From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 10 20:11:09 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:11:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:INFO:Hedayat Arabic Studies Website Problems
Message-ID: <FRI.10.SEP.2004.131109.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject:Hedayat Arabic Studies Website Problems

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Date: 10 Sep 2004
From: nagwa hedayet<nhedayet at yahoo.comaa>
Subject: Hedayat Arabic Studies Website Problems

Dear Dr. Arp,
My message here is to our students and all those who are interested in  
learning Arabic and the related studies at Hedayet Institute for Arabic  
Studies in Maadi, Cairo. I found out recently that our web site, that  
we have had since more than 5 or 6 years  
(arabicstudieshedayet.com), has been highjacked and used by some other  
center for advertising lists of other sites. Please be a little patient  
until we fix this problem and be cautious that non of the information  
on Arabic language or culture there is provided or related to Hedayet  
Institute in Cairo, Egypt where many Western students at all levels and  
in all fields related to Arabic language and culture have studied at  
and who know its quality education and activities in bridging the two  
cultures concerned. I allow myself here to copy Dr. John Eisele who  
kindly confirmed to me, after my suspession and inquiry to him, that   
our web site with them at AATA list of Arabic programs in the Middle  
East has been highjacked.
Please Dr. Arp put my message on Arabic-L, in the way you see proper,  
so that all those who are interested and may be surprised by what they  
find and read. 
I really appreciate your help in this matter and thank you in advance.
Nagwa Hedayet
Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies
Maadi, Cairo
Egypt
e-mail address: nhedayet at yahoo.com

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 10 20:11:01 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:11:01 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad
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1) Subject:Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad

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Date: 10 Sep 2004
From: Gilman <Gilman at iie.org>
Subject:Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for Undergraduate Study  
Abroad
Application Deadlines:  Fall/Academic Year - April 15   Spring -  
September 22

Founded under the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000 this  
congressionally-funded program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of  
State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by  
the Institute of International Education. The Gilman Scholarship  
Program broadens the student population that studies abroad by  
supporting undergraduates who have been traditionally underrepresented  
in US study abroad and those with high financial need. The program aims  
to encourage students to choose nontraditional study abroad  
destinations, especially those outside of Western Europe and Australia,  
and aims to support students who have been traditionally  
underrepresented in study abroad. This includes but is not limited to,  
students with high financial need, community college students, students  
in underrepresented fields such as education, the sciences and  
engineering, students with diverse ethnic backgrounds, students with  
disabilities, and students of nontraditional age. The program seeks to  
assist students from a diverse range and type of two-year and four-year  
public and private institutions from all 50 states.

The Gilman Scholarship provides awards of up to $5,000 for U.S. citizen  
undergraduate students at two- and four-year institutions to pursue  
country-based undergraduate opportunities abroad of up to one academic  
year. To be eligible students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at  
the time of application and cannot be studying abroad in a country  
currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba.  
Short-term programs are eligible provided they are a minimum of four  
weeks in length.

  For more information, full eligibility criteria and the online  
application please access the Gilman Program website at  
www.iie.org/gilman or contact the Gilman office directly.  To request  
brochures on the Gilman program please contact the office directly at  
gilman at iie.org.

Gilman International Scholarship Program
Institute of International Education - Houston
520 Post Oak Blvd., Ste. 740
Houston, TX 77027
Toll Free: 888 887-5939
Phone: 713 621 6300
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From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:53:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Etymology Query
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Date: 15 Sep  2004
From:"Elizabeth M. Bergman" <embergman at earthlink.net>
Subject:Etymology Query

Has anyone come across an etymology for the name
"Janjaweed"?

I have seen and heard it described as a compound
meaning something like "armed men on horseback".

