From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov  1 23:25:17 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 16:25:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Translation Course response
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Date:  01 Nov 2002
From: "gwitty at earthlink.net" <gwitty at earthlink.net>
Subject:Translation Course response

Hi Dil and Jackie

as you may have heard by now, Roger Allen offers a seminar in literary
translation here at Penn, and has been for probably 20 years.  It is a
combination of criticism and practicum...one week we'd
compare/criticize 2
or 3 published translations of the same work, the next we'd all turn in
translations of one piece he'd chosen (poetry, prose, ancient, modern,
etc.) and compare our translations of it...(can be humbling at times)
We
all have to do a translation project for the course...many of us have
turned that into entries for the AATA translation contest.  I think we
also
read some stuff on translation theory (I can't remember it was so long
ago
for me)

Roger usually offers it once every 2 years or so, so all of us studying
Arabic/Islamic studies at Penn end up taking it at one point.  So it's
regularly offered if once every 2 years counts as regular...

You can contact him at rallen at ccat.sas.upenn.edu if you'd like more
info.
I'm sure he'd be happy to share his syllabus.

Hope this helps
Gordon

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov  1 23:25:19 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 16:25:19 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arab Academy to Exhibit at MESA/AATA
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Date:  01 Nov 2002
From: atvincent at phxintl.com
Subject:Arab Academy to Exhibit at MESA/AATA

The Arab Academy offers unique inter-active multimedia on-line Arabic
language training program which has been developed under the leadership
of a group of Arabic teachers at the American University in Cairo.

There are classes for elementary/ middle, high school and a two year
university program. In addition , there is a track for Islamic studies
which is similar to the other programs but includes selections from the
sacred Islamic texts.

Phoenix International ,L.L.C., the North American exclusive
representative for the Arab Academy , will mount an exhibit of the
Academy programs at the MESA/AATA Meeting which will be held at the
Wardman Park Marriott Hotel Nov. 23-26. Dr. Sanaa Ghanem, President and
Dr. Mohamed Madkour, CEO, of the Arab Academy will be present to
demonstrate and discuss the programs.

All participants at the Meetings are invited to visit the exhibit to
familiarize themselves with these innovative on-line teaching materials
which are now being introduced into the United States.

All interested parties can obtain additional information from Phoenix
International at arabacademy at phxintl.com "

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  5 22:56:14 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 15:56:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Translation Course Responses
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Date:  05 Nov 2002
From:jmurg at ttlc.net
Subject:Translation Course Responses

Thanks to all who have responded to me on this so far. The information  
is very helpful. The presentation is next Saturday (the 9th), and I'll  
be reachable via email until Wednesday, the 6th, if anyone has any  
further information.
 
Best regards to all,
Jackie Murgida
Director, Cross-Linguistic Processes Division
JTG-Inc.
Alexandria, Virginia
jmurg at ttlc.net

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  5 22:57:16 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 15:57:16 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Power Point in Arabic Language Teaching
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Date:  05 Nov 2002
From:"Ahmed.I.S" <ibhims20002 at yahoo.com>
Subject:Power Point in Arabic Language Teaching

 Dear colleagues,

I have been using PowerPoint in teaching language. I find it very  
interesting and useful for the students as they claim, therefore I keep  
trying to design such slides dealing with Arabic language aspects such  
as locations of the houses, things, human beings, animals,  colors. May  
I inquiry, is there any colleague how may design such power point for  
teaching language, therefore we may share together. Below you may take  
a look at my  slides.  
http://groups.msn.com/ComputerAssistedLanguagelearningCALL/page.msnw
Looking forward to hearing  from you.
Thank you and Regards
Ibrahimn Suliman Ahmed
Faculty of Medicine- IIUM university-Malaysia

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov  7 15:54:28 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:54:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Egypt/France Call for Papers
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Date:  07 Nov 2002
From: Amy Victoria Ogden <avo2n at virginia.edu>
Subject:Egypt/France Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Panel Title: "Encounters between Egypt and France in Alexandria"
Conference: African Literature Association (Alexandria, Egypt; March
'03)

The panel organizer (Amy Ogden, UVA) seeks proposals for papers on
depictions of France or the French in Egyptian literature from either
the
Middle Ages (preferably 12th or 13th centuries) or the 19th century.
Papers relating to Alexandria are especially encouraged.

Abstracts should be approximately 300 words and may be sent in an email
message or by attachment (Microsoft Word only, please).  Please send
proposals as soon as possible, but no later than November 30, to
avo2n at virginia.edu.  Participants must be members of the ALA by the
beginning of the conference.

More information on the conference may be found at
http://academic.udayton.edu/ala

Department of French
    Language and Literatures
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400770
Charlottesville, VA 22904
(434) 924-1393
avo2n at virginia.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov  7 23:14:25 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:14:25 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book on Postvelar Harmony in Arabic
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Date:  07 Nov 2002
From: Christopher Bell <promotion at benjamins.com>
Subject:New Book on Postvelar Harmony in Arabic

John Benjamins Publishing Company is pleased to announce the  
publication of the following new title:

Title: Postvelar Harmony
Series Title: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 225

Publication Date: Winter 2002-2003
Publisher: John Benjamins
            http://www.benjamins.com/
            http://www.benjamins.nl

Author: Kimary Shahin, University of British Columbia

United States and Canada: Hardcover: 1 58811 221 7, USD 99.00
Rest of World: Hardcover: 90 272 4733 1, EUR 99.00
xii. 344 pp.

This book examines the formal bases of postvelar harmony and its  
crosslinguistic variation. It is of interest especially to phonologists  
concerned with segmental harmony and its explanation within Optimality  
Theory. Postvelar harmony in two unrelated languages, Palestinian  
Arabic and St'át'imcets Salish, is examined in detail. The result is  
the first comprehensive clarification of postvelar phonology for either  
language. Two harmonies are distinguished: uvularisation harmony  
('emphasis spread') and pharyngealisation (tongue-root-retraction)  
harmony. The distinction between these two in the Arabic and the Salish  
is supported by much instrumental phonetics data. The complex harmony  
properties are explained as the result of systematic interaction  
between Correspondence, Alignment and Grounded constraints. In the  
course of the investigation, the segmental inventories of both  
languages are clarified, and a careful understanding of the distinction  
between phonology and phonetics, and the use of phonetics in phonology,  
is applied.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov  7 23:14:28 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:14:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Course Writing Job
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Date:  07 Nov 2002
From: Kristin Sands <kristin.sands at nyu.edu>
Subject:Course Writing Job

Arabic Language Course Writer

Living Language, the foremost name in publishing of foreign language
courses and materials, is looking for a writer for its forthcoming
Ultimate Arabic Beginner-Intermediate course to be published in Fall
2004. The course will be part of well-established, successful series of
self-study courses in nine different languages, and will consist of a
course book and eight hours of recordings. If you are interested in
becoming a writer for this course and would like to get more details
about this opportunity, please contact:

Zviezdana Verzich, Ph. D.
Editor
Living Language
Random House
212/572-2359
zverzich at randomhouse.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov  7 23:14:23 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:14:23 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Correction on Arab Academy Exhibit at MESA/AATA
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1) Subject:Correction on Arab Academy Exhibit at MESA/AATA

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Date:  07 Nov 2002
From: Sanaa Ghanem <sanaa at arabacademy.com>
Subject:Correction on Arab Academy Exhibit at MESA/AATA

Correction:
The Arab Academy's programs were designed by Sanaa Ghanem, not a group
of
teachers at AUC.  To get more information on the designer visit:
http://www.arabacademy.com/Ghanem.htm

To get more information on the Board of Trustees and the advisory board
visit:
http://www.arabacademy.com/Board_E.HTM

Arab Academy has had over 5000 students from 120 countries since
September
2000.  They have all studied Arabic language online.
Students' statistics are available from:
http://www.arabacademy.com/groups.asp?2

Needless to say, the feedback we got from Arabic language teachers from
institutions all over the world as well as that of our students, has
helped
us shape and improve on our courses.
Feedback on our program is available from:
http://www.arabacademy.com/testimonials_e.htm
You may also check LangNet's web site for its Arab Academy evaluation.

If you wish to get complimentary passwords prior to MESA, please do not
hesitate to write to me.

Do remember to pass by Arab Academy booth at MESA.  You may also take an
appointment for a private demonstration and/or meeting with Dr. Madkour,
CEO, Ameer Vincent (Vice President of Phoenix International and Arab
Academy
US representative), Ambassador Nick Veliotes and myself.

Best regards,
Sanaa Ghanem
President
Arab Academy
3 Alif Al-Nabataat Street, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt
http://arabacademy.com/Ghanem.htm
E-mail: sanaa at arabacademy.com
Cell: + 2 012 218 0305

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 13 23:35:40 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:35:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Needs a Darwish translation
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Date:  13 Nov 2002
From:John Nawas <John.Nawas at arts.kuleuven.ac.be>
Subject:Needs a Darwish translation

Dear colleagues,
Does anybody know of a published analysis or (at the very least) a  
western language translation of a poem by Mahmud Darwish, "Qaa'  
al-madiina" (from his 1970 collection entitled al-`asaafiir tamuut fii  
al-jaliil)? Thanks in advance, John Nawas.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 13 23:35:44 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:35:44 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:powerpoint site correction
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Date:  13 Nov 2002
From:Ibrahim <ibhims2 at hotmail.com>
Subject:powerpoint site correction

 Dear colleagues,

With regards to my e-mail about the ì Integrating of power point into  
Arabic language classí I have received a number of  email asking me  
to provide password to access the slides and other asking me to provide  
them with the slides. I have sent to some of them, but I find  
difficulties to send to all of them the slides as attachment. Therefore  
theses that interested may fill this form to enable them to join our  
group and to enable them to access the slides. Thus, you may need to  
hit this simple site:

http://groups.msn.com/ComputerAssistedLanguagelearningCALL/invite

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 13 23:37:54 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:37:54 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Cambridge MA job
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Date:  13 Nov 2002
From: bushra at bbn.com
Subject:Cambridge, MA job

ARABIC LANGUAGE TRANSCRIBER JOB!!!

