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Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:39:30 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:grammar book query
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Date: 01 Nov 1999
From: fhassan at texas.net (Fatme Hassan)
Subject: grammar book query

Can anyone recommend a good Arabic grammar book (written in English)?

Thanks

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov  1 16:38:45 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:38:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Kansas Job
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Date: 01 Nov 1999
From: "Deborah J. Gerner" <gerner at falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
Subject: U of Kansas Job

ARABIC LANGUAGE & CULTURE
Assistant Professor -Tenure Track

     The University of Kansas, Lawrence, is seeking an Assistant Professor
of Arabic Language & Culture to assume responsibilities by August 18,
2000.  The Assistant Professor reports to the Chair of the Department.
Academic year appointment, tenure-track.


RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Instruction of 3 levels of Arabic language and Culture-related courses.
2. Research & publication in appropriate field.
3.  Service to the University.


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Doctorate and teaching experience in relevant field.
2. Native or near-native proficiency in Arabic.
3. Demonstrated ability to teach oral and written language skills.
4. Familiarity with sub-Saharan, Maghreb and /or North African cultures.
5. Familiarity with performance-based teaching and proficiency testing.


PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Familiarity with Ajami script.
2. Educational background in language teaching.
3. Ability to teach language for professional school need.
4. Web site technical capability.
5. Capability for establishing an African-based summer language-learning
		institute.


APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

Send cover letter, three letters of recommendation, CV, and relevant
materials to: Professor Beverly Mack, Search Committee Chair,
Department of African and African-American Studies, 104 Lippincott Hall,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66045. Initial review of
applications will begin on November 30, 1999 and will continue until the
position is filled.

The University of Kansas is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer. Applications are sought from all qualified persons
regardless of race, color, sex, disability, and, as covered by law,
veteran status. In addition, University policies prohibit discrimination
on the basis of religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation,
marital status, and parental status.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov  3 17:13:40 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:13:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:/k/, /q/, /'/
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Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: Louis Boumans <louis.boumans at gironet.nl>
Subject: /k/, /q/, /'/

[moderator's note: this message, like many others recently, came all coded
with HTML.  I tried to write a program to strip the code, and don't know to
what extent the program may have harmed the content of the message.  Sorry
if it did.]

Thank you to Jackie Murgida and Mohammad Deeb for
their reply to my query on 'glottal stop jokes'.
They reminded me of the fact that there are also
jokes about the realisation of /q/ as /?/ and vice versa, something I hadn't
thought of yet.
What is remarkable about some Moroccan jokes is
that they concern the glottal stop realisation of voiceless VELAR /k/ rather
than of uvular / q /.
The realisation of /q/ as /?/ is quite a common
feature of 'urban' dialects in Morocco as elsewhere. The realisation of / k
/ as a glottal stop is extremely rare, however.
It is highly unlikely that those who tell or listen to the jokes have ever
actually met someone with this dialect feature.
Can anyone point me to Arabic dialects with glottal
stop for / k / ??
(By the way, the feature /k/ -> [?] does occur in
some very rare and stigmatied Dutch dialects..)
Best wishes, Louis
Boumans

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov  3 17:21:28 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:21:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:grammar book responses
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Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: M. Deeb

Subject: grammar book response

Dear Fatme,

	Salaam.  You may want to try either of these standard,
	and still useful, grammars:

	Cowan, David.  *Modern Literary Arabic.*  Cambridge Univ. Press.

	Haywood, J. A. & H. M. Nahmad.  *A New Arabic Grammar.*  Harvard
					Univ. Press.

	Best of luck.
					M. Deeb

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Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: Ahmad Khorshid <a_khorshid at hotmail.com>
Subject: grammar book response

Hi,
A good Arabic grammar book is written by Cowan. I don't remember the
exact title now. Probably, it's "Literary Arabic" or "Modern Literary
Arabic." It's good as a review book for the teacher, but shouldn't be
used as a textbook.

Ahmad Khorshid
Arabic Language Instructor

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Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: Waheed Samy <w_samy at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: grammar book response

Three books come to mind
I don't remember the precise titles, but I remember the
authors:
Milton Cowan
Ziadeh & Winder
Wright

Waheed

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4)
Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: GnhBos at aol.com
Subject: grammar book response

Well, this may not be a book, but, I hope you like such a solution:

Arabic Grammar. Learning basic principles of the Arabic language.

An educational program, which aims at teaching the basics
of Arabic language to primary stage.

Presenting educational material in a thrilling way.
Using sound and animation in presenting the educational
material. Interesting game to test the comprehensive
capabilities of the student. More than 50 lessons in Arabic
grammar.

Educational Aspect:
Learning basic principles of the Arabic language.

Age: 9 years and over.

System Requirements: IBM compatible computer
486 DX Processor (or higher). Microsoft Windows 95/98
8 MB RAM. Display: SVGA 256 color. CD-ROM (double speed)
Sound Blaster compatible Sound Card.

Best Regards,

George N. Hallak

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov  3 17:22:23 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:22:23 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:textbook guidance query
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Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: Ahmad Khorshid <a_khorshid at hotmail.com>
Subject: textbook guidance query

salaam everybody,

I'm in the process of writing a series of textbooks for Moslem
children in California learning Arabic as a second language.
Ideally, the series should cover the ages k-12 (kindergarten to
12th grade). I'm looking for guidance in writing these books,
either in the form of books on methodology and general principles
or, probably more important, in the form of personal experience
and points of view. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ahmad Khorshid
Teacher trainer& curriculum developer
New Horizon Schools, Southern California

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov  3 17:15:42 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:15:42 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Cornell Job
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Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: "Phyllis A. Emdee" <pae3 at cornell.edu>
Subject: Cornell Job

Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies:  Early modern to
modern Arabic cultural history and literature

Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Near
Eastern Studies seeks to make a tenure-line appointment at the
level of assistant professor in Arabic cultural history,
literature, and criticism of the early modern to modern Near East.
 The successful candidate will demonstrate broad expertise in classical
to modern Near Eastern cultural, religious and historical studies and
will be able to contribute to an interdisciplinary, primarily
undergraduate departmental curriculum in ancient to modern Near Eastern
civilization.

Applications should be submitted by December 15, 1999.

Applications submitted after this date cannot be guaranteed
complete consideration.

Applicants should send CV, writing samples, statement of teaching and
research interests, and request (three) referees to send letters of
recommendation directly to Ross Brann, Chair, Department of Near Eastern
Studies, Cornell University, 382 Rockefeller Hall, Ithaca, NY
14853-2502

Cornell University is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov  5 16:34:29 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 09:34:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Koine query
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Date: 05 Nov 1999
From: Fred <fredlag at worldnet.fr>
Subject: Koine query

Is anybody on the list aware of recent important articles/books (published
in the 80s and 90s...) that would update the "classical" articles/books of
the 50s and 60s  by J.Fuck, C.Rabin, C.Ferguson, D.Cohen, concerning the
koine and the formation of classical arabic?

thanks in advance

Frederic Lagrange
Paris IV

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov  5 16:39:25 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 09:39:25 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:AccessToArabic Query
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Date: 01 Nov 1999
From: michael_akard at hotmail.com
Subject: AccessToArabic Query

Greetings from Abu Dhabi!

I'm looking for information, and was hoping some of you might be able to
help me.

There is a video-based Arabic language program called <<Access to Arabic.>>
This course is published by Jeffrey Norton Publishers, and is distributed
through AudioForum. The program is available in three different formats: 1)
transliterated version, 2) mini script version, and 3) full script version.
The cost is the same for each version, and the video and audio material is
equal in length. I'm trying to decide which version to purchase for use by
an informal study group here in the UAE, most of whose participants already
have knowledge of Arabic script. I've contacted the distributor several
times, and they've tried to be helpful, but they're just too busy to give me
a detailed description, and text samples they've sent have been unrevealing.

Do any of you have experience with this course? Is it good? Can you explain
the difference between the three versions, their relative strengths and
weaknesses? My people need conversation skills, but don't want to lose the
literacy skills they've worked so hard to build.

I'm very grateful for any insight any of you can provide.

Sincerely,
Michael Akard

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov  5 16:37:36 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 09:37:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:/q/ /'/ /g/ /d/ jokes
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Date: 05 Nov 1999
From: Gunvor Mejdell <gunvor.mejdell at east.uio.no>
Subject: /q/ /'/ joke

the following "hypercorrection" example is "supposed" to be produced by a
school-boy:

raqaytu qasadan na:qiman @ala l-qarD

(it seems a kind of too-good-to be-true-story, I believe I had it from
Heikki Palva, and it works in class )

Gunvor Mejdell

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Date: 05 Nov 1999
From: DWILMSEN at aucegypt.edu
Subject: /g/ /d/ joke

here is another joke.  this one having to do with a regional variation of
/g/ (the cairene reflex of /j/) as /d/. (i'll bet you hadnt heard of that
one!)


inta mi-l balad illi biy'uulu @ala l-giim diim fiiha?
la' ana mil-balad illi dambaha

;0D

david wilmsen

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov  5 16:33:45 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 09:33:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:textbook guidance response
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Date: 05 Nov 1999
From: "Hammoud, Salah, Civ, DFF" <Salah.Hammoud at usafa.af.mil>
Subject: textbook guidance response

Re: Ahmad Khorshid's Query on Material Development for TAFL for Muslim
students: A couple of suggestions:

1)In the1980's,  a rather extensive set of materials was developed for the
Saudi Ministry of Education, by highly respected linguist Mahmoud Al-Seini
et al. These materials are well designed and thorough in content and
methodology.  Even if they are more suited for students who are in a
situation where Arabic is a second rather than a foreign language, they are
worth checking  out for inspiration and possible pitfalls. For example, they
only use Arabic and instruction is not mediated through English or any other
language. A holistic approach of skills integration is used throughout. The
series was titled Al ?Arabiyya li-an-Naashi'iin (Arabic for youngsters) and
includes teacher's manuals with careful instructions and teaching
suggestions.  Perhaps they have been updated since then.
A source where they may be still available is the Saudi Cultural Mission,
600 New Hampshire Avenue, Suite 500. Washington D.C 20037. Sorry I do not
have a URL or phone number handy.

2) I do not know if you are familiar with the new national standards that
ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages) is now
promoting for K-12 and beyond, in the hope that they will serve as a base
for all curriculum development, instruction and program assessment
initiatives.  Although language specific versions of these standards have
been elaborated for less commonly taught languages, namely Japanese, they
have not been developed for Arabic. They are based on what they refer to as
"the 5 C's " (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons,
Communities).
Even if your target student population of Heritage learners is also
specific, you may want to take a look at these standards, as they are
gaining endorsement of  a number of school districts, teachers' and
administrators' associations around the country.
For more information, see  Standards for Foreign Language Learning:
Preparing for the 21st Century. Allen Press. Inc., Lawrence, KS, 1996 .
Available from ACTL, 6 Executive Plaza, Yonkers, NY. 10701.  Tel.
(914)963-8830.

3) Our colleagues in the Departments of Near Eastern Studies at the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor,  and Wayne State University may have
more practical advice, and you may want to consult with them.

4) Sakhr  Software distributed by Digitek (Falls Church, VA, Tel 1(800)
33SAKHR includes a few computer Assisted Arabic language programs aimed at
youngsters, in their product list.  Although I have not reviewed them
closely, they include a CD for sound and script, one for grammar and one for
Islamic history among others.

I hope this is helpful.

Salah.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:29:21 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:29:21 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:UT Austin Job
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From: moderator
Subject: UT Austin Job

Arabic: The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and
Cultures of The University of Texas at Austin announces a
position at the Associate Professor level in Arabic Language
beginning September 1, 2000. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in
Arabic Language or Linguistics, native or near-native competence
in Arabic, five years' experience teaching Arabic language and
experience supervising a teaching staff. Interested parties must
have expertise in language instruction, involvement with
national trends in the field and a commitment to scholarship and
a record of publications appropriate for a senior tenured
appointment. Interested individuals should send a letter of
interest, current curriculum vitae, representative publications
and three original letters of recommendations to: Dr. Harold
Liebowitz, Chairman, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and
Cultures. The University of Texas at Austin, West Mall Building
5.120, Austin, Texas 78712 by November 30, 1999. The University
of Texas at Austin is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:44:12 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:44:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Grammar Book response
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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: SAHARMHY at aucegypt.edu
Subject: Grammar Book response

yes there is a good one called A book of the Arabic grammar by L. Wright. Bye.
Sahar

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:30:20 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:30:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Oxford Job
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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: moderator
Subject: Oxford Job

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Faculty of Oriental Studies In association with
Pembroke College University

Lectureship in Arabic and Islam

Applications are invited for a University Lectureship in Arabic and Islam
tenable with effect from 1st October 2000. University salary according to age
on the scale £17,238 to £32,095 p.a., but the successful candidate may be
offered a tutorial fellowship by Pembroke College, in which case the
combined university and college salary will be according to age on a scale up
to £38,412 p.a. Additional college allowances may be available.
The Lecturer is expected to be an Arabist with a broad knowledge of classical
Islamic studies and whose main research interests and publications
concentrate on the religious sciences of classical Islam, preferably Islamic
 Law. In addition to carrying out research to international levels of
excellence, (s)he will be involved in teaching text-based courses in the core
options in Arabic undergraduate studies such as Koran and Hadith, as well as
in giving lectures and tutorials in these fields. He or she will be required to
act as supervisor of graduate students in the appropriate fields. The
successful
candidate will need to demonstrate that his or her research output and
teaching skills will help maintain the faculty's research rating and reputation
for teaching of the highest order. While the main tasks of teaching and
examining will be carried out within the Faculty of Oriental Studies, the
postholder may be involved in some teaching and examining for the
Theology Faculty.
The further particulars of the university and college posts (which all
candidates are asked to consult) may be obtained form the office of Dr A M
Knowland, Secretary to the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oriental
Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE; tel: (01865) 288202; fax (01865)
278190; email: jane.webber at orinst.ox.ac.uk Formal applications naming
three referees (twelve typed copies, or only one from applicants based
overseas) should be sent to Dr Knowland by 7th January 2000.
The University is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
GMG plc. 1999

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:35:12 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:35:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:query responses
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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: Andrew Freeman <andyf at umich.edu>
Subject: Access to Arabic response

Hi,

  Yes, I used it.  I liked it. I recommend the Arabic Script "Speak
Arabic" version as a good vehicle for introducing the script and a very
high-register Gulfi dialect.  It will get someone off the ground in a
pretty short period of time.  I think you could probably work through it
in about 40-50 contact hours.  It has all the right vocabulary for
shopping and setting up an apartment.  It is also really strong on getting
the student used to the idea that Arabic has a lot of regional varieties.

   So much other stuff that I have seen waters down the Arabic so much or
teaches such a "middle" variety nowadays that I think students spend more
time learning the new variety every time they change contexts, than they
would have spent if you had just taught them the separate varieties as
separate varieties in the first place.  In the end they still have to
learn all of the separate varieties and in addition to the "middle"
variety. I think the question to ask is: does the time spent learning a
hypothetical middle variety actually decrease the acquisition of genuine
varieties by more time than it took to learn the middle variety?  I have
seen Arabs who speak a dialect, but know no FuSHa, pick up a new dialect
faster than I can, and faster than they can pick up FuSHa.  This would
seem to indicate to me, that as far as verbal proficiency goes, we should
be teaching a solid, stable and genuine form of some dialect, with just
enough FuSHa to get by with, in the early stages if we really want to
shorten a learner's acquisition time later on when they want to branch out
and learn new varieties.

  The "Speak Arabic" materials by Tim Franklin come pretty close to
accomplishing this.  The other set of materials that are strong
on this approach are the materials by Munther Younes.  However, Younes'
materials start the learner out with a Levantine variety, which might not
be so useful in the UAE context.

