From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 7 18:06:27 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:06:27 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Pronunciation Difficulty response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 30 Jun 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Pronunciation Difficulty response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 Jun 2003 From: enm at umich.edu Subject:Pronunciation Difficulty response Nancy M. Kennedy, "Problems of Americans in Mastering the Pronunciation of Egyptian Arabic", M.S. diss., Georgetown University, 1958; 112 pp. Ernest McCarus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 30 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 7 18:06:24 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:06:24 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Enrollments Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 30 Jun 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Enrollments -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 Jun 2003 From:Enrollments Subject:GSalib at aol.com Dear Dr. Khalifa: Here, in Daytona Beach Community College, the numbers have not changed.  In fall 2001, and 2002, I had 15 students.  Spring 2001, 2002 I had 8-12 students.  I do not know yet the figures for fall 2003. At this college, students are required to take foreign language equivalent to 8 credits.  (4 credits for fall, Arabic I and 4 for spring, Arabic 2) unless there is a demand, we offer Arabic 3.  We also offer Arabic 3 on independent study and the figures seem to be the same, 2 or 3 students. Sincerely, Galila Salib, MA, Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language Daytona Beach Community College ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 30 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 7 18:06:30 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:06:30 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Jordanian Vowel Study response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 30 Jun 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Jordanian Vowel Study response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 Jun 2003 From: enm at umich.edu Subject:Jordanian Vowel Study response The dissertation by Raji M.A. Rammuny, "An Analysis of the Differences in the Prosodies of General American English and Colloquial Jordanian Arabic and their Effect of Second-Language Learning", University of Michigan, 1966, contains a listing of the vowel and consonant phonemes as well as intonation contours. Ernest McCarus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 30 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 7 18:06:34 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:06:34 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic names responses Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 30 Jun 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic names response 2) Subject:Arabic names response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 Jun 2003 From: Tim Buckwalter Subject:Arabic names response Hi, Ada. I assume you've already extracted all the proper names from my lexicon? BBN has a copy, I'm sure. If you don't have a copy you can download it from here: http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Catalog/CatalogEntry.jsp?catalogId=LDC2002L49 The Perl one-liner for extracting proper names: perl -ne 'print if /\tN.+?\t[A-Z]/' < dictStems Unfortunately my entries have no information on whether the proper names are for people or locations, etc. Regards, Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 2) Date: 30 Jun 2003 From: Paul Roochnik Subject:Arabic names response Ada Brunstein said, "Does anyone know where I can find online lists of proper names in Arabic? I'm particularly interested in names of people, organizations, locations and facilities." The company where I used to work some years ago, AppTek, did a lot of work on Arabic names. AppTek has an extensive computerized lexicon of Arabic names. More important, however, AppTek developed software which reads Arabic texts and identifies proper nouns based on (a) brute-force lookup and (b) contextual clues. You might want to contact AppTek about the "NameFinder" program and/or the NameFinder database. Go to www.apptek.com or contact Cheers from Abu Sammy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 30 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 7 18:06:38 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:06:38 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Simplified Arabic materials query Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 30 Jun 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Simplified Arabic materials query -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 Jun 2003 From: suma99 at att.net Subject: Simplified Arabic materials query I have a inquiry I'd like to circulate thru the Arabic webring. That is many years ago while touring the Mideast, I was in Israel and some friends of mine who had been living htere and studyiing Hebrew were read a newspaper. They said it was a paper specially published for students of Hebrew in that it was written in sort of a simple Hebrew that an intermediate sudent of the language could understand. I thought it was a wonderful idea. Also I know that VOA (voice of america) has a broadcast in simplified English to assist learners of the language. A great idea also. Is anyone aware of similar media in print or broadcast for learners of Arabic? I'm talking about a journal or radio or webcast whose Arabic is spoken a bit slower and vocabulary simplified a bit, for learners and new speakers of the language. That would be a useful tool in the classroom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 30 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Tue Jul 15 15:45:34 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:45:34 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Best Current Mac Transliteration Font Query Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Wed 15 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Best Current Mac Transliteration Font Query -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 15 Jul 2003 From:moderator Subject:Best Current Mac Transliteration Font Query I was asked about the best transliteration font for Mac OS X. I mentioned (1) Jaghbub, (2) the ALS font, and (3) I remember that there was a font called NewWorld, but no longer know how to obtain it. There are also the SIL fonts. Does anyone either know of additional good fonts, or have a recommendation for transliterating on the mac? Thanks. Dil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 15 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Tue Jul 15 15:45:47 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:45:47 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Simplified magazines response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Wed 15 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Simplified magazines