BBN Technologies, a Cambridge, MA-based company, is looking for an
individual to support projects working with Levantine Arabic.

REQUIREMENTS:
* Native speaker of Arabic from Jordan, Lebanon, or Palestine
* 30-40 hours per week
* Must be able to type Arabic on a computer
* US Citizen preferred but not required
* Comfort working with a computer
* Must be living in Massachusetts

OTHER FACTORS:
* Salary: up to $20 per hour
*Duration: 3 month assignment

Public transportation is available to our office via Alewife T stop or
various but routes. Subsidy for public transportation is available.

If you are interested in this position please e-mail me and send me
your resume and I will contact you.

thank you

Bushra Zawaydeh, Ph.D.
BBN Technologies
bushra at bbn.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 13 23:37:17 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:37:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING;Morphological Analyser available
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Date:  13 Nov 2002
From: LDC Office <ldc at ldc.upenn.edu> [reposted from CORPORA]
Subject:Morphological Analyser available

   *   Buckwalter Arabic Morphological Analyzer Version 1.0   *

The Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) is pleased to announce the
availability of a new publication.

The Buckwalter Arabic Morphological Analyzer Version 1.0 was
created by Tim Buckwalter at Qamus for POS-tagging Arabic text.
The analyzer consists primarily of three Arabic-English lexicon files:
prefixes, suffixes, and stems.  The lexicons are supplemented by three
morphological compatibility tables used for controlling prefix-stem
combinations, stem-suffix combinations, and prefix-suffix combinations.

The LDC is releasing this software under the GNU General Public License:

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

For information on commercial use, please visit:

http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Catalog/CatalogEntry.jsp?catalogId=LDC2002L49

Buckwalter Arabic Morphological Analyzer can be downloaded for free from
the above link.  If you would like a copy placed on CD-ROM, please note
that there is a $100 media charge.

If you need additional information before placing your order, or
would like to inquire about membership in the LDC, please send email to
<ldc at ldc.upenn.edu> or call (215) 573-1275.

Linguistic Data Consortium          Phone: (215) 573-1275
3600 Market Street                  Fax:   (215) 573-2175
Suite 810                           email: ldc at ldc.upenn.edu
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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 13 23:38:24 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:38:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:NYC jobs, one urgent
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Date:  13 Nov 2002
From: Rel21 at aol.com
Subject:NYC jobs, one urgent

[moderator's note: instead of sending him a list of linguists in NYC (I
actually have no way of knowing where most of you are from) I have
simply posted this message.  If you are interested in the job, please
contact Mr. Levin at the above e-mail address (refer to this posting)
or at the numbers below]

I am CEO of Transclick, a research product development company based in
NY that is focused on Arabic speech linguistics for machine translation
and speech translation of Arabic for the Army.

We have a SBIR US ARMY contract for $710,000 for Arabic speech to
speech translation, automatic speech recognition English to English
text, English text to Arabic text machine translation, and Arabic text
to speech generation. We need testers who know Arabic and some
knowledge of linguistics to run test Arabic language suites that we
have designed.

Do you know any native Arabic speakers who can evaluate the grammer,
linguistic accuracy of machine translation output...who live in the NY
Area...we urgently need to complete a small project this Thursday but
we also need additional people lined up for each project going forward.

Thank you  for sending me a list of Arabic native speakers who have
linguistics knowledge in the NY area, specifically in Manhattan; if you
have a few names, phone numbers and email addresses if you have a few
minutes, I would be very grateful and I think they would be too.

Sincerely,
Robert Levin
CEO
Transclick
1-212-333-9501
1-917-378-9464

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov 14 16:50:25 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:50:25 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Junior Research Fellow at U. of Bayreuth
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Date:  13 Nov 2002
From: Brigitte.Buehler at uni-bayreuth.de
Subject:Junior Research Fellow at U. of Bayreuth

Position Announcement

The Humanities Collaborative Research Centre "Local Action in
Africa in the Context of Global Influences" (SFB/FK 560) at the
University of Bayreuth, Germany is seeking a junior research fellow
as
Project Leader for the establishment of a

JUNIOR RESEARCH TEAM ON THE TOPIC:
TRANSCONTINENTAL SOUTH-SOUTH RELATIONS
(Africa - Asia or Africa - Latin America)

SFB/FK 560 is an interdisciplinary cultural-scientific research
group that oversees sixteen subprojects whose common focus is
the processes of globalization in Africa and the role of indigenous
participants. Among the departments involved are Cultural
Anthropology, Geography, Development Sociology, Botany, History,
Linguistics, Islamic Studies, Religion and Law.

Further information is available at: http://www.uni-
bayreuth.de/sfbs/sfb-fk560/index.html

Initial financing - limited to six months - is available for the
development of a project proposal. If approved by the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council), the project is
scheduled to last five years. No extension is possible. Candidates are
required to hold a Ph.D. degree with an exceptionally good grade and
have research experience in a field of direct relevance to the
project, for example in regional economics, culture or linguistics.

The junior staff group is an independent body with full decision-
making authority over the topic chosen for investigation, but whose
research endeavor should enrich the overall project in a meaningful
way. In this regard, relationships between developing countries that
break the "normal patterns" of the prevailing North-South hierarchies
of globalization are of particular interest. Subjects for scrutiny
could include, for example, economic issues such as the African trade
in consumer goods from Asia or Latin America, media- industry-related
issues like Indian films in Africa, or a linguistic theme such as
Arabic literature in Africa. However, topics from completely different
academic areas will also receive consideration. A five-page research
concept should accompany each prospective candidate's application.

This position is restricted to applicants who are interested in
undertaking independent research for a period of limited duration
within the context of a subproject. Support for the junior staff group
through the DFG covers personnel costs for the group leader (BAT Ia)
as well as for research assistants (one at BAT IIa or up to two at BAT
IIa/2) and commensurate costs for books, equipment, etc. The Bayreuth
University will furnish the necessary rooms and basic technical
facilities. More precise information is available in the DFG leaflet:
"Junior Staff Groups in Special Research Areas" (in German:
Nachwuchsgruppen in Sonderforschungsbereichen).

Candidates should be from outside the Bayreuth vicinity and must be
less than 35 years old at the time of application. This age limit may
be exceeded if the applicant has had a professional leave of absence
for the purpose of child care. Applicants from African countries are
welcomed. German knowledge is desirable.

Handicapped persons with same qualifications will be preferred.
The University of Bayreuth strives to increase its female personnel
quota, and strongly encourages women to apply.

Review of application will begin December 15 and continue until the
position is filled. Applicants are requested to forward their
documentation to the research group's chairperson:

Prof. Dr. Gerd Spittler
University of Bayreuth
LS Ethnology, Building GW II
D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov 14 19:06:24 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:06:24 -0700
Subject: ARABIC-L: Moderated Message
In-Reply-To: <0H5K001MHWAKQB@ACS2.BYU.EDU>
Message-ID: <THU.14.NOV.2002.120624.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

I did post this announcement, on Nov 7th.  I must have copied it from 
LINGUIST or some other list.
Dil

On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 11:20  AM, arabic-l at listserv.byu.edu 
wrote:

> Dear Prof. Parkinson,
> I am writing to inquire if you would be willing to post the following 
> book announcement to ARABIC-L at the request of the author.
>
> Thank you,
> Christopher Bell
>
> John Benjamins Publishing Company is pleased to announce the 
> publication of the following new title:
>
> Title: Postvelar Harmony
> Series Title: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 225
>
> Publication Date: Winter 2002-2003
> Publisher: John Benjamins
>            http://www.benjamins.com/
>            http://www.benjamins.nl
>
> Author: Kimary Shahin, University of British Columbia
>
> United States and Canada: Hardcover: 1 58811 221 7, USD 99.00
> Rest of World: Hardcover: 90 272 4733 1, EUR 99.00
> xii. 344 pp.
>
> This book examines the formal bases of postvelar harmony and its 
> crosslinguistic variation. It is of interest especially to 
> phonologists concerned with segmental harmony and its explanation 
> within Optimality Theory. Postvelar harmony in two unrelated 
> languages, Palestinian Arabic and St'át'imcets Salish, is examined in 
> detail. The result is the first comprehensive clarification of 
> postvelar phonology for either language. Two harmonies are 
> distinguished: uvularisation harmony ('emphasis spread') and 
> pharyngealisation (tongue-root-retraction) harmony. The distinction 
> between these two in the Arabic and the Salish is supported by much 
> instrumental phonetics data. The complex harmony properties are 
> explained as the result of systematic interaction between 
> Correspondence, Alignment and Grounded constraints. In the course of 
> the investigation, the segmental inventories of both languages are 
> clarified, and a careful understanding of the distinction between 
> phonology and phonetics, and the use of phonetics in phonology, is 
> applied.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Christopher Bell
> John Benjamins Publishing Co	      Publicity/Marketing
> Tel: (215) 836-1200         Fax: (215) 836-1204
> E-mail:promotion at benjamins.com
> Website: http://www.benjamins.com
>
> PO Box 27519     Philadelphia PA  19118-0519
>


From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 15 23:24:11 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:24:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Al-Abhath Call
Message-ID: <FRI.15.NOV.2002.162411.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:  15 Nov 2002
From: John Meloy <jm03 at aub.edu.lb>  [reposted from Arabic-Info]
Subject:Al-Abhath Call

Under new editorial leadership, Al-Abhath, the Journal of the Faculty of
Arts and Sciences of the American University of Beirut, calls for
article
submissions for its upcoming issues.

