date: 03 May 1999
From: Abbas Al-Tonsi <tons at acs.auc.eun.eg>
Subject: "alxubz alHaafi" sequel

For those interested in the "al-xubz al-Haafii" discussion which started on
this list a while ago, there is some more in Arabic Dr Galal Amin wrote in
the monthly? magazine"Wighaat naZar" May1999 issue .
Abbas Al-tonsi

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May  3 18:15:45 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:15:45 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Arabic corpora and tagger query
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1) Subject: Arabic corpora and tagger

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1)
Date: 03 May 1999
From: Shereen <s.khoja at lancaster.ac.uk>
Subject: Arabic corpora and tagger

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if there is a corpus of Arabic text that is freely
available. If there is such an Arabic corpus, has it been annotated with
part-of-speech tags. Also, has an automated part-of-speech tagger been
developed for Arabic?

Best wishes,
S Khoja
Computing Department,
Lancaster University,
s.khoja at lancaster.ac.uk

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May  3 18:12:00 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:12:00 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Home Interactive
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Date: 03 May 1999
From: giovany <giovany at homeinteractive.com>
Subject: Home Interactive

Attn: Manager
                         From: Giovany


Home Interactive is involved in development, localizing and
distribution of high quality educational multimedia CD-ROM software
in Arabic language. The company is based in California - Pasadena
and we are dedicated to bringing the best in interactive educational
programs in the world to Arabic families.

Currently we have total of 9 software, which includes the Arabic
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May  3 18:14:17 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:14:17 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Languages and Linguistics
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1) Subject: L&L call for papers
2) Subject: "Langues et Linguistique"

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1)
Date: 03 May 1999
From: Moha Ennaji <estry at fesnet.net.ma>
Subject: L&L call for papers

Dear colleagues,


The journal of LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS

The journal LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS is published twice a year in Morocco.
It is looking for articles and book-reviews of a high academic standard to
be considered for publication. This peer reviewed journal has been
published since 1998 and is sponsored by a group of Moroccan and
international academics.

"L & L" is a world forum for the study of natural languages, with a special
focus on the languages in use in Africa and the Middle East. The journal
brings together research from English, French and Arabic traditions,
publishing significant work on phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis,
semantics, sociolinguistics,  pragmatics, discourse analysis, applied
linguistics, language acquisition, computational linguistics and
comparative studies.

L & L invites scholars to submit papers on any area of linguistic science.

Contributions should be in English, Arabic or French. Manuscripts must be
submitted in triplicate and cannot be returned. Manuscripts should not
exceed 20 pages. One hard copy of the final version of the article (printed
on a laser printer) must be sent to the journal, accompanied by a copy on a
computer diskette. Please note that the final version must be single-spaced
and edited on Word 6, Word 7 (Microsoft Word, Windows, PC) or RTF format to
facilitate quick printing and to avoid new mistakes and corrections.

Kindly submit an article or a book-review to the editor:

Prof Moha Ennaji
Editor LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS
BP 5720 Fes-Sidi Brahim
FES 30014
Fax: +212 5 64 08 44
E-mail: <estry at fesnet.net/ma>
Website : http//www.fesnet.net.ma/lang-ling

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2)
Date: 03 May 1999
From: Moha Ennaji <estry at fesnet.net.ma>
Subject: "Langues et Linguistique"

chers collegues,

 Revue: "Langues et Linguistique"

La revue "Langues et Linguistique" parait deux fois par an au Maroc. Elle a
ete cree en 1998 par un groupe de chercheurs universitaires. Les troisiemes
et quatriemes numeros vont bientot voir le jour.

La revue invite les linguistes a contribuer aux numeros prochains de la
revue.

"Langues et Linguistique" est un forum international pour l'?tude
scientifique des langues naturelles, plus particuli?rement les langues en
usage en Afrique et au Moyen-Orient. La revue r?unit des recherches en
fran?ais, anglais et arabe  portant sur la phonologie, la morphologie, la
syntaxe, le lexique la s?mantique, la pragmatique, la sociolinguistique,
l'analyse du discours, la didactique des langues, la linguistique
computationnelle et les ?tudes comparatives.

Les etudes peuvent porter sur un phenomene linguistique  particulier dans
la mesure ou elles donnent un eclairage particulier ou entraine une
reflexion nouvelle sur un probleme de linguistique (theorique ou applique).

La revue invite les chercheurs ? pr?senter des articles sur un des domaines
de la linguistique moderne.

