From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jul 10 16:35:34 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:35:34 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Boktor
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2) Subject: DLI Boktor
3) Subject: Boktor
4) Subject: Boktor

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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: Muhammad Deeb <mdeeb at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Boktor

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			(1)	> [...] "Boktor" means "Victor"

			(2)	> Victor could be a nickname
				> for Boqtor.
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***

	Strictly speaking, "BuqTur" neither means, nor functions as a
nickname for "Victor" (or vice-versa).  Further, it does not imply that a
person so named has an elevated status in society.  "BuqTur" is simply an
arabized or linguistically "corrupted" form of Victor.  Please, check "The
Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt," at:

		http:/www.coptic.church.com/history.html

	This interesting article deals with Christian monasticism and its
significant role in the formation of Coptic Church in Egypt.  Among the
"Desert Fathers," i.e., the saints who founded the monasteries, one reads:
"Another saint from the Theban Legion is Saint Victor, known among Copts
as "Boktor."

		M. Deeb

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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: johninmonterey at webtv.net (John Brown)
Subject: DLI Boktor

I think you were referring to Ismail Bolotok, as you said a gentleman of
Turkish origins but teaching Arabic at the Defense Language Institute,
Foreign Langage Center, located at Monterey, CA.

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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: Karin Ryding <RYDINGK at gunet.georgetown.edu>
Subject: Boktor

I have a feeling that "Boktor" (since several people say it is a version of
"Victor') derives from the fact the "Victor" written in Cyrillic script
looks like "buktur".  Just a thought.  Karin R.

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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: mustafa abd-elghafar mughazy <mughazy at students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Boktor

One of the respondents mentioned the argument that the term Copts refers
to all Egyptians (Moslems and Christians). I would appreciate it if
someone please elaborate on this issue because I thought otherwise. Also,
before the Arab invasion of Egypt, Prophet Mohammed used the term "aqbaaT
misr", and I would not think there were Moslems in Egypt at that time.
Thank you
Mustafa

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jul 10 16:36:21 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:36:21 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Palestinian Dialect Descriptions Query
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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: Abdullah Samarah <abdullah at ling.gu.se>
Subject: Palestinian Dialect Descriptions Query

Dear partners. I would appreciate your help if someone can send me/guide me
to have an abbreviation of the Palastinian dialect e.g. its historical
view, and characteristics, as briefly as possible. It is preferable to be
the latest work done, otherwise, it does not matter to be from previous
time.

You can contact me through the following address:

Abdullah J.
Linguistic Dept. of GBG University
Sweden.
E.mail: abdullah at ling.gu.se

Thanks and hopefully to hear from you soon.

Best,
Abdullah J.
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jul 10 16:38:30 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:38:30 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Semantic Ambiguity Software Query
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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: Heba Aboul-Enein <haboulenein at hotmail.com>
Subject: Semantic Ambiguity Software Query

   Hi. Does anyone know of a reliable software that measures the semantic
ambiguity of a particular text. Best wishes
Heba

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jul 10 16:39:58 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:39:58 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Word for 'harem revolt' Query
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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: cnjbrough <cnjbrough at janics.com>
Subject: Word for 'harem revolt' Query

Would someone be able to tell me if there was a word used in 12th century
Islam for "harem revolt?"  I read from a questionable source that there was
a word for it, "nusuz."  It appears to be in no modern Arabic dictionary,
however--which is understandable because there ARE no harem revolts now!

c_bruff at yahoo.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jul 10 16:40:53 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:40:53 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Thesaurus Response
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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: Jeff HENSON <jhenson at cybercable.fr>
Subject: Thesaurus Response

How about these :

-  Kitab Nuj’at-u-Ra’id Wa Shir’at-ul-Warid Fi-l-Mutaradif Wa-l-Mutawarid (A
Thesaurus of Arabic Synonyms) by Al-Yaziji, Ibrahim

-  Ar-Rafed: A Thesaururs of Man and his Environment by Al-Nasiruddin, Amin

-  A Dictionary of Arabic Homonyms by Qumbus, Abdul-Halim M

cheers,
Jeff Henson

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jul 11 21:33:40 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:33:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Virginian Job
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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Mohammed Sawaie <ms at virginia.edu>
Subject: Virginian Job

Lectureship in Arabic Language


University of Virginia.  The Division of Asian & Middle Eastern Languages &
Cultures (AMELC) announces a lectureship in Arabic language, beginning Fall
Semester 2001.  The position will begin with a one-year contract, followed
by two possible three-year renewals.  We are looking for a professional,
skilled, language instructor with particular competence in standard Arabic
and Arabic grammar and a serious commitment to teaching Arabic for academic
purposes.  Applicants should have native, or near native fluency of Modern
Standard Arabic (MSA), one dialect, and English.  M.A. in Arabic language
studies required, ABD or PhD preferred in addition to a successful
proficiency-based teaching record.  Responsibilities will include teaching
12 to 15 hours per week at the beginning and intermediate levels, and
participating in the administration of the Arabic Program.  Salary is
commensurate with qualifications and experience.

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

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

Preliminary screening and interviews will be conducted at the Middle East
Studies Association Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, November 16-19,
2000.  Review of applications will continue until position is filled.

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

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jul 11 21:33:00 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:33:00 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:'harem revolt' responses
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3) Subject: 'harem revolt' response
4) Subject: 'harem revolt' response

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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Wael Doukmak <wd at arabic.com>
Subject: 'harem revolt' response


Hello,

The word you are likely to be looking for is "nushooz" from the root "n sh
z".

Wassalam,

Wael

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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Farouk Mustafa <fawm at midway.uchicago.edu>
Subject: 'harem revolt' response

Maybe you are thinking of "nushuz"?
Farouk

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3)
Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Humphrey Taman Davies <hdavies at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: 'harem revolt' response

Your "nusuz" must be a mis-transcription for "nushuz"
(nun-shin-waw-zayn), verbal noun of "nashaza" meaning "to be
recalcitrant, disobediant (towards her husband, said of a woman; [or] to
treat (a wife) brutally (said of a man)" whence the use of "nushuz" in
Islamic law to mean "violation of marital duties on the part of either
husband or wife, specifically, recalcitrance on the part of the woman
towards her husband, and brutal treatment of his wife by the husband"
(definitions from Wehr) - thus a somewhat more complex (and evenhanded)
concept than "harem revolt" would imply.

As an established term in Islamic law, it must have been coined wel
before the 12the century (whether you Islamic or Christian).

ila al-amaam!

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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Mayada Elsabbagh <mayada.elsabbagh at internet.uqam.ca>
Subject: 'harem revolt' response

Hello,
'Nusuz' (the root of which is 'n/sh/z')appears in Quran. According to a
Quranic index, it appears 4 times in 3 senses:
	(1) 'Unshuzu': get up from one's seat
	(2) 'Nanshuz AlItham': we revive bones
	(3) 'Nushuzan' & 'Nushuzahunna': refraction of the husband or the wife.

'Harem' the root of which is 'h/r/m' in Quran is never used to refer to
women but refers to that which is protected so 'harrama' & 'haram' means to
forbid & forbidden. 'Hurma' and 'Hareem' are used in some modern gulf
dialects to refer to women.
 I don't think a translation of 'Nushuz' as 'harem revolt' is accurate,
partly because 'Nushuz' as explained has a technical reference in Islam
while 'Hareem' does not, and in other part because revolt does not
correspond to any of the above interpretations.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jul 11 21:38:39 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:38:39 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Indonesian MA Thesis Abstract Request
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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Saifullah Kamalie <saif at centrin.net.id>
Subject: Indonesian MA Thesis Abstract Request

[moderator's note: This message contains characters that are not readable
on my machine.  I don't know what they are going to look like on yours.]

Dear colleage,
 
I have just finished writing magister thesis in Indonesian language and I
have to write an abstract in English. I have tried to write it as good as
possible, but it will be better if one of English native speaker read it
here, in this forum, hopely give me some corrections. The abstract of the
thesis is:
 

ABSTRACT

An attempt is made to describe the equivalence of Arabic prepositions `ala
and li in Indonesian . This attempt is based on (1) the meanings of those
prepositions in source language as contextual factors that influence the
equivalency and (2) language elements around those prepositions as
co-textual factors that also influence the equivalency.