  Karen Ryding (spelling?) has also done some interesting stuff, with
"mapping" your knowledge of FuSHA into one dialect or another, but she
assumes a high intermediate skill level with FuSHa first.

  Something that I did when I was learning Arabic
with Nabila Mango in SF, was to use Levantine Arabic as the language of
instruction in the classroom for learning the i9raab, NaHw l-FuSHa,
reading out loud and discussing readings from the literature.  It was good
for me.

 cheers
Andy

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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: "Rahawi, Mohammed" <RahawiM at state.gov>
Subject: Access to Arabic response

 I use the full script version for students going to the peninsula. I found
the transliterated version confusing. It take the students just little more
time to learn Arabic script.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:40:30 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:40:30 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:texbook guidance responses
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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject: texbook guidance response

Greetings / tahaiya tayyiba wa b3ad...

Hiyaakum Allah jamii3aan...

Re the series < Al-Arabiyya li-an-Naashi'iin (Arabic for youngsters) >.

If I may add to Ustadh Hammoud's gracious comments about this series.

Dr. Mahmoud Ismail Al-Seiny (hafadhuh Allah) is still at King Saud University
(somewhere in the upper levels of the KSU deanship - 3maadat).

So, you might visit KSU's web site through the link at the web site for the
Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) in Riyadh at URL < http://www.mohe.gov.sa
> That site has a button for English version.

Once at KSU's web site, you might either

o  search for Dr. Al-Sieny's e-mail address (if available; maybe ask the
helpful KSU web master to relay a message to Dr. S.)

or

o  go to the page for Colleges => College of Languages and Translation (CLT)

and/or

o  go to the KSU bookstore (you may have to ask the KSU webmaster or someone
in CLT to relay your request and advise)

=====

An alternative web site for information about whether that series is still
available is the site for the Ministry of Education (MOE) also in Riyadh.

The MOE's URL is < http://www.moe.gov.sa > (Arabic version only appears, so
you'll need an Arabic-supported OS, such as Arabic MS Windows 9X/2000)

BTW, thoze interested in practicing their reading of Arabic might visit a
useful and bilingually-switchable A <-> E <-> A web site for the Saudi
Arabian online periodical "Ain Al-Yaqeen" at URL <
http://www.ain_al-yaqeen.com >. The issues seem to change weekly
(more-or-less).

Another good source for reading practice and building vocabulary is the web
site for the BBC Arabic service. That home page updated daily.

Hope this helps.

Khair, in sha' Allah.

Regards from Los Angeles,

Stephen H. Franke


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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: nhb2 at cornell.edu
Subject: texbook guidance response

Ahmad, Isn't this the same project that the Islamic Center of Southern
California started two years ago? I thought that the three sisters who
championed the project have put a reasonable plan to provide supporting
material for Arabic and Islamic material. What happened to their plan?

I am very intereseted to know more about your project, and its relationship
to the above?
Nimat

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:56:54 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:56:54 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Web Site About Arabic
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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: Christian janocha <Chris_Janocha at compuserve.com>
Subject: Web Site About Arabic

I would like to introduce my new website
about the Arabic Language und Arabic
writing.

It is in German ... maybe later there will be
an English version. The site has it's own
newsletter.

Maybe it is worth visiting this site ... maybe not   :-))

www.chj.de


Greetings
C.J.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:46:07 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:46:07 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam TOC
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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: msyfried at mscc.huji.ac.il
Subject: Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam TOC

			The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
			The Institute of Asian and African Studies
			The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation

			is pleased to announce the publication of

			Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam
				vol. 23(1999)

Table of Contents:

the late D. Ayalon, "The decisiveness of the study of terminology: the
case of the Mamluk sultanate."
A. Arazi, "Le mensonge admirable: etude sur le genre desciptif dans la
poesie arabe pre-islamique."
M.J. Kister, "`Exert yourselves, O Banu Arfida!' Some notes on
entertainment in the Islamic tradition."
L. Kinberg, "Dreams as means to evaluate hadith."
M. Cohen, "What was the pact of `Umar? A literary-historical study."
R. Shani, "The iconography of the Dome of the Rock."
A. Levin, "The first book of Arab dialectology: Sibawayhi's al-Kitab."
J. Blau, "The status and linguistic structure of Middle Arabic."
G. Rosenbaum, "The Big Night - a popular play in colloquial Egyptian
Arabic."

Reviews by B. Abramov, J. Blau, W. Diem, B. Krawietz, R. Milstein and N.
Tsafrir.

Inquiries: E-mail:   msjsai at pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il   Fax: +972-2-588-3658.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:43:32 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:43:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:koine responses
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2) Subject: koine response
3) Subject: koine response

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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: Kirk Belnap <rkb at email.byu.edu>
Subject: koine response

You might want to take a look at the essay I wrote as a preface to the
"Diachronica" section (pp. 27-35) of:

Belnap, R. Kirk and Niloofar Haeri (ed.). 1997. Structuralist Studies in
Arabic Linguistics: Charles A. Ferguson's Papers, 1954-1994. Leiden: Brill.

You will find a number of useful references there.  Looking under "koine" I
found the following in the ALS bibliography:

Mitchell, T.F. 1982. More than a matter of "writing with the learned,
pronouncing with the vulgar" some preliminary observations on the Arabic
Koine. Standard Languages: Spoken and Written, ed. by 123-55. Manchester,
Totowa: X: Manchester University Press.

Palva, Heikki. 1982. Patterns of Koineization in Modern Colloquial Arabic.
Acta Orientalia 43:13-32.

Roman, Andre. 1983. Etude de la phonologie et de la morphologie de la koine
Arabe. Aix-en-Provence: Univ. de Provence.

Versteegh, Kees. 1993. Leveling in the Sudan: From Arabic Creole to Arabic
Dialect. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 99:65-79.

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2)
Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: jamal al-shareef <jamalling at hotmail.com>
Subject: koine response

Dear Members
I think there is a useful article about Koine and koinezation in Different
places in the world in addition to the Arabic koine. the article is written
by Jeef Siegel (1985) in Journal of Language in Society, Volume 14, 357-378.
yours
Jamal Al-shareef


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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: alaa elgibali <elgibali at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: koine response

Regarding Koine and the formation of Arabic, you may want to consult the
work of Kees Versteegh "Pidginization and Creolization: The case of
Arabic," John Benjamins.  It offers an excellent debate on the matter
and offers a fresh point of view. Also the work of Thomason and Kaufman
on "Language Contact and Language Change": although it does not
specifically address Arabic, it provides solid theoretical framework for
understanding the case at hand. Best wishes.

Alaa Elgibali
American University in Cairo

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 17:44:48 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:44:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Columbia Job
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: Taoufik Ben-Amor <tb46 at columbia.edu>
Subject: Columbia Job

The Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures seeks to
fill a lectureship in Arabic beginning in Fall 2000.  The position will
begin with a one-year contract renewable upon review. The successful
candidate should hold a Ph.D. or be ABD at the time of the appointment,
preferably in Arabic or applied linguistics.  S/he should have native or
near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and English. We are seeking
a professional candidate with a serious commitment to teaching Arabic for
academic purposes along the ACTFL proficiency guidelines.
Responsibilities will include teaching 3 courses per term that may include
language-related culture courses and participating in the administration
of the Arabic program.

An application letter including a brief description of the applicant's
teaching philosophy and methodology, curriculum vitae, three letters of
recommendation, teaching evaluations and other supporting materials about
teaching should be sent to :

Joseph Massad
Chair, Arabic Search Committee
MEALAC
Columbia University
602 Kent Hall Mail Code 3928
New York, NY 10027

The application deadline is January 1, 2000.  Columbia University is an
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  Minorities and
women are encouraged to apply.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:01:48 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:01:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Berkeley Job
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: larkin at socrates.berkeley.edu
Subject: Berkeley Job

The Department of Near Eastern Studies announces a full-time Lecturer
position for a professional language teacher of Arabic, effective July 1,
2000. The position is renewable. Salary commensurate with education and
experience.

Responsibilities include teaching courses in elementary and intermediate
level Arabic, as well as the department's course for graduate students in
the teaching of Arabic in college. Requirements: M.A. or Ph.D. in Arabic
language or linguistics, a minimum of two years' language teaching
experience at the college level, training in language teaching, and native
or near-native competence in reading, writing, and speaking Arabic.
Applicants must be prepared to introduce up-to-date and innovative
pedagogy, including proficiency-based methods of language instruction and
testing.

Please send letter of application, names and addresses of three references
and a videotape of a recent class you have taught to Chair Anne D. Kilmer,
Department of Near Eastern Studies, 250 Barrows Hall, University of
California, Berkeley, CA. 94720-1940, by March 1, 2000. The demonstration
video may represent any lesson from an elementary or intermediate level
college class, but preferably not one of the very early first-year Arabic
lessons. The videotape should not exceed twenty minutes in length. The
University of California is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:00:09 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:00:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Correspondence Course Query
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: ABUEISSA at aol.com
Subject:

Dear colleague and friends:

Hope that someone out there can respond to this message.
Muhammad Eissa
================================================
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:08:06 GMT
From: isabelle at sosua.ilanguage.com
To: eissa at umich.edu

Dear Madam, Dear Sir

I'm a Belgian translator now living in the Dominican Republic.
I would like to do an Arabic correspondence course. Would it be possible from
here?

Thank you for considering my request.

Best regards,

Isabelle Bilterys

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:03:56 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:03:56 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Said Akl death
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: "A. FERHADI" <af3 at is2.nyu.edu>
Subject: Said Akl death

I just read in the papers that on Tuesday, Nov 9, the Lebanese writer and
journalist, Fadhil Said Akl (faaDil saciid caql) died at the age of 84. He
was born in 1915 one year before Ahmed Pasha sent his father Said Akl to
the gallows.

Ahmed Ferhadi
New York University

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:16:41 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:16:41 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:textbook guidance response
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: Ahmad Khorshid <a_khorshid at hotmail.com>
Subject: textbook guidance response

Yes, Nimat, it is the project the Islamic Center of Southern
California started (two?) years ago. The (three?) sisters did
come up with material up to 3rd grade. At this stage, we want
to continue to 8th? grade. Eventually, we should write books
to 12th grade.

Now, my question to you and to other members of the list is how
can I avoid the shortcomings of the first stage? How can I write
a good textbook? What are the principles I should keep in mind?
I've already got some good advice, but I'm hoping that more
people share their experience, especially those with previous
experience in writing textbooks.

Here is another specific question. I have in mind using frequency
counts of English words, not Arabic, and translating them into
Arabic. What do you think of that?

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:05:55 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:05:55 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Grammar book thanks
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: fhassan at texas.net (Fatme Hassan)
Subject: Grammar book thanks

Thanks to all of you who replied to my Arabic grammar book querry: M.Deeb,
Ahmad Khorshid, Waheed, George Hallak, Amin Almouhanna, and Kirk Belnap. I
really appreciate it...
Salaam
Fatme'

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:37:04 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:37:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:List matters
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: moderator
Subject: List matters

Several people wrote in somewhat upset that I released their e-mail
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:04:48 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:04:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Ling Tradition Query
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: Ali Mohammadi <MOHAMADY at NET1CS.modares.ac.ir>
Subject: Ling Tradition Query

Salaam,
  Could anyone on the list refer me to any books or electronic
  materials on the "Arabic linguistic tradition"?
  Thank you very much.

  Ali Mohammadi
  mohamady at net1cs.modares.ac.ir

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:02:55 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:02:55 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Penn Summer Program
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: Mary Martin <marym at mec.sas.upenn.edu>
Subject: Penn Summer Program

 Summer Intensive Courses in Elementary and Second year Arabic
 Summer Session 1:  May 23th-June 30th, 2000.
 The University of Pennsylvania

 Elementary Arabic is an intensive, full year courses in Modern Standard
 Arabic, the Arabic used in formal discourse in the contemporary Arab world.
 Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to read and
 understand texts on familiar topics, carry on simple conversations, and
 engage in basic written correspondence.  The course will cover the same
 material as Penn's year-long Elementary Arabic course (AMES 030), and will
 prepare students for Penn's second-year course, Intermediate Arabic (AMES
 031).

 Second year Arabic assumes knowledge of first year Arabic or the equivalent.
 The goal of the course is to expand the student's vocabulary, ability to
 apply the grammar learned in first year Arabic, and acclimatize the student
 to a native speaking environment.  The course will cover the same material
 as Penn's year-long Intermediate Arabic course.

 Graduate students studying medieval Islamic civilization or comparative
 Semitic studies will be introduced to bibliographic tools for the study of
 early and classical Arabic.

 For more information, contact the Penn Language Center at
 plc at ccat.sas.upenn.edu  or  (215) 898-6039.  Questions on the content of
 the courses may be sent to dahollen at sas.upenn.edu.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 21:55:32 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:55:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT: Fadel Said Akl
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1) Subject: Fadel Said Akl

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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: "Chouairi, R. MR           DFL" <GR6548 at exmail.usma.army.mil>
Subject: Fadel Said Akl

Dear friends
Fadel Said Akl is not Said Akl.  Your message heading was misleading.  Many
people would think that "Said Akl death"
may mean the death of the great poet, linguist and father of the symbolist
school,  Said Akl who is still alive and well in Beirut.  Having said that,
Fadel Said Akl's writings were some of the best in the Arab world.  A
journalist that managed to
stretch the limits of Media Arabic to poetical expression rarely seen in
middle-eastern journalistic writings.
Rajaa Chouairi
Abou Fouad

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 16 18:11:48 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:11:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Concordance of Pre-Islamic Poetry
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1) Subject: Concordance of Pre-Islamic Poetry

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Date: 16 Nov 1999
From: msyfried at mscc.huji.ac.il
Subject: Concordance of Pre-Islamic Poetry

			The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
			The Institute of Asian and African Studies
			The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation


			is pleased to announce the publication of

	The Concordance of the Diwans of the Six Ancient Arab Poets

			Edited with an Introduction

					by

			Albert Arazi and Salman Masalha


	Pre-Islamic Arabic poetry is one of the greatest cultural achievements
of the Arabs in the early period of their history. For several centuries
it was considered the only model of poetic perfection. It is the earliest
literary corpus in classical Arabic and a major part of Arab cultural
heritage.
	The present volume consists of a concordance of "al-`Iqd al-thamin
fi dawawin al-shu`ara' al-sitta al-jahiliyyin", in the edition of William
Ahlwardt. It also contains a preface in Arabic and English, a new critical
edition with numerous emendations of Ahlwardt's text, and a full
concordance of the poetry of Imru' al-Qays, Zuhayr b. Abi Sulma, Tarafa b.
al-`Abd, `Alqama b. `Abada al-fahl, `Antara b. Shaddad, al-Nabigha
al-Dhubyani and a few poems by four minor poets. The book holds more than
1400 pages  and contains more than 33,000 entries.
	The concordance will serve as an essential tool for the study of
classical Arabic poetry and for the study of classical Arabic in general.
In addition to the concordance of nouns, verbs and particles, it includes
separate sections on proper names, geographical names, names of horses and
camels.
	The work on the Concordance started a few years after the Hebrew
University was established in 1925. More than 2,000,000 cards were
prepared before the project was computerized in the eighties. Special
software was developed in order to facilitate the processing of the
material.