La revue int?gre ?galement des comptes-rendus des ouvrages r?cemment
publi?s dans le but d'en informer les libraires et les chercheurs et de
contributer ? l'adoption de manuels nouveaux lors de l'?laboration des
programmes universitaires.

Les articles doivent ?tre redig?s en francais, anglais ou arabe, et soumis
en 3 exemplaires. Ils ne doivent pas d?passer 20 pages. Les textes
non-publi?s sont pas retourn?s ? leurs auteurs. Les articles retenus
doivent ?tre saisis avec le logiciel Word 7 ou Word 6 (Microsoft Word,
Windows, PC)  ou format RTF et doivent parvenir ? la revue sur disquette,
accompagn?s d'une copie (en interligne simple) tir?e  sur imprimante laser.

Bien vouloir adresser votre article ou compte-rendu au:

Prof Moha Ennaji
Directeur de la revue
LANGUES ET LINGUISTIQUE
BP 5720 Fes-Sidi Brahim
FES 30014
Fax: +212 5 64 08 44
E-mail: <estry at fesnet.net/ma>
site Internet: http//www.fesnet.net.ma/lang-ling

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May  3 18:15:11 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:15:11 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Semantic Associates Response
Message-ID: <MON.3.MAY.1999.121511.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: Dictionary of Semantic Associates Response

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1)
Date: 03 May 1999
From: Kassem Wahba <Kassem_Wahba at zu.ac.ae>
Subject: Dictionary of Semantic Associates Response

You may look at the following:

1- Fiqh al-Lugha , li-al-Tha'aalibi,
Daar al-Kutub al-Cilmiyya-bayruut.

2- Maqaayiis al-Lugha, li-Ahmad 'ibn Faaris,
Daar al-Kutub al-Cilmiyya-bayruut.

There are some other dictionaries that address only one topic such as the
names of horses or the names of trees. It depends on what you are looking
for.
Regards
Kassem Wahba

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May  3 19:31:34 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 13:31:34 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: AIDA 2000 Conference Announcement
Message-ID: <MON.3.MAY.1999.133134.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: AIDA 2000 Conference (Arabic Dialectology)

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1)
Date: 03 May 1999
From: Kirk Belnap <rkb at email.byu.edu>
Subject: AIDA 2000 Conference (Arabic Dialectology)

The following was sent out to AIDA members.  I believe many of you who are
not currently AIDA members would be interested.  I thoroughly enjoyed the
last AIDA Conference in Malta.  Best, Kirk

P.S. If you plan to go, you need to respond immediately.  Unfortunately, it
appears you must do so by conventional mail, not email.

*******************************************
ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE DIALECTOLOGIE ARABE (AIDA)
4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Morocco, April  2000
In association with the Department of English of the Faculty of Letters and
Social Sciences of Mohammed V University - Rabat

Dear Colleagues,

As announced at the Conference in Malta last year, the 4th AIDA Conference
will be held in Morocco  (Sat. April 1st through Tues. 4th, 2000).

The members of the organizing committee (which is constituted of Aberrafi
Benhallam, Fouzia Benjelloun, Mohammed Dahbi, Hafida El Amrani, Mohammed
Ezroura, Zakia Iraqi-Sinaceur, Simon Levy, and Abderrahim Youssi) are
working towards accommodating the conference in Marrakech; the exact venue
of the Conference will be announced at a later stage, as well as
information about costs, proceedings, social and cultural events, etc.

Proposed papers to be delivered at the Conference should deal with
specific aspects of the dialects of Arabic, i.e. a paper should fit into
one the following categories :

1.Descriptive linguistics (synchronic or diachronic, at any one of the
structural levels of analysis).
2.Applied linguistics (sociolinguistics, comparative dialectology).
3.Geographical studies and linguistic atlases (concerned with the Arabic
speaking communities).
3.Oral literature and the dialects in the audio-visual media
4.Linguistic typology (by reference to the Arabic speaking communities).

The Conference organizers wish to suggest that the focus in the research
presented during this conference, whenever possible and/or appropriate, be
on any one the following topics :

  I- Facts and implications of code-switching in contact situations
 II- The social dynamics and the linguistic evolutionary tendencies
III-Language as a factor of socio-economic and cultural development

Contributions -this goes without saying- consist of original, unpublished
work that has not been previously read at other conferences. In either
Arabic, English, French, or Spanish, presentations will not exceed 30 min,
discussion included.

Depending on the number of proposals received for papers to be read, we
plan to hold a maximum of ten sessions (three mornings and three
afternoons), some of which will be run concurrently. One session will be
devoted to the Aida general Assembly. We are counting on everybody to help
us manage the conference adequately and make our preparations efficient so
as to make of the conference -for all concerned-a pleasant and satisfactory
occasion.