The data was taken from Al-Qur&rsqu;0an dan Terjemahnya, that is the
translation of al-Qur&rsqu;0an done by Departemen Agama (Religious Affair
of Republic of Indonesia) printed in Medina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. From
the data, I found 4208 corpuses that consist of 1445 prepositions of `ala
and 2761 prepositions of li with their equivalence. From nine meanings of
preposition `ala, I found only six of them, those are: (1) al-Isti`l±', (2)
equivalent to f³, (3) al-Ta`l³l, (4) equivalent to ma`a, (5) equivalent to
min and (6) equivalent to bi., and from thirty meaning of preposition li, I
found only twenty of them, those are: (1) al-Milk, (2) al-Taml³k, (3) Syibh
al-Milk, (4) Syibh al-Taml³k, (5) al-Ta`l³l, (6) al-Taby³n, (7)
al-Ta`diyah, (8) al-¢ayr­rah, (9) al-Tabl³g, (10) equivalent to il±, (11)
equivalent to f³, (12) equivalent to `an, (13) equivalent to Prep `al±,
(14) equivalent to `inda, (15) equivalent to ba`da, (16) equivalent to min,
(17) kay, (18) al-Ju¥­d, (19) al-Taqwiyah, and (20) equivalent to bi..

The equivalence of `ala and li are mostly at the same category, that is
preposition. 62% of 1445 occurances of `ala and 60% of 2763 occurances of
li are prepositions. >From this formal correspondence, I found transference
not only in phrase level, but also in clause or sentence level. That is
caused by literal translation. From those findings, I can conclude that the
influence of Arabic language to its equivalence in translating the
preposition `ala and li is very strong.

If we criticize the Al-Qur&rsqu;ian dan Terjemahnya based on what Nida and
Taber (1984:12) said that &ldqu;ithe best translation does not sound like
translation&rdqu;i, so the Al-Qur&rsqu;ian dan Terjemahnya is still far
from that criteria. Therefore, we have to reconsider the principle that
&ldqu;ithe translation of al-Qur&rsqu;ian must not follow the theory and
technique of Indonesian linguists&rdqu;i as mentioned by one of Al
Qur&rsqu;ian translator team, because the target of that translation is
Indonesia society.

Nida and Taber (1974:173) said there is no better compliment for a
translator than to have someone say &ldqu;iI never knew before that God
spoke my language&rdqu;i. If the principle and taste of Indonesian are also
considered in translating al-Qur&rsqu;ian, Indonesian Moslem will say
&ldqu;iI never knew before that Allah spoke Indonesian&rdqu;i.


Thank you for your assistance.
 
 
Saifullah Kamalie


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jul 11 21:34:27 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:34:27 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Semantic Ambiguitiy Software Response
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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Jan Hoogland <j.hoogland at let.kun.nl>
Subject: Semantic Ambiguitiy Software Response

>   Hi. Does anyone know of a reliable software that measures the semantic
>ambiguity of a particular text. Best wishes
>Heba
>
Heba,
count the number of words (your word processor can tackle this) devide it
by 5 and multiply with 100 and you'll know the ambiguity of any Arabic text.
More serious now: I think before ambiguity can be measured, we first need a
reliable diacritizer to add vowels to unvoweled Arabic text. As far as I
know, such a tool is not available, although Sakhr has been working on it.
Does anyone have recent information on this?

Jan

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jul 11 21:36:25 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:36:25 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22han=EEf=22?= query
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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Muhammad Taufiq Prabowo <mtaufiqp at telkom.net>
Subject: "hanîf"query

[moderator's note: this message came with characters that are unreadable on
my machine.  I'm not sure how it's going to come out once I send it out
again.]

Dear partners, I would appreciate your help if someone can inform me about
the meaning of the Arabic word &ldqu;fhanîf&rdqu;f in Aramaic and in
Ethiopic. The contextual meaning of &ldqu;fhanîf&rdqu;f in the Koran is not
in correlation with its lexical meaning, and I suppose that the word is a
loanword (?). I search its meaning for a tolerant view on religious
relationships.

You can contact me through the following address:

Muhammad Taufiq PRABOWO
Arabic Section, Litteratures Dept. of Malang State University, Indonesia.
E.mail: <mtaufiqp at telkom.net>

Best wishes,

Muhammad T.P.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jul 11 21:41:50 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:41:50 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:More Boktor responses
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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: David Harris <dharris at las-inc.com>
Subject: Boktor response

[These are some responses to David's original question that were sent
directly to him, and which he is reposting here since the subject raised
quite a bit of interest.]

Dear David:

     Hi. I'm an Egyptian doctor. I haven't come across the name `Boktor'
anywhere. However, the word `doktor' in our lanaguge refers to its English
counterpart `doctor'. I am sorry I couldn't help.

Heba Aboul-Enein [haboulenein at hotmail.com]
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Dear Mr. Harris,
I think it might be a coptic name. Being an Egyptian I have met a lot of
Christian (Copt) Egyptian males whose given name is Boktor.
I hope this simple info helps as a clue to help you in your research.
Samia Montasser
Lecturer in Arabic.

Samia S. Montasser [sam231 at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu]
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hello David
This is Hanna Boktor. I am Egyptian. I have got your message through Dr.
Stevens, a sociolinguist here at the American Univeristy in Cairo. Let me
know how I can be of assistance.

Sincerely

HANNA BOKTOR [HBOKTOR at aucegypt.edu]
    -------
My Response to HB:

Greetings from Washington, DC! Thanks for offering to help. I had noticed
that BOKTOR is quite a common name among Egyptian males, and I was curious
as to its origin. One person speculated that it might be a Coptic Christian
name. Is this true? And is it restricted to males or can females also be
named BOKTOR? Also, what is the meaning of the name?

One last thing: I assume your father's name is BOKTOR if your name follows
typical Egyptian naming practices. The alternative would be that BOKTOR is a
surname which is passed from generation to generation as typical Western
family names are. But I'm betting on the former.

Anyway, thanks for offering to help,

David Harris
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HB's follow-up message:

hi David

Greetings from Egypt. Thanks for your interst in the origin of name. I
haven't given it much of a thought. All I know about the name is that it
is name of a coptic saint. Some people told me that it may be somewhow
related to 'victor' but I am not sure of this. It is definitely a
christian name. and it is also restricted to males. It is rare as a
first name.

I have an interesting story about my name as well. When I arrived at the
States in 1997, I was not sure which name to use as a family name. I did
not have one that we pass on from generation to generation. I used my
father' name and then I found out that the American Embassy used my great
grandfather's
name as my last name. As a result, I had two surnames: my father's and my
greatgrandfather's. So my Univeristy ID had Boktor for a last name and
the check issued from the school where I worked had "Fouad" for a last
name. I had to ask friends to confirm to the bank that the two names
belong to the same person; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to cash
any checks.

hope this information helps.

Hanna
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 13 18:07:04 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:07:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Dictionary of Phonetics
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Date: 12 Jul  2000
From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: New Dictionary of Phonetics

Date:  Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:46:23 +0200
From:  LINCOM.EUROPA at t-online.de (LINCOM EUROPA)
Subject:  Phonetics: A Dictionary of Phonetics, Solomon I. & Sara, S.J.

A Dictionary of Phonetics
Articulatory, Acoustic, Auditory
English - Arabic

SOLOMON I. SARA, S.J.
Georgetown University

The aim of this dictionary is to provide the Arabic students and
scholars a comprehensive set of English technical vocabulary that is
currently used in phonetics with the corresponding set in Arabic.
Phonetics is a vast field of study with branches reaching out into
many speech and language sciences.  Thus, a dictionary of phonetics
can not be limited only to the field of linguistics. It must include
articulatory phonetics and technical terms from the anatomy,
physiology, and neurology of speech; acoustic phonetics and the
technical terms from speech encoding and transmission processes; and
auditory phonetics and technical terms from speech reception,
decoding, and perception.  In addition, a dictionary of phonetics must
include all other relevant terms occurring in the neighboring
sub-fields of linguistics that touch upon phonetics, in particular
instrumental phonetics and phonology.  The proposed dictionary is such
a dictionary of phonetics.  Even though this dictionary accounts for
all of the phonetic terminology in use in the study and teaching of
phonetics, it is arranged alphabetically rather than by the many
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 13 18:05:08 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:05:08 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:hanif response
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Date: 12 Jul  2000
From: Muhammad Taufiq Prabowo <mtaufiqp at telkom.net>
Subject: hanif response

[M. is posting a reply he received to his original query with a further
comment by him.]