Published since 1948 in Arabic and English, Al-Abhath has a strong
tradition of publishing internationally refereed scholarship on the
culture, history, literature and languages of the Arab World and the
Middle
East for a readership in the Arab and Western worlds.

The editorial staff consists of As'ad Khairallah, Editor; Muhammad Ali
Khalidi, John Meloy, and Kassim Shaaban, Associate Editors; Nadia
El-Cheikh, Book Review Editor.

Contributions should include an abstract of not more than 150 words and
may
be sent as file attachments by e-mail to: alabhath at aub.edu.lb
Or as hard copies, accompanied by Microsoft Word file for English or
Arabic
on diskette, to:

Prof. As'ad Khairallah, Editor
Al-Abhath
Dept. of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages
American University of Beirut
P. O. Box 11-0236
Riad El-Solh  BEIRUT  1107 2020
LEBANON

Nadia El-Cheikh and John Meloy will attend the Middle East Studies
Association conference in Washington, DC and will be happy to answer
queries of interested contributors.  Those interested may contact them
at
the AUB reception to be held Saturday, November 23, from 8:00 pm to
10:00
pm in Maryland Room B at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 15 23:24:18 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:24:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Thematic roles query
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Date:  15 Nov 2002
From: Hanady Mansour <hanady at ccl.umist.ac.uk>
Subject:Thematic roles query

Hi Dilworth,
I am Hanady Ahmed. I am working in Arabic text to speech . I am doing my
Ph.D now in Manchester UK " Natural Language Processing engine for
Arabic
Text to speech" .I am involved now for put the thematic roles for verbs
and
Nouns to solve the disambiguation of the morphosyntactic output. The
morphosyntactic module in my system now could put the diacritic marks
and
parse the verbal and nominal sentences.
I would be pleased if you could recommended work for Arabic semantics &
pragmatics (MSA).
my best
Hanady

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 15 23:24:22 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:24:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:More info on Morphological Analyzer (for Unix)
Message-ID: <FRI.15.NOV.2002.162422.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:  15 Nov 2002
From: Tim Buckwalter <timbuckwalter at bainbridge.net>
Subject:More info on Morphological Analyzer (for Unix)

[Tim sent this note to me, knowing that I am working with a Unix
environment.  I thought there might be others who could use this info
as well.]

If you do download the tar file, after
extracting it please make the following filename changes (otherwise the
Perl script will give an error message on Unix/Linux machines):

  tableab --> tableAB
  tableac --> tableAC
  tablebc --> tableBC
  dictprefixes --> dictPrefixes
  dictstems --> dictStems
  dictsuffixes --> dictSuffixes

Regards,
Tim

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 15 23:24:15 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:24:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NMELRC Town Hall Meeting at MESA
Message-ID: <FRI.15.NOV.2002.162415.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:  15 Nov 2002
From: Kirk Belnap <rkb at byu.edu>
Subject:NMELRC Town Hall Meeting at MESA

The National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC) would like
to invite all who are interested and able to attend:

Town Hall Meeting on Middle East Language Learning/Teaching
Sunday, November 24th, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Cotillion South Ballroom, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Washington, DC

This meeting is being held in conjunction with the Middle East
Studies Association Annual Meeting
(http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/MESA02/mesa02.htm).

NMELRC's mission is to work with language professionals and
institutions to increase and improve opportunities for learning the
languages of the Middle East.  The "Town Hall Meeting" will provide a
brief introduction to some of NMELRC's plans and projects (e.g., its
teacher training institutes and its small grants program). The bulk
of the meeting will be spent in open discussion of issues and
opportunities in an effort to encourage field-wide input and
significantly increased cooperation in areas such as materials
development, articulation, study abroad, and professionalization.

More information on NMELRC can be found at http://nmelrc.byu.edu.
Look for much more to be added to our website in the coming month.

We look forward to seeing many of you in Washington--and working with
many more in order to better serve students and a world in need of
more cross-cultural bridges.

Best wishes,

Kirk Belnap
Director, NMELRC

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 17:51:17 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:51:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NYU jobs: see recruiter at MESA
Message-ID: <WED.20.NOV.2002.105117.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date:  02 Nov 2002
From: Eline Potoski <ep33 at nyu.edu>
Subject:NYU jobs: see recruiter at MESA

Michael Gilsenan will be available to speak with anyone interested in
the
positions below at MESA this week. You may reach him on Saturday or
Sunday
via the Marriot Wardmen Park Hotel or look for the signs on the
announcement bulletin board at the conference.

Arabic Teaching Positions
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies at New York University invites
applications for two positions of Language Lecturer in Arabic, to begin
September 1, 2003, pending administrative and budgetary approval. The
teaching load is three courses per semester. A minimum of two years
teaching Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) at the university level,
familiarity with proficiency-based language teaching and testing,
native or
near native command of Arabic, ability to teach all levels, and
familiarity
with the use of technology in language teaching required.  Ph.D. in
Arabic
language, linguistics, literature, or a related field preferred.  Please
submit a cover letter, c.v., writing sample, student evaluations, and
three
letters of reference by January 31, 2003, to: Arabic Search Committee,
Department of Middle Eastern Studies, New York University, 50 Washington
Square South, New York, NY 10012.  NYU is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 17:51:22 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:51:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Italian Meeting of Afro-Asiatic Linguistics
Message-ID: <WED.20.NOV.2002.105122.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject:Italian Meeting of Afro-Asiatic Linguistics

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Date:  02 Nov 2002
From:Michela e Alessandro Mengozzi <a.mengozzi at tiscali.it>
Subject:Italian Meeting of Afro-Asiatic Linguistics

Dear friends and colleagues,

weare pleased to announce that the 11th Italian Meeting of Afro-Asiatic  
Linguisticswill be held at theUniversityofBergamo,from Thursday 5th  
toSaturday 7th June 2003. For more information, visit please our  
web-site:

http://wwwesterni.unibg.it/linguistica/Afroas/Index.htm

In the context of the DOREK research-project ‘Critical edition with  
translation and concordances of Christian Neo-Aramaic poems from Iraqi  
Kurdistan’ (UniversityofTurin), the Meeting inBergamowill host a  
section on Neo-Aramaic languages and literatures. Neo-Aramaic scholars  
from all over the world are warmly invited to contribute.

You are kindly requested to inform us beforeFebruary, 28th, 2003if you  
wish to attend the Meeting or the Neo-Aramaic panel and communicate the  
title of the paper you intend to read. You can e-mail to  
a.mengozzi at tiscali.itor write to the following address:

dr. A. Mengozzi
11th Italian Meeting of Afro-Asiatic Lingusitics
Università degli Studi di Bergamo
Piazza Vecchia 8
24129Bergamo
or: fax nr. +39-035277407

 Best wishes,
theboard of organizers:
prof. Piera Molinelli, Pier Luigi Cuzzolin and dr. Alessandro Mengozzi  
(Università degli Studi di Bergamo)
prof. Fabrizio A. Pennacchietti (Università degli Studi di Torino)
prof. Alessandro Roccati (Università di Roma “La Sapienza”)
dott. Emanuela Braida and dott. Simona Destefanis (Università degli  
Studi di Torino)

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 17:51:38 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:51:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Large Vocabulary Query
Message-ID: <WED.20.NOV.2002.105138.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:  02 Nov 2002
From: Munir <zilanaw at fas.harvard.edu>
Subject:Large Vocabulary Query

I am told that Arabic has a larger vocabulary than English, and is
generally harder to learn than English.  Arabs who have studied English
for a year seem to have a better grasp of the language than Americans
who
have studied Arabic for a year.  Could anyone comment on such issues
from
anecdotal experience and/or refer me to studies that have been done to
address them?

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 17:51:28 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:51:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Iraqi Arabic Course at Georgetown
Message-ID: <WED.20.NOV.2002.105128.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:  02 Nov 2002
From: shawng <shawng at gwu.edu>
Subject:Summer Iraqi Arabic Course at Georgetown

The National Capital Language Resource Center would like to invite
students of
intermediate level Modern Standard Arabic to participate in a summer
course in
Iraqi Colloquial Arabic at the Georgetown University. This intensive
three-week course will be taught by Dr. Margaret Nydell and will run
from May
19-June 6, 2003. The cost is $1,800. For further information, please
contact
Dr. Nydell at 202-687-5650, or the Georgetown Registrar at 202-687-4020.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 17:51:32 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:51:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Vowel Apophony in Dialects query
Message-ID: <WED.20.NOV.2002.105132.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date:  02 Nov 2002
From: "Robert R. Ratcliffe" <ratcliffe at tufs.ac.jp>
Subject:Vowel Apophony in Dialects query

Query: Has anyone done any analysis of the past-present vowel
alternations of stem I verbs (katAba/yaktUbu) in the dialects,
especially in comparison with Classical Arabic or other dialects?