If you plan to attend the Conference, you are kindly requested to fill out
the enclosed form upon receipt of this circular letter or at least not
later than May15 ,1999, and mail to : Abderrahim Youssi, C9, Coop. Ouhoud
Guich-Oudaya.  10 000- Rabat. MOROCCO; or Fax (212) (7) 77 20 68. Only
those Colleagues who respond to this 1st circular letter will receive the
second circular letter. There will be a conference fee of $ 30, to be paid
later along with the payment for your other bookings, the breakdown of
which will be communicated to you in due course.

Participants who intend to read a paper are requested to send in an
abstract (about 300 words) before June 30th, 1999.

With friendly regards to all AIDA members, and hoping that most of you
not only would show interest but would also be able to attend, we remain
yours AIDIALLY,


On behalf of the Organizing Committee
A.Youssi


********************************************************************
REGISTRATION FORM
(To be filled out and sent back by mail not later than May 15, 1999)
Please use BLOCK LETTERS




NAME :

ADDRESS :





TEL :							FAX :

E-mail :


I intend to read paper (Please tick as appropriate) [   ]

Do not intend to read a paper  [    ]

Provisional title of proposed papaper :



Proposed paper would fit into the following category(-ies) (see text of
Circular letter) :
	-





Date :						Signature :


Mail back to : Abderrahim YOUSSI			Fax : 212-7-77 20 68

		C9, Coop. Ohoud , Guich-Oudaya
		10 000 Rabat -MOROCCO
			(North Africa)

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri May  7 23:01:19 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 17:01:19 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: University Programs Query
Message-ID: <FRI.7.MAY.1999.170119.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: degree in Arabic or Middle East related studies

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1)
Date: 07 May 1999
From: Adi Ahmad A1C 12OSS/OSATW <adia at RANDOLPH.AF.MIL>
Subject: degree in Arabic or Middle East related studies

   I am an enlisted member of the United States Airforce
as a linguist In Arabic.  I am pursuing an officer career  program, but to
do that I need to have a four year college degree.  I can  pursue that
degree in Arabic or Middle East related studies, but I have no idea where I
can get that  accomplished at.  I am currently living in San Antonio Texas
at Randolph  AFB.  I will appreciate any help you can offer.

	Thank you,
	Ahmad Adi       A1C, USAF

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May 10 17:57:30 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 11:57:30 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Tutor Query
Message-ID: <MON.10.MAY.1999.115730.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: HOW 2 PRACTICE ENGLISH? PLS HELP!

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1)
Date: 10 May 1999
From: LADJADJ NACER <LADJADJ at trav.kiev.ua>
Subject: HOW 2 PRACTICE ENGLISH? PLS HELP!

Dear friends hello,

I am very pleased to write to you.

I am in Kiev the capital of Ukraine, a very beautiful country, be sure!

I would like to ask you a favor:my speken english is very bad, & I need it
very much because I am a journalist.

I would like to know: is there any possibility for me to practice spoken
english during three months in an anglophone country(uk, usa, canada,ireland)
via private contacts?

in other words: as I am not able at all to pay any studies or courses,
I would like to find a person who may be interested in me as a tutor
for free of my languages (arabic, french & russian), & I'll have my free
time to practice english with other people.

or maybe I'll be useful for a professional journalist or a translator
or a businessman if they are interested in my languages or to work with
countries of former soviet union(I have a good experiense as a law consultant
for foreigner businessmen working here in Ukraine)

I am 32 yo, maried, muslim, I dont drink nor smoke, a serious person,
a very good teacher of arabic, french & russian, a very good translator
from/into arabic, russian & french, a good journalist in economic journalism.

I am not racist, I can be friendly with any nation & any religion if they
can respect my views, I like good humour, good music, I write poems for
children & adults (my own poems in classical arabic), I know well & I like
french & russian cultures:history, phylo,litterature, songs!,..

I implore you to try to advise me, to give me any ideas, to put my mail
(this mail) in any convenant mailing lists or newsgroups,

my poor english make me a poor person! it's the reason of my low wage!
it's the reason why I am not able to cooperate with international journalism,
& it's the reason why I am not able to create my own business...

also I would like to have contacts & penpals among journalists, translators,
lawyers, poets, writers, students & any good people everywhere! welcome!

this is the matter for today. every day has it's matter!

pls do do something for me! other people surely will somewhen somewhere
do something good for you when you'll need help! surely!

in waiting for your reply, please be sure in my respect, consideration
& sincerness.