Dear Muhammad:

       If the word is /hanif/ which occured in aya 135, AlBaqara, it was
mentioned with reference to prophet Ibraham, who was /haniifa/ which means
that he left other untrue religions to the right one.
Best wishes

Heba

MTP response to Heba:
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Dear Heba,

First of all, thanks for your response. Yes, I search for the meaning of
/haniif/ which is mentioned in 135th verse of al-Baqara, but not in Arabic.
I search for its meaning in al-Aaramiya (Aramaic), in al-Aashuriya (Syriac),
or in al-Habashiya (Ethiopic), because there is not any dictionary of those
languages in my country.
Such as you told one of interpretations (tafsiir) of the word /haniif/ is to
leave other untrue religions to the right one. There is other interpretation
that it means straight (istiqaama) (ash- Shaukaany’s Fathu al-Qadiir) But
those interpretations, I think, are given compulsively. Why? The Arabic
lexical meaning of /haniif/ is a man who his legs bend inward. Radicals
/h-n-f/ and the sifa /ahnaf/ not /haniif/ (Mustafa’s al-Mu’jam al-Wasiit).
For a human quality, it is a bad one. And in the Koran the word /haniif/ is
used for a honorable meaning (character of the religion of Abraham –millata
Ibraahiima haniifa– or character of Abraham himself –haniifa muslima–). So,
I suppose that the word is a loanword. If in those other languages the
lexical meaning of /haniif/ is in correlation with a honorable one, my
supposition has its reason.
Best wishes from Indonesia,

Muhammad T.P.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 13 18:06:03 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:06:03 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:DLI teacher
Message-ID: <THU.13.JUL.2000.110603.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date: 12 Jul  2000
From: Abu Riyah <aburiyah at hotmail.com
Subject: DLI teacher

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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes.&nbsp; John Brown is correct in that I was
thinking of Ismail Bolotok.&nbsp; My memory obviously failed me and I confused
the names.&nbsp; I stand corrected.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stephen Cardoos</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>aburiyah at hotmail.com</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 13 18:03:21 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:03:21 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:digitizer
Message-ID: <THU.13.JUL.2000.110321.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 12 Jul  2000
From: Digitek <sakhrus at erols.com>
Subject: digitizer

Indeed Sakhr has an automatic diacritizer, and has had one for many years.
It is an essential component of many of Sakhr's search engines and its MT
and CAT engines.  Unfortunately, it is not available as a stand alone,
off-the-shelf product.

Digitek International

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 20 23:15:29 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:15:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Attitudes and Acquisition
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Date: 20 Jul 2000
From: shawky <shawky at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: Attitudes and Acquisition

Hi everyone,
I am working on the my MATAFL the topic deals the efffect of attitude on the
acquisition of Arabic . Would you have any interest in that topic please do
contact me.
Nehad

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 20 23:23:49 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:23:49 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Colloquial Arabic Sites query
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Date: 20 Jul 2000
From: Libor Zajicek preklady rustina&polstina <libore at volny.cz>
Subject: Colloquial Arabic Sites query

Dear members of the list,

could You recommend me any sites concerning colloquial arabic - I am
interested in Palestinian or Lebanonese variant. I would like to know
tooin the differences, which dialects are similar each to other more and
which less.
I would also like to know, in which way did the arabic words get to
turkish. Was it through the classical arabic, or through syrian or iraqi
dialect.
Thank You for any answer or advice.

Libor Zajicek, Prague, Czech Republic

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 20 23:16:17 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:16:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Resources in Spanish Query
Message-ID: <THU.20.JUL.2000.161617.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date: 20 Jul 2000
From: Kirk Belnap <rkb at email.byu.edu>
Subject: Arabic Resources in Spanish Query

I just received a message from a 15-year-old girl in Ecuador who wants to
learn Arabic.  I sent her some info. on English resources.  If you have
some Spanish resources you'd recommend--or someone you recommend she
contact--let me know.
Thanks, Kirk

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 20 23:20:06 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:20:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:U of Washington Librarian Job
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Date: 20 Jul 2000
From: Mary St. Germain
Subject: U of Washington Librarian Job

The University of Washington Libraries would like to advertise the
open position described below.  Thank you.

Mary St. Germain
Head, Near East Section
University of Washington Libraries


NOTICE OF VACANCY
July 19, 2000


TITLE: International Studies Computer Services Librarian
   Temporary, two-year position

LOCATION: International Studies and East Asia Library


GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

Under the direction of the Head, Near East Section, serves as the resource
person for researching, recommending, planning and implementing access to
emerging electronic applications and technologies for non-Roman scripts;
provides programming support; and is responsible for planning, setting up
and supporting specialized hardware and software for International Studies
units.  This position offers the opportunity to develop unique services for
a diverse clientele.


SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES and DUTIES:

Coordinates computing support and services for the East Asia Library and
International Studies sections (Near East, Slavic and Eastern Europe, South
Asia and Southeast Asia).  Works with Library Systems to provide optimal
terminal configurations supporting non-Roman script/character access,
display and keyboarding.  Serves as liaison to Library Systems.

Coordinates maintenance for and management of specialized hardware
equipment, software, and CD-ROM networks.  Installs software programs for
non-Roman scripts, provides support for their operation and provides
training for staff in technical aspects of these programs.

Researches and implements products and services related to non-Roman
script/character support for Innovative Interfaces, as well as OCLC and
other bibliographic utilities.  In conjunction with staff in Resources and
Collection Management Services, investigates and recommends ways to increase
non-Roman access through the library catalog.  Maintains OCLC CJK software
in coordination with Libraries' central OCLC support staff.

Maintains an awareness of networking standards, technology and national
developments related to non-Roman script/character access in the distributed
computing environments delivered through Microsoft NT and the Internet.
Performs programming and database design.  Assists
in the design, creation and maintenance of World Wide Web applications.


Participates in the development of overall technology planning for Library
Systems.

Participates in user education programs to promote optimum use of the
Libraries' electronic resources in non-Roman character sets.

Contributes to the development of University Libraries policies, programs
and services.  Participates in University Libraries committees, task forces,
and program planning as appropriate.

Assumes other responsibilities as assigned; performs other tasks as
requested.


QUALIFICATIONS:
Required:

1. Graduate degree from a program accredited by the American Library
Association or an equivalent graduate library science/information studies
degree.

2. Demonstrated programming ability in a commonly used programming language,
preferably C++ or PERL.

3. Demonstrated knowledge of the Microsoft NT environment; familiarity with
a wide
range of software applications such as Access, and the ability to learn
applications such as Geographic Information Systems or image management
software.

4. Knowledgeable about current trends in information technology,
particularly those relating to NT and the World Wide Web.

5. Excellent communication skills and ability to work with diverse
clientele.


Desired:

1. Experience with providing service and systems support for non-Roman
characters and languages, primarily with applications displaying and
manipulating non-Roman scripts and diacritics.

2. Knowledge of Innovative Interfaces system or experience with
bibliographic utilities such as OCLC.

3. Experience with maintenance of CGI or similar scripts (or equivalent
coursework).

4. Experience in a systems support capacity, preferably in a research
library.

5. Area studies and/or foreign language coursework, or related experience,
preferably in a research institution.



SALARY: $36,000 minimum.  Starting salary commensurate with qualifications
and background.


BENEFITS: Librarians are academic personnel and participate in the
University of Washington Retirement Plan (TIAA-CREF,  The Vanguard Group,
SAFECO Mutual Funds and/or Fidelity Investments) on a matching basis.
Vacation is accrued at the rate of 24 working days per year; sick leave at
the rate of 12 working days per year.  Excellent medical, dental and life
insurance plans.  No state or local income tax.

APPLY TO: Charles E. Chamberlin
Deputy Director of Libraries
University of Washington Libraries
482 Allen Library
Box 352900
Seattle, Washington  98195-2900

Applicants should submit a letter of application, full resume including a
work telephone number and email address, salary requirements, and the names,
addresses and telephone numbers of at least three references who are
knowledgeable of the applicant's qualifications for this position.

APPLICATION
DEADLINE: To ensure consideration, applications should be received no later
than
 5:00 p.m., Friday, September 15, 2000.

University of Washington Libraries' Home Page is:
 http://www.lib.washington.edu


The University of Washington, an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Employer, is building a culturally diverse staff and strongly encourages
applications from female and minority candidates.