Inquiries:
e-mail: msjsai at pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
Fax: +972-2-588-365

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 16 18:08:48 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:08:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Taltalah thanks
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Date: 16 Nov 1999
From: David Mehall <MEHALLD at gunet.georgetown.edu>
Subject: Taltalah thanks

A word of thanks to Frederic Lagrange and Chouairi, R. MR DFL for their
response to my call for sources relevant to taltala, the pre-Islamic
colloquial speech "defect" of Bahraa' where the imperfect tense stem vowel
/a/ was uttered as /i/. (Ibn ManZu:r 1981:I:442) This so-called defect was
evident in Hebrew, Western Aram. I discovered others, mostly namved on the
quadriliteral I taf`ala pattern: ghamghama, the tendancy of Quda`a to
mutter or speak indictinctly; or `an`ana, Tamim's tendancy to pronounce the
glottal stop /'/ in place of the `ayn /`/. (Rabin:1956:61)
Thanks again to my colleagues for their time and support.
wa-s-ala:m

Dawoud Mehall

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 16 18:14:23 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:14:23 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Denver Area translators needed
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1) Subject: Denver Area translators needed

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Date: 16 Nov 1999
From:  liaison at ecentral.com
Subject: Denver Area translators needed

I am writing you on behalf of Liaison Multilingual, a =
translation/interpretation agency in Denver, Colorado. =20

We would like to know if you have any knowledge of translators or =
interpreters in the Denver area.  We are searching for translators and =
interpreters specializing in all languages, particularly Middle Eastern =
languages.

Thank you for your time.  We hope that you could be of some assistance.=20

Best Regards,
Rachel Garrett, Project Coordinator

Suzanne Robinson, Principal
Eva Losova and Rachel Garrett, Project Coordinators

LIAISON MULTILINGUAL
Tel:  303 762 0997      800  990 1970
Fax: 303 762 0999
E-mail: liaison at ecentral.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 16 19:03:12 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 12:03:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Dickins&Watkins query
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Date: 16 Nov 1999
From: "A. FERHADI" <af3 at is2.nyu.edu>
Subject: Dickins&Watkins query

Dear List Subscribers,

A colleague has asked me about a recent Arabic textbook for the
Intermediate Hi/Advanced level. Since I am not familiar with it, I wonder
if someone with familiarity with the work would care to comment on it. The
book is called Standard Arabic: An Advanced Course by James Dickins and
Janet C. E. Watson, published by Cambridge University Press (1999, I
believe). Thank you very much.

--Ahmed Ferhadi
New York University

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 16 19:05:24 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 12:05:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:new article
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1) Subject: Resumptive Pronouns article

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Date: 16 Nov 1999
From: moderator
Subject: Resumptive Pronouns article

The announcement of the new SOAS volume includes the following paper of
interest to subscribers:

SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics & Phonetics (1998)

Kempson, R., Edwards, M. & W. Meyer-Viol. "Resumptive Pronouns in
English and Arabic"


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 16 19:09:42 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 12:09:42 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:new article
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1) Subject: article on diglossia

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1)
Date: 16 Nov 1999
From: Srpko Lestaric <srpkole at EUnet.yu>
Subject: article on diglossia

No need to talk to you how very interesting is the phenomenon of diglossia
in Arabic. The other day Gabe Bokor's Translation Journal
(<http://accurapid.com/journal>http://accurapid.com/journal -- A Web
publication for translators, by translators, about translators and
translation, No.4, Jan 2000) published my article on that topic (in
connection with the Arab folk tales).

Cordially,
Srpko Lestaric,
11080 Zemun (Belgrade)
Dobanovacka 83
Yugoslavia

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 17 17:21:59 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:21:59 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Grammar response and book announcement
Message-ID: <WED.17.NOV.1999.102159.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject: Grammar response and book announcement

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Date: 17 Nov 1999
From: Adrian Gully <gully at aus.ac.ae>
Subject: Grammar response and book announcement

In addition to those works already mentioned you might also consider
Vicente Cantarino's Syntax of Modern Arabic Prose (3 vols) published by
Indian University Press in 1974.  I am pretty sure it is out of print
now but all good libraries should have a copy.  It is not a textbook but
is nonetheless an extremely useful reference for mainly literary Arabic.

May I take the liberty of informing colleagues about the following work
which has not yet been published but is in its advanced stages of
preparation:

A Reference Grammar of Modern Written Arabic by El Said Badawi, Michael
Carter and Adrian Gully scheduled for publication by Routledge in
December
2000.

This work, based on a corpus of original data, aims to fill a genuine
need in the field for a one-step reference guide to written Arabic as it
is found in literary and media sources.

Thank you.

Adrian Gully
American University of Sharjah

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 17 17:30:13 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:30:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Dickins & Watkins responses
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Date: 17 Nov 1999
From:  Kirk Belnap <rkb at email.byu.edu>
Subject: Dickins & Watkins response

James Dickins and Janet C. E. Watson's Standard Arabic: An Advanced Course
(Cambridge University Press, 1999) looks to be a great resource (based on a
cursory examination).  Their approach is an interesting combination of old
and new.  For example, many of the drills are of the translation type
(translation skills are one of the stated goals of the authors).  On the
other hand, each lesson includes activities based on "aural texts" from
sources such as the BBC "Pick of the Month" series.  Each lesson also
contains helpful outlines for meaningful oral work.  I noted with interest
that they advocate such discussions be conducted in colloquial Arabic (they
suggest the written texts be discussed in MSA).  Discussion questions in
the "Oral" sections are given only in MSA, however.

We hope to include this work in AATA's "Textbook Review Packet" soon:

http://humanities.byu.edu/AATA/packetrequestform.html

Best,

Kirk

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2)
Date: 17 Nov 1999
From:  Jim Mavrikios <jmavrik at mindspring.com>
Subject: Dickins & Watkins response

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Dickins &amp; Janet Watson to be quite good. It is suitable for the
intermediate
/ advanced student and,&nbsp;along with language instruction, introduces
topics
of direct relevance to the Arab-speaking Middle East. Each chapter contains
materials for translation into and from Arabic, oral discussion topics and a
variety of exercises. I believe cassettes are also available for possible
language laboratory use.</FONT></DIV>
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov 22 18:24:13 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:24:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:author of dicton query
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Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: Rabia Redouane <rredouane at oise.utoronto.ca>
Subject: author of dicton query

I need your help with this: What would be the English translation of this
Arabic dicton, and who said it.

Al xayru bil xayri wa lba:di: ?akram wa sharru bisharri wa lba:di ?adlam

Thanks.

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

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov 22 18:16:36 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:16:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING: 9afak query
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Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: John Leake <J.E.S.Leake at durham.ac.uk>
Subject: 9afak query

Could anyone assist me with the precise meaning of the (I think) Syrian
colloquial verb /9afaq/ (9 = 9ain), which I've not found in any lexicon,
including two Syrian dialect dictionaries.  The context is that of an
9aud tutorial, published in Aleppo. An illustration follows:

kay naHSul 9alaa 9alaamat <MI>, na9f?q bi-l-'aSba9 al-thanii.

I don't know whether it's relevant, but the Syriac (suryaani) verb
9appeq means to embrace.

John Leake

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov 22 18:19:02 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:19:02 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:grammar response
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Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: "Miriam R. L. Petruck" <miriamp at cogsci.berkeley.edu>
Subject: grammar response

In case it hasn't already been mentioned, there's also
Ariel Bloch's (1986) _Studies in Arabic Syntax and Semantics_
published by Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden.

Miriam R.L. Petruck

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov 22 18:20:19 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:20:19 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Virginia-Yarmouk Summer Program
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Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: Waddah Al-Khatib <wa5y at cms.mail.virginia.edu>
Subject: Virginia-Yarmouk Summer Program

DESCRIPTION
The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic
Program has been in operation for fifteen years, and is an
intensive, eight-weekProgram in Modern Standard Arabic,
designed for undergraduate and graduate students currently
pursuing a degree program. The Program focuses on all
language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
In addition to the course in Modern Standard Arabic, all
students will take a course in the Jordanian dialect. All
courses will be taught in Arabic. Course instructors will
be members of the Yarmouk University faculty. Three levels
of skill-based instruction will be provided.  Starting in
Summer 1998 there will be a new course in Media Arabic for
advanced students.

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LOCATION
The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic
Program is held at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan.
Yarmouk University is a comprehensive university with an
enrollment of about 15,000 students. Irbid is a city of
approximately 200,000 inhabitants, 90 kilometers (about 60
miles) northwest of Amman, the Jordanian capital. It is
located in the hills of northern Jordan and enjoys
temperate weather during the summer months.
One of the primary goals of this Program is to completely
immerse the participants in the Arabic language. Irbid is
an ideal setting due to its Arab-Muslim society. This
setting has a minimal number of foreigners that use
English.

Important historical and archaeological sites such as Um
Qais, Aqaba, Jerash, Amman, the Dead Sea, the Jordan Valley
and Petra are easily accessible from Irbid. Students will
have ample opportunities to visit these and other places of
interest during the two Program-sponsored educational
excursions, on weekends, during the mid-session break, or
at the end of the Program.



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 LEVELS OF INSTRUCTION

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LOWER INTERMEDIATE
Four hours of classroom instruction per day, five days a
week and language laboratory: 8 credits; Reference & Guide:
EMSA I, ca., 20-EMSA II, 34.
Jordanian Dialect/Conversation: 1 credit.
Prerequisite: one year of college-level Arabic or the equivalent.
Specially prepared materials will be provided by the Program at Yarmouk
University

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UPPER INTERMEDIATE
Three hours of classroom instruction per day, five days a
week and language laboratory: 6 credits; Reference & Guide:
EMSA II, ca., 35-IMSA I, 1-7.
Jordanian Dialect/Conversation: 1 credit.
Media Arabic: Optional (See ADVANCED below.)
Prerequisite: two years of college-level Arabic or the equivalent.
Specially prepared materials will be provided by the Program at Yarmouk
University

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ADVANCED
Three hours of classroom instruction per day, five days a
week and language laboratory: 6 credits.
Jordanian Dialect/Conversation: 1 credit.
Media Arabic (radio, television, newspapers and magazines): 1 credit.
Prerequisite: three years of college-level Arabic or the equivalent.
Specially prepared materials will be provided by the Program at Yarmouk
University.

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 NOTE: The EMSA/IMSA books are used only as a guide and reference at the
different levels of the Program

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 PLACEMENT
An applicant's final level will be determined by the following:
The number of years of college-level Arabic or the
equivalent that an applicant has completed.
An interview to be administered once the participants
arrive at Yarmouk University.

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COST The Program cost of $3,250 includes: round trip
international transportation New York-Amman-Irbid, tuition
and fees, room, two Program-sponsored educational
excursions, transportation, hotel lodging and entry fees
into the archaeological sites during the Program-sponsored
trips. It does NOT include meals, health/accident
insurance, incidentals, transportation between the
student?s home and Kennedy Airport, or Amman Airport exit
fee.
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Students applying for the Upper Intermediate and the
advanced Levels are eligible for a Fulbright-Hayes grant.
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A $35.00 nonrefundable application fee is due with the application.

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APPLICATION INFORMATION
For a printout of the application form please click here:
application forms  (under constrution)
For additional information, please contact us at:

 UVAYARMK at Virginia.edu

Phone: (804) 982-2304
Fax: (804) 924-6977

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Please send the completed application and fee to:
University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic Program
B027 Cabell Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903

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APPLICATION DEADLINE
Friday, April7, 2000. The deadline is fixed.

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 PROGRAM DATES
Orientation in New York and departure for Amman, Jordan:
Wednesday, June 14, 2000.
End of Program departure for New York: Sunday, August 13,
2000.

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* Note: Program dates are fixed and are not open to
negotiation by Program participants. However, dates are
based on airline schedules. Should this schedule change,
dates of the Program may change slightly.

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ORIENTATION SESSION
An Orientation session will be held in New York on
Wednesday, June 14, 2000 prior to departure. The
orientation session is MANDATORY for all participants.

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TRAVEL
All Program participants are required to travel as a group
to Jordan. The Program makes the necessary international
travel arrangements for the group.

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HOUSING
Students will be housed in Yarmouk University facilities,
double and triple occupancy.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov 22 18:22:19 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:22:19 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:CD ROM query
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Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: Jonathan Owens <Jonathan.Owens at uni-bayreuth.de>
Subject: CD ROM query

Dear consultants,

We are looking for the following items on cd roms, with the view
towards use in teaching and research:

The Holy Quran
hadith collections
Arabic newspapers (al-Ahram?)
English/Arabic, English/German dictionaries

In addition we need an OCR program for scanning Arabic texts.
Any recommendations for particularly good (or bad) editions/programs
would be appreciated.

thanks

jonathan owens

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov 22 18:21:20 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:21:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Middle East 2000 Call
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1)
Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: Dwight Reynolds <dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Middle East 2000 Call

                           ** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE **

                               CALL FOR PAPERS
                          DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2000

                              MIDDLE EAST 2000
                      An Interdisciplinary Conference
                               March 25, 2000
                                 hosted by
                      Islamic & Near Eastern Studies
                   University of California, Santa Barbara

The Islamic & Near Eastern Studies program, University of California,
Santa Barbara, is pleased to announce UCSB's second annual regional
conference on the Middle East to be held on Saturday, March 25, 2000.

As with this year's conference, MIDDLE EAST 2000 is designed to bring
together scholars from post-secondary institutions from throughout the
state of California: 101 participants from 21 different colleges and
universities were present at the 1999 conference.

Responses from participants in last year's conference emphasized how
pleased they were to meet colleagues from regional institutions in a small
setting that allowed for discussions and conversations as well as research
presentations.  Many also commented on the opportunity this conference
provided for meeting with colleagues across disciplinary boundaries and
over historical time periods.  In light of that feedback, we have designed
MIDDLE EAST 2000 with the following initiatives in mind:

     (1) the historical scope of the conference emphasizes the exploration
of potential connections in scholarly research on the Near and Middle East
in different time periods and therefore includes scholars who work on
ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL and MODERN topics;

     (2) the geographic parameters of the conference aim at promoting
dialogue across wide spectrum of disciplines by approaching the "Middle
East" in its broadest possible conceptualization, one that includes
ancient religions and peoples, early and Eastern Christianity, Middle
Eastern Judaisms (including Biblical Studies, Sephardic Studies, Mizrachi
Jewish communities, and modern Israel), Islamic Studies, as well as
linguistically defined fields such as Arabic, Armenian, Byzantine,
Persian, and Turkish studies, and the full range of academic disciplines,
including archaeology, history, literary studies, anthropology, political
science, sociology, economics, environmental studies, international
relations, and others;

     (3) the conference will be devoted equally to panel sessions for the
presentation of brief research papers and to break-out sessions for the
convening of "working groups" that will bring together faculty members in
groups defined by shared research or teaching concerns (see below).  The
working groups who met last year were:

     -- Women and Gender in the Middle East
     -- Classical Antiquity and the Middle East
     -- Ancient Near Eastern Studies
     -- Teaching Middle Eastern Languages
     -- Andalusian/Medieval Iberian Studies
     -- Islam in the Undergraduate curriculum
     -- Iran since the Revolution
     -- Middle East Medievalists

We will be happy to host meetings of these same working groups, but also
wish to encourage the formation of NEW working groups (see below) this
year.  It is our hope that these "working groups" will explore the
possibility of collaborative research projects, establishing on-going
symposia or conferences, coordinating teaching and graduate student
training among multiple campuses, and other means of combining resources.
All participants will be asked to attend two such sessions.

               CALL FOR PAPERS AND/OR WORKING GROUPS

     We are now soliciting applications for a limited number of
participants to present research papers and/or convene a working group.
Although conference attendance is open to EVERYONE, presenters and
conveners must be faculty members.  We anticipate creating a program of
24-32 research presentations with break-out sessions for approximately 8
working groups. Priority will be given to faculty who did not present a
paper last year.  Paper presenters will receive hotel accommodation and a
travel stipend.

To submit a research paper topic, please fill out the form below with a
title and a 250-word abstract and return NO LATER THAN JANUARY 15, 2000.
We strongly encourage you to apply by EMAIL!!

     * To convene a working group please fill out the form below with a
brief description of the focus of the group (up to 100 words) and include
the names of at least TWO other participants who have agreed to attend NO
LATER THAN JANUARY 15, 2000.  Again, we strongly encourage you to apply by
Email.  The topics for the various working groups will be publicized to
all participants after February 1 in the conference schedule and on the
conference website.