response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 15 Jul 2003 From: Dan Parvaz Subject:Simplified magazines response > I have a inquiry I'd like to circulate thru the Arabic webring. That > is many years ago while touring the Mideast, I was in Israel and some > friends of mine who had been living htere and studyiing Hebrew were > read a newspaper. They said it was a paper specially published for > students of Hebrew in that it was written in sort of a simple Hebrew > that an intermediate sudent of the language could understand. I > thought it was a wonderful idea. There used to be something put out by (or in cooperation with?) the BBC called Muxtaraat, which was more long the lines of the Champs-Elysées magazines -- stories, with vocabulary helps, questions, etc. plus recordings. Is that even around anymore? At any rate, there is, to my knowledge, no Arabic analogue of the Hebrew Sha’ar LamatHil, since there is no comparable push for emigration/immigration. Perhaps in Saudi Arabia? -Dan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 15 Jul 2003 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We offer competitive salaries and benefits. Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to read, write and speak both languages fluently. Please call 703-383-8526 or 1-800-899-6200 ext 8526 or email your resume at elois.kelly at titan.com To learn more about Titan Systems, please visit our website at http://www.titan.com Address for Applications: Attn: Elois Kelly Titan Corporation 3877 Fairfax Ridge Road Fairfax, VA 22030 United States of America Position is open until filled. Contact Information: Elois Kelly Email: elois.kelly at titan.com Tel: 800-899-6200 ext 8526 Fax: 703-383-4110 Website: http://www.titan.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 15 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Tue Jul 15 15:45:39 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:45:39 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs references on Causality in Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Wed 15 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs references on Causality in Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 15 Jul 2003 From: fatmazohra belkredim Subject:Needs references on Causality in Arabic Hello I was wondering if anybody has an up to date bibliography of books, dissertations, and articles on causality in Arabic ? thanks Belkredim F-Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 15 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Tue Jul 15 15:45:50 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:45:50 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Immersion Program query Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Wed 15 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic Immersion Program query -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 15 Jul 2003 From: RamonNorman at aol.com Subject:Arabic Immersion Program query Does anyone have any information about Arabic immersion programs for children in the U.S. or in the Arab World? Thank You. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 15 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Tue Jul 15 16:22:29 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:22:29 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS 2004 Initial Call for Papers Message-ID: From: Dilworth Parkinson Date: Thu Jun 26, 2003 11:06:15 AM US/Mountain To: ARABIC-L:JUNE 03 Subject: ARABIC-L:JUNE 03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Tue 15 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:ALS 2004 Initial Call for Papers -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 15 Jun 2003 From:Dilworth Parkinson Subject:ALS 2004 Initial Call for Papers We are happy to announce that the 2004 Arabic Linguistic Society Meetings will be held on 19-20 March 2004 in Norman, Oklahoma, co-sponsored by the University of Oklahoma. Mohammad T. Alhawary will be our local arranger (many thinks to Mohammad). Call for Papers The Arabic Linguistics Society, The University of Oklahoma announce the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics to be held at the The University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma March 19-20, 2004 Papers are invited on topics that deal with the application of current linguistic theories and analyses to Arabic. Research in the following areas of Arabic linguistics is encouraged: grammatical analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics), sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, computer modeling, etc. Papers in Arabic pedagogy will normally not be considered. Persons interested in presenting papers are requested to submit a one-page abstract giving the title of the paper, a brief statement of the topic, and a summary clearly stating how the topic will be developed (the reasoning, data, or experimental results to be presented). Authors are requested to be as specific as possible in describing their topics. Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail, where possible. The top lines of the message should contain the author's name, affiliation, address, phone number, e-mail address, and the title of the paper. The body of the abstract should then follow after 4 blank lines. The heading will be omitted before it is sent to the members of the paper selection committee. Please do not send attachments. If submitted by mail, both a disk copy and a hard copy are to be included. Names are not to appear on printed abstracts; instead, a 3x5 card with the above information should be enclosed. Twenty minutes will be allowed for each presentation. 2004 ALS membership dues ($25 faculty, $20 students) and conference fees ($40 preregistered) are to be submitted with all abstracts and must be received by the abstract deadline. Special financial arrangements will be made for local students and scholars. Membership dues are non-refundable; conference fees are refundable, if requested, only to those whose papers are not accepted. Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts November 1, 2003 Abstracts should be addressed to: Tessa Hauglid 1346 South 2950 East Spanish Fork, UT 84660 USA Phone: 801-794-9387 E-Mail: tmh1 at mstar2.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 15 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Tue Jul 15 16:54:34 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:54:34 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:UVA Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Tue 15 Jun 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:UVA job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 15 Jun 2003 From: Mohammed Sawaie Subject:UVA job The University of Virginia's Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures announces a one-year lecturership in Arabic language teaching, beginning Fall 2003. We are looking for a professional, skilled, language instructor with particular competence in Modern Standard Arabic and a serious commitment to teaching. Applicants should have native or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic, one dialect, and English. MA in Arabic language studies or in a closely related field is required. The teaching load is twelve to fifteen hours per week, most likely at the beginning or intermediate levels, or both. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. An application letter including a bried description of the applicant's teaching philosophy and methodology, curriculum vitae, supporting materials about teaching and three letters of reference should be sent to: Chair, Arabic Search Committee Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures P. O. Box 400781 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 The search will continue until the position is filled. The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and Minorities are ecouraged to apply. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ End of Arabic-L: 15 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:14 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:14 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Displaying Hamzatu l-Wasl in MS Word query Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Displaying Hamzatu l-Wasl in MS Word query -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Haruko SAKAEDANI Subject:Displaying Hamzatu l-Wasl in MS Word query Assalaam alayKum Does anyone know how to display Hamzatu-l-Wasl with any word processor soft? When i opened MS Word i selected Insert -> Symbol, then found Hamzatu-l-Wasl with Alif, so i selected it and put OK button, but i could not insert it into my text. i used Traditional Arabic fonts. i also found a lot of ligatures on the list but i could not insert them, either. Isn't there a programme to display Hamzatul-wasl? If possible, i would like to ask you about the short Alif (AA of hAAdhaa = this), too. Thanks in advance. Haruko ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:11 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:11 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic Name Lists Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic Name Lists -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From:reposted from Corpora Subject:Arabic Name Lists [This is a summary of responses to a query about how to get a list of Arabic names. I though you might find it interesting. Dil] Hello, Many thanks to all who responded to my query on where to find Arabic name lists. Several people have expressed interest in seeing the results. Below is a summary: ------------------- From Erin McKean: The Ehrensperger report of the American Name Society. http://www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/ANS/ ------------------- Mike Maxwell: Arabic first names for men, in romanized form: http://www.kabalarians.com/cfm/ CultureBrowse.cfm?CultureID=143&Gender=Male names for women: http://www.kabalarians.com/cfm/ CultureBrowse.cfm?CultureID=143&Gender=Female ------------------- From one of our annotators here at BBN: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization website includes a list of all countries that are members of the FAO or have been mentioned in FAO reports. http://www.fao.org/faoterm/nocs/html/Default-e.htm . It also provides capital cities, languages, and Nationalities for each country. Also for Arabic first names first names (men): http://worldzone.net/arts/damma2000/MANNAM.htm first names (women): http://www.worldzone.net/arts/damma2000/WOMENNAM.htm ------------------- Tim Buckwalter: Downloadable proper names: http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Catalog/CatalogEntry.jsp?catalogId=LDC2002L49 The Perl one-liner for extracting proper names: perl -ne 'print if /\tN.+?\t[A-Z]/' < dictStems ------------------ Thanks again! Ada ---------------------------------------------------- Ada Brunstein Annotation Group Manager BBN Technologies 617-873-3522 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:18 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:18 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Systran Linguist job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Systran Linguist job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Ali Farghaly Subject:Systran Linguist job SYSTRAN Software Corporation would like to announce an immediate opening for an Arabic linguist to assist in the analysis of Modern Standard Arabic by writing disambiguation and analysis rules, evaluate machine translation output, identify problems, suggest solutions, and direct dictionary updates. Must be a native speaker of Arabic or near native proficiency, a degree in linguistics, experience with NLP software, authorized to work in the US and willingness to move to the San Diego area. Please send resume and letter of application to farghaly at systransoft.doc. Applications accepted until position filled. For inquiries call Ali Farghaly at (858) 320 - 2406. Regards, Ali Farghaly Senior Linguist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:17 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:17 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Printer query for Mac OS9/OSX Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Printer query for Mac OS9/OSX -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Marc Van Mol Subject:Printer query for Mac OS9/OSX Hello, I bought an Epson laserprinter EPL-5900L for my Macintosh computer. However the printer is not able to print Arabic as it ought to be, that is with a correct straight alignment on the right hand side. The computerstore is ready to change the printer for another mark. Does anybody know which laserprinters do print Arabic in a fashionable way (Canon or whatsoever) Thanks for any advice. Best regards, Mark Mark Van Mol Institute for Living Languages Faculty of arts Dekenstraat 6 B 3000 Leuven Belgium ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:20 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:20 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Needs Al-Sharq Al-Awsat contact info Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs Al-Sharq Al-Awsat contact info -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Martha Schulte-Nafeh Subject:Needs Al-Sharq Al-Awsat contact info Dear colleagues, I wonder if anyone out there might be able to help with contact information for the Saudi newspaper published in London, Asharq alawsaT. I tried searching the net but didn't come up with anything. I would appreciate an e-mail address or any other contact info that I can use to contact them to inquire about subscribing to the newspaper. Many thanks. Peace, Martha ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:22 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:22 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Needs Salman Al-Ani's contact info Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs Salman Al-Ani's contact info -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: mehdi ahmadi Subject:Needs Salman Al-Ani's contact info [please respond directly to the requester.] Would you please do me a favour and help me find the email address of Prof. Salman