In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the
University is to verify and document the citizenship or employment
authorization of each new employee.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 20 23:22:55 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:22:55 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Transliteration Software Query
Message-ID: <THU.20.JUL.2000.162255.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date: 20 Jul 2000
From: embergman at hotmail.com
Subject: Transliteration Software Query

Does anyone know of automatic transliteration software?  This would be a
program
that would take Arabic script as input and output the Latin script
equivalent, or
vice-versa, going from Latin script to Arabic script.

Many thanks,

Elizabeth M. Bergman
MRM/McNeil

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jul 21 15:32:02 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:32:02 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:USCB job deadline reminder
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Date: 21 Jul 2000
From: Dwight Reynolds <dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu>
Subject: USCB job deadline reminder

Just a reminder that the deadline for the following position(s) at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, is Tuesday, July 25, 2000.

 ________________________________________________________________________
> (1) Assistant Director, Center for Middle East Studies
>
> The University of California, Santa Barbara, invites application for a .50
> position as Assistant Director of the Center for Middle East Studies
> beginning August 15, 2000. The Assistant Director will be responsible for:
>
>    Coordinating the daily activities of the Center
>    Supervising Center staff
>    Overseeing Center development
>       (including seeking additional sources of funding)
>    Representing the Center in public forums
>    Developing on-campus programming
>
> This position is funded by a grant from the United States Department of
> Education and the initial appointment will be for one year.  Funding is
> anticipated to be available for this position for an additional two
> years.  The salary is approximately $18,500 (.50% of $37,000 annual).
>
> This position is funded by a grant from the United States Department of
> Minimum qualifications:  MA degree in some area of Middle Eastern
> Studies.  Note that, given proper qualifications, this position may be
> combined with the Outreach Coordinator position advertised below and
> a full-time position created.
>
> Terms and conditions of employment are subject to University of California
> policy and any applicable collective bargaining agreement.  Candidates
> should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae and arrange to
> have three letters of reference sent by July 25, 2000 to:
>
>      Prof. Dwight F. Reynolds, Chair
>      Search Committee
>      Department of Religious Studies
>      University of California
>      Santa Barbara, CA 93106
>
> The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
> Employer.
>
>
>______________________________________________________________________________
>
>
> 2) Outreach Coordinator, Center for Middle East Studies
>
> The University of California, Santa Barbara, invites application for a .50
> position as Outreach Coordinator for the Center for Middle East Studies
> beginning August 15, 2000.  The Outreach Coordinator will be responsible
> for:
>
>      Developing a Middle Eastern outreach program that reaches K-12
>         as well as post secondary schools
>      Organizing teach training workshops
>      Organizing events designed for the general public, including the
>         the Santa Barbara business community, museums and other
>         institutions
>
> This position is funded by a grant from the United States Department of
> Education and the initial appointment will be for one year.  Funding is
> anticipated to be available for this position for an additional two
> years.  The salary is approximately $18,500 (.50% of $37,000 annual).
>
> Minimum qualifications:  MA degree in some area of Middle Eastern
> Studies.  Note that, given proper qualifications, this position may be
> combined with the Assistant Director position also being advertised and
> a full-time position created.
>
> Terms and conditions of employment are subject to University of California
> policy and any applicable collective bargaining agreement.  Candidates
> should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae and arrange to
> have three letters of reference sent by July 25, 2000 to:
>
>      Prof. Dwight F. Reynolds, Chair
>      Search Committee
>      Department of Religious Studies
>      University of California
>      Santa Barbara, CA 93106
>
> The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
> Employer.
>
> For further information, please contact Dwight Reynolds at the addresses/
> phone numbers below.
> *****************************************************************
> Dwight F. Reynolds, Director
> Center for Middle East Studies
> Chair, Islamic & Near Eastern Studies
> University of California, Santa Barbara
> Santa Barbara, CA 93106
>
> Office: (805) 893-7143         Department office: (805) 893-7136
> FAX: (805) 893-2059            Email: dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu
> *****************************************************************
>
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jul 21 15:41:17 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:41:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Transliteration Software Responses
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2) Subject: Transliteration Software Response
3) Subject: Transliteration Software Response

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1)
Date: 21 Jul 2000
From: Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject: Transliteration Software Response

Greetings.

Doubtful that such a software exists, especially for transliteration (into
IPA or other fairly-common/standard charset)?

Kindly describe your project and research interests, and there may be other
approaches and products that are suitable, in sha' Allah.

Most software involving manipulaiton of Arabic these days is along the line
of direct Arabic => English translation, and even those seem shaky and "raw"
in their products. (Yasir Oneizan at USC's ISI may be able to mention what's
current in the field.)

HTH.

Regards from Los Angeles.

Sincerely,

Stephen H. Franke
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2)
Date: 21 Jul 2000
From: Klaus Lagally <lagally at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
Subject: Transliteration Software Response

The ArabTeX system will probably do just what you are looking for.
For info see

	ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/language/arabtex/arabtex.htm

Best wishes

Klaus Lagally

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3)
Date: 21 Jul 2000
From: Dil Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject: Transliteration Software Response

If you are willing to work with text files, and if you are willing to use a
transliteration scheme that represents a one to one correspondence between
the Arabic letters and the Latin letters that transliterate them, the
problem is trivially easy with Perl, a free computer language available for
all platforms. I could send you a few lines of code and all you would have
to do is fill in the exact letters you want transliterated back and forth
from.  The problem is that most people don't want to use that kind of
transliteration scheme.  They want 'shiin' to be represented with 'sh', but
they want to computer to know that the 'sh' in the elative 'ashal' is not
an example of that 'sh', but is rather a separate 's' and 'h'.  Etc.
Dil

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jul 21 15:42:04 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:42:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Attitudes and Acquisition Reponse
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Date: 21 Jul 2000
From: jamal al-shareef <jamalling at hotmail.com>
Subject: Attitudes and Acquisition Reponse

Hi there
I think the book of Mohammad Sawaie 1994 dealt with that matter. The book
name is Linguistic Variation and Speaker,s Attitude.
Yours
Jamal Al-shareef

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 27 16:14:47 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:14:47 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Attitudes  responses
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Date: 27 Jul 2000
From: alhawar at american.edu
Subject: Attitudes  response

Ahlan Nihad:

I would be surprised if you would find any study on the subject.  I think
this is due to two main reasons: 1) difficulty with operationalizing the
construct "attitude" and 2) scarcity of Arabic second language acquisition
data.  The scope of your proposed study requires an observational study in
a longitudinal setting that perhaps would also include an experimental
component.  I have touched tangentially on the issue in my Ph.D. thesis
(1999) at Georgetown University, but a better place to start would be:

Pienemann, M and M. Johnston.  1987.  "Factors influencing the development
of language acquisition". In D. Nunan (ed.) Applying Second Language
Acquisition Research.  Adelaide: Australia: National Curriculum Research
Center.

which deals with the difficulty of controlling for the effect of attitude
and the various intervening variables.

I hope this helps.

I will be interested if you let us share your findings.

best,

Mohammad T. Alhawary

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 27 16:13:27 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:13:27 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:transliteration  software response
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Date: 27 Jul 2000
From: Albrecht Hofheinz <Hofheinz at wiko-berlin.de>
Subject: transliteration  software response

>Does anyone know of automatic transliteration software?  This would be a
>program that would take Arabic script as input and output the Latin script
>equivalent, or vice-versa, going from Latin script to Arabic script.

Check out Dr. Knut Vikør's converter:

http://www.hf.uib.no/i/smi/ksv/JaghbArab.html

Regards,

Albrecht Hofheinz

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 27 16:16:08 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:16:08 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabic search portals query
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Date: 27 Jul 2000
From: Geula Elimelekh <elimeg at mail.biu.ac.il>
Subject: Arabic search portals query

Hi Everyone

      I want to know search portals in Arabic.
      I do a thesis about the peace agreement between Israel and Jordan
      (at the year 1994) and between Israel and Egypt(at the year 1979).

      I need informatio and where I can found material about the relation
      between the press and the government, the regime in Jordan and Egypt
      at the years above (constitution, Qanun almatbuat, Press and Law
      Publicatin etc.)