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Wed Sep 15 18:53:08 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:53:08 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:Ling:New Books
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1) Subject:Alif Baa with DVDs: Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi
2) Subject:Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs: Brustad et al
3) Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes

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Date: 15 Sep  2004
From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
Subject:Alif Baa with DVDs: Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi

Title: Alif Baa with DVDs
Subtitle: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Second Edition

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu

Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589011023

Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo

Paperback: ISBN: 1589011023, Pages: 184, Price: U.S. $39.95
	   Comment: includes 2 DVDs bound in
			
Abstract:

Newly revised and packaged with DVDs containing both audio and video
exercises, 'Alif Baa with DVDs: Introduction to Arabic Letters and
Sounds', is the first part of the 'Al-Kitaab' program. It teaches
learners to recognize and produce both letters and sounds accurately
through a variety of exercises designed to develop listening, reading,
and writing skills. In addition, it introduces a range of Arabic from
colloquial to standard in authentic contexts, video footage of an
Arabic calligrapher, and a large collection of street signs from
Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon.

In conjunction with learning how to read and write the alphabet, 'Alif
Baa' introduces about 150 basic vocabulary words, including
conventional forms of politeness and social greetings. Standard Arabic
vocabulary is more evenly distributed throughout the book, introduced
through color pictures on DVD and activated through book and classroom
exercises. Social greetings are introduced through new versions of
dialogue that take place in an Egyptian context. Finally, it includes
capsules on Arab culture as well as an English-Arabic glossary. 'Alif
Baa' provides the essential first twenty to twenty-five contact hours
of instruction that lay the groundwork for the rest of the 'Al-Kitaab'
language program.

Lingfield(s):	Applied Linguistics
		
Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
		
Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


      See this book announcement on our website:
      http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11411.

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Date: 15 Sep  2004
From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
Subject:Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs: Brustad et al

Title: Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs
Subtitle: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part One, Second Edition

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu

Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=158901104X

Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo

Paperback: ISBN: 158901104x, Pages: 520, Price: U.S. $ 54.95
	   Comment: includes 3 DVDs bound in

			
Abstract:

'Al-Kitaab: Part One' develops skills in standard Arabic while
providing additional material in both colloquial and classical
Arabic. With new video material and revised and updated text and
excercises, the bound-in and revised DVDs supersede both the former CD
audio set and video DVD previously available only as separate
items--making this singular volume a comprehensive whole for those
immersed in the early and intermediate stages of learning Arabic.

Providing approximately 150 contact hours of college-level
instruction, parts of this revised edition are updated with
contemporary selections for reading comprehension. The organization of
the chapters has been adapted the reflect the most current pedagogical
developments. Audio tracks for vocabulary sections now allow students
to hear a new word followed by a sentence using it in context with
previously acquired vocabulary and grammatical structures, enabling
students to build new vocabulary skills while reviewing old
material. The basic texts have been refilmed with a new cast of
actors. The DVDs also contain substantially more material that exposes
the learner to Egyptian Arabic: students have the options of seeing
and hearing the video of each lesson in both Modern standard Arabic
and Egyptian colloquial Arabic. In addition, a short dialogue in
Egyptian colloquial Arabic appears at the end of each lesson. New
video materials also feature interviews with Egyptians (subtitled in
English) about various aspects of Arab culture, such as gender issues,
fasting in the Muslim and Christian traditions, social clubs and their
significance, and more.


FEATURES OF PART ONE, Second Edition:
Develops all language-related skills including reading, listening,
speaking, writing, and cultural knowledge

Immediately incorporates extensive use of authentic materials for
reading, listening, and grammatical practice, thus relating abstract
grammatical concepts to practical skills

Presents narrative-based content through audio and video media rather
than written text to develop meaning-focused language processing
skills, utilizing two main characters and their extended families

Develops reading skills through the use of composed texts derived from
the main narrative and authentic texts from newspapers and journals

Introduces grammar using spiraling and inference, challenging students
to discover the grammar of the language by means of analogy, problem
solving, and educated guessing

Reinforces grammar and vocabulary through extensive classroom and
homework exercises that provide constant review and expand to
challenge students as their skills develop

Introduces students to Egyptian colloquial through scenes based on the
main narrative to promote the use of shared vocabulary and structure
of the two registers to increase listening comprehension skills

Contains Arabic-English and English-Arabic glossaries and reference
charts as well as a new grammar index


Lingfield(s):	Applied Linguistics
		
Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
		
Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


      See this book announcement on our website:
      http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11412.