Al-Ani? Regards Ahmadi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:23 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:23 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:New Book: Corpus Linguistics and Modern Hebrew -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From:reposted from LINGUIST Subject: New Book: Corpus Linguistics and Modern Hebrew [note that this book includes an article about a corpus of Palestinian Arabic] Title: Corpus Linguistics and Modern Hebrew Subtitle: Towards the Compilation of The Corpus of Spoken Israeli Hebrew (CoSIH) Publication Year: 2003 Publisher: Tel Aviv University Press Availability: Available Editor: Benjamin H. Hary, Emory University Hardback: ISBN: NA, Pages: 241+xi, Price: 35USD Comment: includes shipping Abstract: This book is a collection of contributions to the study of Corpus Linguistics and Modern Hebrew. It examines recent trends in Corpus Linguistics , the relation of language and society in Israel, the study of spoken Hebrew and the methodology used to compile CoSIH which is in its preparatory stages. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface by Benjamin Hary Linguistics and the Corpus *John Sinclair CURRENT ISSUES IN CORPUS LINGUISTICS *John Sinclair LEXICAL GRAMMAR: Language and Society in Israel *Eliezer Ben-Rafael MULTICULTURALISM AND MULTILINGUALISM IN ISRAEL *Elana Shohamy and Bernard Spolsky FROM MONOLINGUAL TO MULTILINGUAL? EDUCATIONAL LANGUAGE POLICY ISRAEL *Otto Jastrow THE CORPUS OF SPOKEN PALESTINIAN ARABIC (COSPA) The Study of Spoken Hebrew in Israel * Shlomo Izreel THE EMERGENCE OF SPOKEN ISRAELI HEBREW *Yaakov Bentolila LINGUISTIC VARIATION ACROSS GENERATIONS IN ISRAEL *Shmuel Bolozky PHONOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN SPOKEN HEBREW *Geoffrey Khan THE STUDY OF MODERN HEBREW SYNTAX Toward the Compilation of The Corpus of Spoken Israeli Hebrew (CoSIH) *Giora Rahav SAMPLING OF POPULATION AND THE FORMATION OF A REPRESENTATIVE CORPUS *Benjamin Hary and Shlomo Izreel THE PREPARATORY MODEL OF THE CORPUS OF SPOKEN ISRAELI HEBREW (CoSIH) *Regina E. Werum METHODOLOGICAL REMARKS ON CREATING THE CORPUS OF SPOKEN ISRAELI HEBREW (CoSIH) The volume in English is available for $35 (including shipping) from: The Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies Tel-Aviv University POB 39040 IL-61390 Tel Aviv Israel Fax +972-3-640 7031 email: jewishsc at post.tau.ac.il OR sarav at tauex.tau.ac.il Lingfield(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics Subject Language(s): Hebrew (Language Code: HBR) Written In: English (Language Code: ENG) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=6653 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:27 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:27 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Simplified Arabic Materials response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Simplified Arabic Materials -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Daniel Newman Subject:Simplified Arabic Materials Hello, For simplified texts (with added vocabulary lists, etc.), you might want to take a look at the following two publications, both of which are published in France: 1. 'TextArab' (4 issues a year, I believe): http://www.textarab.org (address: 23 Bv Colbert, 92160 Colbert; tel: +33 1 42 37 69 50). It is edited by Ghalib al-Hakkak, and also offers audiotapes with recordings of some of the texts contained in each issue. 2. 'al-Moukhtarat' (also 4 issues p/a), which is published by the prestigious Institut du Monde Arabe. This excellent magazine contains abridged and simplified extracts of articles from various Arabic newspapers. Again, audiotapes are also available. Hope this is of use to you. D. Newman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:25 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:25 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Mac Transliteration Fonts Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Mac Transliteration Fonts 1) Subject:Frustration with Mac/Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Dan Parvaz Subject:Mac Transliteration Fonts Couldn't any unicode font that covers Latin and IPA extensions serve as a transliteration font? All that would be needed is to hack out a keyboard layout (it's just XML, right?) to make the appropriate characters easily accessible. Cheers, Dan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 2) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: "Andrew T. Freeman" Subject:Mac Transliteration Fonts I have mostly abandoned using the MAC to do anything connected with Arabic because trying to get Arabs in the Arab World to use any files created on the MAC is a frustrating and mostly fruitless time sink. Andrew Freeman, Ph.D. Arabic Lecturer, Dept. of Near East.Lang. and Civ., University of Washington ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:29 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:29 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Questions from a newcomer to Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Questions from a newcomer to Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Alan Dague-Greene Subject:Questions from a newcomer to Arabic Hi everyone, I'm brand new to this list. I'm just starting to learn Arabic (Egyptian), and wanted to be on a mailing list for potentially relevant info. I hope I've found the right place. A few simple questions: What's the difference between Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic? I chose the Egyptian flavor, because it is my understanding that this is the most widely spoken form of Arabic. I also hope to go to Egypt some day, so even if it isn't the most ubiquitous, I'll still make it there. Also, does anyone know of a mailing list for people speaking and typing in Arabic? I'm using Mac OS X, which has support for Arabic fonts. I would be able to read them in my email client. (Or at least, my email client would be able to display the messages. It will be quite some time before I can actually read them!) Thanks for any insight you can provide. Best regards, Alan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:21 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:21 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Salwa Bakr in Serbo-Croat Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Salwa Bakr in Serbo-Croat -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Srpko Lestaric Subject:Salwa Bakr in Serbo-Croat Hi all, A compilation of 17 short stories (161 pg's) by Salwa Bakr (Egypt) came out last month in Belgrade, at Prosveta, one of the biggest Yugoslav publishers. The title in my Serbo-Croatian (Serbian) translation is Tumač želja [=targumaan al-'ashwaaq=Interpreter of Desires], after one of the stories.   I thought a similar message should somehow get to the Institute for Women Studies in the Arab World or Association of Middle East Women's Studies, but my mail to an old address of Jennifer Olmsted was bumped back.   