         Thank you in advance
           ZIV
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jul 10 16:35:34 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:35:34 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Boktor
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1) Subject: Boktor
2) Subject: DLI Boktor
3) Subject: Boktor
4) Subject: Boktor

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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: Muhammad Deeb <mdeeb at gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
Subject: Boktor

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			(1)	> [...] "Boktor" means "Victor"

			(2)	> Victor could be a nickname
				> for Boqtor.
				------------

***

	Strictly speaking, "BuqTur" neither means, nor functions as a
nickname for "Victor" (or vice-versa).  Further, it does not imply that a
person so named has an elevated status in society.  "BuqTur" is simply an
arabized or linguistically "corrupted" form of Victor.  Please, check "The
Christian Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt," at:

		http:/www.coptic.church.com/history.html

	This interesting article deals with Christian monasticism and its
significant role in the formation of Coptic Church in Egypt.  Among the
"Desert Fathers," i.e., the saints who founded the monasteries, one reads:
"Another saint from the Theban Legion is Saint Victor, known among Copts
as "Boktor."

		M. Deeb

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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: johninmonterey at webtv.net (John Brown)
Subject: DLI Boktor

I think you were referring to Ismail Bolotok, as you said a gentleman of
Turkish origins but teaching Arabic at the Defense Language Institute,
Foreign Langage Center, located at Monterey, CA.

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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: Karin Ryding <RYDINGK at gunet.georgetown.edu>
Subject: Boktor

I have a feeling that "Boktor" (since several people say it is a version of
"Victor') derives from the fact the "Victor" written in Cyrillic script
looks like "buktur".  Just a thought.  Karin R.

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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: mustafa abd-elghafar mughazy <mughazy at students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Boktor

One of the respondents mentioned the argument that the term Copts refers
to all Egyptians (Moslems and Christians). I would appreciate it if
someone please elaborate on this issue because I thought otherwise. Also,
before the Arab invasion of Egypt, Prophet Mohammed used the term "aqbaaT
misr", and I would not think there were Moslems in Egypt at that time.
Thank you
Mustafa

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jul 10 16:36:21 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:36:21 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Palestinian Dialect Descriptions Query
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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: Abdullah Samarah <abdullah at ling.gu.se>
Subject: Palestinian Dialect Descriptions Query

Dear partners. I would appreciate your help if someone can send me/guide me
to have an abbreviation of the Palastinian dialect e.g. its historical
view, and characteristics, as briefly as possible. It is preferable to be
the latest work done, otherwise, it does not matter to be from previous
time.

You can contact me through the following address:

Abdullah J.
Linguistic Dept. of GBG University
Sweden.
E.mail: abdullah at ling.gu.se

Thanks and hopefully to hear from you soon.

Best,
Abdullah J.
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jul 10 16:38:30 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:38:30 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Semantic Ambiguity Software Query
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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: Heba Aboul-Enein <haboulenein at hotmail.com>
Subject: Semantic Ambiguity Software Query

   Hi. Does anyone know of a reliable software that measures the semantic
ambiguity of a particular text. Best wishes
Heba

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jul 10 16:39:58 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:39:58 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Word for 'harem revolt' Query
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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: cnjbrough <cnjbrough at janics.com>
Subject: Word for 'harem revolt' Query

Would someone be able to tell me if there was a word used in 12th century
Islam for "harem revolt?"  I read from a questionable source that there was
a word for it, "nusuz."  It appears to be in no modern Arabic dictionary,
however--which is understandable because there ARE no harem revolts now!

c_bruff at yahoo.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Mon Jul 10 16:40:53 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:40:53 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Thesaurus Response
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Date: 10 Jul 2000
From: Jeff HENSON <jhenson at cybercable.fr>
Subject: Thesaurus Response

How about these :

-  Kitab Nuj?at-u-Ra?id Wa Shir?at-ul-Warid Fi-l-Mutaradif Wa-l-Mutawarid (A
Thesaurus of Arabic Synonyms) by Al-Yaziji, Ibrahim

-  Ar-Rafed: A Thesaururs of Man and his Environment by Al-Nasiruddin, Amin

-  A Dictionary of Arabic Homonyms by Qumbus, Abdul-Halim M

cheers,
Jeff Henson

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jul 11 21:33:40 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:33:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Virginian Job
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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Mohammed Sawaie <ms at virginia.edu>
Subject: Virginian Job

Lectureship in Arabic Language


University of Virginia.  The Division of Asian & Middle Eastern Languages &
Cultures (AMELC) announces a lectureship in Arabic language, beginning Fall
Semester 2001.  The position will begin with a one-year contract, followed
by two possible three-year renewals.  We are looking for a professional,
skilled, language instructor with particular competence in standard Arabic
and Arabic grammar and a serious commitment to teaching Arabic for academic
purposes.  Applicants should have native, or near native fluency of Modern
Standard Arabic (MSA), one dialect, and English.  M.A. in Arabic language
studies required, ABD or PhD preferred in addition to a successful
proficiency-based teaching record.  Responsibilities will include teaching
12 to 15 hours per week at the beginning and intermediate levels, and
participating in the administration of the Arabic Program.  Salary is
commensurate with qualifications and experience.

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

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

Preliminary screening and interviews will be conducted at the Middle East
Studies Association Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, November 16-19,
2000.  Review of applications will continue until position is filled.

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

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jul 11 21:33:00 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:33:00 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:'harem revolt' responses
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3) Subject: 'harem revolt' response
4) Subject: 'harem revolt' response

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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Wael Doukmak <wd at arabic.com>
Subject: 'harem revolt' response


Hello,

The word you are likely to be looking for is "nushooz" from the root "n sh
z".

Wassalam,

Wael

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2)
Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Farouk Mustafa <fawm at midway.uchicago.edu>
Subject: 'harem revolt' response

Maybe you are thinking of "nushuz"?
Farouk

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3)
Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Humphrey Taman Davies <hdavies at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: 'harem revolt' response

Your "nusuz" must be a mis-transcription for "nushuz"
(nun-shin-waw-zayn), verbal noun of "nashaza" meaning "to be
recalcitrant, disobediant (towards her husband, said of a woman; [or] to
treat (a wife) brutally (said of a man)" whence the use of "nushuz" in
Islamic law to mean "violation of marital duties on the part of either
husband or wife, specifically, recalcitrance on the part of the woman
towards her husband, and brutal treatment of his wife by the husband"
(definitions from Wehr) - thus a somewhat more complex (and evenhanded)
concept than "harem revolt" would imply.

As an established term in Islamic law, it must have been coined wel
before the 12the century (whether you Islamic or Christian).

ila al-amaam!

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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Mayada Elsabbagh <mayada.elsabbagh at internet.uqam.ca>
Subject: 'harem revolt' response

Hello,
'Nusuz' (the root of which is 'n/sh/z')appears in Quran. According to a
Quranic index, it appears 4 times in 3 senses:
	(1) 'Unshuzu': get up from one's seat
	(2) 'Nanshuz AlItham': we revive bones
	(3) 'Nushuzan' & 'Nushuzahunna': refraction of the husband or the wife.

'Harem' the root of which is 'h/r/m' in Quran is never used to refer to
women but refers to that which is protected so 'harrama' & 'haram' means to
forbid & forbidden. 'Hurma' and 'Hareem' are used in some modern gulf
dialects to refer to women.
 I don't think a translation of 'Nushuz' as 'harem revolt' is accurate,
partly because 'Nushuz' as explained has a technical reference in Islam
while 'Hareem' does not, and in other part because revolt does not
correspond to any of the above interpretations.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jul 11 21:38:39 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:38:39 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Indonesian MA Thesis Abstract Request
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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Saifullah Kamalie <saif at centrin.net.id>
Subject: Indonesian MA Thesis Abstract Request

[moderator's note: This message contains characters that are not readable
on my machine.  I don't know what they are going to look like on yours.]

Dear colleage,
?
I have just finished writing magister thesis in Indonesian language and I
have to write an abstract in English. I have tried to write it as good as
possible, but it will be better if one of English native speaker read it
here, in this forum, hopely give me some corrections. The abstract of the
thesis is:
?

ABSTRACT

An attempt is made to describe the equivalence of Arabic prepositions `ala
and li in Indonesian . This attempt is based on (1) the meanings of those
prepositions in source language as contextual factors that influence the
equivalency and (2) language elements around those prepositions as
co-textual factors that also influence the equivalency.