Logistics: Participants should plan to arrive on Friday, March 24, 2000 or
very early (in the case of those driving from LA) on Saturday, March 25.
The conference will begin at 8:30 AM and will run until 6:30 in the
evening.  Following this there will be a dinner and a concert of Middle
Eastern music and dance performed by the UCSB Middle East Ensemble.
Travel and hotel information will be supplied to all potential
participants.  Note: for those who do not wish to travel on
the sabbath, a VERY small number of rooms may available at the faculty
club a five-minute walk from the conference.

For further information contact
Dwight F. Reynolds, Chair, Islamic & Near Eastern Studes, UCSB
Email: dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu           Phone: (805) 893-7143
****************************************************************************

                            MIDDLE EAST 2000
                       DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2000


NAME:

POSITION:

INSTITUTION:

FULL ADDRESS:




EMAIL ADDRESS:

PHONE:

FAX:


The following application is to:

 _______ present a research paper   ______ convene a working group    _____
both


PAPER TITLE (please attach an abstract of up to 250 words in length):





WORKING GROUP TITLE:



For working groups, please attach a brief description of up to 100 words
PLUS the names of two additional faculty members who have agreed to attend
this group along with their addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.




SEND BY EMAIL:	dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu

OR REGULAR MAIL:DWIGHT REYNOLDS, CHAIR
        	ISLAMIC & NEAR EASTERN STUDIES
              	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
              	SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 23 23:28:37 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:28:37 -0700
Subject: Araboc-L:PEDA:Dickins & Watson from the source
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Date: 23 Nov 1999
From: J.C.E.Watson at durham.ac.uk &  James Dickins <James.Dickins at durham.ac.uk>
Subject: Dickins & Watson from the source

The following is a general description of Standard Arabic: an Advanced
Course, by James Dickins and Janet C.E. Watson (Cambridge University
Press, 1999).


Standard Arabic: an advanced course (student's book): ISBN 0-521-63558-6
(pp. 612)
Standard Arabic: an advanced course - Teacher's Handbook and key to the
exercises: ISBN 0-521-63161-0 (pp. 216)
Standard Arabic: an advanced course - Aural Arabic Texts: ISBN
0-521-63531-4 (two cassettes; running time: 123 minutes)


This course is designed for students who have completed a first-level
course in Arabic and wish to pursue the subject to degree level. It aims
to develop thoroughly the four basic language skills of reading, writing,
speaking and listening, making extensive use of authentic Arabic
materials. Each of the 20 chapters is based around a particular topic
relating to the culture, history, politics, geography or society of the
Arab Middle East, to give students an insight into important aspects of
the region. This topic-based approach allows students to tackle vocabulary
and structures in a coherent and concentrated manner. Each chapter
contains materials for translation into and from Arabic, aural texts,
precis passages, suggested oral discussion topics and a variety of
exercises including comprehension in English and Arabic. In addition to
text-based material, each chapter also contains a grammar/stylistics
section, designed to deal with issues which are important and problematic
for advanced learners of Arabic.

CHAPTER CONTENTS
   Introduction
1. Geography of the Middle East
2. Ethnic groups in the Middle East
3. The Middle East in Antiquity
4. The Rise of Islam
5. The Arabic Language
6. The Arab-Israeli Conflict
7. The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
8. Climate and Environment
9. Social Issues and Development
10. Gender
11. Popular Culture
12. Muslim Spain
13. Arab Nationalism
14. Islamic Fundamentalism
15. Democracy
16. Death and Succession
17. Arabic Literature
18. Economics
19. Medicine
20. Islamic Heritage

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 23 23:35:24 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:35:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:CD ROM responses
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1) Subject: CD ROM response
2) Subject: CD ROM response
3) Subject: CD ROM response
4) Subject: CD ROM response

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1)
Date: 23 Nov 1999
From: Stefan Reichmuth <stefan.reichmuth at ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Subject: CD ROM response

Both Quran and Hadith are available from Sakhr editors. Several Arabic
newspapers are now available in WWW, readable by Acrobat. Al-Hayat started
to produce CD Rom versions for each completed year some time ago.

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2)
Date: 23 Nov 1999
From: Jan Hoogland <j.hoogland at let.kun.nl>
Subject: CD ROM response

>We are looking for the following items on cd roms, with the view
>towards use in teaching and research:

The Holy Quran	see Sakhr website or Arramedia
hadith collections	same

>Arabic newspapers (al-Ahram?)

As far as I know only Al Hayat is available on CD-ROM
However, Al Ahram is available on the Web, just take a day or two to
download from their archives and you'll be ready too.

>English/Arabic, English/German dictionaries

Sakhr's Al Qamoos vs. 4 includes German and Arabic (and English, French and
Turkish). However, loading all languages makes the program really slow.
Just 3 languages (in my case English, French and Arabic) is OK.

Hope this helps.
Good luck,
Consultant Jan (don't know if I'm senior consultant or junior, maybe that's
up to you to decide).

Jan (Abu Samir) Hoogland
Department of Arabic, Nijmegen University (the Netherlands)

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3)
Date: 23 Nov 1999
From:  Karen W <karen at webcombo.net>
Subject: CD ROM response

I find the Universal Translator Deluxe by LanguageForce to be one of the
best. You can find information about this program at:
http://www.gvae.com.au/products/Language/universal_translator_deluxe.htm
This program has voice command technology and translates omnidirectionally
in 33 languages, including Arabic.
Karen Wenokur
karen at webcombo.net

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4)
Date: 23 Nov 1999
From: GnhBos at aol.com
Subject: CD ROM response

Dear Jonathan,

We are able to supply with a Multilingual Harf Holy Qur'an
on two CD-ROMs, and the Hadith (all nine books on 1 CD).

We have Arabic and multilingual OCR programs from Sakhr.
Sakhr's Automatic Reader 5.0 is a Multilingual OCR,
Optical Character Recognition program, sets world
standards in accuracy and speed for converting
scanned documents to editable text files. Sakhr's
OCR builds entire archives in Arabic, Farsi, English,
and ten European languages without typing a single
character.  Sakhr's OCR program is a dependable and
time saving solution.

Sakhr's OCR (Professional or Office) can easily create,
collect, access, and index documents in just minutes.
Preserves layout, columns, tables, and graphics of the
original documents.  Results are checked Automatically
against the originals.  Users can access Sakhr's award
winning suite of dictionaries and text handling tools
directly from Automatic Reader or from within MS Arabic
Word, Office 95, or Office 97.

KEY FEATURES:

Multilingual: Recognize English and Arabic or English
and Farsi within the same 'pass'. Higher Accuracy: 99%
accuracy on laser-quality fonts.  Ten minutes training
raises accuracy to 99.8%. Faster Speed: Recognize up
to 500 characters per second. Choices: Speed of
intelligent Omni technology, or accuracy of pretrained
font recognition; displaying Arabic diacritical markings,
or not. Flexibility: Recognize documents of widely
varying print quality; include or exclude parts of image
files. Retain columns, tables, graphics, or font features
that are key ingredients of documents. Supports HTML and
Unicode, as well as TIF, PCX, BMP, MAG, TGA, GIF, DCX,
and JPG image files. New: Text Boxes control recognition
of text; Auto adjusts image position; Personal Archiver
edits and saves images; Direct Link to email for sending
text output. Wizards guide new users through scanning to
saving the new text file. Tutorial: Trains new OCR users.

Automatic Reader utilizes Sakhr's innovative Arabic/Farsi
OCR engine with Scansoft's award-winning TextBridge.
OCR 13 languages, as well as bilingual text: Arabic,
Farsi, English, French, German, Austrian, Italian,
Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and
Finnish.

Automatic Reader 5.0 is available in two versions:

The OFFICE Version--OCR capabilities in Arabic and English
only; also bilingual documents.  This version provides top
quality Omni technology for conversion of scanned text.
The Office Version does not have a batch mode feature,
spell checker, OLE and DDE capabilities, or trainability.
Price $300.00.

The PROFESSIONAL Version-OCR in Arabic, Farsi, English,
bilingual documents, and ten additional languages.  This
version also adds training technology to Omni technology
to further raise accuracy levels.  Users access 4 batch
modes, can train the program in specific fonts, use spell
checkers, Arabic linguistic rules, and OLE and DDE
features. Price $1399.00.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Pentium PC, VGA, CDROM,
16MB RAM, minimum 65MB storage available on hard disk
MS Arabic Windows 95/98/NT-WS (for Farsi and Arabic)
MS Windows 95/NT-WS (for the other 11 languages).

George N. Hallak

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:24:51 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:24:51 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:9afak response
Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.112451.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: Waheed Samy <waheed at mishmish.aucegypt.edu>
Subject: 9afak response

This verb means to squeeze, or hold (s.o. or s.th) firmly against something
else.  In your 9uud example, it means to draw the string against the finger
board.

Waheed

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:21:30 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:21:30 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:JAIS notification
Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.112130.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: Joseph Norment Bell <joseph.bell at msk.uib.no>
Subject: JAIS notification

Pre-publication versions of the following articles in Volume 2(1998-99) of
the Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies (www.uib.no/jais) have been posted:

1. Ibrahim Taha. Openness and Closedness: Four Categories of Closurization
in Modern
Arabic Fiction. (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, pp. 1-23).

2. Celia E. Rothenberg. A Review of the Anthropological Literature in
English on the Palestinian Hamula and the Status of Women. (Adobe Acrobat
PDF file,  pp. 24-48).

These are temporary postings. The final files will be posted in a few weeks.
Readers noticing spelling, formatting, or other errors are requested to
notify joseph.bell at msk.uib.no. HTML versions to be posted later.

In Volume 1(1996-97), one article is delayed for technical reasons:

Petra G. Schmidl. Two Early Arabic Sources on the Magnetic Compass. Pp. 81-XX.


Regards,

Joseph Bell

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:27:32 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:27:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Cairene Coll query
Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.112732.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: DWILMSEN at aucegypt.edu
Subject: Cairene Coll query

hello

can those of you who have programs which include the colloquial arabic of
cairo as part of the curriculum tell me what textbooks and materials you
use in teaching?

thx

david wilmsen
director, arabic and translation studies
american university in cairo

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:29:21 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:29:21 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Masters Project query
Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.112921.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: Barbara Castleton <alphaaction at yahoo.com>
Subject: Masters Project query

> Good Morning,
>
>     I am interested
> in locating native speakers of Arabic in order to use them as subjects in a
> sociolinguistic study I'm conducting on their usage of the Arabic language,
> adaptation to English, etc. This work has become the focus of my thesis
>for a
> Masters in Linguisitics here at Ohio University.
>     Would you be willing to either forward the e-mail addresses of
>instructors
> who may fit this profile, or perhaps ask them to contact me directly with
>regard
> to my Master's project?  My intent is to fax them copies of the survey I've
> developed, focusing on a specific feature of Arabic which I call the
>Allah Lexicon
> and then request that they fax them back to me.
>      I would appreciate any assistance you can offer.
>
> Thank you very much,
> Barbara Castleton
> alphaaction at yahoo.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:30:50 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:30:50 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:MSA regional lexical variation query
Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.113050.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: armtc <armtc at casema.net>
Subject: MSA regional lexical variation query

Could anyone tell me of research being done on the varieties in
MSA-vocabulary in different regions of the Arab world? Will this research
be integrated in future dictionaries?

Best regards,

Matanja Bauer
Student (Leiden University - The Netherlands)

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:32:47 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:32:47 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Al khayru bil kayri response
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Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: Muhammad Deeb <mdeeb at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Al khayru bil kayri response

Dear Rabia,

	Here is my rough translation, for what it is worth.

(A)  	> Al khayru bil khayri wa lba:di: ?akram:

	A good turn for another, and whoever
	takes the initiative is nobler;

(B) 	> Ash-sharru bish-sharri wa lba:di ?aZlam:

	An evil for an evil, and the initiator
	is more iniquitous

						-------
						M. Deeb

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:23:00 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:23:00 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Chamito-semitic Call
Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.112300.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: Moha Ennaji <estry at fesnet.net.ma>
Subject: Chamito-semitic Call

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Generative Grammar Research Group at the University of Fes (Morocco) is
organising a two-day conference on March 20-21, 2000 on

"Aspects of the morphology and syntax of Chamito-semitic Languages"

Abstracts are welcome in all areas of descriptive and theoretical
linguistics concerned with Chamito-semitic languages. Papers will be forty
minutes long followed by fifteen minutes discussion.

Suggested topics to be discussed during the conference :
-Morphology:  inflection and derivation paradigms
-Word order and syntactic variation
-The morpho-syntax of tense, aspect, negation, adverbs, complementisers,etc
-comparative studies
- Minimalist approaches to chamito-semitic languages: movement, control,
case checking, etc

Abstracts should be sent by 20 January 2000, preferably by e-mail. The name
and contact address (e-mail), plus affiliation should be placed at the top
of the message. The body of the abstract should follow after 6 blank lines.
 The author's name and contacts will be omitted before sending the abstract
to reviewers.
If submitted by air-mail, a hard copy of the abstract as well as a disk
copy should be dispatched to the address below.

Papers will be in English, French and Arabic.

Please note that the University will be able to pay only for participants'
board and lodging, but not for transportation.

Moha Ennaji
Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherches sur la Grammaire Generative
=====================
Dept of English
Faculte des Lettres 1
BP 50 Fes 30 000
Morocco
Fax: +212 5 64 08 44
Tel: +212 5 61 09 10
E-mail: estry at fesnet.net.ma

Organising Committee
Moha Ennaji
Fatima Sadiqi
Mohamed Moubtassime
Souad Slaoui
El Hassan Es-saidy
Ahmed Makhoukh

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 23:11:36 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:11:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:NACAL call
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1)
Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
Subject: NACAL call


 		     NACAL 28:  CALL FOR PAPERS

		        Twenty-eighth Annual
        North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics

  	                  PORTLAND, OREGON

	     Friday, March 10th-Sunday, March 12th, 2000

(at the beginning of the American Oriental Society's Portland conference.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dear Scholars in Afroasiatic Languages,

We are once again planning that pre-AOS bash for linguists working
with the Afroasiatic language family (Semitic, Egyptian, Berber,
Cushitic, Chadic, and Omotic languages). Proposals for 20-minute
papers are requested on any area of the phonology, grammar, syntax,
synchrony, diachrony, sociolinguistics, or epigraphy of these
languages.  Those who are also attending the American Oriental Society
Conference can request to be scheduled in the joint session between
NACAL and AOS, but such slots will be limited in number due to time
constraints.

Deadline for paper proposals is January 10th, 2000, but please use the
e-mail form below to let me know now whether you plan to attend and to
keep the mailing list up-to-date.  You may also submit an abstract via
e-mail, if you so desire. (FORM BELOW)

Hotel information and other logistics will be forthcoming.

The registration fee will be $40 payable to "Geoffrey Graham."  Please
mail all checks and other postal correspondence to:

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:39:30 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:grammar book query
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Date: 01 Nov 1999
From: fhassan at texas.net (Fatme Hassan)
Subject: grammar book query

Can anyone recommend a good Arabic grammar book (written in English)?

Thanks

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov  1 16:38:45 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 1999 09:38:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Kansas Job
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Date: 01 Nov 1999
From: "Deborah J. Gerner" <gerner at falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
Subject: U of Kansas Job

ARABIC LANGUAGE & CULTURE
Assistant Professor -Tenure Track

     The University of Kansas, Lawrence, is seeking an Assistant Professor
of Arabic Language & Culture to assume responsibilities by August 18,
2000.  The Assistant Professor reports to the Chair of the Department.
Academic year appointment, tenure-track.


RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Instruction of 3 levels of Arabic language and Culture-related courses.
2. Research & publication in appropriate field.
3.  Service to the University.