& many thanks to the moderator for this very good & useful mailing list,
long life moderators!

Have a nice day! & a nice night too!

Amicably,

Nacer Ladjadj.
tel/fax:+380 44 4639663.(at home)

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May 10 17:53:55 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 11:53:55 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: University Programs Responses
Message-ID: <MON.10.MAY.1999.115355.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: University of Texas-Austin
2) Subject: UT-Austin--finest interdisciplinary programs...
3) Subject: UT-Austin--excellent program...
4) Subject: Middle East program at UT-Austin
5) Subject: UT-Austin--good program...

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1)
Date: 10 May 1999
From: Paula Sanders <sanders at ruf.rice.edu>
Subject: University of Texas-Austin

The University of Texas-Austin has an excellent Center for Middle East
Studies and offers a full range of courses in Arabic and Middle Eastern
Studies.  Austin is only about an hour's drive from San Antonio (maybe 1
1/2 hrs), so the commute should not be a problem.

Paula Sanders

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2)
Date: 10 May 1999
From:  "Dr Salah D. Hammoud, 333-4580" <HammoudSD.DFF.USAFA at usafa.af.mil>
Subject: UT-Austin--finest interdisciplinary programs...

You are a little over one hour away from UT, Austin which has one of the
finest interdisciplinary programs in Middle Eastern Studies. Check it out!
And also if your plans are to attend graduate school and become a
commissioned officer, the Air force Academy in Colorado could use you as a
member of the faculty in our Arabic and Middle East Area Studies
program.Think about it!

Salah Hammoud
Foreign Languages
US Air force Academy, Colorado.

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3)
Date: 10 May 1999
From: "English, M.   LTC         DFL" <GM7302 at exmail.usma.army.mil>
Subject: UT-Austin--excellent program...

Since you live in San Antonio, the best place to try for admissions is
UT-Austin. They have an excellent program in Middle Eastern Studies and a
first rate Arabic Language program. If you're thinking about becoming an
officer then you may also want to consider one of the military academies.
They all have excellent programs in Arabic language and Middle Eastern
studies.

LTC Mark English
Academy Professor
USMA

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4)
Date: 10 May 1999
From: MOHAMMED M JIYAD <mmjiyad at unix.amherst.edu>
Subject: Middle East program at UT-Austin

You may try the Middle East program at the University of Texas in Austin.
I believe it is the closest to you, only 50 minutes drive from San
Antonio.
Best of luck.
Mohammed Jiyad

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5)
Date: 10 May 1999
From: Ahmed Z <mustang6 at rocketmail.com>
Subject: UT-Austin--good program...

Hi Ahmed,

If you have to stay in Texas then University of Texas
at Austin has a good program in Middle Eastern Studies.

Best of Luck

Farzan.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon May 10 17:58:21 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 11:58:21 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Morphology Query
Message-ID: <MON.10.MAY.1999.115821.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: morphology

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1)
Date: 10 May 1999
From: Rabia Redouane <rredouane at oise.utoronto.ca>
Subject: morphology

Dear colleagues:

I would very much appreciate your input with regard to these questions:
-  Which pattern is the most productive in Standard Arabic to denote
agency? Is it pattern Ca:CiC,  CaCCa:C or muCaCCiC?

- What about CaCCa:Ca and miCCaCa for instrumentality?

Are there any reference books that discuss this issue of productivity of
these patterns in Arabic?

Thanks in advance.

Rabia Redouane
e-mail: rredouane at oise.utoronto.ca

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue May 11 14:48:54 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 08:48:54 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Final Call for Papers
Message-ID: <TUE.11.MAY.1999.084854.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject:  34th Colloquium of Linguistics - Final Call for Papers

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1)
Date: 11 May 1999
From: rapp at usun1.fask.uni-mainz.de (Reinhard Rapp)
Subject:  34th Colloquium of Linguistics - Final Call for Papers
          ____________________________________________
         |                                            |
         |       34th COLLOQUIUM OF LINGUISTICS       |
         |                                            |
         |        34. LINGUISTISCHES KOLLOQUIUM       |
         |                                            |
         |         34e COLLOQUE LINGUISTIQUE          |
         |                                            |
         |            September 7-10, 1999            |
         |                                            |
         |        University of Mainz, Germany        |
         |____________________________________________|
         |                                            |
         |            FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS           |
         |                                            |
         |            Deadline: May 31, 1999          |
         |____________________________________________|