The data was taken from Al-Qur&rsqu;0an dan Terjemahnya, that is the
translation of al-Qur&rsqu;0an done by Departemen Agama (Religious Affair
of Republic of Indonesia) printed in Medina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. From
the data, I found 4208 corpuses that consist of 1445 prepositions of `ala
and 2761 prepositions of li with their equivalence. From nine meanings of
preposition `ala, I found only six of them, those are: (1) al-Isti`l?', (2)
equivalent to f?, (3) al-Ta`l?l, (4) equivalent to ma`a, (5) equivalent to
min and (6) equivalent to bi., and from thirty meaning of preposition li, I
found only twenty of them, those are: (1) al-Milk, (2) al-Taml?k, (3) Syibh
al-Milk, (4) Syibh al-Taml?k, (5) al-Ta`l?l, (6) al-Taby?n, (7)
al-Ta`diyah, (8) al-?ayr?rah, (9) al-Tabl?g, (10) equivalent to il?, (11)
equivalent to f?, (12) equivalent to `an, (13) equivalent to Prep `al?,
(14) equivalent to `inda, (15) equivalent to ba`da, (16) equivalent to min,
(17) kay, (18) al-Ju??d, (19) al-Taqwiyah, and (20) equivalent to bi..

The equivalence of `ala and li are mostly at the same category, that is
preposition. 62% of 1445 occurances of `ala and 60% of 2763 occurances of
li are prepositions. >From this formal correspondence, I found transference
not only in phrase level, but also in clause or sentence level. That is
caused by literal translation. From those findings, I can conclude that the
influence of Arabic language to its equivalence in translating the
preposition `ala and li is very strong.

If we criticize the Al-Qur&rsqu;ian dan Terjemahnya based on what Nida and
Taber (1984:12) said that &ldqu;ithe best translation does not sound like
translation&rdqu;i, so the Al-Qur&rsqu;ian dan Terjemahnya is still far
from that criteria. Therefore, we have to reconsider the principle that
&ldqu;ithe translation of al-Qur&rsqu;ian must not follow the theory and
technique of Indonesian linguists&rdqu;i as mentioned by one of Al
Qur&rsqu;ian translator team, because the target of that translation is
Indonesia society.

Nida and Taber (1974:173) said there is no better compliment for a
translator than to have someone say &ldqu;iI never knew before that God
spoke my language&rdqu;i. If the principle and taste of Indonesian are also
considered in translating al-Qur&rsqu;ian, Indonesian Moslem will say
&ldqu;iI never knew before that Allah spoke Indonesian&rdqu;i.


Thank you for your assistance.
?
?
Saifullah Kamalie


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jul 11 21:34:27 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:34:27 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Semantic Ambiguitiy Software Response
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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Jan Hoogland <j.hoogland at let.kun.nl>
Subject: Semantic Ambiguitiy Software Response

>   Hi. Does anyone know of a reliable software that measures the semantic
>ambiguity of a particular text. Best wishes
>Heba
>
Heba,
count the number of words (your word processor can tackle this) devide it
by 5 and multiply with 100 and you'll know the ambiguity of any Arabic text.
More serious now: I think before ambiguity can be measured, we first need a
reliable diacritizer to add vowels to unvoweled Arabic text. As far as I
know, such a tool is not available, although Sakhr has been working on it.
Does anyone have recent information on this?

Jan

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jul 11 21:36:25 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:36:25 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22han=EEf=22?= query
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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: Muhammad Taufiq Prabowo <mtaufiqp at telkom.net>
Subject: "han?f"query

[moderator's note: this message came with characters that are unreadable on
my machine.  I'm not sure how it's going to come out once I send it out
again.]

Dear partners, I would appreciate your help if someone can inform me about
the meaning of the Arabic word &ldqu;fhan?f&rdqu;f in Aramaic and in
Ethiopic. The contextual meaning of &ldqu;fhan?f&rdqu;f in the Koran is not
in correlation with its lexical meaning, and I suppose that the word is a
loanword (?). I search its meaning for a tolerant view on religious
relationships.

You can contact me through the following address:

Muhammad Taufiq PRABOWO
Arabic Section, Litteratures Dept. of Malang State University, Indonesia.
E.mail: <mtaufiqp at telkom.net>

Best wishes,

Muhammad T.P.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Jul 11 21:41:50 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:41:50 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:More Boktor responses
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Date: 11 Jul 2000
From: David Harris <dharris at las-inc.com>
Subject: Boktor response

[These are some responses to David's original question that were sent
directly to him, and which he is reposting here since the subject raised
quite a bit of interest.]

Dear David:

     Hi. I'm an Egyptian doctor. I haven't come across the name `Boktor'
anywhere. However, the word `doktor' in our lanaguge refers to its English
counterpart `doctor'. I am sorry I couldn't help.

Heba Aboul-Enein [haboulenein at hotmail.com]
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Dear Mr. Harris,
I think it might be a coptic name. Being an Egyptian I have met a lot of
Christian (Copt) Egyptian males whose given name is Boktor.
I hope this simple info helps as a clue to help you in your research.
Samia Montasser
Lecturer in Arabic.

Samia S. Montasser [sam231 at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu]
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hello David
This is Hanna Boktor. I am Egyptian. I have got your message through Dr.
Stevens, a sociolinguist here at the American Univeristy in Cairo. Let me
know how I can be of assistance.

Sincerely

HANNA BOKTOR [HBOKTOR at aucegypt.edu]
    -------
My Response to HB:

Greetings from Washington, DC! Thanks for offering to help. I had noticed
that BOKTOR is quite a common name among Egyptian males, and I was curious
as to its origin. One person speculated that it might be a Coptic Christian
name. Is this true? And is it restricted to males or can females also be
named BOKTOR? Also, what is the meaning of the name?

One last thing: I assume your father's name is BOKTOR if your name follows
typical Egyptian naming practices. The alternative would be that BOKTOR is a
surname which is passed from generation to generation as typical Western
family names are. But I'm betting on the former.

Anyway, thanks for offering to help,

David Harris
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HB's follow-up message:

hi David

Greetings from Egypt. Thanks for your interst in the origin of name. I
haven't given it much of a thought. All I know about the name is that it
is name of a coptic saint. Some people told me that it may be somewhow
related to 'victor' but I am not sure of this. It is definitely a
christian name. and it is also restricted to males. It is rare as a
first name.

I have an interesting story about my name as well. When I arrived at the
States in 1997, I was not sure which name to use as a family name. I did
not have one that we pass on from generation to generation. I used my
father' name and then I found out that the American Embassy used my great
grandfather's
name as my last name. As a result, I had two surnames: my father's and my
greatgrandfather's. So my Univeristy ID had Boktor for a last name and
the check issued from the school where I worked had "Fouad" for a last
name. I had to ask friends to confirm to the bank that the two names
belong to the same person; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to cash
any checks.

hope this information helps.

Hanna
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 13 18:07:04 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:07:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Dictionary of Phonetics
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Date: 12 Jul  2000
From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: New Dictionary of Phonetics

Date:  Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:46:23 +0200
From:  LINCOM.EUROPA at t-online.de (LINCOM EUROPA)
Subject:  Phonetics: A Dictionary of Phonetics, Solomon I. & Sara, S.J.

A Dictionary of Phonetics
Articulatory, Acoustic, Auditory
English - Arabic

SOLOMON I. SARA, S.J.
Georgetown University

The aim of this dictionary is to provide the Arabic students and
scholars a comprehensive set of English technical vocabulary that is
currently used in phonetics with the corresponding set in Arabic.
Phonetics is a vast field of study with branches reaching out into
many speech and language sciences.  Thus, a dictionary of phonetics
can not be limited only to the field of linguistics. It must include
articulatory phonetics and technical terms from the anatomy,
physiology, and neurology of speech; acoustic phonetics and the
technical terms from speech encoding and transmission processes; and
auditory phonetics and technical terms from speech reception,
decoding, and perception.  In addition, a dictionary of phonetics must
include all other relevant terms occurring in the neighboring
sub-fields of linguistics that touch upon phonetics, in particular
instrumental phonetics and phonology.  The proposed dictionary is such
a dictionary of phonetics.  Even though this dictionary accounts for
all of the phonetic terminology in use in the study and teaching of
phonetics, it is arranged alphabetically rather than by the many
sub-disciplines of phonetics.  This alphabetical arrangement makes the
dictionary accessible not only to the beginner but to the specialist
as well. Furthermore, the cross classificatory arrangement of its
entries makes it more user friendly.

ISBN 3 89586 631 8.
LINCOM Handbooks in Linguistics 08.
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 13 18:05:08 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:05:08 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:hanif response
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Date: 12 Jul  2000
From: Muhammad Taufiq Prabowo <mtaufiqp at telkom.net>
Subject: hanif response

[M. is posting a reply he received to his original query with a further
comment by him.]