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Date: 15 Sep  2004
From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes

Title: Modern Arabic
Subtitle: Structures, Functions, and Varieties, Revised Edition

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu

Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589010221

Author: Clive Holes, University of Oxford

Paperback: ISBN: 1589010221, Pages: 440, Price: U.S. $ 39.95

Abstract:

The revised and updated edition of 'Modern Arabic' takes this
authoritative, concise linguistic description of the structure and use
of modern Arabic to an invaluable new level. Clive Holes traces the
development of the Arabic language from Classical Arabic, the written
language used in the 7th century for the 'Qur'an' and poetry, through
the increasingly symbiotic use of Modern Standard Arabic or MSA (the
language of writing and formal speech) and dialectal Arabic (the
language of normal conversation). He shows how Arabic has been shaped
over the centuries by migration, urbanization, and education--giving
us "a balanced, dispassionate, and accurate picture of the structures,
functions, and varieties of the contemporary Arabic language."

Holes explains the structural characteristics--phonology, morphology,
syntax, semantics, and lexical and stylistic developments--that the
majority of the dialects share, as distinguished from Modern Standard
Arabic. He also shows how native speakers use both types of Arabic for
different purposes, with MSA being the language of power and control
as used on television and in political speeches, and the dialects
serving as the language of intimacy and domesticity. He further shows
how MSA and spoken dialects are not as compartmentalized as one might
be led to believe. 'Modern Arabic' illustrates the use of the
Arabic language in real life, whether in conversation, news bulletins
and newspaper articles, serious literature, or song.

This new edition takes into account research published in several
areas of Arabic linguistics since the first edition was published in
1995. It includes more extensive comment on the North African Arabic
vocabulary of Modern Standard Arabic, more information about "mixed"
varieties of written Arabic that are not in MSA (especially in Egypt),
updated references, explanations, and many new examples. All Arabic is
transcribed, except for an appendix presenting the Arabic alphabet and
script. Students of the Arabic language will find 'Modern Arabic'
without peer--as will those general linguists who are interested in
discovering how Arabic compares structurally and sociolinguistically
with European languages.


Lingfield(s):	Language Description
		
Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
		
Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


      See this book announcement on our website:
      http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11413.

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Mon Sep 20 19:00:58 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:00:58 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Response to Etymology Query
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.120058.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

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Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:paula santillian <capraia at yahoo.com>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

hi elizabeth,

i´ve been told lately that "janjaweed" is some sort of
short form of the (unfinished) phrase "jundii `ala
jawaad haamil ..." sorry, I can´t remember the last
word, but, obviously, it refers to the weapon that
al-janjaweed use.

paula

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2)
Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:Mark Camilleri <markcam01 at ONVOL.NET>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

I am trying to answer this question as best as I can. Janjaweed is a
probable contraction of:

Jund: Soldier

Jawad (pl. Jiyad, ajyad, ajawid): openhanded, generous, liberal; but  
also
horse, race horse, charger, steed.

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3)
Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

Greetings.
 
Re the query on ARABIC-L list.
 
I have been translating a (growing) volume of Arabic-language materials  
about the situations in Darfur and Nubia Provinces of Sudan, plus  
interviewing some Sudanese (Arab and non-Arab) respondents in the  
refugee families now resettled here in southern California.
 
No one has cited or claimed any Arabic origin or derivation for that  
term, other than few random suggestions or loose speculation that the  
first part (jan = Ar: jinn /  janoon = spirit), but other cohorts  
and accomplices nearby always spontaneously objected and derided the  
person who made that comment. While based on my limited sample, no one  
from Sudan how here or printed media seems quite sure or confident of  
the term's origin.
 
That term may have more of an African origin, or perhaps it evolved in  
media coverage and became a convenient "linguistic legend" due to the  
term's wide circulation and reportage.
 
HTH.
 