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Doctorate and teaching experience in relevant field.
2. Native or near-native proficiency in Arabic.
3. Demonstrated ability to teach oral and written language skills.
4. Familiarity with sub-Saharan, Maghreb and /or North African cultures.
5. Familiarity with performance-based teaching and proficiency testing.


PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Familiarity with Ajami script.
2. Educational background in language teaching.
3. Ability to teach language for professional school need.
4. Web site technical capability.
5. Capability for establishing an African-based summer language-learning
		institute.


APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

Send cover letter, three letters of recommendation, CV, and relevant
materials to: Professor Beverly Mack, Search Committee Chair,
Department of African and African-American Studies, 104 Lippincott Hall,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66045. Initial review of
applications will begin on November 30, 1999 and will continue until the
position is filled.

The University of Kansas is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer. Applications are sought from all qualified persons
regardless of race, color, sex, disability, and, as covered by law,
veteran status. In addition, University policies prohibit discrimination
on the basis of religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation,
marital status, and parental status.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov  3 17:13:40 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:13:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:/k/, /q/, /'/
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Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: Louis Boumans <louis.boumans at gironet.nl>
Subject: /k/, /q/, /'/

[moderator's note: this message, like many others recently, came all coded
with HTML.  I tried to write a program to strip the code, and don't know to
what extent the program may have harmed the content of the message.  Sorry
if it did.]

Thank you to Jackie Murgida and Mohammad Deeb for
their reply to my query on 'glottal stop jokes'.
They reminded me of the fact that there are also
jokes about the realisation of /q/ as /?/ and vice versa, something I hadn't
thought of yet.
What is remarkable about some Moroccan jokes is
that they concern the glottal stop realisation of voiceless VELAR /k/ rather
than of uvular / q /.
The realisation of /q/ as /?/ is quite a common
feature of 'urban' dialects in Morocco as elsewhere. The realisation of / k
/ as a glottal stop is extremely rare, however.
It is highly unlikely that those who tell or listen to the jokes have ever
actually met someone with this dialect feature.
Can anyone point me to Arabic dialects with glottal
stop for / k / ??
(By the way, the feature /k/ -> [?] does occur in
some very rare and stigmatied Dutch dialects..)
Best wishes, Louis
Boumans

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov  3 17:21:28 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:21:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:grammar book responses
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2) Subject: grammar book response
3) Subject: grammar book response
4) Subject: grammar book response

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1)
Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: M. Deeb

Subject: grammar book response

Dear Fatme,

	Salaam.  You may want to try either of these standard,
	and still useful, grammars:

	Cowan, David.  *Modern Literary Arabic.*  Cambridge Univ. Press.

	Haywood, J. A. & H. M. Nahmad.  *A New Arabic Grammar.*  Harvard
					Univ. Press.

	Best of luck.
					M. Deeb

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Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: Ahmad Khorshid <a_khorshid at hotmail.com>
Subject: grammar book response

Hi,
A good Arabic grammar book is written by Cowan. I don't remember the
exact title now. Probably, it's "Literary Arabic" or "Modern Literary
Arabic." It's good as a review book for the teacher, but shouldn't be
used as a textbook.

Ahmad Khorshid
Arabic Language Instructor

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3)
Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: Waheed Samy <w_samy at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: grammar book response

Three books come to mind
I don't remember the precise titles, but I remember the
authors:
Milton Cowan
Ziadeh & Winder
Wright

Waheed

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4)
Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: GnhBos at aol.com
Subject: grammar book response

Well, this may not be a book, but, I hope you like such a solution:

Arabic Grammar. Learning basic principles of the Arabic language.

An educational program, which aims at teaching the basics
of Arabic language to primary stage.

Presenting educational material in a thrilling way.
Using sound and animation in presenting the educational
material. Interesting game to test the comprehensive
capabilities of the student. More than 50 lessons in Arabic
grammar.

Educational Aspect:
Learning basic principles of the Arabic language.

Age: 9 years and over.

System Requirements: IBM compatible computer
486 DX Processor (or higher). Microsoft Windows 95/98
8 MB RAM. Display: SVGA 256 color. CD-ROM (double speed)
Sound Blaster compatible Sound Card.

Best Regards,

George N. Hallak

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov  3 17:22:23 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:22:23 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:textbook guidance query
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Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: Ahmad Khorshid <a_khorshid at hotmail.com>
Subject: textbook guidance query

salaam everybody,

I'm in the process of writing a series of textbooks for Moslem
children in California learning Arabic as a second language.
Ideally, the series should cover the ages k-12 (kindergarten to
12th grade). I'm looking for guidance in writing these books,
either in the form of books on methodology and general principles
or, probably more important, in the form of personal experience
and points of view. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Ahmad Khorshid
Teacher trainer& curriculum developer
New Horizon Schools, Southern California

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov  3 17:15:42 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:15:42 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Cornell Job
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Date: 03 Nov 1999
From: "Phyllis A. Emdee" <pae3 at cornell.edu>
Subject: Cornell Job

Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies:  Early modern to
modern Arabic cultural history and literature

Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Near
Eastern Studies seeks to make a tenure-line appointment at the
level of assistant professor in Arabic cultural history,
literature, and criticism of the early modern to modern Near East.
 The successful candidate will demonstrate broad expertise in classical
to modern Near Eastern cultural, religious and historical studies and
will be able to contribute to an interdisciplinary, primarily
undergraduate departmental curriculum in ancient to modern Near Eastern
civilization.

Applications should be submitted by December 15, 1999.

Applications submitted after this date cannot be guaranteed
complete consideration.

Applicants should send CV, writing samples, statement of teaching and
research interests, and request (three) referees to send letters of
recommendation directly to Ross Brann, Chair, Department of Near Eastern
Studies, Cornell University, 382 Rockefeller Hall, Ithaca, NY
14853-2502

Cornell University is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov  5 16:34:29 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 09:34:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Koine query
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Date: 05 Nov 1999
From: Fred <fredlag at worldnet.fr>
Subject: Koine query

Is anybody on the list aware of recent important articles/books (published
in the 80s and 90s...) that would update the "classical" articles/books of
the 50s and 60s  by J.Fuck, C.Rabin, C.Ferguson, D.Cohen, concerning the
koine and the formation of classical arabic?

thanks in advance

Frederic Lagrange
Paris IV

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov  5 16:39:25 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 09:39:25 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:AccessToArabic Query
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Date: 01 Nov 1999
From: michael_akard at hotmail.com
Subject: AccessToArabic Query

Greetings from Abu Dhabi!

I'm looking for information, and was hoping some of you might be able to
help me.

There is a video-based Arabic language program called <<Access to Arabic.>>
This course is published by Jeffrey Norton Publishers, and is distributed
through AudioForum. The program is available in three different formats: 1)
transliterated version, 2) mini script version, and 3) full script version.
The cost is the same for each version, and the video and audio material is
equal in length. I'm trying to decide which version to purchase for use by
an informal study group here in the UAE, most of whose participants already
have knowledge of Arabic script. I've contacted the distributor several
times, and they've tried to be helpful, but they're just too busy to give me
a detailed description, and text samples they've sent have been unrevealing.

Do any of you have experience with this course? Is it good? Can you explain
the difference between the three versions, their relative strengths and
weaknesses? My people need conversation skills, but don't want to lose the
literacy skills they've worked so hard to build.

I'm very grateful for any insight any of you can provide.

Sincerely,
Michael Akard

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov  5 16:37:36 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 09:37:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:/q/ /'/ /g/ /d/ jokes
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Date: 05 Nov 1999
From: Gunvor Mejdell <gunvor.mejdell at east.uio.no>
Subject: /q/ /'/ joke

the following "hypercorrection" example is "supposed" to be produced by a
school-boy:

raqaytu qasadan na:qiman @ala l-qarD

(it seems a kind of too-good-to be-true-story, I believe I had it from
Heikki Palva, and it works in class )

Gunvor Mejdell

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Date: 05 Nov 1999
From: DWILMSEN at aucegypt.edu
Subject: /g/ /d/ joke

here is another joke.  this one having to do with a regional variation of
/g/ (the cairene reflex of /j/) as /d/. (i'll bet you hadnt heard of that
one!)


inta mi-l balad illi biy'uulu @ala l-giim diim fiiha?
la' ana mil-balad illi dambaha

;0D

david wilmsen

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov  5 16:33:45 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 09:33:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:textbook guidance response
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Date: 05 Nov 1999
From: "Hammoud, Salah, Civ, DFF" <Salah.Hammoud at usafa.af.mil>
Subject: textbook guidance response

Re: Ahmad Khorshid's Query on Material Development for TAFL for Muslim
students: A couple of suggestions:

1)In the1980's,  a rather extensive set of materials was developed for the
Saudi Ministry of Education, by highly respected linguist Mahmoud Al-Seini
et al. These materials are well designed and thorough in content and
methodology.  Even if they are more suited for students who are in a
situation where Arabic is a second rather than a foreign language, they are
worth checking  out for inspiration and possible pitfalls. For example, they
only use Arabic and instruction is not mediated through English or any other
language. A holistic approach of skills integration is used throughout. The
series was titled Al ?Arabiyya li-an-Naashi'iin (Arabic for youngsters) and
includes teacher's manuals with careful instructions and teaching
suggestions.  Perhaps they have been updated since then.
A source where they may be still available is the Saudi Cultural Mission,
600 New Hampshire Avenue, Suite 500. Washington D.C 20037. Sorry I do not
have a URL or phone number handy.

2) I do not know if you are familiar with the new national standards that
ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages) is now
promoting for K-12 and beyond, in the hope that they will serve as a base
for all curriculum development, instruction and program assessment
initiatives.  Although language specific versions of these standards have
been elaborated for less commonly taught languages, namely Japanese, they
have not been developed for Arabic. They are based on what they refer to as
"the 5 C's " (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons,
Communities).
Even if your target student population of Heritage learners is also
specific, you may want to take a look at these standards, as they are
gaining endorsement of  a number of school districts, teachers' and
administrators' associations around the country.
For more information, see  Standards for Foreign Language Learning:
Preparing for the 21st Century. Allen Press. Inc., Lawrence, KS, 1996 .
Available from ACTL, 6 Executive Plaza, Yonkers, NY. 10701.  Tel.
(914)963-8830.

3) Our colleagues in the Departments of Near Eastern Studies at the
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor,  and Wayne State University may have
more practical advice, and you may want to consult with them.

4) Sakhr  Software distributed by Digitek (Falls Church, VA, Tel 1(800)
33SAKHR includes a few computer Assisted Arabic language programs aimed at
youngsters, in their product list.  Although I have not reviewed them
closely, they include a CD for sound and script, one for grammar and one for
Islamic history among others.

I hope this is helpful.

Salah.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:29:21 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:29:21 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:UT Austin Job
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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: moderator
Subject: UT Austin Job

Arabic: The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and
Cultures of The University of Texas at Austin announces a
position at the Associate Professor level in Arabic Language
beginning September 1, 2000. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in
Arabic Language or Linguistics, native or near-native competence
in Arabic, five years' experience teaching Arabic language and
experience supervising a teaching staff. Interested parties must
have expertise in language instruction, involvement with
national trends in the field and a commitment to scholarship and
a record of publications appropriate for a senior tenured
appointment. Interested individuals should send a letter of
interest, current curriculum vitae, representative publications
and three original letters of recommendations to: Dr. Harold
Liebowitz, Chairman, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and
Cultures. The University of Texas at Austin, West Mall Building
5.120, Austin, Texas 78712 by November 30, 1999. The University
of Texas at Austin is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:44:12 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:44:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Grammar Book response
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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: SAHARMHY at aucegypt.edu
Subject: Grammar Book response

yes there is a good one called A book of the Arabic grammar by L. Wright. Bye.
Sahar

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:30:20 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:30:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Oxford Job
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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: moderator
Subject: Oxford Job

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD Faculty of Oriental Studies In association with
Pembroke College University

Lectureship in Arabic and Islam

Applications are invited for a University Lectureship in Arabic and Islam
tenable with effect from 1st October 2000. University salary according to age
on the scale ?17,238 to ?32,095 p.a., but the successful candidate may be
offered a tutorial fellowship by Pembroke College, in which case the
combined university and college salary will be according to age on a scale up
to ?38,412 p.a. Additional college allowances may be available.
The Lecturer is expected to be an Arabist with a broad knowledge of classical
Islamic studies and whose main research interests and publications
concentrate on the religious sciences of classical Islam, preferably Islamic
 Law. In addition to carrying out research to international levels of
excellence, (s)he will be involved in teaching text-based courses in the core
options in Arabic undergraduate studies such as Koran and Hadith, as well as
in giving lectures and tutorials in these fields. He or she will be required to
act as supervisor of graduate students in the appropriate fields. The
successful
candidate will need to demonstrate that his or her research output and
teaching skills will help maintain the faculty's research rating and reputation
for teaching of the highest order. While the main tasks of teaching and
examining will be carried out within the Faculty of Oriental Studies, the
postholder may be involved in some teaching and examining for the
Theology Faculty.
The further particulars of the university and college posts (which all
candidates are asked to consult) may be obtained form the office of Dr A M
Knowland, Secretary to the Board of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oriental
Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford OX1 2LE; tel: (01865) 288202; fax (01865)
278190; email: jane.webber at orinst.ox.ac.uk Formal applications naming
three referees (twelve typed copies, or only one from applicants based
overseas) should be sent to Dr Knowland by 7th January 2000.
The University is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
GMG plc. 1999

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:35:12 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:35:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:query responses
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1) Subject: Access to Arabic response
2) Subject: Access to Arabic response

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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: Andrew Freeman <andyf at umich.edu>
Subject: Access to Arabic response

Hi,

  Yes, I used it.  I liked it. I recommend the Arabic Script "Speak
Arabic" version as a good vehicle for introducing the script and a very
high-register Gulfi dialect.  It will get someone off the ground in a
pretty short period of time.  I think you could probably work through it
in about 40-50 contact hours.  It has all the right vocabulary for
shopping and setting up an apartment.  It is also really strong on getting
the student used to the idea that Arabic has a lot of regional varieties.

   So much other stuff that I have seen waters down the Arabic so much or
teaches such a "middle" variety nowadays that I think students spend more
time learning the new variety every time they change contexts, than they
would have spent if you had just taught them the separate varieties as
separate varieties in the first place.  In the end they still have to
learn all of the separate varieties and in addition to the "middle"
variety. I think the question to ask is: does the time spent learning a
hypothetical middle variety actually decrease the acquisition of genuine
varieties by more time than it took to learn the middle variety?  I have
seen Arabs who speak a dialect, but know no FuSHa, pick up a new dialect
faster than I can, and faster than they can pick up FuSHa.  This would
seem to indicate to me, that as far as verbal proficiency goes, we should
be teaching a solid, stable and genuine form of some dialect, with just
enough FuSHa to get by with, in the early stages if we really want to
shorten a learner's acquisition time later on when they want to branch out
and learn new varieties.

  The "Speak Arabic" materials by Tim Franklin come pretty close to
accomplishing this.  The other set of materials that are strong
on this approach are the materials by Munther Younes.  However, Younes'
materials start the learner out with a Levantine variety, which might not
be so useful in the UAE context.

  Karen Ryding (spelling?) has also done some interesting stuff, with
"mapping" your knowledge of FuSHA into one dialect or another, but she
assumes a high intermediate skill level with FuSHa first.

  Something that I did when I was learning Arabic
with Nabila Mango in SF, was to use Levantine Arabic as the language of
instruction in the classroom for learning the i9raab, NaHw l-FuSHa,
reading out loud and discussing readings from the literature.  It was good
for me.

 cheers
Andy

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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: "Rahawi, Mohammed" <RahawiM at state.gov>
Subject: Access to Arabic response

 I use the full script version for students going to the peninsula. I found
the transliterated version confusing. It take the students just little more
time to learn Arabic script.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:40:30 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:40:30 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:texbook guidance responses
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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject: texbook guidance response

Greetings / tahaiya tayyiba wa b3ad...