Dear Muhammad:

       If the word is /hanif/ which occured in aya 135, AlBaqara, it was
mentioned with reference to prophet Ibraham, who was /haniifa/ which means
that he left other untrue religions to the right one.
Best wishes

Heba

MTP response to Heba:
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Dear Heba,

First of all, thanks for your response. Yes, I search for the meaning of
/haniif/ which is mentioned in 135th verse of al-Baqara, but not in Arabic.
I search for its meaning in al-Aaramiya (Aramaic), in al-Aashuriya (Syriac),
or in al-Habashiya (Ethiopic), because there is not any dictionary of those
languages in my country.
Such as you told one of interpretations (tafsiir) of the word /haniif/ is to
leave other untrue religions to the right one. There is other interpretation
that it means straight (istiqaama) (ash- Shaukaany?s Fathu al-Qadiir) But
those interpretations, I think, are given compulsively. Why? The Arabic
lexical meaning of /haniif/ is a man who his legs bend inward. Radicals
/h-n-f/ and the sifa /ahnaf/ not /haniif/ (Mustafa?s al-Mu?jam al-Wasiit).
For a human quality, it is a bad one. And in the Koran the word /haniif/ is
used for a honorable meaning (character of the religion of Abraham ?millata
Ibraahiima haniifa? or character of Abraham himself ?haniifa muslima?). So,
I suppose that the word is a loanword. If in those other languages the
lexical meaning of /haniif/ is in correlation with a honorable one, my
supposition has its reason.
Best wishes from Indonesia,

Muhammad T.P.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 13 18:06:03 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:06:03 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:DLI teacher
Message-ID: <THU.13.JUL.2000.110603.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date: 12 Jul  2000
From: Abu Riyah <aburiyah at hotmail.com
Subject: DLI teacher

<x-html><!x-stuff-for-pete base="" src="" id="0"><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC
"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type>
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<STYLE></STYLE>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes.&nbsp; John Brown is correct in that I was
thinking of Ismail Bolotok.&nbsp; My memory obviously failed me and I confused
the names.&nbsp; I stand corrected.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stephen Cardoos</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>aburiyah at hotmail.com</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 13 18:03:21 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:03:21 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:digitizer
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Date: 12 Jul  2000
From: Digitek <sakhrus at erols.com>
Subject: digitizer

Indeed Sakhr has an automatic diacritizer, and has had one for many years.
It is an essential component of many of Sakhr's search engines and its MT
and CAT engines.  Unfortunately, it is not available as a stand alone,
off-the-shelf product.

Digitek International

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 20 23:15:29 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:15:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Attitudes and Acquisition
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Date: 20 Jul 2000
From: shawky <shawky at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: Attitudes and Acquisition

Hi everyone,
I am working on the my MATAFL the topic deals the efffect of attitude on the
acquisition of Arabic . Would you have any interest in that topic please do
contact me.
Nehad

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 20 23:23:49 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:23:49 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Colloquial Arabic Sites query
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Date: 20 Jul 2000
From: Libor Zajicek preklady rustina&polstina <libore at volny.cz>
Subject: Colloquial Arabic Sites query

Dear members of the list,

could You recommend me any sites concerning colloquial arabic - I am
interested in Palestinian or Lebanonese variant. I would like to know
tooin the differences, which dialects are similar each to other more and
which less.
I would also like to know, in which way did the arabic words get to
turkish. Was it through the classical arabic, or through syrian or iraqi
dialect.
Thank You for any answer or advice.

Libor Zajicek, Prague, Czech Republic

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 20 23:16:17 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:16:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Resources in Spanish Query
Message-ID: <THU.20.JUL.2000.161617.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date: 20 Jul 2000
From: Kirk Belnap <rkb at email.byu.edu>
Subject: Arabic Resources in Spanish Query

I just received a message from a 15-year-old girl in Ecuador who wants to
learn Arabic.  I sent her some info. on English resources.  If you have
some Spanish resources you'd recommend--or someone you recommend she
contact--let me know.
Thanks, Kirk

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 20 23:20:06 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:20:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:U of Washington Librarian Job
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1) Subject: U of Washington Librarian Job

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Date: 20 Jul 2000
From: Mary St. Germain
Subject: U of Washington Librarian Job

The University of Washington Libraries would like to advertise the
open position described below.  Thank you.

Mary St. Germain
Head, Near East Section
University of Washington Libraries


NOTICE OF VACANCY
July 19, 2000


TITLE: International Studies Computer Services Librarian
   Temporary, two-year position

LOCATION: International Studies and East Asia Library


GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

Under the direction of the Head, Near East Section, serves as the resource
person for researching, recommending, planning and implementing access to
emerging electronic applications and technologies for non-Roman scripts;
provides programming support; and is responsible for planning, setting up
and supporting specialized hardware and software for International Studies
units.  This position offers the opportunity to develop unique services for
a diverse clientele.


SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES and DUTIES:

Coordinates computing support and services for the East Asia Library and
International Studies sections (Near East, Slavic and Eastern Europe, South
Asia and Southeast Asia).  Works with Library Systems to provide optimal
terminal configurations supporting non-Roman script/character access,
display and keyboarding.  Serves as liaison to Library Systems.

Coordinates maintenance for and management of specialized hardware
equipment, software, and CD-ROM networks.  Installs software programs for
non-Roman scripts, provides support for their operation and provides
training for staff in technical aspects of these programs.

Researches and implements products and services related to non-Roman
script/character support for Innovative Interfaces, as well as OCLC and
other bibliographic utilities.  In conjunction with staff in Resources and
Collection Management Services, investigates and recommends ways to increase
non-Roman access through the library catalog.  Maintains OCLC CJK software
in coordination with Libraries' central OCLC support staff.

Maintains an awareness of networking standards, technology and national
developments related to non-Roman script/character access in the distributed
computing environments delivered through Microsoft NT and the Internet.
Performs programming and database design.  Assists
in the design, creation and maintenance of World Wide Web applications.


Participates in the development of overall technology planning for Library
Systems.

Participates in user education programs to promote optimum use of the
Libraries' electronic resources in non-Roman character sets.

Contributes to the development of University Libraries policies, programs
and services.  Participates in University Libraries committees, task forces,
and program planning as appropriate.

Assumes other responsibilities as assigned; performs other tasks as
requested.


QUALIFICATIONS:
Required:

1. Graduate degree from a program accredited by the American Library
Association or an equivalent graduate library science/information studies
degree.

2. Demonstrated programming ability in a commonly used programming language,
preferably C++ or PERL.

3. Demonstrated knowledge of the Microsoft NT environment; familiarity with
a wide
range of software applications such as Access, and the ability to learn
applications such as Geographic Information Systems or image management
software.

4. Knowledgeable about current trends in information technology,
particularly those relating to NT and the World Wide Web.

5. Excellent communication skills and ability to work with diverse
clientele.


Desired:

1. Experience with providing service and systems support for non-Roman
characters and languages, primarily with applications displaying and
manipulating non-Roman scripts and diacritics.

2. Knowledge of Innovative Interfaces system or experience with
bibliographic utilities such as OCLC.

3. Experience with maintenance of CGI or similar scripts (or equivalent
coursework).

4. Experience in a systems support capacity, preferably in a research
library.

5. Area studies and/or foreign language coursework, or related experience,
preferably in a research institution.



SALARY: $36,000 minimum.  Starting salary commensurate with qualifications
and background.


BENEFITS: Librarians are academic personnel and participate in the
University of Washington Retirement Plan (TIAA-CREF,  The Vanguard Group,
SAFECO Mutual Funds and/or Fidelity Investments) on a matching basis.
Vacation is accrued at the rate of 24 working days per year; sick leave at
the rate of 12 working days per year.  Excellent medical, dental and life
insurance plans.  No state or local income tax.

APPLY TO: Charles E. Chamberlin
Deputy Director of Libraries
University of Washington Libraries
482 Allen Library
Box 352900
Seattle, Washington  98195-2900

Applicants should submit a letter of application, full resume including a
work telephone number and email address, salary requirements, and the names,
addresses and telephone numbers of at least three references who are
knowledgeable of the applicant's qualifications for this position.

APPLICATION
DEADLINE: To ensure consideration, applications should be received no later
than
 5:00 p.m., Friday, September 15, 2000.