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 20:48:13 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:48:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Middlebury Job:see recruiter at MESA
Message-ID: <WED.20.NOV.2002.134813.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:  20 Nov 2002
From: Perkins, Susan [mailto:perkins at middlebury.edu]
Subject:Middlebury Job:see recruiter at MESA

"If you are interested in the tenure-track position in Arabic at
Middlebury College, Michael Geisler will be available to speak with you
at MESA
this weekend. You may reach him on Saturday afternoon or Sunday
at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel (202-328-2000).  The position ad is
posted below and will also be on the announcement bulletin board at the
conference.

Middlebury College invites applications for a tenure-track position in
Arabic, beginning September 2003, to introduce Modern Standard Arabic
into the undergraduate college curriculum.  Course sequence will
articulate
with the long-established Arabic program in the Middlebury Summer
Language
Schools.  Specialization in literature or culture is open.  Ph. D.
required or near completion, but appointment may be made at any rank.
Candidate
will hold joint appointment in the Program in International Studies and
a
department in the Foreign Language Division.  Candidates must possess a
native or near-native command of Arabic, and provide evidence of
commitment to excellent teaching and scholarly potential.  Send letter
of
application with a statement of teaching and research interests,
curriculum vitae,
graduate transcript, a sample of scholarly work, and three current
letters of recommendation, at least two of which must speak to teaching
ability,
to
Professor Michael Geisler, Associate Dean of the Faculty,
Middlebury College,
  Middlebury, Vermont 05753.

The deadline for applications is December 6, 2002. Middlebury College
is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from women
and members of minority groups."


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 20:48:16 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:48:16 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Yarmouk Summer Program
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Date:  20 Nov 2002
From: Uva Yarmouk Arabic Program <uvayarmk at virginia.edu>
Subject:Yarmouk Summer Program

The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic Program
UVA in Jordan
Summer 2003

The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic Program has
been in operation since 1984. It is an intensive, eight-week Program in
Modern Standard Arabic, designed for undergraduate and graduate
students currently pursuing a university degree. The Program focuses on
all language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. In
addition to Modern Standard Arabic, all students will take a course in
the Jordanian dialect. All courses will be taught in Arabic.
Instructors will be members of the Yarmouk University faculty. Three
levels of skill-based instruction will be provided.

*Intensive summer study of the Arabic Language at Yarmouk University,
Irbid, Jordan.
*Immersion in Arab Culture, and first-hand experience of the Middle
East through travel in the region.
*Three levels of language instruction equivalent to Second, Third, and
Fourth year Arabic at the University of Virginia.
*A new "Islamics Arabic" level has been created and will focus on
studying the language of Islamic literature in classical and modern
texts.
*Academic credit is transferable to your home institution from Yarmouk
University.
*Cost is $3,435.  For the Islamics Arabic level, cost is $3,665.   This
includes:

1.  International airfare (JFK-Amman-JFK).
2.  Accommodations in Yarmouk University dorms.
3.  Tuition and Fees.
4.  Entry fees to archeological sites and two educational trips within
Jordan.
    **These fees do not include food and incidentals.

*Students applying for the third and fourth year classes are eligible
for a Fulbright-Hayes grant.

Dates
*Application Deadline: April 4, 2003
*Pre-departure Orientation and group travel: June 17, 2003
*End of Program and return to New York: August 16, 2003

For more information please contact:
UVAYARMK at virginia.edu
Phone: (434) 982-2304
Fax: (434) 924-6977
Or visit our Web site at:
http://www.virginia.edu/~arabic/yarmuk_program.htm

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov 21 15:34:42 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:34:42 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:3rd Year Arabic Enrollments query
Message-ID: <THU.21.NOV.2002.083442.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From: "Dr. Godlas" <godlas at arches.uga.edu> (by way of aata at wm.edu)
Subject:3rd Year Arabic Enrollments query

I am trying to make a case for continuing to offer 3rd year Arabic even  
if enrollment numbers dip below university-wide standards for class  
size:
 
Please reply to me, putting "3rd year Arabic" in the subject of your  
email, and giving me your most recent enrollment figures for each of  
your 3rd year Arabic classes and the name of your university.  Nothing  
else needs to be included.  The results will not be published.
 
Regards,
 
Alan Godlas

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:17:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA;Wayne State Job: see recruiter at MESA
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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From: Aleya Rouchdy <ad5006 at mail.wayne.edu>
Subject:Wayne State Job: see recruiter at MESA

Aleya Rouchdy and May Seikaly will  be available to speak to candidates
interested in the position of Wayne State University at MESA. You may
reach us via the Marriot Wardmen Park Hoterl or look for the signs on
the announcement bulletin board at the conference

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov 21 16:18:38 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:18:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:Fundraising for Arabic Advice Query
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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From:sawsan hosny <sawaziz at yahoo.com>
Subject:Fundraising for Arabic Advice query

Dear Colleagues
The University of Canterbury in New Zealand has approved an Arabic
Language and Islamic Culture course (12 points) to be under the
department of Philosophy & religious studies. But as the University and
the department are very much hope that this course does go ahead; they
cannot offered to put it on unless they find the
money to pay for the lecturer and other expense from somewhere. So now
I need your help. Who do I contact to raise fund. What Countries and
what agencies could help. I do not want to lose the opportunity. Course
should start on February 2003, within 2 month. I appreciate any advices.
Sawsan Hosny, Ph. D.=A0

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov 21 16:22:23 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:22:23 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Large Vocabulary responses
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2) Subject:Large Vocabulary response
3) Subject:Large Vocabulary response
4) Subject:Large Vocabulary response

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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From: "Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:Large Vocabulary response

Dear Z,
       Please see "How Hard is Arabic?" by T. B. Irving in
*Modern Lang. Journal* 41:289--91 (1957); and the Introduction to
*A Word Count of Modern Arabic Prose* by J. M. Landau, NY (1959).  When
does a local foreign word assimilate into and become "Arabic?"
       A major difficulty for learning Arabic is the "D-word:"
DIGLOSSIA.
What is taught in *Al-Kitaab*, e.g., is really "Spoken Modern
Double-Standard Georgetown Arabic," having perhaps a distant
relationship
to Modern Literary Arabic."  (/antunna/ and /hunna/ forms don't deign to
appear.)
       Best wishes,
                                  Mike Schub

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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From:Haidar Moukdad <haidar.moukdad at mail.mcgill.ca>
Subject:Large Vocabulary response

Arabic does not have a larger vocabulary than English. Perhaps what you
are referring to is related to the script, not to the language itself.
It is of course harder for English speakers to learn Arabic, because
they first need to learn the script and tackle the writing system.
  A0Arabic speakers, on the other hand, usually are familiar with the
Latin script and spend all their time A0learning the English language.
  A0
Haidar Moukdad
McGill University

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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From: Aman Attieh <attieh at rice.edu>
Subject:Large Vocabulary response

My response to Munir is that English is believedto have a larger
vocabulary than any other language. I was very surprised when I found
that out because i was under the impression that Arabic has the largest
vocabulary. I believe that this site  support that English possesses
the largest vocabulary.

http://www.athabascau.ca/courses/engl/155/support/
if_english_is_not_your_first
_language.htm

As to Arabs studying a year of English are able to grasp the target
language better than American students studying Arabic for the same
time period may have other explanations than number of vocabulary.
I will confine myself to one explanation which is usage. Arabs learning
English as a foreign language(ESL) do so from books that are  totally
in the target language. These books do not render  grammar explanations
in L1 or provide bilingual list or exercise questions in L1. Moreover,
the instructors are mostly native speakers of English, and they learn
the language in an environment where they are forced to function in
English out of the home environment.  So they have the opportunity to
be more immersed in L1 than their American counterpart.

That is my opinion. In a while I may be able to dig out an empirical
study on language immersion.

Good luck, Aman Attieh

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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From: Jan Hoogland <j.hoogland at let.kun.nl>
Subject:Large Vocabulary response

> I am told that Arabic has a larger vocabulary than English,

theoratically this may be the case, but the actual vocabulary that's
being used, for example in media reporting, uses only a small part of
this theoretical vocabulary. (I'll report on this on my dictionary web
site within a few months, I'll keep the list members informed).
It might be interesting to investigate how many words are being known
by Arabs themselves. And of course you should distinguish between
active (speaking and writing) and passive (reading, listening) command.
Anyone can comment on that?

> and is generally harder to learn than English.  Arabs who have studied
> English
> for a year seem to have a better grasp of the language than Americans
> who have studied Arabic for a year.  Could anyone comment on such
> issues
> from anecdotal experience and/or refer me to studies that have been
> done to
> address them?

The difference in success after one year is probably related to the
difference in teaching materials, or maybe even didactic qualifications
of the teachers. And don't forget the diglossia problem. To teach the
students all four language skills, they will have to learn to cope with
the differences between Fusha and camiyya/darizja.
And do not forget an Arab who starts studying English probably has been
exposed to a lot of English before he actually starts studying the
language, whereas this will (in most cases) not be applicable to a
non-arabophone who starts to study Arabic.
These are just a few comments, based on experience, not on scientific
research.