Hiyaakum Allah jamii3aan...

Re the series < Al-Arabiyya li-an-Naashi'iin (Arabic for youngsters) >.

If I may add to Ustadh Hammoud's gracious comments about this series.

Dr. Mahmoud Ismail Al-Seiny (hafadhuh Allah) is still at King Saud University
(somewhere in the upper levels of the KSU deanship - 3maadat).

So, you might visit KSU's web site through the link at the web site for the
Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) in Riyadh at URL < http://www.mohe.gov.sa
> That site has a button for English version.

Once at KSU's web site, you might either

o  search for Dr. Al-Sieny's e-mail address (if available; maybe ask the
helpful KSU web master to relay a message to Dr. S.)

or

o  go to the page for Colleges => College of Languages and Translation (CLT)

and/or

o  go to the KSU bookstore (you may have to ask the KSU webmaster or someone
in CLT to relay your request and advise)

=====

An alternative web site for information about whether that series is still
available is the site for the Ministry of Education (MOE) also in Riyadh.

The MOE's URL is < http://www.moe.gov.sa > (Arabic version only appears, so
you'll need an Arabic-supported OS, such as Arabic MS Windows 9X/2000)

BTW, thoze interested in practicing their reading of Arabic might visit a
useful and bilingually-switchable A <-> E <-> A web site for the Saudi
Arabian online periodical "Ain Al-Yaqeen" at URL <
http://www.ain_al-yaqeen.com >. The issues seem to change weekly
(more-or-less).

Another good source for reading practice and building vocabulary is the web
site for the BBC Arabic service. That home page updated daily.

Hope this helps.

Khair, in sha' Allah.

Regards from Los Angeles,

Stephen H. Franke


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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: nhb2 at cornell.edu
Subject: texbook guidance response

Ahmad, Isn't this the same project that the Islamic Center of Southern
California started two years ago? I thought that the three sisters who
championed the project have put a reasonable plan to provide supporting
material for Arabic and Islamic material. What happened to their plan?

I am very intereseted to know more about your project, and its relationship
to the above?
Nimat

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:56:54 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:56:54 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Web Site About Arabic
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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: Christian janocha <Chris_Janocha at compuserve.com>
Subject: Web Site About Arabic

I would like to introduce my new website
about the Arabic Language und Arabic
writing.

It is in German ... maybe later there will be
an English version. The site has it's own
newsletter.

Maybe it is worth visiting this site ... maybe not   :-))

www.chj.de


Greetings
C.J.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:46:07 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:46:07 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam TOC
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1) Subject: Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam TOC

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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: msyfried at mscc.huji.ac.il
Subject: Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam TOC

			The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
			The Institute of Asian and African Studies
			The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation

			is pleased to announce the publication of

			Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam
				vol. 23(1999)

Table of Contents:

the late D. Ayalon, "The decisiveness of the study of terminology: the
case of the Mamluk sultanate."
A. Arazi, "Le mensonge admirable: etude sur le genre desciptif dans la
poesie arabe pre-islamique."
M.J. Kister, "`Exert yourselves, O Banu Arfida!' Some notes on
entertainment in the Islamic tradition."
L. Kinberg, "Dreams as means to evaluate hadith."
M. Cohen, "What was the pact of `Umar? A literary-historical study."
R. Shani, "The iconography of the Dome of the Rock."
A. Levin, "The first book of Arab dialectology: Sibawayhi's al-Kitab."
J. Blau, "The status and linguistic structure of Middle Arabic."
G. Rosenbaum, "The Big Night - a popular play in colloquial Egyptian
Arabic."

Reviews by B. Abramov, J. Blau, W. Diem, B. Krawietz, R. Milstein and N.
Tsafrir.

Inquiries: E-mail:   msjsai at pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il   Fax: +972-2-588-3658.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  9 18:43:32 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 11:43:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:koine responses
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1) Subject: koine response
2) Subject: koine response
3) Subject: koine response

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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: Kirk Belnap <rkb at email.byu.edu>
Subject: koine response

You might want to take a look at the essay I wrote as a preface to the
"Diachronica" section (pp. 27-35) of:

Belnap, R. Kirk and Niloofar Haeri (ed.). 1997. Structuralist Studies in
Arabic Linguistics: Charles A. Ferguson's Papers, 1954-1994. Leiden: Brill.

You will find a number of useful references there.  Looking under "koine" I
found the following in the ALS bibliography:

Mitchell, T.F. 1982. More than a matter of "writing with the learned,
pronouncing with the vulgar" some preliminary observations on the Arabic
Koine. Standard Languages: Spoken and Written, ed. by 123-55. Manchester,
Totowa: X: Manchester University Press.

Palva, Heikki. 1982. Patterns of Koineization in Modern Colloquial Arabic.
Acta Orientalia 43:13-32.

Roman, Andre. 1983. Etude de la phonologie et de la morphologie de la koine
Arabe. Aix-en-Provence: Univ. de Provence.

Versteegh, Kees. 1993. Leveling in the Sudan: From Arabic Creole to Arabic
Dialect. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 99:65-79.

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2)
Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: jamal al-shareef <jamalling at hotmail.com>
Subject: koine response

Dear Members
I think there is a useful article about Koine and koinezation in Different
places in the world in addition to the Arabic koine. the article is written
by Jeef Siegel (1985) in Journal of Language in Society, Volume 14, 357-378.
yours
Jamal Al-shareef


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Date: 09 Nov 1999
From: alaa elgibali <elgibali at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: koine response

Regarding Koine and the formation of Arabic, you may want to consult the
work of Kees Versteegh "Pidginization and Creolization: The case of
Arabic," John Benjamins.  It offers an excellent debate on the matter
and offers a fresh point of view. Also the work of Thomason and Kaufman
on "Language Contact and Language Change": although it does not
specifically address Arabic, it provides solid theoretical framework for
understanding the case at hand. Best wishes.

Alaa Elgibali
American University in Cairo

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 17:44:48 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:44:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Columbia Job
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: Taoufik Ben-Amor <tb46 at columbia.edu>
Subject: Columbia Job

The Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures seeks to
fill a lectureship in Arabic beginning in Fall 2000.  The position will
begin with a one-year contract renewable upon review. The successful
candidate should hold a Ph.D. or be ABD at the time of the appointment,
preferably in Arabic or applied linguistics.  S/he should have native or
near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic and English. We are seeking
a professional candidate with a serious commitment to teaching Arabic for
academic purposes along the ACTFL proficiency guidelines.
Responsibilities will include teaching 3 courses per term that may include
language-related culture courses and participating in the administration
of the Arabic program.

An application letter including a brief description of the applicant's
teaching philosophy and methodology, curriculum vitae, three letters of
recommendation, teaching evaluations and other supporting materials about
teaching should be sent to :

Joseph Massad
Chair, Arabic Search Committee
MEALAC
Columbia University
602 Kent Hall Mail Code 3928
New York, NY 10027

The application deadline is January 1, 2000.  Columbia University is an
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  Minorities and
women are encouraged to apply.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:01:48 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:01:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Berkeley Job
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: larkin at socrates.berkeley.edu
Subject: Berkeley Job

The Department of Near Eastern Studies announces a full-time Lecturer
position for a professional language teacher of Arabic, effective July 1,
2000. The position is renewable. Salary commensurate with education and
experience.

Responsibilities include teaching courses in elementary and intermediate
level Arabic, as well as the department's course for graduate students in
the teaching of Arabic in college. Requirements: M.A. or Ph.D. in Arabic
language or linguistics, a minimum of two years' language teaching
experience at the college level, training in language teaching, and native
or near-native competence in reading, writing, and speaking Arabic.
Applicants must be prepared to introduce up-to-date and innovative
pedagogy, including proficiency-based methods of language instruction and
testing.

Please send letter of application, names and addresses of three references
and a videotape of a recent class you have taught to Chair Anne D. Kilmer,
Department of Near Eastern Studies, 250 Barrows Hall, University of
California, Berkeley, CA. 94720-1940, by March 1, 2000. The demonstration
video may represent any lesson from an elementary or intermediate level
college class, but preferably not one of the very early first-year Arabic
lessons. The videotape should not exceed twenty minutes in length. The
University of California is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:00:09 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:00:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Correspondence Course Query
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: ABUEISSA at aol.com
Subject:

Dear colleague and friends:

Hope that someone out there can respond to this message.
Muhammad Eissa
================================================
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 22:08:06 GMT
From: isabelle at sosua.ilanguage.com
To: eissa at umich.edu

Dear Madam, Dear Sir

I'm a Belgian translator now living in the Dominican Republic.
I would like to do an Arabic correspondence course. Would it be possible from
here?

Thank you for considering my request.

Best regards,

Isabelle Bilterys

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:03:56 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:03:56 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Said Akl death
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: "A. FERHADI" <af3 at is2.nyu.edu>
Subject: Said Akl death

I just read in the papers that on Tuesday, Nov 9, the Lebanese writer and
journalist, Fadhil Said Akl (faaDil saciid caql) died at the age of 84. He
was born in 1915 one year before Ahmed Pasha sent his father Said Akl to
the gallows.

Ahmed Ferhadi
New York University

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:16:41 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:16:41 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:textbook guidance response
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: Ahmad Khorshid <a_khorshid at hotmail.com>
Subject: textbook guidance response

Yes, Nimat, it is the project the Islamic Center of Southern
California started (two?) years ago. The (three?) sisters did
come up with material up to 3rd grade. At this stage, we want
to continue to 8th? grade. Eventually, we should write books
to 12th grade.

Now, my question to you and to other members of the list is how
can I avoid the shortcomings of the first stage? How can I write
a good textbook? What are the principles I should keep in mind?
I've already got some good advice, but I'm hoping that more
people share their experience, especially those with previous
experience in writing textbooks.

Here is another specific question. I have in mind using frequency
counts of English words, not Arabic, and translating them into
Arabic. What do you think of that?

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:05:55 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:05:55 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Grammar book thanks
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: fhassan at texas.net (Fatme Hassan)
Subject: Grammar book thanks

Thanks to all of you who replied to my Arabic grammar book querry: M.Deeb,
Ahmad Khorshid, Waheed, George Hallak, Amin Almouhanna, and Kirk Belnap. I
really appreciate it...
Salaam
Fatme'

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:37:04 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:37:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:List matters
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: moderator
Subject: List matters

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:04:48 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:04:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Ling Tradition Query
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: Ali Mohammadi <MOHAMADY at NET1CS.modares.ac.ir>
Subject: Ling Tradition Query

Salaam,
  Could anyone on the list refer me to any books or electronic
  materials on the "Arabic linguistic tradition"?
  Thank you very much.

  Ali Mohammadi
  mohamady at net1cs.modares.ac.ir

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 12 18:02:55 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:02:55 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Penn Summer Program
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: Mary Martin <marym at mec.sas.upenn.edu>
Subject: Penn Summer Program

 Summer Intensive Courses in Elementary and Second year Arabic
 Summer Session 1:  May 23th-June 30th, 2000.
 The University of Pennsylvania

 Elementary Arabic is an intensive, full year courses in Modern Standard
 Arabic, the Arabic used in formal discourse in the contemporary Arab world.
 Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to read and
 understand texts on familiar topics, carry on simple conversations, and
 engage in basic written correspondence.  The course will cover the same
 material as Penn's year-long Elementary Arabic course (AMES 030), and will
 prepare students for Penn's second-year course, Intermediate Arabic (AMES
 031).

 Second year Arabic assumes knowledge of first year Arabic or the equivalent.
 The goal of the course is to expand the student's vocabulary, ability to
 apply the grammar learned in first year Arabic, and acclimatize the student
 to a native speaking environment.  The course will cover the same material
 as Penn's year-long Intermediate Arabic course.

 Graduate students studying medieval Islamic civilization or comparative
 Semitic studies will be introduced to bibliographic tools for the study of
 early and classical Arabic.

 For more information, contact the Penn Language Center at
 plc at ccat.sas.upenn.edu  or  (215) 898-6039.  Questions on the content of
 the courses may be sent to dahollen at sas.upenn.edu.

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:55:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT: Fadel Said Akl
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Date: 12 Nov 1999
From: "Chouairi, R. MR           DFL" <GR6548 at exmail.usma.army.mil>
Subject: Fadel Said Akl

Dear friends
Fadel Said Akl is not Said Akl.  Your message heading was misleading.  Many
people would think that "Said Akl death"
may mean the death of the great poet, linguist and father of the symbolist
school,  Said Akl who is still alive and well in Beirut.  Having said that,
Fadel Said Akl's writings were some of the best in the Arab world.  A
journalist that managed to
stretch the limits of Media Arabic to poetical expression rarely seen in
middle-eastern journalistic writings.
Rajaa Chouairi
Abou Fouad

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 16 18:11:48 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:11:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Concordance of Pre-Islamic Poetry
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Date: 16 Nov 1999
From: msyfried at mscc.huji.ac.il
Subject: Concordance of Pre-Islamic Poetry

			The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
			The Institute of Asian and African Studies
			The Max Schloessinger Memorial Foundation


			is pleased to announce the publication of

	The Concordance of the Diwans of the Six Ancient Arab Poets

			Edited with an Introduction

					by

			Albert Arazi and Salman Masalha


	Pre-Islamic Arabic poetry is one of the greatest cultural achievements
of the Arabs in the early period of their history. For several centuries
it was considered the only model of poetic perfection. It is the earliest
literary corpus in classical Arabic and a major part of Arab cultural
heritage.
	The present volume consists of a concordance of "al-`Iqd al-thamin
fi dawawin al-shu`ara' al-sitta al-jahiliyyin", in the edition of William
Ahlwardt. It also contains a preface in Arabic and English, a new critical
edition with numerous emendations of Ahlwardt's text, and a full
concordance of the poetry of Imru' al-Qays, Zuhayr b. Abi Sulma, Tarafa b.
al-`Abd, `Alqama b. `Abada al-fahl, `Antara b. Shaddad, al-Nabigha
al-Dhubyani and a few poems by four minor poets. The book holds more than
1400 pages  and contains more than 33,000 entries.
	The concordance will serve as an essential tool for the study of
classical Arabic poetry and for the study of classical Arabic in general.
In addition to the concordance of nouns, verbs and particles, it includes
separate sections on proper names, geographical names, names of horses and
camels.
	The work on the Concordance started a few years after the Hebrew
University was established in 1925. More than 2,000,000 cards were
prepared before the project was computerized in the eighties. Special
software was developed in order to facilitate the processing of the
material.

Inquiries:
e-mail: msjsai at pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il
Fax: +972-2-588-365

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 16 18:08:48 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:08:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Taltalah thanks
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Date: 16 Nov 1999
From: David Mehall <MEHALLD at gunet.georgetown.edu>
Subject: Taltalah thanks

A word of thanks to Frederic Lagrange and Chouairi, R. MR DFL for their
response to my call for sources relevant to taltala, the pre-Islamic
colloquial speech "defect" of Bahraa' where the imperfect tense stem vowel
/a/ was uttered as /i/. (Ibn ManZu:r 1981:I:442) This so-called defect was
evident in Hebrew, Western Aram. I discovered others, mostly namved on the
quadriliteral I taf`ala pattern: ghamghama, the tendancy of Quda`a to
mutter or speak indictinctly; or `an`ana, Tamim's tendancy to pronounce the
glottal stop /'/ in place of the `ayn /`/. (Rabin:1956:61)
Thanks again to my colleagues for their time and support.
wa-s-ala:m

Dawoud Mehall

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 16 18:14:23 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:14:23 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Denver Area translators needed
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Date: 16 Nov 1999
From:  liaison at ecentral.com
Subject: Denver Area translators needed

I am writing you on behalf of Liaison Multilingual, a =
translation/interpretation agency in Denver, Colorado. =20

We would like to know if you have any knowledge of translators or =
interpreters in the Denver area.  We are searching for translators and =
interpreters specializing in all languages, particularly Middle Eastern =
languages.