University of Washington Libraries' Home Page is:
 http://www.lib.washington.edu


The University of Washington, an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action
Employer, is building a culturally diverse staff and strongly encourages
applications from female and minority candidates.

In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the
University is to verify and document the citizenship or employment
authorization of each new employee.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 20 23:22:55 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:22:55 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Transliteration Software Query
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Date: 20 Jul 2000
From: embergman at hotmail.com
Subject: Transliteration Software Query

Does anyone know of automatic transliteration software?  This would be a
program
that would take Arabic script as input and output the Latin script
equivalent, or
vice-versa, going from Latin script to Arabic script.

Many thanks,

Elizabeth M. Bergman
MRM/McNeil

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jul 21 15:32:02 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:32:02 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:USCB job deadline reminder
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Date: 21 Jul 2000
From: Dwight Reynolds <dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu>
Subject: USCB job deadline reminder

Just a reminder that the deadline for the following position(s) at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, is Tuesday, July 25, 2000.

 ________________________________________________________________________
> (1) Assistant Director, Center for Middle East Studies
>
> The University of California, Santa Barbara, invites application for a .50
> position as Assistant Director of the Center for Middle East Studies
> beginning August 15, 2000. The Assistant Director will be responsible for:
>
>    Coordinating the daily activities of the Center
>    Supervising Center staff
>    Overseeing Center development
>       (including seeking additional sources of funding)
>    Representing the Center in public forums
>    Developing on-campus programming
>
> This position is funded by a grant from the United States Department of
> Education and the initial appointment will be for one year.  Funding is
> anticipated to be available for this position for an additional two
> years.  The salary is approximately $18,500 (.50% of $37,000 annual).
>
> This position is funded by a grant from the United States Department of
> Minimum qualifications:  MA degree in some area of Middle Eastern
> Studies.  Note that, given proper qualifications, this position may be
> combined with the Outreach Coordinator position advertised below and
> a full-time position created.
>
> Terms and conditions of employment are subject to University of California
> policy and any applicable collective bargaining agreement.  Candidates
> should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae and arrange to
> have three letters of reference sent by July 25, 2000 to:
>
>      Prof. Dwight F. Reynolds, Chair
>      Search Committee
>      Department of Religious Studies
>      University of California
>      Santa Barbara, CA 93106
>
> The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
> Employer.
>
>
>______________________________________________________________________________
>
>
> 2) Outreach Coordinator, Center for Middle East Studies
>
> The University of California, Santa Barbara, invites application for a .50
> position as Outreach Coordinator for the Center for Middle East Studies
> beginning August 15, 2000.  The Outreach Coordinator will be responsible
> for:
>
>      Developing a Middle Eastern outreach program that reaches K-12
>         as well as post secondary schools
>      Organizing teach training workshops
>      Organizing events designed for the general public, including the
>         the Santa Barbara business community, museums and other
>         institutions
>
> This position is funded by a grant from the United States Department of
> Education and the initial appointment will be for one year.  Funding is
> anticipated to be available for this position for an additional two
> years.  The salary is approximately $18,500 (.50% of $37,000 annual).
>
> Minimum qualifications:  MA degree in some area of Middle Eastern
> Studies.  Note that, given proper qualifications, this position may be
> combined with the Assistant Director position also being advertised and
> a full-time position created.
>
> Terms and conditions of employment are subject to University of California
> policy and any applicable collective bargaining agreement.  Candidates
> should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae and arrange to
> have three letters of reference sent by July 25, 2000 to:
>
>      Prof. Dwight F. Reynolds, Chair
>      Search Committee
>      Department of Religious Studies
>      University of California
>      Santa Barbara, CA 93106
>
> The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
> Employer.
>
> For further information, please contact Dwight Reynolds at the addresses/
> phone numbers below.
> *****************************************************************
> Dwight F. Reynolds, Director
> Center for Middle East Studies
> Chair, Islamic & Near Eastern Studies
> University of California, Santa Barbara
> Santa Barbara, CA 93106
>
> Office: (805) 893-7143         Department office: (805) 893-7136
> FAX: (805) 893-2059            Email: dreynold at humanitas.ucsb.edu
> *****************************************************************
>
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jul 21 15:41:17 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:41:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Transliteration Software Responses
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2) Subject: Transliteration Software Response
3) Subject: Transliteration Software Response

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1)
Date: 21 Jul 2000
From: Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject: Transliteration Software Response

Greetings.

Doubtful that such a software exists, especially for transliteration (into
IPA or other fairly-common/standard charset)?

Kindly describe your project and research interests, and there may be other
approaches and products that are suitable, in sha' Allah.

Most software involving manipulaiton of Arabic these days is along the line
of direct Arabic => English translation, and even those seem shaky and "raw"
in their products. (Yasir Oneizan at USC's ISI may be able to mention what's
current in the field.)

HTH.

Regards from Los Angeles.

Sincerely,

Stephen H. Franke
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2)
Date: 21 Jul 2000
From: Klaus Lagally <lagally at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de>
Subject: Transliteration Software Response

The ArabTeX system will probably do just what you are looking for.
For info see

	ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/language/arabtex/arabtex.htm

Best wishes

Klaus Lagally

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3)
Date: 21 Jul 2000
From: Dil Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject: Transliteration Software Response

If you are willing to work with text files, and if you are willing to use a
transliteration scheme that represents a one to one correspondence between
the Arabic letters and the Latin letters that transliterate them, the
problem is trivially easy with Perl, a free computer language available for
all platforms. I could send you a few lines of code and all you would have
to do is fill in the exact letters you want transliterated back and forth
from.  The problem is that most people don't want to use that kind of
transliteration scheme.  They want 'shiin' to be represented with 'sh', but
they want to computer to know that the 'sh' in the elative 'ashal' is not
an example of that 'sh', but is rather a separate 's' and 'h'.  Etc.
Dil

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Jul 21 15:42:04 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:42:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Attitudes and Acquisition Reponse
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Date: 21 Jul 2000
From: jamal al-shareef <jamalling at hotmail.com>
Subject: Attitudes and Acquisition Reponse

Hi there
I think the book of Mohammad Sawaie 1994 dealt with that matter. The book
name is Linguistic Variation and Speaker,s Attitude.
Yours
Jamal Al-shareef

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 27 16:14:47 2000
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth B. Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:14:47 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Attitudes  responses
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Date: 27 Jul 2000
From: alhawar at american.edu
Subject: Attitudes  response

Ahlan Nihad:

I would be surprised if you would find any study on the subject. ?I think
this is due to two main reasons: 1) difficulty with operationalizing the
construct "attitude" and 2) scarcity of Arabic second language acquisition
data. ?The scope of your proposed study requires an observational study in
a longitudinal setting that perhaps would also include an experimental
component. ?I have touched tangentially on the issue in my Ph.D. thesis
(1999) at Georgetown University, but a better place to start would be:

Pienemann, M and M. Johnston. ?1987. ?"Factors influencing the development
of language acquisition". In D. Nunan (ed.) Applying Second Language
Acquisition Research. ?Adelaide: Australia: National Curriculum Research
Center.

which deals with the difficulty of controlling for the effect of attitude
and the various intervening variables.

I hope this helps.

I will be interested if you let us share your findings.

best,

Mohammad T. Alhawary

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 27 16:13:27 2000
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Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:13:27 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:transliteration  software response
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From: Albrecht Hofheinz <Hofheinz at wiko-berlin.de>
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>Does anyone know of automatic transliteration software?  This would be a
>program that would take Arabic script as input and output the Latin script
>equivalent, or vice-versa, going from Latin script to Arabic script.

Check out Dr. Knut Vik?r's converter:

http://www.hf.uib.no/i/smi/ksv/JaghbArab.html

Regards,

Albrecht Hofheinz

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Jul 27 16:16:08 2000
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Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 09:16:08 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Arabic search portals query
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Date: 27 Jul 2000
From: Geula Elimelekh <elimeg at mail.biu.ac.il>
Subject: Arabic search portals query

Hi Everyone

      I want to know search portals in Arabic.
      I do a thesis about the peace agreement between Israel and Jordan
      (at the year 1994) and between Israel and Egypt(at the year 1979).

      I need informatio and where I can found material about the relation
      between the press and the government, the regime in Jordan and Egypt
      at the years above (constitution, Qanun almatbuat, Press and Law
      Publicatin etc.)

         Thank you in advance
           ZIV
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