Jan Hoogland

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov  1 23:25:17 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 16:25:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Translation Course response
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Date:  01 Nov 2002
From: "gwitty at earthlink.net" <gwitty at earthlink.net>
Subject:Translation Course response

Hi Dil and Jackie

as you may have heard by now, Roger Allen offers a seminar in literary
translation here at Penn, and has been for probably 20 years.  It is a
combination of criticism and practicum...one week we'd
compare/criticize 2
or 3 published translations of the same work, the next we'd all turn in
translations of one piece he'd chosen (poetry, prose, ancient, modern,
etc.) and compare our translations of it...(can be humbling at times)
We
all have to do a translation project for the course...many of us have
turned that into entries for the AATA translation contest.  I think we
also
read some stuff on translation theory (I can't remember it was so long
ago
for me)

Roger usually offers it once every 2 years or so, so all of us studying
Arabic/Islamic studies at Penn end up taking it at one point.  So it's
regularly offered if once every 2 years counts as regular...

You can contact him at rallen at ccat.sas.upenn.edu if you'd like more
info.
I'm sure he'd be happy to share his syllabus.

Hope this helps
Gordon

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov  1 23:25:19 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 16:25:19 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arab Academy to Exhibit at MESA/AATA
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1) Subject:Arab Academy to Exhibit at MESA/AATA

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Date:  01 Nov 2002
From: atvincent at phxintl.com
Subject:Arab Academy to Exhibit at MESA/AATA

The Arab Academy offers unique inter-active multimedia on-line Arabic
language training program which has been developed under the leadership
of a group of Arabic teachers at the American University in Cairo.

There are classes for elementary/ middle, high school and a two year
university program. In addition , there is a track for Islamic studies
which is similar to the other programs but includes selections from the
sacred Islamic texts.

Phoenix International ,L.L.C., the North American exclusive
representative for the Arab Academy , will mount an exhibit of the
Academy programs at the MESA/AATA Meeting which will be held at the
Wardman Park Marriott Hotel Nov. 23-26. Dr. Sanaa Ghanem, President and
Dr. Mohamed Madkour, CEO, of the Arab Academy will be present to
demonstrate and discuss the programs.

All participants at the Meetings are invited to visit the exhibit to
familiarize themselves with these innovative on-line teaching materials
which are now being introduced into the United States.

All interested parties can obtain additional information from Phoenix
International at arabacademy at phxintl.com "

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Tue Nov  5 22:56:14 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 15:56:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Translation Course Responses
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Date:  05 Nov 2002
From:jmurg at ttlc.net
Subject:Translation Course Responses

Thanks to all who have responded to me on this so far. The information  
is very helpful. The presentation is next Saturday (the 9th), and I'll  
be reachable via email until Wednesday, the 6th, if anyone has any  
further information.
?
Best regards to all,
Jackie Murgida
Director, Cross-Linguistic Processes Division
JTG-Inc.
Alexandria, Virginia
jmurg at ttlc.net

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From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 15:57:16 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Power Point in Arabic Language Teaching
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Date:  05 Nov 2002
From:"Ahmed.I.S" <ibhims20002 at yahoo.com>
Subject:Power Point in Arabic Language Teaching

?Dear colleagues,

I have been using PowerPoint in teaching language. I find it very  
interesting and useful for the students as they claim, therefore I keep  
trying to design such slides dealing with Arabic language aspects such  
as locations of the houses, things, human beings, animals,??colors. May  
I inquiry, is there any colleague how may design such power point for  
teaching language, therefore we may share together.?Below you may take  
a look at my??slides.  
http://groups.msn.com/ComputerAssistedLanguagelearningCALL/page.msnw
Looking forward to hearing??from you.
Thank you and Regards
Ibrahimn Suliman Ahmed
Faculty of Medicine- IIUM university-Malaysia

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov  7 15:54:28 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:54:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Egypt/France Call for Papers
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Date:  07 Nov 2002
From: Amy Victoria Ogden <avo2n at virginia.edu>
Subject:Egypt/France Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Panel Title: "Encounters between Egypt and France in Alexandria"
Conference: African Literature Association (Alexandria, Egypt; March
'03)

The panel organizer (Amy Ogden, UVA) seeks proposals for papers on
depictions of France or the French in Egyptian literature from either
the
Middle Ages (preferably 12th or 13th centuries) or the 19th century.
Papers relating to Alexandria are especially encouraged.

Abstracts should be approximately 300 words and may be sent in an email
message or by attachment (Microsoft Word only, please).  Please send
proposals as soon as possible, but no later than November 30, to
avo2n at virginia.edu.  Participants must be members of the ALA by the
beginning of the conference.

More information on the conference may be found at
http://academic.udayton.edu/ala

Department of French
    Language and Literatures
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400770
Charlottesville, VA 22904
(434) 924-1393
avo2n at virginia.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov  7 23:14:25 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:14:25 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book on Postvelar Harmony in Arabic
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Date:  07 Nov 2002
From: Christopher Bell <promotion at benjamins.com>
Subject:New Book on Postvelar Harmony in Arabic

John Benjamins Publishing Company is pleased to announce the  
publication of the following new title:

Title: Postvelar Harmony
Series Title: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 225

Publication Date: Winter 2002-2003
Publisher: John Benjamins
            http://www.benjamins.com/
            http://www.benjamins.nl

Author: Kimary Shahin, University of British Columbia

United States and Canada: Hardcover: 1 58811 221 7, USD 99.00
Rest of World: Hardcover: 90 272 4733 1, EUR 99.00
xii. 344 pp.

This book examines the formal bases of postvelar harmony and its  
crosslinguistic variation. It is of interest especially to phonologists  
concerned with segmental harmony and its explanation within Optimality  
Theory. Postvelar harmony in two unrelated languages, Palestinian  
Arabic and St'?t'imcets Salish, is examined in detail. The result is  
the first comprehensive clarification of postvelar phonology for either  
language. Two harmonies are distinguished: uvularisation harmony  
('emphasis spread') and pharyngealisation (tongue-root-retraction)  
harmony. The distinction between these two in the Arabic and the Salish  
is supported by much instrumental phonetics data. The complex harmony  
properties are explained as the result of systematic interaction  
between Correspondence, Alignment and Grounded constraints. In the  
course of the investigation, the segmental inventories of both  
languages are clarified, and a careful understanding of the distinction  
between phonology and phonetics, and the use of phonetics in phonology,  
is applied.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov  7 23:14:28 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:14:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Course Writing Job
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Date:  07 Nov 2002
From: Kristin Sands <kristin.sands at nyu.edu>
Subject:Course Writing Job

Arabic Language Course Writer

Living Language, the foremost name in publishing of foreign language
courses and materials, is looking for a writer for its forthcoming
Ultimate Arabic Beginner-Intermediate course to be published in Fall
2004. The course will be part of well-established, successful series of
self-study courses in nine different languages, and will consist of a
course book and eight hours of recordings. If you are interested in
becoming a writer for this course and would like to get more details
about this opportunity, please contact:

Zviezdana Verzich, Ph. D.
Editor
Living Language
Random House
212/572-2359
zverzich at randomhouse.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov  7 23:14:23 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:14:23 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Correction on Arab Academy Exhibit at MESA/AATA
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Date:  07 Nov 2002
From: Sanaa Ghanem <sanaa at arabacademy.com>
Subject:Correction on Arab Academy Exhibit at MESA/AATA

Correction:
The Arab Academy's programs were designed by Sanaa Ghanem, not a group
of
teachers at AUC.  To get more information on the designer visit:
http://www.arabacademy.com/Ghanem.htm

To get more information on the Board of Trustees and the advisory board
visit:
http://www.arabacademy.com/Board_E.HTM

Arab Academy has had over 5000 students from 120 countries since
September
2000.  They have all studied Arabic language online.
Students' statistics are available from:
http://www.arabacademy.com/groups.asp?2

Needless to say, the feedback we got from Arabic language teachers from
institutions all over the world as well as that of our students, has
helped
us shape and improve on our courses.
Feedback on our program is available from:
http://www.arabacademy.com/testimonials_e.htm
You may also check LangNet's web site for its Arab Academy evaluation.

If you wish to get complimentary passwords prior to MESA, please do not
hesitate to write to me.

Do remember to pass by Arab Academy booth at MESA.  You may also take an
appointment for a private demonstration and/or meeting with Dr. Madkour,
CEO, Ameer Vincent (Vice President of Phoenix International and Arab
Academy
US representative), Ambassador Nick Veliotes and myself.

Best regards,
Sanaa Ghanem
President
Arab Academy
3 Alif Al-Nabataat Street, Garden City, Cairo, Egypt
http://arabacademy.com/Ghanem.htm
E-mail: sanaa at arabacademy.com
Cell: + 2 012 218 0305

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 13 23:35:40 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:35:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Needs a Darwish translation
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Date:  13 Nov 2002
From:John Nawas <John.Nawas at arts.kuleuven.ac.be>
Subject:Needs a Darwish translation

Dear colleagues,
Does anybody know of a published?analysis or (at the very least) a  
western language translation of a poem by Mahmud Darwish, "Qaa'  
al-madiina" (from his 1970 collection entitled al-`asaafiir tamuut fii  
al-jaliil)? Thanks in advance, John Nawas.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 13 23:35:44 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:35:44 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:powerpoint site correction
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Date:  13 Nov 2002
From:Ibrahim <ibhims2 at hotmail.com>
Subject:powerpoint site correction

?Dear colleagues,

With regards to my e-mail about the ? Integrating of power point into  
Arabic language class? I have received a number of ?email asking me  
to?provide password to access the slides?and other asking?me to provide  
them with?the slides. I have sent to some of them, but I find  
difficulties to send to all of them the slides as attachment. Therefore  
theses that interested may fill this form to enable them to join our  
group and to enable them to access the slides. Thus, you may need to  
hit this simple site:

http://groups.msn.com/ComputerAssistedLanguagelearningCALL/invite

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 13 23:37:54 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:37:54 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Cambridge MA job
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Date:  13 Nov 2002
From: bushra at bbn.com
Subject:Cambridge, MA job

ARABIC LANGUAGE TRANSCRIBER JOB!!!