Thank you for your time.  We hope that you could be of some assistance.=20

Best Regards,
Rachel Garrett, Project Coordinator

Suzanne Robinson, Principal
Eva Losova and Rachel Garrett, Project Coordinators

LIAISON MULTILINGUAL
Tel:  303 762 0997      800  990 1970
Fax: 303 762 0999
E-mail: liaison at ecentral.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 16 19:03:12 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 12:03:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Dickins&Watkins query
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Date: 16 Nov 1999
From: "A. FERHADI" <af3 at is2.nyu.edu>
Subject: Dickins&Watkins query

Dear List Subscribers,

A colleague has asked me about a recent Arabic textbook for the
Intermediate Hi/Advanced level. Since I am not familiar with it, I wonder
if someone with familiarity with the work would care to comment on it. The
book is called Standard Arabic: An Advanced Course by James Dickins and
Janet C. E. Watson, published by Cambridge University Press (1999, I
believe). Thank you very much.

--Ahmed Ferhadi
New York University

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 16 19:05:24 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 12:05:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:new article
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1) Subject: Resumptive Pronouns article

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Date: 16 Nov 1999
From: moderator
Subject: Resumptive Pronouns article

The announcement of the new SOAS volume includes the following paper of
interest to subscribers:

SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics & Phonetics (1998)

Kempson, R., Edwards, M. & W. Meyer-Viol. "Resumptive Pronouns in
English and Arabic"


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 16 19:09:42 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 1999 12:09:42 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:new article
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1) Subject: article on diglossia

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1)
Date: 16 Nov 1999
From: Srpko Lestaric <srpkole at EUnet.yu>
Subject: article on diglossia

No need to talk to you how very interesting is the phenomenon of diglossia
in Arabic. The other day Gabe Bokor's Translation Journal
(<http://accurapid.com/journal>http://accurapid.com/journal -- A Web
publication for translators, by translators, about translators and
translation, No.4, Jan 2000) published my article on that topic (in
connection with the Arab folk tales).

Cordially,
Srpko Lestaric,
11080 Zemun (Belgrade)
Dobanovacka 83
Yugoslavia

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 17 17:21:59 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:21:59 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Grammar response and book announcement
Message-ID: <WED.17.NOV.1999.102159.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 17 Nov 1999
From: Adrian Gully <gully at aus.ac.ae>
Subject: Grammar response and book announcement

In addition to those works already mentioned you might also consider
Vicente Cantarino's Syntax of Modern Arabic Prose (3 vols) published by
Indian University Press in 1974.  I am pretty sure it is out of print
now but all good libraries should have a copy.  It is not a textbook but
is nonetheless an extremely useful reference for mainly literary Arabic.

May I take the liberty of informing colleagues about the following work
which has not yet been published but is in its advanced stages of
preparation:

A Reference Grammar of Modern Written Arabic by El Said Badawi, Michael
Carter and Adrian Gully scheduled for publication by Routledge in
December
2000.

This work, based on a corpus of original data, aims to fill a genuine
need in the field for a one-step reference guide to written Arabic as it
is found in literary and media sources.

Thank you.

Adrian Gully
American University of Sharjah

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 17 17:30:13 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 1999 10:30:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Dickins & Watkins responses
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1) Subject: Dickins & Watkins response

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Date: 17 Nov 1999
From:  Kirk Belnap <rkb at email.byu.edu>
Subject: Dickins & Watkins response

James Dickins and Janet C. E. Watson's Standard Arabic: An Advanced Course
(Cambridge University Press, 1999) looks to be a great resource (based on a
cursory examination).  Their approach is an interesting combination of old
and new.  For example, many of the drills are of the translation type
(translation skills are one of the stated goals of the authors).  On the
other hand, each lesson includes activities based on "aural texts" from
sources such as the BBC "Pick of the Month" series.  Each lesson also
contains helpful outlines for meaningful oral work.  I noted with interest
that they advocate such discussions be conducted in colloquial Arabic (they
suggest the written texts be discussed in MSA).  Discussion questions in
the "Oral" sections are given only in MSA, however.

We hope to include this work in AATA's "Textbook Review Packet" soon:

http://humanities.byu.edu/AATA/packetrequestform.html

Best,

Kirk

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2)
Date: 17 Nov 1999
From:  Jim Mavrikios <jmavrik at mindspring.com>
Subject: Dickins & Watkins response

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that the annoyance of seeing messages this way will encourage people who
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Dickins &amp; Janet Watson to be quite good. It is suitable for the
intermediate
/ advanced student and,&nbsp;along with language instruction, introduces
topics
of direct relevance to the Arab-speaking Middle East. Each chapter contains
materials for translation into and from Arabic, oral discussion topics and a
variety of exercises. I believe cassettes are also available for possible
language laboratory use.</FONT></DIV>
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov 22 18:24:13 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:24:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:author of dicton query
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Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: Rabia Redouane <rredouane at oise.utoronto.ca>
Subject: author of dicton query

I need your help with this: What would be the English translation of this
Arabic dicton, and who said it.

Al xayru bil xayri wa lba:di: ?akram wa sharru bisharri wa lba:di ?adlam

Thanks.

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

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov 22 18:16:36 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:16:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING: 9afak query
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Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: John Leake <J.E.S.Leake at durham.ac.uk>
Subject: 9afak query

Could anyone assist me with the precise meaning of the (I think) Syrian
colloquial verb /9afaq/ (9 = 9ain), which I've not found in any lexicon,
including two Syrian dialect dictionaries.  The context is that of an
9aud tutorial, published in Aleppo. An illustration follows:

kay naHSul 9alaa 9alaamat <MI>, na9f?q bi-l-'aSba9 al-thanii.

I don't know whether it's relevant, but the Syriac (suryaani) verb
9appeq means to embrace.

John Leake

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov 22 18:19:02 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:19:02 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:grammar response
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Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: "Miriam R. L. Petruck" <miriamp at cogsci.berkeley.edu>
Subject: grammar response

In case it hasn't already been mentioned, there's also
Ariel Bloch's (1986) _Studies in Arabic Syntax and Semantics_
published by Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden.

Miriam R.L. Petruck

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov 22 18:20:19 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:20:19 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Virginia-Yarmouk Summer Program
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Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: Waddah Al-Khatib <wa5y at cms.mail.virginia.edu>
Subject: Virginia-Yarmouk Summer Program

DESCRIPTION
The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic
Program has been in operation for fifteen years, and is an
intensive, eight-weekProgram in Modern Standard Arabic,
designed for undergraduate and graduate students currently
pursuing a degree program. The Program focuses on all
language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
In addition to the course in Modern Standard Arabic, all
students will take a course in the Jordanian dialect. All
courses will be taught in Arabic. Course instructors will
be members of the Yarmouk University faculty. Three levels
of skill-based instruction will be provided.  Starting in
Summer 1998 there will be a new course in Media Arabic for
advanced students.

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LOCATION
The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic
Program is held at Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan.
Yarmouk University is a comprehensive university with an
enrollment of about 15,000 students. Irbid is a city of
approximately 200,000 inhabitants, 90 kilometers (about 60
miles) northwest of Amman, the Jordanian capital. It is
located in the hills of northern Jordan and enjoys
temperate weather during the summer months.
One of the primary goals of this Program is to completely
immerse the participants in the Arabic language. Irbid is
an ideal setting due to its Arab-Muslim society. This
setting has a minimal number of foreigners that use
English.

Important historical and archaeological sites such as Um
Qais, Aqaba, Jerash, Amman, the Dead Sea, the Jordan Valley
and Petra are easily accessible from Irbid. Students will
have ample opportunities to visit these and other places of
interest during the two Program-sponsored educational
excursions, on weekends, during the mid-session break, or
at the end of the Program.



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 LEVELS OF INSTRUCTION

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LOWER INTERMEDIATE
Four hours of classroom instruction per day, five days a
week and language laboratory: 8 credits; Reference & Guide:
EMSA I, ca., 20-EMSA II, 34.
Jordanian Dialect/Conversation: 1 credit.
Prerequisite: one year of college-level Arabic or the equivalent.
Specially prepared materials will be provided by the Program at Yarmouk
University

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UPPER INTERMEDIATE
Three hours of classroom instruction per day, five days a
week and language laboratory: 6 credits; Reference & Guide:
EMSA II, ca., 35-IMSA I, 1-7.
Jordanian Dialect/Conversation: 1 credit.
Media Arabic: Optional (See ADVANCED below.)
Prerequisite: two years of college-level Arabic or the equivalent.
Specially prepared materials will be provided by the Program at Yarmouk
University

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ADVANCED
Three hours of classroom instruction per day, five days a
week and language laboratory: 6 credits.
Jordanian Dialect/Conversation: 1 credit.
Media Arabic (radio, television, newspapers and magazines): 1 credit.
Prerequisite: three years of college-level Arabic or the equivalent.
Specially prepared materials will be provided by the Program at Yarmouk
University.

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 NOTE: The EMSA/IMSA books are used only as a guide and reference at the
different levels of the Program

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 PLACEMENT
An applicant's final level will be determined by the following:
The number of years of college-level Arabic or the
equivalent that an applicant has completed.
An interview to be administered once the participants
arrive at Yarmouk University.

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COST The Program cost of $3,250 includes: round trip
international transportation New York-Amman-Irbid, tuition
and fees, room, two Program-sponsored educational
excursions, transportation, hotel lodging and entry fees
into the archaeological sites during the Program-sponsored
trips. It does NOT include meals, health/accident
insurance, incidentals, transportation between the
student?s home and Kennedy Airport, or Amman Airport exit
fee.
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Students applying for the Upper Intermediate and the
advanced Levels are eligible for a Fulbright-Hayes grant.
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A $35.00 nonrefundable application fee is due with the application.

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APPLICATION INFORMATION
For a printout of the application form please click here:
application forms  (under constrution)
For additional information, please contact us at:

 UVAYARMK at Virginia.edu

Phone: (804) 982-2304
Fax: (804) 924-6977

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Please send the completed application and fee to:
University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic Program
B027 Cabell Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903

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APPLICATION DEADLINE
Friday, April7, 2000. The deadline is fixed.

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 PROGRAM DATES
Orientation in New York and departure for Amman, Jordan:
Wednesday, June 14, 2000.
End of Program departure for New York: Sunday, August 13,
2000.

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* Note: Program dates are fixed and are not open to
negotiation by Program participants. However, dates are
based on airline schedules. Should this schedule change,
dates of the Program may change slightly.

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ORIENTATION SESSION
An Orientation session will be held in New York on
Wednesday, June 14, 2000 prior to departure. The
orientation session is MANDATORY for all participants.

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TRAVEL
All Program participants are required to travel as a group
to Jordan. The Program makes the necessary international
travel arrangements for the group.

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HOUSING
Students will be housed in Yarmouk University facilities,
double and triple occupancy.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov 22 18:22:19 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:22:19 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:CD ROM query
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Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: Jonathan Owens <Jonathan.Owens at uni-bayreuth.de>
Subject: CD ROM query

Dear consultants,

We are looking for the following items on cd roms, with the view
towards use in teaching and research:

The Holy Quran
hadith collections
Arabic newspapers (al-Ahram?)
English/Arabic, English/German dictionaries

In addition we need an OCR program for scanning Arabic texts.
Any recommendations for particularly good (or bad) editions/programs
would be appreciated.

thanks

jonathan owens

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Nov 22 18:21:20 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:21:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Middle East 2000 Call
Message-ID: <MON.22.NOV.1999.112120.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 22 Nov 1999
From: Dwight Reynolds <dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu>
Subject: Middle East 2000 Call

                           ** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE **

                               CALL FOR PAPERS
                          DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2000

                              MIDDLE EAST 2000
                      An Interdisciplinary Conference
                               March 25, 2000
                                 hosted by
                      Islamic & Near Eastern Studies
                   University of California, Santa Barbara

The Islamic & Near Eastern Studies program, University of California,
Santa Barbara, is pleased to announce UCSB's second annual regional
conference on the Middle East to be held on Saturday, March 25, 2000.

As with this year's conference, MIDDLE EAST 2000 is designed to bring
together scholars from post-secondary institutions from throughout the
state of California: 101 participants from 21 different colleges and
universities were present at the 1999 conference.

Responses from participants in last year's conference emphasized how
pleased they were to meet colleagues from regional institutions in a small
setting that allowed for discussions and conversations as well as research
presentations.  Many also commented on the opportunity this conference
provided for meeting with colleagues across disciplinary boundaries and
over historical time periods.  In light of that feedback, we have designed
MIDDLE EAST 2000 with the following initiatives in mind:

     (1) the historical scope of the conference emphasizes the exploration
of potential connections in scholarly research on the Near and Middle East
in different time periods and therefore includes scholars who work on
ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL and MODERN topics;

     (2) the geographic parameters of the conference aim at promoting
dialogue across wide spectrum of disciplines by approaching the "Middle
East" in its broadest possible conceptualization, one that includes
ancient religions and peoples, early and Eastern Christianity, Middle
Eastern Judaisms (including Biblical Studies, Sephardic Studies, Mizrachi
Jewish communities, and modern Israel), Islamic Studies, as well as
linguistically defined fields such as Arabic, Armenian, Byzantine,
Persian, and Turkish studies, and the full range of academic disciplines,
including archaeology, history, literary studies, anthropology, political
science, sociology, economics, environmental studies, international
relations, and others;

     (3) the conference will be devoted equally to panel sessions for the
presentation of brief research papers and to break-out sessions for the
convening of "working groups" that will bring together faculty members in
groups defined by shared research or teaching concerns (see below).  The
working groups who met last year were:

     -- Women and Gender in the Middle East
     -- Classical Antiquity and the Middle East
     -- Ancient Near Eastern Studies
     -- Teaching Middle Eastern Languages
     -- Andalusian/Medieval Iberian Studies
     -- Islam in the Undergraduate curriculum
     -- Iran since the Revolution
     -- Middle East Medievalists

We will be happy to host meetings of these same working groups, but also
wish to encourage the formation of NEW working groups (see below) this
year.  It is our hope that these "working groups" will explore the
possibility of collaborative research projects, establishing on-going
symposia or conferences, coordinating teaching and graduate student
training among multiple campuses, and other means of combining resources.
All participants will be asked to attend two such sessions.

               CALL FOR PAPERS AND/OR WORKING GROUPS

     We are now soliciting applications for a limited number of
participants to present research papers and/or convene a working group.
Although conference attendance is open to EVERYONE, presenters and
conveners must be faculty members.  We anticipate creating a program of
24-32 research presentations with break-out sessions for approximately 8
working groups. Priority will be given to faculty who did not present a
paper last year.  Paper presenters will receive hotel accommodation and a
travel stipend.

To submit a research paper topic, please fill out the form below with a
title and a 250-word abstract and return NO LATER THAN JANUARY 15, 2000.
We strongly encourage you to apply by EMAIL!!

     * To convene a working group please fill out the form below with a
brief description of the focus of the group (up to 100 words) and include
the names of at least TWO other participants who have agreed to attend NO
LATER THAN JANUARY 15, 2000.  Again, we strongly encourage you to apply by
Email.  The topics for the various working groups will be publicized to
all participants after February 1 in the conference schedule and on the
conference website.

Logistics: Participants should plan to arrive on Friday, March 24, 2000 or
very early (in the case of those driving from LA) on Saturday, March 25.
The conference will begin at 8:30 AM and will run until 6:30 in the
evening.  Following this there will be a dinner and a concert of Middle
Eastern music and dance performed by the UCSB Middle East Ensemble.
Travel and hotel information will be supplied to all potential
participants.  Note: for those who do not wish to travel on
the sabbath, a VERY small number of rooms may available at the faculty
club a five-minute walk from the conference.