          ____________________________________________
         |                                            |
         |  NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW   |
         |                                            |
         |   Additional Tutorial - Sydney M. Lamb:    |
         |   "The Neurocognitive Basis of Language"   |
         |                                            |
         |   Travel Support for Scientists from       |
         |   Eastern Europe                           |
         |____________________________________________|


We cordially invite you to participate in the 34th Colloquium
of Linguistics which will take place at the Johannes Gutenberg-
Universitaet Mainz, Faculty of Applied Linguistics and Cultural
Studies in Germersheim, from September 7 to September 10, 1999.
The motto of this year's conference will be "Linguistics on the
Way into the New Millennium". Continuing the tradition of the
colloquium, there will be no restrictions regarding the choice
of topics. The conference languages are English, German, and
French. Presentations should not exceed 30 minutes which includes
10 minutes of discussion. The deadline for abstracts is May 31,
1999. A volume of abstracts will be available at the conference.
The proceedings with the full papers will be published after the
conference with Peter Lang-Verlag.

In a break with tradition, this year's conference program will
be supplemented by a number of tutorials. Each tutorial comprises
three hours and is intended to give a concise introduction to a
specific field for audiences with a different focus of research.

We are particularly happy to offer you a bus excursion to the
old city of Heidelberg with a guided tour through the castle
on Thursday, September 9. On the way, we will stop in Speyer,
whose Cathedral (Kaiserdom) is part of the UNESCO's world
cultural heritage.

Please do not hesitate to bring this announcement to the
attention of interested colleagues. More information can be
found on our website at http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/lk/

Prof. Dr. Dieter Huber                    Dr. Reinhard Rapp


IMPORTANT DATES

May 31, 1999    - Submission of abstracts
                  (confirmation within two weeks)
                - Conference registration (reduced rate)
                - Registration for tutorials & excursion
                - Hotel reservation

Nov. 30, 1999   - Submission of full papers for the proceedings


PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

-----------------------------------------------------------
               |  Morning    |   Afternoon  |    Evening
---------------+-------------+--------------+--------------
 Tue, Sept. 7  |  Tutorials  |   Tutorials  |  Germersheim
               |             |              |  Guided Tour
---------------+-------------+--------------+--------------
 Wed, Sept. 8  | Opening &   |     Papers   |   Reception
               |   Papers    |              |  (Town Hall)
---------------+-------------+-----------------------------
 Thu, Sept. 9  |   Papers    |   Excursion to Heidelberg
               |             |          and Speyer
---------------+-------------------------------------------
 Fri, Sept. 10 |    Papers &    |         (Departure)
               | Conference End |
-----------------------------------------------------------

The presentations will be organized in several parallel sections.


TUTORIALS

-----------------------------------------------------------
    Time     |            Tutorial            |  Language
-------------+--------------------------------+------------
 9.00-12.30  | Prof. Peter Hellwig: Natural   |  English
             | Language Parsing, Part 1       |
             |                                |
 9.00-12.30  | Christian Otto: Sprachtech-    |  German
             | nologie fuer das Internet      |
-------------+--------------------------------+------------
 14.00-17.30 | Prof. Peter Hellwig: Natural   |  English
             | Language Parsing, Part 2       |
             |                                |
 14.00-17.30 | Prof. Uta Seewald-Heeg:        |  German
             | Maschinelle Uebersetzung       |
             |                                |
 14.00-17.30 | Prof. Sydney M. Lamb: The Neu- |  English
             | rocognitive Basis of Language  |
-----------------------------------------------------------

The Tutorials take place during the first full day of the confe-
rence (Sept. 7, 1999). Therefore, the official opening is on the
second day. For each tutorial, a description can be found at
http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/lk/


CONFERENCE SITE

The Faculty of Applied Linguistics and Cultural Studies (FASK)
of the University of Mainz is located in Germersheim in the south-
west of Germany on the Rhine between the cities of Mannheim and
Karlsruhe. It can easily be reached by car, train, and airplane.
With its 2500 students, more than 1000 of whom coming from 70
different foreign countries, the faculty is known as one of the
world's largest institutions dedicated to the training and edu-
cation of translators and interpreters. Within walking distance
from the faculty, six hotels and the student's residence are
available with single rooms priced between 25 and 90 DM per
night. Meals are provided by the university canteen, the cafe-
teria, and by a number of restaurants (with lunch specials).
The main attractions in and around Germersheim are its fortress,
the German Wine Road, the Palatinate Forest with Hambach Castle,
Speyer, Heidelberg, the Castle Park in Schwetzingen and the
Old Abbey in Maulbronn.


INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Dr. Susanne Beckmann, University of Muenster
Dr. Abraham P. ten Cate, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Dr. Tadeusz Danilewicz, Gdansk University
Prof. Dr. K. Dorfmueller-Karpusa, Univ. of Thessaloniki
Dieter W. Halwachs, University of Graz
Prof. Dr. Mikhail Kotin, State University Moscow
Prof. Dr. Wim Klooster, University of Amsterdam
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Kuerschner, University of Osnabrueck
Dr. Reinhard Rapp, University of Mainz (Conference Chair)
Prof. Dr. Hans Otto Spillmann, University of Kassel
Prof. Dr. Kazimierz A. Sroka, Gdansk University
Dr. Juerg Straessler, University of Bern
Prof. Dr. Zygmunt Vetulani, University of Poznan
Dr. Ingo Warnke, University of Kassel
Prof. Dr. Richard J. Watts, University of Bern
Prof. Dr. Heinrich Weber, University of Tuebingen
Prof. Dr. Lew Zybatow, University of Bielefeld


CONFERENCE FEE

The conference fee is 100 DM for early registration (120 DM after
May 31, 1999). This sum includes the registration fee and will,
among other things, cover pre-conference materials, tea and
coffee, the guided tour through Germersheim on Tuesday and the
reception on Wednesday. It will not, however, cover meals,
accomodation, proceedings, the excursion to Heidelberg (30 DM),
and the tutorials (20 DM per tutorial, written documentation
included). Accepted currencies are DM and Euro (exchange rate:
1 Euro = 2 DM).


REGISTRATION

Please find registration information on our website at
http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/lk/


TRAVEL SUPPORT

For a limited number of scientists from Eastern Europe - subject
to confirmation from our sponsors - there will be partial travel
support available. Several conditions and restrictions apply. The
deadline for applications is May 31, 1999. Please send requests to
the address given below.


CONFERENCE ADDRESS

Please send all correspondence to the following address:

34th Colloquium of Linguistics   http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/lk/
c/o Dr. Reinhard Rapp            rapp at usun2.fask.uni-mainz.de
Universitaet Mainz, FASK         Phone:  (+49) 7274 / 508-457
D-76711 Germersheim              Fax:    (+49) 7274 / 508-429
Germany

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue May 11 23:36:29 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 17:36:29 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: U of Washington Arabic Query
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1) Subject: University of Washington Arabic program

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Date: 11 May 1999
From: "Timothy A. Gregory" <tgregory at tarjema.com>
Subject: University of Washington Arabic program

Greetings all,

I've heard a mixed reviews of the Arabic program at the
University of Washington, and I was wondering if anyone
could give me some information and/or opinions about the
program there.

Thanks for your help,


Timothy A. Gregory
tgregory at tarjema.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue May 11 23:35:36 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 17:35:36 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Metafiction Query
Message-ID: <TUE.11.MAY.1999.173536.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: metafiction

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1)
Date: 11 May 1999
From: Chszyska at aol.com
Subject: metafiction

Dear list-members,

does anyone know the Arabic equivalent for metafiction or metafictional?
Thanks in advance.

Christian Szyska

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed May 12 16:40:43 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 10:40:43 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: LING: Metafiction Response
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1) Subject: Metafiction Response

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Date: 12 May 1999
From: Muhammad Deeb <mdeeb at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Metafiction Response

	Arabic literary criticism uses variously for "metafiction":

	(a)   qiSSah @ani 'l-qiSSAh (lit. fiction about fiction);
	(b)   miitaqiSSah (prefix meta + qiSSah).

	Almost the same is done with "metalanguage":

	(a)  lughah taSifu 'l-lughah (language describing language);
	(b)  lughah waraa' 'l-lughah (language beyond language);
	(c)  miitalughah (meta + lughah).
						M. Deeb

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Department of Comparative Literature,
University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada T6G 2E6

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu May 13 15:04:32 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:04:32 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: Eqbal Ahmed
Message-ID: <THU.13.MAY.1999.090432.0600.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 13 May 1999
From: Muhammad Deeb <mdeeb at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Eqbal Ahmed

	Eqbal Ahmed, a Pakistani citizen, was for his entire life in the
West a committed militant and distinguished analyst of Third World and
Palestinian struggle.  Eqbal Ahmed, Noam Chomsky and Edward Said have been a
trinity whose opinion is sought and appreciated on world burning issues.