BBN Technologies, a Cambridge, MA-based company, is looking for an
individual to support projects working with Levantine Arabic.

REQUIREMENTS:
* Native speaker of Arabic from Jordan, Lebanon, or Palestine
* 30-40 hours per week
* Must be able to type Arabic on a computer
* US Citizen preferred but not required
* Comfort working with a computer
* Must be living in Massachusetts

OTHER FACTORS:
* Salary: up to $20 per hour
*Duration: 3 month assignment

Public transportation is available to our office via Alewife T stop or
various but routes. Subsidy for public transportation is available.

If you are interested in this position please e-mail me and send me
your resume and I will contact you.

thank you

Bushra Zawaydeh, Ph.D.
BBN Technologies
bushra at bbn.com

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 13 23:37:17 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:37:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING;Morphological Analyser available
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Date:  13 Nov 2002
From: LDC Office <ldc at ldc.upenn.edu> [reposted from CORPORA]
Subject:Morphological Analyser available

   *   Buckwalter Arabic Morphological Analyzer Version 1.0   *

The Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) is pleased to announce the
availability of a new publication.

The Buckwalter Arabic Morphological Analyzer Version 1.0 was
created by Tim Buckwalter at Qamus for POS-tagging Arabic text.
The analyzer consists primarily of three Arabic-English lexicon files:
prefixes, suffixes, and stems.  The lexicons are supplemented by three
morphological compatibility tables used for controlling prefix-stem
combinations, stem-suffix combinations, and prefix-suffix combinations.

The LDC is releasing this software under the GNU General Public License:

http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

For information on commercial use, please visit:

http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Catalog/CatalogEntry.jsp?catalogId=LDC2002L49

Buckwalter Arabic Morphological Analyzer can be downloaded for free from
the above link.  If you would like a copy placed on CD-ROM, please note
that there is a $100 media charge.

If you need additional information before placing your order, or
would like to inquire about membership in the LDC, please send email to
<ldc at ldc.upenn.edu> or call (215) 573-1275.

Linguistic Data Consortium          Phone: (215) 573-1275
3600 Market Street                  Fax:   (215) 573-2175
Suite 810                           email: ldc at ldc.upenn.edu
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2653         www: http://www.ldc.upenn.edu

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 13 23:38:24 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:38:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:NYC jobs, one urgent
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Date:  13 Nov 2002
From: Rel21 at aol.com
Subject:NYC jobs, one urgent

[moderator's note: instead of sending him a list of linguists in NYC (I
actually have no way of knowing where most of you are from) I have
simply posted this message.  If you are interested in the job, please
contact Mr. Levin at the above e-mail address (refer to this posting)
or at the numbers below]

I am CEO of Transclick, a research product development company based in
NY that is focused on Arabic speech linguistics for machine translation
and speech translation of Arabic for the Army.

We have a SBIR US ARMY contract for $710,000 for Arabic speech to
speech translation, automatic speech recognition English to English
text, English text to Arabic text machine translation, and Arabic text
to speech generation. We need testers who know Arabic and some
knowledge of linguistics to run test Arabic language suites that we
have designed.

Do you know any native Arabic speakers who can evaluate the grammer,
linguistic accuracy of machine translation output...who live in the NY
Area...we urgently need to complete a small project this Thursday but
we also need additional people lined up for each project going forward.

Thank you  for sending me a list of Arabic native speakers who have
linguistics knowledge in the NY area, specifically in Manhattan; if you
have a few names, phone numbers and email addresses if you have a few
minutes, I would be very grateful and I think they would be too.

Sincerely,
Robert Levin
CEO
Transclick
1-212-333-9501
1-917-378-9464

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov 14 16:50:25 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:50:25 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Junior Research Fellow at U. of Bayreuth
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Date:  13 Nov 2002
From: Brigitte.Buehler at uni-bayreuth.de
Subject:Junior Research Fellow at U. of Bayreuth

Position Announcement

The Humanities Collaborative Research Centre "Local Action in
Africa in the Context of Global Influences" (SFB/FK 560) at the
University of Bayreuth, Germany is seeking a junior research fellow
as
Project Leader for the establishment of a

JUNIOR RESEARCH TEAM ON THE TOPIC:
TRANSCONTINENTAL SOUTH-SOUTH RELATIONS
(Africa - Asia or Africa - Latin America)

SFB/FK 560 is an interdisciplinary cultural-scientific research
group that oversees sixteen subprojects whose common focus is
the processes of globalization in Africa and the role of indigenous
participants. Among the departments involved are Cultural
Anthropology, Geography, Development Sociology, Botany, History,
Linguistics, Islamic Studies, Religion and Law.

Further information is available at: http://www.uni-
bayreuth.de/sfbs/sfb-fk560/index.html

Initial financing - limited to six months - is available for the
development of a project proposal. If approved by the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Council), the project is
scheduled to last five years. No extension is possible. Candidates are
required to hold a Ph.D. degree with an exceptionally good grade and
have research experience in a field of direct relevance to the
project, for example in regional economics, culture or linguistics.

The junior staff group is an independent body with full decision-
making authority over the topic chosen for investigation, but whose
research endeavor should enrich the overall project in a meaningful
way. In this regard, relationships between developing countries that
break the "normal patterns" of the prevailing North-South hierarchies
of globalization are of particular interest. Subjects for scrutiny
could include, for example, economic issues such as the African trade
in consumer goods from Asia or Latin America, media- industry-related
issues like Indian films in Africa, or a linguistic theme such as
Arabic literature in Africa. However, topics from completely different
academic areas will also receive consideration. A five-page research
concept should accompany each prospective candidate's application.

This position is restricted to applicants who are interested in
undertaking independent research for a period of limited duration
within the context of a subproject. Support for the junior staff group
through the DFG covers personnel costs for the group leader (BAT Ia)
as well as for research assistants (one at BAT IIa or up to two at BAT
IIa/2) and commensurate costs for books, equipment, etc. The Bayreuth
University will furnish the necessary rooms and basic technical
facilities. More precise information is available in the DFG leaflet:
"Junior Staff Groups in Special Research Areas" (in German:
Nachwuchsgruppen in Sonderforschungsbereichen).

Candidates should be from outside the Bayreuth vicinity and must be
less than 35 years old at the time of application. This age limit may
be exceeded if the applicant has had a professional leave of absence
for the purpose of child care. Applicants from African countries are
welcomed. German knowledge is desirable.

Handicapped persons with same qualifications will be preferred.
The University of Bayreuth strives to increase its female personnel
quota, and strongly encourages women to apply.

Review of application will begin December 15 and continue until the
position is filled. Applicants are requested to forward their
documentation to the research group's chairperson:

Prof. Dr. Gerd Spittler
University of Bayreuth
LS Ethnology, Building GW II
D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov 14 19:06:24 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 12:06:24 -0700
Subject: ARABIC-L: Moderated Message
In-Reply-To: <0H5K001MHWAKQB@ACS2.BYU.EDU>
Message-ID: <THU.14.NOV.2002.120624.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

I did post this announcement, on Nov 7th.  I must have copied it from 
LINGUIST or some other list.
Dil

On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 11:20  AM, arabic-l at listserv.byu.edu 
wrote:

> Dear Prof. Parkinson,
> I am writing to inquire if you would be willing to post the following 
> book announcement to ARABIC-L at the request of the author.
>
> Thank you,
> Christopher Bell
>
> John Benjamins Publishing Company is pleased to announce the 
> publication of the following new title:
>
> Title: Postvelar Harmony
> Series Title: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 225
>
> Publication Date: Winter 2002-2003
> Publisher: John Benjamins
>            http://www.benjamins.com/
>            http://www.benjamins.nl
>
> Author: Kimary Shahin, University of British Columbia
>
> United States and Canada: Hardcover: 1 58811 221 7, USD 99.00
> Rest of World: Hardcover: 90 272 4733 1, EUR 99.00
> xii. 344 pp.
>
> This book examines the formal bases of postvelar harmony and its 
> crosslinguistic variation. It is of interest especially to 
> phonologists concerned with segmental harmony and its explanation 
> within Optimality Theory. Postvelar harmony in two unrelated 
> languages, Palestinian Arabic and St'?t'imcets Salish, is examined in 
> detail. The result is the first comprehensive clarification of 
> postvelar phonology for either language. Two harmonies are 
> distinguished: uvularisation harmony ('emphasis spread') and 
> pharyngealisation (tongue-root-retraction) harmony. The distinction 
> between these two in the Arabic and the Salish is supported by much 
> instrumental phonetics data. The complex harmony properties are 
> explained as the result of systematic interaction between 
> Correspondence, Alignment and Grounded constraints. In the course of 
> the investigation, the segmental inventories of both languages are 
> clarified, and a careful understanding of the distinction between 
> phonology and phonetics, and the use of phonetics in phonology, is 
> applied.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Christopher Bell
> John Benjamins Publishing Co	      Publicity/Marketing
> Tel: (215) 836-1200         Fax: (215) 836-1204
> E-mail:promotion at benjamins.com
> Website: http://www.benjamins.com
>
> PO Box 27519     Philadelphia PA  19118-0519
>


From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 15 23:24:11 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:24:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Al-Abhath Call
Message-ID: <FRI.15.NOV.2002.162411.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:  15 Nov 2002
From: John Meloy <jm03 at aub.edu.lb>  [reposted from Arabic-Info]
Subject:Al-Abhath Call

Under new editorial leadership, Al-Abhath, the Journal of the Faculty of
Arts and Sciences of the American University of Beirut, calls for
article
submissions for its upcoming issues.