For further information contact
Dwight F. Reynolds, Chair, Islamic & Near Eastern Studes, UCSB
Email: dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu           Phone: (805) 893-7143
****************************************************************************

                            MIDDLE EAST 2000
                       DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2000


NAME:

POSITION:

INSTITUTION:

FULL ADDRESS:




EMAIL ADDRESS:

PHONE:

FAX:


The following application is to:

 _______ present a research paper   ______ convene a working group    _____
both


PAPER TITLE (please attach an abstract of up to 250 words in length):





WORKING GROUP TITLE:



For working groups, please attach a brief description of up to 100 words
PLUS the names of two additional faculty members who have agreed to attend
this group along with their addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.




SEND BY EMAIL:	dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu

OR REGULAR MAIL:DWIGHT REYNOLDS, CHAIR
        	ISLAMIC & NEAR EASTERN STUDIES
              	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
              	SANTA BARBARA, CA 93106
*************************************************************

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 23 23:28:37 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:28:37 -0700
Subject: Araboc-L:PEDA:Dickins & Watson from the source
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Date: 23 Nov 1999
From: J.C.E.Watson at durham.ac.uk &  James Dickins <James.Dickins at durham.ac.uk>
Subject: Dickins & Watson from the source

The following is a general description of Standard Arabic: an Advanced
Course, by James Dickins and Janet C.E. Watson (Cambridge University
Press, 1999).


Standard Arabic: an advanced course (student's book): ISBN 0-521-63558-6
(pp. 612)
Standard Arabic: an advanced course - Teacher's Handbook and key to the
exercises: ISBN 0-521-63161-0 (pp. 216)
Standard Arabic: an advanced course - Aural Arabic Texts: ISBN
0-521-63531-4 (two cassettes; running time: 123 minutes)


This course is designed for students who have completed a first-level
course in Arabic and wish to pursue the subject to degree level. It aims
to develop thoroughly the four basic language skills of reading, writing,
speaking and listening, making extensive use of authentic Arabic
materials. Each of the 20 chapters is based around a particular topic
relating to the culture, history, politics, geography or society of the
Arab Middle East, to give students an insight into important aspects of
the region. This topic-based approach allows students to tackle vocabulary
and structures in a coherent and concentrated manner. Each chapter
contains materials for translation into and from Arabic, aural texts,
precis passages, suggested oral discussion topics and a variety of
exercises including comprehension in English and Arabic. In addition to
text-based material, each chapter also contains a grammar/stylistics
section, designed to deal with issues which are important and problematic
for advanced learners of Arabic.

CHAPTER CONTENTS
   Introduction
1. Geography of the Middle East
2. Ethnic groups in the Middle East
3. The Middle East in Antiquity
4. The Rise of Islam
5. The Arabic Language
6. The Arab-Israeli Conflict
7. The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
8. Climate and Environment
9. Social Issues and Development
10. Gender
11. Popular Culture
12. Muslim Spain
13. Arab Nationalism
14. Islamic Fundamentalism
15. Democracy
16. Death and Succession
17. Arabic Literature
18. Economics
19. Medicine
20. Islamic Heritage

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 23 23:35:24 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:35:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:CD ROM responses
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2) Subject: CD ROM response
3) Subject: CD ROM response
4) Subject: CD ROM response

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Date: 23 Nov 1999
From: Stefan Reichmuth <stefan.reichmuth at ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Subject: CD ROM response

Both Quran and Hadith are available from Sakhr editors. Several Arabic
newspapers are now available in WWW, readable by Acrobat. Al-Hayat started
to produce CD Rom versions for each completed year some time ago.

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2)
Date: 23 Nov 1999
From: Jan Hoogland <j.hoogland at let.kun.nl>
Subject: CD ROM response

>We are looking for the following items on cd roms, with the view
>towards use in teaching and research:

The Holy Quran	see Sakhr website or Arramedia
hadith collections	same

>Arabic newspapers (al-Ahram?)

As far as I know only Al Hayat is available on CD-ROM
However, Al Ahram is available on the Web, just take a day or two to
download from their archives and you'll be ready too.

>English/Arabic, English/German dictionaries

Sakhr's Al Qamoos vs. 4 includes German and Arabic (and English, French and
Turkish). However, loading all languages makes the program really slow.
Just 3 languages (in my case English, French and Arabic) is OK.

Hope this helps.
Good luck,
Consultant Jan (don't know if I'm senior consultant or junior, maybe that's
up to you to decide).

Jan (Abu Samir) Hoogland
Department of Arabic, Nijmegen University (the Netherlands)

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3)
Date: 23 Nov 1999
From:  Karen W <karen at webcombo.net>
Subject: CD ROM response

I find the Universal Translator Deluxe by LanguageForce to be one of the
best. You can find information about this program at:
http://www.gvae.com.au/products/Language/universal_translator_deluxe.htm
This program has voice command technology and translates omnidirectionally
in 33 languages, including Arabic.
Karen Wenokur
karen at webcombo.net

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4)
Date: 23 Nov 1999
From: GnhBos at aol.com
Subject: CD ROM response

Dear Jonathan,

We are able to supply with a Multilingual Harf Holy Qur'an
on two CD-ROMs, and the Hadith (all nine books on 1 CD).

We have Arabic and multilingual OCR programs from Sakhr.
Sakhr's Automatic Reader 5.0 is a Multilingual OCR,
Optical Character Recognition program, sets world
standards in accuracy and speed for converting
scanned documents to editable text files. Sakhr's
OCR builds entire archives in Arabic, Farsi, English,
and ten European languages without typing a single
character.  Sakhr's OCR program is a dependable and
time saving solution.

Sakhr's OCR (Professional or Office) can easily create,
collect, access, and index documents in just minutes.
Preserves layout, columns, tables, and graphics of the
original documents.  Results are checked Automatically
against the originals.  Users can access Sakhr's award
winning suite of dictionaries and text handling tools
directly from Automatic Reader or from within MS Arabic
Word, Office 95, or Office 97.

KEY FEATURES:

Multilingual: Recognize English and Arabic or English
and Farsi within the same 'pass'. Higher Accuracy: 99%
accuracy on laser-quality fonts.  Ten minutes training
raises accuracy to 99.8%. Faster Speed: Recognize up
to 500 characters per second. Choices: Speed of
intelligent Omni technology, or accuracy of pretrained
font recognition; displaying Arabic diacritical markings,
or not. Flexibility: Recognize documents of widely
varying print quality; include or exclude parts of image
files. Retain columns, tables, graphics, or font features
that are key ingredients of documents. Supports HTML and
Unicode, as well as TIF, PCX, BMP, MAG, TGA, GIF, DCX,
and JPG image files. New: Text Boxes control recognition
of text; Auto adjusts image position; Personal Archiver
edits and saves images; Direct Link to email for sending
text output. Wizards guide new users through scanning to
saving the new text file. Tutorial: Trains new OCR users.

Automatic Reader utilizes Sakhr's innovative Arabic/Farsi
OCR engine with Scansoft's award-winning TextBridge.
OCR 13 languages, as well as bilingual text: Arabic,
Farsi, English, French, German, Austrian, Italian,
Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and
Finnish.

Automatic Reader 5.0 is available in two versions:

The OFFICE Version--OCR capabilities in Arabic and English
only; also bilingual documents.  This version provides top
quality Omni technology for conversion of scanned text.
The Office Version does not have a batch mode feature,
spell checker, OLE and DDE capabilities, or trainability.
Price $300.00.

The PROFESSIONAL Version-OCR in Arabic, Farsi, English,
bilingual documents, and ten additional languages.  This
version also adds training technology to Omni technology
to further raise accuracy levels.  Users access 4 batch
modes, can train the program in specific fonts, use spell
checkers, Arabic linguistic rules, and OLE and DDE
features. Price $1399.00.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Pentium PC, VGA, CDROM,
16MB RAM, minimum 65MB storage available on hard disk
MS Arabic Windows 95/98/NT-WS (for Farsi and Arabic)
MS Windows 95/NT-WS (for the other 11 languages).

George N. Hallak

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:24:51 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:24:51 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:9afak response
Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.112451.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: Waheed Samy <waheed at mishmish.aucegypt.edu>
Subject: 9afak response

This verb means to squeeze, or hold (s.o. or s.th) firmly against something
else.  In your 9uud example, it means to draw the string against the finger
board.

Waheed

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:21:30 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:21:30 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:JAIS notification
Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.112130.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: Joseph Norment Bell <joseph.bell at msk.uib.no>
Subject: JAIS notification

Pre-publication versions of the following articles in Volume 2(1998-99) of
the Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies (www.uib.no/jais) have been posted:

1. Ibrahim Taha. Openness and Closedness: Four Categories of Closurization
in Modern
Arabic Fiction. (Adobe Acrobat PDF file, pp. 1-23).

2. Celia E. Rothenberg. A Review of the Anthropological Literature in
English on the Palestinian Hamula and the Status of Women. (Adobe Acrobat
PDF file,  pp. 24-48).

These are temporary postings. The final files will be posted in a few weeks.
Readers noticing spelling, formatting, or other errors are requested to
notify joseph.bell at msk.uib.no. HTML versions to be posted later.

In Volume 1(1996-97), one article is delayed for technical reasons:

Petra G. Schmidl. Two Early Arabic Sources on the Magnetic Compass. Pp. 81-XX.


Regards,

Joseph Bell

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:27:32 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:27:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Cairene Coll query
Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.112732.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: DWILMSEN at aucegypt.edu
Subject: Cairene Coll query

hello

can those of you who have programs which include the colloquial arabic of
cairo as part of the curriculum tell me what textbooks and materials you
use in teaching?

thx

david wilmsen
director, arabic and translation studies
american university in cairo

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:29:21 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:29:21 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Masters Project query
Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.112921.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: Barbara Castleton <alphaaction at yahoo.com>
Subject: Masters Project query

> Good Morning,
>
>     I am interested
> in locating native speakers of Arabic in order to use them as subjects in a
> sociolinguistic study I'm conducting on their usage of the Arabic language,
> adaptation to English, etc. This work has become the focus of my thesis
>for a
> Masters in Linguisitics here at Ohio University.
>     Would you be willing to either forward the e-mail addresses of
>instructors
> who may fit this profile, or perhaps ask them to contact me directly with
>regard
> to my Master's project?  My intent is to fax them copies of the survey I've
> developed, focusing on a specific feature of Arabic which I call the
>Allah Lexicon
> and then request that they fax them back to me.
>      I would appreciate any assistance you can offer.
>
> Thank you very much,
> Barbara Castleton
> alphaaction at yahoo.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:30:50 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:30:50 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:MSA regional lexical variation query
Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.113050.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: armtc <armtc at casema.net>
Subject: MSA regional lexical variation query

Could anyone tell me of research being done on the varieties in
MSA-vocabulary in different regions of the Arab world? Will this research
be integrated in future dictionaries?

Best regards,

Matanja Bauer
Student (Leiden University - The Netherlands)

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:32:47 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:32:47 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Al khayru bil kayri response
Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.113247.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: Muhammad Deeb <mdeeb at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Al khayru bil kayri response

Dear Rabia,

	Here is my rough translation, for what it is worth.

(A)  	> Al khayru bil khayri wa lba:di: ?akram:

	A good turn for another, and whoever
	takes the initiative is nobler;

(B) 	> Ash-sharru bish-sharri wa lba:di ?aZlam:

	An evil for an evil, and the initiator
	is more iniquitous

						-------
						M. Deeb

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 18:23:00 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:23:00 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Chamito-semitic Call
Message-ID: <TUE.30.NOV.1999.112300.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: Moha Ennaji <estry at fesnet.net.ma>
Subject: Chamito-semitic Call

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Generative Grammar Research Group at the University of Fes (Morocco) is
organising a two-day conference on March 20-21, 2000 on

"Aspects of the morphology and syntax of Chamito-semitic Languages"

Abstracts are welcome in all areas of descriptive and theoretical
linguistics concerned with Chamito-semitic languages. Papers will be forty
minutes long followed by fifteen minutes discussion.

Suggested topics to be discussed during the conference :
-Morphology:  inflection and derivation paradigms
-Word order and syntactic variation
-The morpho-syntax of tense, aspect, negation, adverbs, complementisers,etc
-comparative studies
- Minimalist approaches to chamito-semitic languages: movement, control,
case checking, etc

Abstracts should be sent by 20 January 2000, preferably by e-mail. The name
and contact address (e-mail), plus affiliation should be placed at the top
of the message. The body of the abstract should follow after 6 blank lines.
 The author's name and contacts will be omitted before sending the abstract
to reviewers.
If submitted by air-mail, a hard copy of the abstract as well as a disk
copy should be dispatched to the address below.

Papers will be in English, French and Arabic.

Please note that the University will be able to pay only for participants'
board and lodging, but not for transportation.

Moha Ennaji
Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherches sur la Grammaire Generative
=====================
Dept of English
Faculte des Lettres 1
BP 50 Fes 30 000
Morocco
Fax: +212 5 64 08 44
Tel: +212 5 61 09 10
E-mail: estry at fesnet.net.ma

Organising Committee
Moha Ennaji
Fatima Sadiqi
Mohamed Moubtassime
Souad Slaoui
El Hassan Es-saidy
Ahmed Makhoukh

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov 30 23:11:36 1999
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 16:11:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:NACAL call
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Date: 30 Nov 1999
From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
Subject: NACAL call


 		     NACAL 28:  CALL FOR PAPERS

		        Twenty-eighth Annual
        North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics

  	                  PORTLAND, OREGON

	     Friday, March 10th-Sunday, March 12th, 2000

(at the beginning of the American Oriental Society's Portland conference.)

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Dear Scholars in Afroasiatic Languages,

We are once again planning that pre-AOS bash for linguists working
with the Afroasiatic language family (Semitic, Egyptian, Berber,
Cushitic, Chadic, and Omotic languages). Proposals for 20-minute
papers are requested on any area of the phonology, grammar, syntax,
synchrony, diachrony, sociolinguistics, or epigraphy of these
languages.  Those who are also attending the American Oriental Society
Conference can request to be scheduled in the joint session between
NACAL and AOS, but such slots will be limited in number due to time
constraints.

Deadline for paper proposals is January 10th, 2000, but please use the
e-mail form below to let me know now whether you plan to attend and to
keep the mailing list up-to-date.  You may also submit an abstract via
e-mail, if you so desire. (FORM BELOW)

Hotel information and other logistics will be forthcoming.

The registration fee will be $40 payable to "Geoffrey Graham."  Please
mail all checks and other postal correspondence to:

Geoffrey Graham (NACAL 28)
Department of NELC, Yale University
Hall of Graduate Studies, Box 208236
New Haven, CT 06520-8236, USA

Sincerely,
Geoff Graham

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MAILING LIST INFORMATION FORM:

Name:

Mr. or Ms.? _____

Affiliation (if applicable):

Postal Address:

Telephone Number (Optional):

E-mail Address:

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ABSTRACT PROPOSAL FORM:

Title of Paper:

Abstract of the Paper:

(Note that, if your paper is selected, this abstract will be printed *AS
IS* in the conference notebook.  One pithy paragraph is usually
sufficient;  please limit yourself to one typed page at most.  If you need
diacritics or other characters than ten-bit ascii, please mail your
abstract to the address below.)

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            `   Geoffrey Graham                                    `
            `                                                      `
            `   Department of NELC, Yale University                `
            `   Hall of Graduate Studies, Box 208236               `
            `   New Haven, CT 06520-8236, USA                      `
            `                                                      `
            `   Res. (203) 436-1938     Dept. (203) 432-2944       `
            `   Bus. (203) 432-2950     Fax (203) 432-2946         `
            `                                                      `
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