	Ahmed as a person was to his friends and students a guiding light;
his presence in the academic and media domains was a stabilizing force.  He
will leave behind a special vacuum difficult to fill.

	His passing away is a grave loss, and we will miss him profoundly.
May God bless his soul with mercy and grant his family and friends solace
and fortitude.

								M. Deeb

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Department of Comparative Literature,
University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada T6G 2E6


> Dear Friends,
> I regret to inform you that our dear colleague, Eqbal Ahmed has died.
> He underwent surgery for colon cancer, and during surgery he suffered
> a heart attack. He died in his country of Pakistan. A voice for humanity
> has left us.

Forwarded by:
Joseph Massad
Assistant Editor
Journal of Palestine Studies
3501 M Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
Phone: (202) 342-3990 ext. 17
Fax: (202) 342-3927
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					From: Joseph Massad
<jmassad at ipsjps.org>
					To: Arabic-Info at Dartmouth.EDU

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri May 14 17:29:38 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 11:29:38 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: GEN: The Guardian (London): Eqbal Ahmad
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1) Subject: Edward Said: Eqbal Ahmad & the Cause of Oppressed Peoples

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Date: 14 May 1999
From: Muhammad Deeb <mdeeb at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Edward Said: Eqbal Ahmad & the Cause of Oppressed Peoples

The Guardian (London), May 14, 1999

HEADLINE: Eqbal Ahmad;  He brought wisdom and integrity to the cause of
oppressed peoples

Edward Said

Eqbal Ahmad, perhaps the shrewdest and most original anti-imperialist
analyst of Asia and Africa, has died, aged 66, in Islamabad following an
operation for colon cancer. A man of enormous charisma and incorruptible
ideals, he was a prodigious talker and lecturer.

He had an almost instinctive attraction to movements of the oppressed and
the persecuted, whether in Europe, America, Bosnia, Chechnya, South
Lebanon, Vietnam, Iraq or the Indian sub-continent. He had a formidable
knowledge of history, always measuring the promise of religion and
nationalism against their depredations and abuse as their proponents
descended into fundamentalism, chauvinism and provincialism.

Ahmad was a fierce, often angry, combatant against what he perceived as
human cruelty and perversity. During his last years, he dedicated himself
- quixotically it would sometimes appear - to the creation of an
alternative university in Pakistan, named Khalduniyah after the great Arab
polymath and historian whose comprehensive view of the human adventure
Ahmad sought to embody in a curriculum solidly based in the modern
humanities, social and natural sciences.

Born in the Indian state of Bihar, he and his siblings left for Pakistan
in 1948; before that, his father was mur dered in bed over a land dispute,
as the boy lay next to him, a traumatic event Eqbal would cite when he
attacked material acquisitiveness.

In Lahore, he attended Foreman Christian College, became briefly an army
officer, then went to the United States in the mid-1950s as a Rotary
fellow in American history at Occidental College, California. He entered
Princeton in 1958 with a double major in political science and Middle
Eastern studies. He got his PhD in 1965 and, during his Princeton years,
went to Algeria, joined the FLN, was arrested in France and established a
cultural centre in Tunis.

During the 1960s, he taught at Cornell and Chicago, and was among the
first fellows of the anti-war Washington Institute of Policy Studies
(IPS). In 1969 he married Julie Diamond, a teacher and writer from New
York, and between 1973 and 1975 he established and headed the IPS's
offshoot in Amsterdam, the Transnational Institute.

Ahmad was an early and prominent opponent of the Vietnam war, and in 1970
was tried with the Berrigan brothers on a trumped-up charge of conspiracy
to kidnap Henry Kissinger - on which he and his alleged co-conspirators
were acquitted. In addition to his outspoken support of unpopular causes
(especially Palestinian rights), Ahmad's uncompro mising politics kept him
an untenured professor at various universities until 1982, when Hampshire
College, Massachusetts, made him a professor. He taught there until he
became emeritus professor in 1998, dividing his time between New England
and Pakistan.

During these years he travelled all over the world. Arabs, for example,
learned more from him about the failures of Arab nationalism than from
anyone else. In 1980, in Beirut, he was the first to predict the exact out
lines of the 1982 Israeli invasion; in a memo to Yasir Arafat and Abu
Jihad he also sadly forecast the quick defeat of PLO forces in South
Lebanon. He was a relentless opponent of militarism, bureaucracy,
ideological rigidity and what he called 'the pathology of power". He was
consulted by journalists and international civil servants about abstruse
currents in contemporary Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, India, Pakistan,
Angola, Cuba, Sri Lanka and he had an encyclopaedic knowledge of the US.