Srpko Lestaric ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 7 18:06:27 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:06:27 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Pronunciation Difficulty response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 30 Jun 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Pronunciation Difficulty response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 Jun 2003 From: enm at umich.edu Subject:Pronunciation Difficulty response Nancy M. Kennedy, "Problems of Americans in Mastering the Pronunciation of Egyptian Arabic", M.S. diss., Georgetown University, 1958; 112 pp. Ernest McCarus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 30 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 7 18:06:24 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:06:24 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Enrollments Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 30 Jun 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Enrollments -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 Jun 2003 From:Enrollments Subject:GSalib at aol.com Dear Dr. Khalifa: Here, in Daytona Beach Community College, the numbers have not changed.? In fall 2001, and 2002, I had 15 students.? Spring 2001, 2002 I had 8-12 students.? I do not know yet the figures for fall 2003. At this college, students are required to take foreign language equivalent to 8 credits.? (4 credits for fall, Arabic I and 4 for spring, Arabic 2) unless there is a demand, we offer Arabic 3.? We also offer Arabic 3 on independent study and the figures seem to be the same, 2 or 3 students. Sincerely, Galila Salib, MA, Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language Daytona Beach Community College ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 30 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 7 18:06:30 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:06:30 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Jordanian Vowel Study response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 30 Jun 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Jordanian Vowel Study response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 Jun 2003 From: enm at umich.edu Subject:Jordanian Vowel Study response The dissertation by Raji M.A. Rammuny, "An Analysis of the Differences in the Prosodies of General American English and Colloquial Jordanian Arabic and their Effect of Second-Language Learning", University of Michigan, 1966, contains a listing of the vowel and consonant phonemes as well as intonation contours. Ernest McCarus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 30 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 7 18:06:34 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:06:34 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic names responses Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 30 Jun 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic names response 2) Subject:Arabic names response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 Jun 2003 From: Tim Buckwalter Subject:Arabic names response Hi, Ada. I assume you've already extracted all the proper names from my lexicon? BBN has a copy, I'm sure. If you don't have a copy you can download it from here: http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Catalog/CatalogEntry.jsp?catalogId=LDC2002L49 The Perl one-liner for extracting proper names: perl -ne 'print if /\tN.+?\t[A-Z]/' < dictStems Unfortunately my entries have no information on whether the proper names are for people or locations, etc. Regards, Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 2) Date: 30 Jun 2003 From: Paul Roochnik Subject:Arabic names response Ada Brunstein said, "Does anyone know where I can find online lists of proper names in Arabic? I'm particularly interested in names of people, organizations, locations and facilities." The company where I used to work some years ago, AppTek, did a lot of work on Arabic names. AppTek has an extensive computerized lexicon of Arabic names. More important, however, AppTek developed software which reads Arabic texts and identifies proper nouns based on (a) brute-force lookup and (b) contextual clues. You might want to contact AppTek about the "NameFinder" program and/or the NameFinder database. Go to www.apptek.com or contact Cheers from Abu Sammy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 30 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 7 18:06:38 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 12:06:38 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Simplified Arabic materials query Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 30 Jun 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Simplified Arabic materials query -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 Jun 2003 From: suma99 at att.net Subject: Simplified Arabic materials query I have a inquiry I'd like to circulate thru the Arabic webring. That is many years ago while touring the Mideast, I was in Israel and some friends of mine who had been living htere and studyiing Hebrew were read a newspaper. They said it was a paper specially published for students of Hebrew in that it was written in sort of a simple Hebrew that an intermediate sudent of the language could understand. I thought it was a wonderful idea. Also I know that VOA (voice of america) has a broadcast in simplified English to assist learners of the language. A great idea also. Is anyone aware of similar media in print or broadcast for learners of Arabic? I'm talking about a journal or radio or webcast whose Arabic is spoken a bit slower and vocabulary simplified a bit, for learners and new speakers of the language. That would be a useful tool in the classroom. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 30 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Tue Jul 15 15:45:34 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:45:34 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Best Current Mac Transliteration Font Query Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Wed 15 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Best Current Mac Transliteration Font Query -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 15 Jul 2003 From:moderator Subject:Best Current Mac Transliteration Font Query I was asked about the best transliteration font for Mac OS X. I mentioned (1) Jaghbub, (2) the ALS font, and (3) I remember that there was a font called NewWorld, but no longer know how to obtain it. There are also the SIL fonts. Does anyone either know of additional good fonts, or have a recommendation for transliterating on the mac? Thanks. Dil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 15 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Tue Jul 15 15:45:47 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:45:47 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Simplified magazines response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Wed 15 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Simplified magazines response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 15 Jul 2003 From: Dan