Published since 1948 in Arabic and English, Al-Abhath has a strong
tradition of publishing internationally refereed scholarship on the
culture, history, literature and languages of the Arab World and the
Middle
East for a readership in the Arab and Western worlds.

The editorial staff consists of As'ad Khairallah, Editor; Muhammad Ali
Khalidi, John Meloy, and Kassim Shaaban, Associate Editors; Nadia
El-Cheikh, Book Review Editor.

Contributions should include an abstract of not more than 150 words and
may
be sent as file attachments by e-mail to: alabhath at aub.edu.lb
Or as hard copies, accompanied by Microsoft Word file for English or
Arabic
on diskette, to:

Prof. As'ad Khairallah, Editor
Al-Abhath
Dept. of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages
American University of Beirut
P. O. Box 11-0236
Riad El-Solh  BEIRUT  1107 2020
LEBANON

Nadia El-Cheikh and John Meloy will attend the Middle East Studies
Association conference in Washington, DC and will be happy to answer
queries of interested contributors.  Those interested may contact them
at
the AUB reception to be held Saturday, November 23, from 8:00 pm to
10:00
pm in Maryland Room B at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 15 23:24:18 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:24:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Thematic roles query
Message-ID: <FRI.15.NOV.2002.162418.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:  15 Nov 2002
From: Hanady Mansour <hanady at ccl.umist.ac.uk>
Subject:Thematic roles query

Hi Dilworth,
I am Hanady Ahmed. I am working in Arabic text to speech . I am doing my
Ph.D now in Manchester UK " Natural Language Processing engine for
Arabic
Text to speech" .I am involved now for put the thematic roles for verbs
and
Nouns to solve the disambiguation of the morphosyntactic output. The
morphosyntactic module in my system now could put the diacritic marks
and
parse the verbal and nominal sentences.
I would be pleased if you could recommended work for Arabic semantics &
pragmatics (MSA).
my best
Hanady

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 15 23:24:22 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:24:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:More info on Morphological Analyzer (for Unix)
Message-ID: <FRI.15.NOV.2002.162422.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject:More info on Morphological Analyzer (for Unix)

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Date:  15 Nov 2002
From: Tim Buckwalter <timbuckwalter at bainbridge.net>
Subject:More info on Morphological Analyzer (for Unix)

[Tim sent this note to me, knowing that I am working with a Unix
environment.  I thought there might be others who could use this info
as well.]

If you do download the tar file, after
extracting it please make the following filename changes (otherwise the
Perl script will give an error message on Unix/Linux machines):

  tableab --> tableAB
  tableac --> tableAC
  tablebc --> tableBC
  dictprefixes --> dictPrefixes
  dictstems --> dictStems
  dictsuffixes --> dictSuffixes

Regards,
Tim

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Fri Nov 15 23:24:15 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:24:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NMELRC Town Hall Meeting at MESA
Message-ID: <FRI.15.NOV.2002.162415.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject:NMELRC Town Hall Meeting at MESA

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Date:  15 Nov 2002
From: Kirk Belnap <rkb at byu.edu>
Subject:NMELRC Town Hall Meeting at MESA

The National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC) would like
to invite all who are interested and able to attend:

Town Hall Meeting on Middle East Language Learning/Teaching
Sunday, November 24th, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Cotillion South Ballroom, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
Washington, DC

This meeting is being held in conjunction with the Middle East
Studies Association Annual Meeting
(http://fp.arizona.edu/mesassoc/MESA02/mesa02.htm).

NMELRC's mission is to work with language professionals and
institutions to increase and improve opportunities for learning the
languages of the Middle East.  The "Town Hall Meeting" will provide a
brief introduction to some of NMELRC's plans and projects (e.g., its
teacher training institutes and its small grants program). The bulk
of the meeting will be spent in open discussion of issues and
opportunities in an effort to encourage field-wide input and
significantly increased cooperation in areas such as materials
development, articulation, study abroad, and professionalization.

More information on NMELRC can be found at http://nmelrc.byu.edu.
Look for much more to be added to our website in the coming month.

We look forward to seeing many of you in Washington--and working with
many more in order to better serve students and a world in need of
more cross-cultural bridges.

Best wishes,

Kirk Belnap
Director, NMELRC

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 17:51:17 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:51:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NYU jobs: see recruiter at MESA
Message-ID: <WED.20.NOV.2002.105117.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:  02 Nov 2002
From: Eline Potoski <ep33 at nyu.edu>
Subject:NYU jobs: see recruiter at MESA

Michael Gilsenan will be available to speak with anyone interested in
the
positions below at MESA this week. You may reach him on Saturday or
Sunday
via the Marriot Wardmen Park Hotel or look for the signs on the
announcement bulletin board at the conference.

Arabic Teaching Positions
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies at New York University invites
applications for two positions of Language Lecturer in Arabic, to begin
September 1, 2003, pending administrative and budgetary approval. The
teaching load is three courses per semester. A minimum of two years
teaching Arabic as a foreign language (AFL) at the university level,
familiarity with proficiency-based language teaching and testing,
native or
near native command of Arabic, ability to teach all levels, and
familiarity
with the use of technology in language teaching required.  Ph.D. in
Arabic
language, linguistics, literature, or a related field preferred.  Please
submit a cover letter, c.v., writing sample, student evaluations, and
three
letters of reference by January 31, 2003, to: Arabic Search Committee,
Department of Middle Eastern Studies, New York University, 50 Washington
Square South, New York, NY 10012.  NYU is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 17:51:22 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:51:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Italian Meeting of Afro-Asiatic Linguistics
Message-ID: <WED.20.NOV.2002.105122.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject:Italian Meeting of Afro-Asiatic Linguistics

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Date:  02 Nov 2002
From:Michela e Alessandro Mengozzi <a.mengozzi at tiscali.it>
Subject:Italian Meeting of Afro-Asiatic Linguistics

Dear friends and colleagues,

weare pleased to announce that the 11th Italian Meeting of Afro-Asiatic  
Linguisticswill be held?at theUniversityofBergamo,from Thursday?5th  
toSaturday 7th June 2003. For more information, visit please our  
web-site:

http://wwwesterni.unibg.it/linguistica/Afroas/Index.htm

In the context of the DOREK research-project ?Critical edition with  
translation and concordances of Christian Neo-Aramaic poems from Iraqi  
Kurdistan? (UniversityofTurin), the Meeting inBergamowill host a  
section on Neo-Aramaic languages and literatures. Neo-Aramaic scholars  
from all over the world are warmly invited to contribute.

You are kindly requested to inform us beforeFebruary, 28th, 2003if you  
wish to attend the Meeting or the Neo-Aramaic panel and communicate the  
title of the paper you intend to read. You can e-mail to  
a.mengozzi at tiscali.itor write to the following address:

dr. A. Mengozzi
11th Italian Meeting of Afro-Asiatic Lingusitics
Universit? degli Studi di Bergamo
Piazza Vecchia 8
24129Bergamo
or: fax nr. +39-035277407

?Best wishes,
theboard of organizers:
prof. Piera Molinelli, Pier Luigi Cuzzolin and dr. Alessandro Mengozzi  
(Universit? degli Studi di Bergamo)
prof. Fabrizio A. Pennacchietti (Universit? degli Studi di Torino)
prof. Alessandro Roccati (Universit? di Roma ?La Sapienza?)
dott. Emanuela Braida and dott. Simona Destefanis (Universit? degli  
Studi di Torino)

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 17:51:38 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:51:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Large Vocabulary Query
Message-ID: <WED.20.NOV.2002.105138.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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Date:  02 Nov 2002
From: Munir <zilanaw at fas.harvard.edu>
Subject:Large Vocabulary Query

I am told that Arabic has a larger vocabulary than English, and is
generally harder to learn than English.  Arabs who have studied English
for a year seem to have a better grasp of the language than Americans
who
have studied Arabic for a year.  Could anyone comment on such issues
from
anecdotal experience and/or refer me to studies that have been done to
address them?

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 17:51:28 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:51:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Iraqi Arabic Course at Georgetown
Message-ID: <WED.20.NOV.2002.105128.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject:Summer Iraqi Arabic Course at Georgetown

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Date:  02 Nov 2002
From: shawng <shawng at gwu.edu>
Subject:Summer Iraqi Arabic Course at Georgetown

The National Capital Language Resource Center would like to invite
students of
intermediate level Modern Standard Arabic to participate in a summer
course in
Iraqi Colloquial Arabic at the Georgetown University. This intensive
three-week course will be taught by Dr. Margaret Nydell and will run
from May
19-June 6, 2003. The cost is $1,800. For further information, please
contact
Dr. Nydell at 202-687-5650, or the Georgetown Registrar at 202-687-4020.

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 17:51:32 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:51:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Vowel Apophony in Dialects query
Message-ID: <WED.20.NOV.2002.105132.0700.DILWORTHPARKINSON@BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject:Vowel Apophony in Dialects query

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1)
Date:  02 Nov 2002
From: "Robert R. Ratcliffe" <ratcliffe at tufs.ac.jp>
Subject:Vowel Apophony in Dialects query

Query: Has anyone done any analysis of the past-present vowel
alternations of stem I verbs (katAba/yaktUbu) in the dialects,
especially in comparison with Classical Arabic or other dialects?