No one who saw him sitting bare-foot and cross-legged on a living-room
floor, conversing genially until the early hours, with a glass in his
hand, will ever forget the sight or the sound of his voice as he announced
'four major points" - but never got past two or three. He loved
literature, especially poetry, and the sensitive and precise use of
language, whether it was Urdu, English, French, Arabic or Farsi.

Ahmad was that rare thing, an intellectual unintimidated by power or
authority, a companion in arms to such diverse figures as Noam Chomsky,
Howard Zinn, Tariq Ali, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, Richard Falk, Fred Jameson,
Alexander Cockburn and Daniel Berrigan.

Immaculate in dress and expression, faultlessly kind, an unpretentious
connoisseur of food and wine, he saw himself as a man of the 18th century,
modern because of enlightenment and breadth of outlook, not because of
technological or quasi-scientific 'progress". Somehow he managed to
preserve his native Muslim tradition without succumbing either to the
frozen exclusivism or to the jealousy that has often gone with it.
Humanity and secularism had no finer champion. He is survived by Julie,
and their daughter Dohra, a graduate student at Columbia.

Edward W Said

Eqbal Ahmad, political scientist and peace activist, born 1933; died May
11, 1999

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed May 19 14:30:18 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 08:30:18 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Intensive Arabic Programs in the Gulf
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Date: 19 May 1999
From: "Eric B. Gerow" <megerow at gsbpop.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Intensive Arabic Programs in the Gulf

Greetings,

Does anyone know of any intensive Arabic language immersion programs held
this summer in any of the Gulf States (i.e. Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,
the Emirates, Bahrain)?

Many thanks,

Eric

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu May 20 16:29:07 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 10:29:07 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Gulf Arabic Programs Response
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1) Subject: Intensive Arabic Programs in the Gulf Response

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Date: 20 May 1999
From: Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject: Intensive Arabic Programs in the Gulf Response

Greetings.

Re the query about intensive programs in the Arabic language conducted in GCC
countries during summertimne.


Please clarify whether:

o  initial / basic acquisition?

o  refresher/maintenance/enhacement?

o  familiarization with the regional ("Gulf Arabic") dialect?

o  special purpose/special interest (i.e., technical subjects,
business/management, technology transfer programs, or other application
involving some specialized Arabic vocabulary?

o  credit or non-credit courses?

You are probably out of luck in finding a summer-time Arabic program in the
GCC region, as most universities, colleges, and similar institutions with
such programs for foreign students are shut down during the summer until the
next academic year starts in the fall.

On the other hand, as alternatives, there are some summertime Arabic courses
for foreign students (undergraduate level) offered in

o   Jordan (Yarmouk U in a joint program with the U of Va in Charlottesville)

and

o  Egypt (CASA program at AUC).

If you want Gulf Arabic (and have considerable foundation in FSA/MSA), there
are some possibilities for programs in UAE, Oman or Saudi Arabia, but those
have to be arranged fairly early and conducted during the regular academic
schedules of the sponsoring institutions. E-mail me for details on one such
program - good course with a very demanding and rigorous 6-8 week program -
in UAE.

Hope this helps answer your query. The desired regional location is fine, but
the timing is off.

Khair, in sha' Allah.

Regards from Los Angeles,

Stephen H. Franke

E-mail: < mutarjm at aol.com >

(Aplogies in advance for typos, as I am using a "loaner" laptop with
miniscule keyboard and screen.)

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri May 21 17:11:59 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 11:11:59 -0600
Subject: ARABIC-L: PEDA: Job Announcement: U of Virginia
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1) Subject: Position of Lecturer in Arabic Language

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Date: 21 May 1999
From: Waddah Al-Khatib <wa5y at cms.mail.virginia.edu>
Subject: Position of Lecturer in Arabic Language

Position of Lecturer in Arabic Language

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903.  AMELC announces a
one-year position at the level of lecturer in Arabic language, begining
Fall Semester 1999.  Candidates must have native, or near native fluency
in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), and one dialect. M.A. in Arabic language
studies, ABD, or Ph.D. required in addition to a successful proficiency-
based teaching record.  Responsibilities will include teaching 12 to 15
hours per week at the beginning and intermediate levels, and participating
in the administration of the Arabic Program.

Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action
Employer.

Send curriculum vitae and three letters of reference to:

	Chair, Arabic Search Committee
	Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
	B027 Cabell Hall
	University of Virginia
	Charlottesville, VA 22903

The committee will continue to consider applications until the position
is filled.

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