Parvaz Subject:Simplified magazines response > I have a inquiry I'd like to circulate thru the Arabic webring. That > is many years ago while touring the Mideast, I was in Israel and some > friends of mine who had been living htere and studyiing Hebrew were > read a newspaper. They said it was a paper specially published for > students of Hebrew in that it was written in sort of a simple Hebrew > that an intermediate sudent of the language could understand. I > thought it was a wonderful idea. There used to be something put out by (or in cooperation with?) the BBC called Muxtaraat, which was more long the lines of the Champs-Elys?es magazines -- stories, with vocabulary helps, questions, etc. plus recordings. Is that even around anymore? At any rate, there is, to my knowledge, no Arabic analogue of the Hebrew Sha?ar LamatHil, since there is no comparable push for emigration/immigration. Perhaps in Saudi Arabia? -Dan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 15 Jul 2003 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We offer competitive salaries and benefits. Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to read, write and speak both languages fluently. Please call 703-383-8526 or 1-800-899-6200 ext 8526 or email your resume at elois.kelly at titan.com To learn more about Titan Systems, please visit our website at http://www.titan.com Address for Applications: Attn: Elois Kelly Titan Corporation 3877 Fairfax Ridge Road Fairfax, VA 22030 United States of America Position is open until filled. Contact Information: Elois Kelly Email: elois.kelly at titan.com Tel: 800-899-6200 ext 8526 Fax: 703-383-4110 Website: http://www.titan.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 15 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Tue Jul 15 15:45:39 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:45:39 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs references on Causality in Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Wed 15 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs references on Causality in Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 15 Jul 2003 From: fatmazohra belkredim Subject:Needs references on Causality in Arabic Hello I was wondering if anybody has an up to date bibliography of books, dissertations, and articles on causality in Arabic ? thanks Belkredim F-Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 15 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Tue Jul 15 15:45:50 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 09:45:50 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Immersion Program query Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Wed 15 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic Immersion Program query -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 15 Jul 2003 From: RamonNorman at aol.com Subject:Arabic Immersion Program query Does anyone have any information about Arabic immersion programs for children in the U.S. or in the Arab World? Thank You. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 15 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Tue Jul 15 16:22:29 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:22:29 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS 2004 Initial Call for Papers Message-ID: From: Dilworth Parkinson Date: Thu Jun 26, 2003 11:06:15 AM US/Mountain To: ARABIC-L:JUNE 03 Subject: ARABIC-L:JUNE 03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Tue 15 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:ALS 2004 Initial Call for Papers -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 15 Jun 2003 From:Dilworth Parkinson Subject:ALS 2004 Initial Call for Papers We are happy to announce that the 2004 Arabic Linguistic Society Meetings will be held on 19-20 March 2004 in Norman, Oklahoma, co-sponsored by the University of Oklahoma. Mohammad T. Alhawary will be our local arranger (many thinks to Mohammad). Call for Papers The Arabic Linguistics Society, The University of Oklahoma announce the Seventeenth Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics to be held at the The University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma March 19-20, 2004 Papers are invited on topics that deal with the application of current linguistic theories and analyses to Arabic. Research in the following areas of Arabic linguistics is encouraged: grammatical analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics), sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, computer modeling, etc. Papers in Arabic pedagogy will normally not be considered. Persons interested in presenting papers are requested to submit a one-page abstract giving the title of the paper, a brief statement of the topic, and a summary clearly stating how the topic will be developed (the reasoning, data, or experimental results to be presented). Authors are requested to be as specific as possible in describing their topics. Abstracts should be submitted by e-mail, where possible. The top lines of the message should contain the author's name, affiliation, address, phone number, e-mail address, and the title of the paper. The body of the abstract should then follow after 4 blank lines. The heading will be omitted before it is sent to the members of the paper selection committee. Please do not send attachments. If submitted by mail, both a disk copy and a hard copy are to be included. Names are not to appear on printed abstracts; instead, a 3x5 card with the above information should be enclosed. Twenty minutes will be allowed for each presentation. 2004 ALS membership dues ($25 faculty, $20 students) and conference fees ($40 preregistered) are to be submitted with all abstracts and must be received by the abstract deadline. Special financial arrangements will be made for local students and scholars. Membership dues are non-refundable; conference fees are refundable, if requested, only to those whose papers are not accepted. Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts November 1, 2003 Abstracts should be addressed to: Tessa Hauglid 1346 South 2950 East Spanish Fork, UT 84660 USA Phone: 801-794-9387 E-Mail: tmh1 at mstar2.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 15 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Tue Jul 15 16:54:34 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 10:54:34 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:UVA Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Tue 15 Jun 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:UVA job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 15 Jun 2003 From: Mohammed Sawaie Subject:UVA job The University of Virginia's Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures announces a one-year lecturership in Arabic language teaching, beginning Fall 2003. We are looking for a professional, skilled, language instructor with particular competence in Modern Standard Arabic and a serious commitment to teaching. Applicants should have native or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic, one dialect, and English. MA in Arabic language studies or in a closely related field is required. The teaching load is twelve to fifteen hours per week, most likely at the beginning or intermediate levels, or both. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. An application letter including a bried description of the applicant's teaching philosophy and methodology, curriculum vitae, supporting materials about teaching and three letters of reference should be sent to: Chair, Arabic Search Committee Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures P. O. Box 400781 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 The search will continue until the position is filled. The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and Minorities are ecouraged to apply. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ End of Arabic-L: 15 Jun 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:14 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:14 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Displaying Hamzatu l-Wasl in MS Word query Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Displaying Hamzatu l-Wasl in MS Word query -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Haruko SAKAEDANI Subject:Displaying Hamzatu l-Wasl in MS Word query Assalaam alayKum Does anyone know how to display Hamzatu-l-Wasl with any word processor soft? When i opened MS Word i selected Insert -> Symbol, then found Hamzatu-l-Wasl with Alif, so i selected it and put OK button, but i could not insert it into my text. i used Traditional Arabic fonts. i also found a lot of ligatures on the list but i could not insert them, either. Isn't there a programme to display Hamzatul-wasl? If possible, i would like to ask you about the short Alif (AA of hAAdhaa = this), too. Thanks in advance. Haruko ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:11 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:11 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic Name Lists Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic Name Lists -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From:reposted from Corpora Subject:Arabic Name Lists [This is a summary of responses to a query about how to get a list of Arabic names. I though you might find it interesting. Dil] Hello, Many thanks to all who responded to my query on where to find Arabic name lists. Several people have expressed interest in seeing the results. Below is a summary: ------------------- From Erin McKean: The Ehrensperger report of the American Name Society. http://www.wtsn.binghamton.edu/ANS/ ------------------- Mike Maxwell: Arabic first names for men, in romanized form: http://www.kabalarians.com/cfm/ CultureBrowse.cfm?CultureID=143&Gender=Male names for women: http://www.kabalarians.com/cfm/ CultureBrowse.cfm?CultureID=143&Gender=Female ------------------- From one of our annotators here at BBN: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization website includes a list of all countries that are members of the FAO or have been mentioned in FAO reports. http://www.fao.org/faoterm/nocs/html/Default-e.htm . It also provides capital cities, languages, and Nationalities for each country. Also for Arabic first names first names (men): http://worldzone.net/arts/damma2000/MANNAM.htm first names (women): http://www.worldzone.net/arts/damma2000/WOMENNAM.htm ------------------- Tim Buckwalter: Downloadable proper names: http://www.ldc.upenn.edu/Catalog/CatalogEntry.jsp?catalogId=LDC2002L49 The Perl one-liner for extracting proper names: perl -ne 'print if /\tN.+?\t[A-Z]/' < dictStems ------------------ Thanks again! Ada ---------------------------------------------------- Ada Brunstein Annotation Group Manager BBN Technologies 617-873-3522 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:18 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:18 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Systran Linguist job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Systran Linguist job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Ali Farghaly Subject:Systran Linguist job SYSTRAN Software Corporation would like to announce an immediate opening for an Arabic linguist to assist in the analysis of Modern Standard Arabic by writing disambiguation and analysis rules, evaluate machine translation output, identify problems, suggest solutions, and direct dictionary updates. Must be a native speaker of Arabic or near native proficiency, a degree in linguistics, experience with NLP software, authorized to work in the US and willingness to move to the San Diego area. Please send resume and letter of application to farghaly at systransoft.doc. Applications accepted until position filled. For inquiries call Ali Farghaly at (858) 320 - 2406. Regards, Ali Farghaly Senior Linguist ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:17 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:17 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Printer query for Mac OS9/OSX Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Printer query for Mac OS9/OSX -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Marc Van Mol Subject:Printer query for Mac OS9/OSX Hello, I bought an Epson laserprinter EPL-5900L for my Macintosh computer. However the printer is not able to print Arabic as it ought to be, that is with a correct straight alignment on the right hand side. The computerstore is ready to change the printer for another mark. Does anybody know which laserprinters do print Arabic in a fashionable way (Canon or whatsoever) Thanks for any advice. Best regards, Mark Mark Van Mol Institute for Living Languages Faculty of arts Dekenstraat 6 B 3000 Leuven Belgium ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:20 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:20 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Needs Al-Sharq Al-Awsat contact info Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs Al-Sharq Al-Awsat contact info -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Martha Schulte-Nafeh Subject:Needs Al-Sharq Al-Awsat contact info Dear colleagues, I wonder if anyone out there might be able to help with contact information for the Saudi newspaper published in London, Asharq alawsaT. I tried searching the net but didn't come up with anything. I would appreciate an e-mail address or any other contact info that I can use to contact them to inquire about subscribing to the newspaper. Many thanks. Peace, Martha ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:22 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:22 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Needs Salman Al-Ani's contact info Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs Salman Al-Ani's contact info -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: mehdi ahmadi Subject:Needs Salman Al-Ani's contact info [please respond directly to the requester.] Would you please do me a favour and help me find the email address of Prof. Salman Al-Ani? Regards Ahmadi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:23 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:23 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:New Book: Corpus Linguistics and Modern Hebrew -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From:reposted from LINGUIST Subject: New Book: Corpus Linguistics and Modern Hebrew [note that this book includes an article about a corpus of Palestinian Arabic] Title: Corpus Linguistics and Modern Hebrew Subtitle: Towards the Compilation of The Corpus of Spoken Israeli Hebrew (CoSIH) Publication Year: 2003 Publisher: Tel Aviv University Press Availability: Available Editor: Benjamin H. Hary, Emory University Hardback: ISBN: NA, Pages: 241+xi, Price: 35USD Comment: includes shipping Abstract: This book is a collection of contributions to the study of Corpus Linguistics and Modern Hebrew. It examines recent trends in Corpus Linguistics , the relation of language and society in Israel, the study of spoken Hebrew and the methodology used to compile CoSIH which is in its preparatory stages. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface by Benjamin Hary Linguistics and the Corpus *John Sinclair CURRENT ISSUES IN CORPUS LINGUISTICS *John Sinclair LEXICAL GRAMMAR: Language and Society in Israel *Eliezer Ben-Rafael MULTICULTURALISM AND MULTILINGUALISM IN ISRAEL *Elana Shohamy and Bernard Spolsky FROM MONOLINGUAL TO MULTILINGUAL? EDUCATIONAL LANGUAGE POLICY ISRAEL *Otto Jastrow THE CORPUS OF SPOKEN PALESTINIAN ARABIC (COSPA) The Study of Spoken Hebrew in Israel * Shlomo Izreel THE EMERGENCE OF SPOKEN ISRAELI HEBREW *Yaakov Bentolila LINGUISTIC VARIATION ACROSS GENERATIONS IN ISRAEL *Shmuel Bolozky PHONOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN SPOKEN HEBREW *Geoffrey Khan THE STUDY OF MODERN HEBREW SYNTAX Toward the Compilation of The Corpus of Spoken Israeli Hebrew (CoSIH) *Giora Rahav SAMPLING OF POPULATION AND THE FORMATION OF A REPRESENTATIVE CORPUS *Benjamin Hary and Shlomo Izreel THE PREPARATORY MODEL OF THE CORPUS OF SPOKEN ISRAELI HEBREW (CoSIH) *Regina E. Werum METHODOLOGICAL REMARKS ON CREATING THE CORPUS OF SPOKEN ISRAELI HEBREW (CoSIH) The volume in English is available for $35 (including shipping) from: The Chaim Rosenberg School of Jewish Studies Tel-Aviv University POB 39040 IL-61390 Tel Aviv Israel Fax +972-3-640 7031 email: jewishsc at post.tau.ac.il OR sarav at tauex.tau.ac.il Lingfield(s): Text/Corpus Linguistics Subject Language(s): Hebrew (Language Code: HBR) Written In: English (Language Code: ENG) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=6653 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:27 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:27 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Simplified Arabic Materials response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Simplified Arabic Materials -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Daniel Newman Subject:Simplified Arabic Materials Hello, For simplified texts (with added vocabulary lists, etc.), you might want to take a look at the following two publications, both of which are published in France: 1. 'TextArab' (4 issues a year, I believe): http://www.textarab.org (address: 23 Bv Colbert, 92160 Colbert; tel: +33 1 42 37 69 50). It is edited by Ghalib al-Hakkak, and also offers audiotapes with recordings of some of the texts contained in each issue. 2. 'al-Moukhtarat' (also 4 issues p/a), which is published by the prestigious Institut du Monde Arabe. This excellent magazine contains abridged and simplified extracts of articles from various Arabic newspapers. Again, audiotapes are also available. Hope this is of use to you. D. Newman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:25 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:25 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Mac Transliteration Fonts Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Mac Transliteration Fonts 1) Subject:Frustration with Mac/Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Dan Parvaz Subject:Mac Transliteration Fonts Couldn't any unicode font that covers Latin and IPA extensions serve as a transliteration font? All that would be needed is to hack out a keyboard layout (it's just XML, right?) to make the appropriate characters easily accessible. Cheers, Dan. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 2) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: "Andrew T. Freeman" Subject:Mac Transliteration Fonts I have mostly abandoned using the MAC to do anything connected with Arabic because trying to get Arabs in the Arab World to use any files created on the MAC is a frustrating and mostly fruitless time sink. Andrew Freeman, Ph.D. Arabic Lecturer, Dept. of Near East.Lang. and Civ., University of Washington ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:29 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:29 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Questions from a newcomer to Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Questions from a newcomer to Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Alan Dague-Greene Subject:Questions from a newcomer to Arabic Hi everyone, I'm brand new to this list. I'm just starting to learn Arabic (Egyptian), and wanted to be on a mailing list for potentially relevant info. I hope I've found the right place. A few simple questions: What's the difference between Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic? I chose the Egyptian flavor, because it is my understanding that this is the most widely spoken form of Arabic. I also hope to go to Egypt some day, so even if it isn't the most ubiquitous, I'll still make it there. Also, does anyone know of a mailing list for people speaking and typing in Arabic? I'm using Mac OS X, which has support for Arabic fonts. I would be able to read them in my email client. (Or at least, my email client would be able to display the messages. It will be quite some time before I can actually read them!) Thanks for any insight you can provide. Best regards, Alan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003 From dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu Mon Jul 21 15:02:21 2003 From: dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 09:02:21 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Salwa Bakr in Serbo-Croat Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Arabic-L: Mon 21 Jul 2003 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Salwa Bakr in Serbo-Croat -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Jul 2003 From: Srpko Lestaric Subject:Salwa Bakr in Serbo-Croat Hi all, A compilation of 17 short stories (161 pg's) by Salwa Bakr (Egypt) came out last month in Belgrade, at Prosveta, one of the biggest Yugoslav publishers. The title in my Serbo-Croatian (Serbian) translation is Tuma? ?elja [=targumaan al-'ashwaaq=Interpreter of Desires], after one of the stories. ? I?thought a similar message should somehow get to the Institute for Women Studies in the Arab World or Association of Middle East Women's Studies, but my mail to an old address of Jennifer Olmsted was bumped back. ? Srpko Lestaric ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Jul 2003