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 20:48:13 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:48:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Middlebury Job:see recruiter at MESA
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Date:  20 Nov 2002
From: Perkins, Susan [mailto:perkins at middlebury.edu]
Subject:Middlebury Job:see recruiter at MESA

"If you are interested in the tenure-track position in Arabic at
Middlebury College, Michael Geisler will be available to speak with you
at MESA
this weekend. You may reach him on Saturday afternoon or Sunday
at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel (202-328-2000).  The position ad is
posted below and will also be on the announcement bulletin board at the
conference.

Middlebury College invites applications for a tenure-track position in
Arabic, beginning September 2003, to introduce Modern Standard Arabic
into the undergraduate college curriculum.  Course sequence will
articulate
with the long-established Arabic program in the Middlebury Summer
Language
Schools.  Specialization in literature or culture is open.  Ph. D.
required or near completion, but appointment may be made at any rank.
Candidate
will hold joint appointment in the Program in International Studies and
a
department in the Foreign Language Division.  Candidates must possess a
native or near-native command of Arabic, and provide evidence of
commitment to excellent teaching and scholarly potential.  Send letter
of
application with a statement of teaching and research interests,
curriculum vitae,
graduate transcript, a sample of scholarly work, and three current
letters of recommendation, at least two of which must speak to teaching
ability,
to
Professor Michael Geisler, Associate Dean of the Faculty,
Middlebury College,
  Middlebury, Vermont 05753.

The deadline for applications is December 6, 2002. Middlebury College
is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from women
and members of minority groups."


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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Wed Nov 20 20:48:16 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 13:48:16 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Yarmouk Summer Program
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Date:  20 Nov 2002
From: Uva Yarmouk Arabic Program <uvayarmk at virginia.edu>
Subject:Yarmouk Summer Program

The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic Program
UVA in Jordan
Summer 2003

The University of Virginia-Yarmouk University Summer Arabic Program has
been in operation since 1984. It is an intensive, eight-week Program in
Modern Standard Arabic, designed for undergraduate and graduate
students currently pursuing a university degree. The Program focuses on
all language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. In
addition to Modern Standard Arabic, all students will take a course in
the Jordanian dialect. All courses will be taught in Arabic.
Instructors will be members of the Yarmouk University faculty. Three
levels of skill-based instruction will be provided.

*Intensive summer study of the Arabic Language at Yarmouk University,
Irbid, Jordan.
*Immersion in Arab Culture, and first-hand experience of the Middle
East through travel in the region.
*Three levels of language instruction equivalent to Second, Third, and
Fourth year Arabic at the University of Virginia.
*A new "Islamics Arabic" level has been created and will focus on
studying the language of Islamic literature in classical and modern
texts.
*Academic credit is transferable to your home institution from Yarmouk
University.
*Cost is $3,435.  For the Islamics Arabic level, cost is $3,665.   This
includes:

1.  International airfare (JFK-Amman-JFK).
2.  Accommodations in Yarmouk University dorms.
3.  Tuition and Fees.
4.  Entry fees to archeological sites and two educational trips within
Jordan.
    **These fees do not include food and incidentals.

*Students applying for the third and fourth year classes are eligible
for a Fulbright-Hayes grant.

Dates
*Application Deadline: April 4, 2003
*Pre-departure Orientation and group travel: June 17, 2003
*End of Program and return to New York: August 16, 2003

For more information please contact:
UVAYARMK at virginia.edu
Phone: (434) 982-2304
Fax: (434) 924-6977
Or visit our Web site at:
http://www.virginia.edu/~arabic/yarmuk_program.htm

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov 21 15:34:42 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:34:42 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:3rd Year Arabic Enrollments query
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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From: "Dr. Godlas" <godlas at arches.uga.edu> (by way of aata at wm.edu)
Subject:3rd Year Arabic Enrollments query

I am trying to make a case for continuing to offer 3rd year Arabic even  
if enrollment numbers dip below university-wide standards for class  
size:
?
Please reply to me, putting "3rd year Arabic" in the subject of your  
email, and giving me your most recent enrollment figures for each of  
your 3rd year Arabic classes and the name of your university.? Nothing  
else needs to be included.? The results will not be published.
?
Regards,
?
Alan Godlas

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov 21 16:17:26 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:17:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA;Wayne State Job: see recruiter at MESA
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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From: Aleya Rouchdy <ad5006 at mail.wayne.edu>
Subject:Wayne State Job: see recruiter at MESA

Aleya Rouchdy and May Seikaly will  be available to speak to candidates
interested in the position of Wayne State University at MESA. You may
reach us via the Marriot Wardmen Park Hoterl or look for the signs on
the announcement bulletin board at the conference

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov 21 16:18:38 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:18:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:Fundraising for Arabic Advice Query
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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From:sawsan hosny <sawaziz at yahoo.com>
Subject:Fundraising for Arabic Advice query

Dear Colleagues
The University of Canterbury in New Zealand has approved an Arabic
Language and Islamic Culture course (12 points) to be under the
department of Philosophy & religious studies. But as the University and
the department are very much hope that this course does go ahead; they
cannot offered to put it on unless they find the
money to pay for the lecturer and other expense from somewhere. So now
I need your help. Who do I contact to raise fund. What Countries and
what agencies could help. I do not want to lose the opportunity. Course
should start on February 2003, within 2 month. I appreciate any advices.
Sawsan Hosny, Ph. D.=A0

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From Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu  Thu Nov 21 16:22:23 2002
From: Dilworth_Parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:22:23 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Large Vocabulary responses
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2) Subject:Large Vocabulary response
3) Subject:Large Vocabulary response
4) Subject:Large Vocabulary response

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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From: "Schub, Michael" <michael.schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:Large Vocabulary response

Dear Z,
       Please see "How Hard is Arabic?" by T. B. Irving in
*Modern Lang. Journal* 41:289--91 (1957); and the Introduction to
*A Word Count of Modern Arabic Prose* by J. M. Landau, NY (1959).  When
does a local foreign word assimilate into and become "Arabic?"
       A major difficulty for learning Arabic is the "D-word:"
DIGLOSSIA.
What is taught in *Al-Kitaab*, e.g., is really "Spoken Modern
Double-Standard Georgetown Arabic," having perhaps a distant
relationship
to Modern Literary Arabic."  (/antunna/ and /hunna/ forms don't deign to
appear.)
       Best wishes,
                                  Mike Schub

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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From:Haidar Moukdad <haidar.moukdad at mail.mcgill.ca>
Subject:Large Vocabulary response

Arabic does not have a larger vocabulary than English. Perhaps what you
are referring to is related to the script, not to the language itself.
It is of course harder for English speakers to learn Arabic, because
they first need to learn the script and tackle the writing system.
  A0Arabic speakers, on the other hand, usually are familiar with the
Latin script and spend all their time A0learning the English language.
  A0
Haidar Moukdad
McGill University

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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From: Aman Attieh <attieh at rice.edu>
Subject:Large Vocabulary response

My response to Munir is that English is believedto have a larger
vocabulary than any other language. I was very surprised when I found
that out because i was under the impression that Arabic has the largest
vocabulary. I believe that this site  support that English possesses
the largest vocabulary.

http://www.athabascau.ca/courses/engl/155/support/
if_english_is_not_your_first
_language.htm

As to Arabs studying a year of English are able to grasp the target
language better than American students studying Arabic for the same
time period may have other explanations than number of vocabulary.
I will confine myself to one explanation which is usage. Arabs learning
English as a foreign language(ESL) do so from books that are  totally
in the target language. These books do not render  grammar explanations
in L1 or provide bilingual list or exercise questions in L1. Moreover,
the instructors are mostly native speakers of English, and they learn
the language in an environment where they are forced to function in
English out of the home environment.  So they have the opportunity to
be more immersed in L1 than their American counterpart.

That is my opinion. In a while I may be able to dig out an empirical
study on language immersion.

Good luck, Aman Attieh

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Date:  21 Nov 2002
From: Jan Hoogland <j.hoogland at let.kun.nl>
Subject:Large Vocabulary response

> I am told that Arabic has a larger vocabulary than English,

theoratically this may be the case, but the actual vocabulary that's
being used, for example in media reporting, uses only a small part of
this theoretical vocabulary. (I'll report on this on my dictionary web
site within a few months, I'll keep the list members informed).
It might be interesting to investigate how many words are being known
by Arabs themselves. And of course you should distinguish between
active (speaking and writing) and passive (reading, listening) command.
Anyone can comment on that?

> and is generally harder to learn than English.  Arabs who have studied
> English
> for a year seem to have a better grasp of the language than Americans
> who have studied Arabic for a year.  Could anyone comment on such
> issues
> from anecdotal experience and/or refer me to studies that have been
> done to
> address them?

The difference in success after one year is probably related to the
difference in teaching materials, or maybe even didactic qualifications
of the teachers. And don't forget the diglossia problem. To teach the
students all four language skills, they will have to learn to cope with
the differences between Fusha and camiyya/darizja.
And do not forget an Arab who starts studying English probably has been
exposed to a lot of English before he actually starts studying the
language, whereas this will (in most cases) not be applicable to a
non-arabophone who starts to study Arabic.
These are just a few comments, based on experience, not on scientific
research.

Jan Hoogland

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