Regards,

Stephen H. Franke
San Pedro, California

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4)
Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query
See the following URL for information about the etymology of the term:
http://www.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7037DBED-00E8-4518-A74B 
-68FFD4D009B8.htm
In brief, the article makes the following points:

1-There is no agreement about the word.
2-Some see it as a name crafted out of ginn ala gawaad
3-Others say it is a name after a Sudanese tribal warrior from the 80's  
of
the past century, named Hamid Ganjuit.
4-It is a name crafted out of three terms each beginning with a "g":  
gin,
gawaad, and g3, the latter said to be "the (well-)known implement"

Here's another longer discussion about the term:
http://www.darfournews.net/Junjoeed2.htm

Cheers.

Waheed

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Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:Waleed MH El-Shobaki <Waleed.El-shobaki at man.ac.uk>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

There are the Janissary  ÇáÇäßÔÇÑíåwho are the novice solidures  or the  
most loyal ones to the "Highgate" during the Ottoman time.
But , the way I will interpret "Janjaweed" is from the Persian Jan  ÌÇä  
which means Life or Soul
and Jaweed ÌÇæíÏ  thus , JanJaweed is eternal life.

Waleed el-ShobakiAcademic Liaison Librarian for MiddleEastern  
StudiesJohn Rylands University Library of ManchesterOxford Road,  
MANCHESTER M13 9PP  UKTel: 0161 275 7387Fax: 0161 273 7488Email Address  
:- waleed.el-shobaki at man.ac.uk

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Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:AWEISS, SALEM I <saweiss at ufl.edu>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

looks like two words as u mentioned:
jund = soldiers
jawad = horse

jund al jawad = the army or soldiers of the horse(s)
the term obviously has gone through some levels of change

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7)
Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:Ayouby, Kenneth <AyoubyK at Dearborn.k12.mi.us>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

Hi all,

Could it possibly be a "compound" word, mixing Jinn (supernatural
beings) and Jawaad (horse)? As it stands, it doesn't sound right-unless
it is little Arabic and a lot something else. Anyone knows?

Kenneth

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8)
Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:"Elrayah, Tagelsir H" <ElrayahTH at state.gov>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

Hi Liz,
Janjaweed is a compound word coined in the western part of Sudan to  
describe
a group of militants (robbers) who use horses on their raids and  carry
rifles. The word consists of two words : Jinn ?? and Jaweed   ??????  
(the
plural of horses).  The locals describe them as (Jinn) for being  
dreadful
and skilled snipers and horseback riders. The Arabic phrase is: ?? ????  
????
(??????) ???? ??? ???  . The rifles that they use is called (Jiim Three)
whichis  widely used by the military of Sudan.

Tagelsir Elrayah
Foreign Service Institute (FSI)

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Mon Sep 20 19:01:01 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:01:01 -0700
Subject: Arabic:LING:New Book Query
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.120101.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:John Nawas <John.Nawas at arts.kuleuven.ac.be>
Subject:New Book Query

Dear List,
Does anybody know if these dvds run in zone 2 (Europe and the Middle
East)? Thank you,
John Nawas
Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium


Quoting Nathan Arp <nja9 at email.byu.edu>:

> Arabic-L: Wed 15 Sep  2004
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> 1) Subject:Alif Baa with DVDs: Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi
> 2) Subject:Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs: Brustad et
> al
> 3) Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes
>
> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
> 1)
> Date: 15 Sep  2004
> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
> Subject:Alif Baa with DVDs: Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi
>
> Title: Alif Baa with DVDs
> Subtitle: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Second Edition
>
> Publication Year: 2004
> Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
> 		http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>
> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589011023
>
> Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
> Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
> Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo
>
> Paperback: ISBN: 1589011023, Pages: 184, Price: U.S. $39.95
> 	   Comment: includes 2 DVDs bound in
> 			
> Abstract:
>
> Newly revised and packaged with DVDs containing both audio and video
> exercises, 'Alif Baa with DVDs: Introduction to Arabic Letters and
> Sounds', is the first part of the 'Al-Kitaab' program. It teaches
> learners to recognize and produce both letters and sounds accurately
> through a variety of exercises designed to develop listening,
> reading,
> and writing skills. In addition, it introduces a range of Arabic
> from
> colloquial to standard in authentic contexts, video footage of an
> Arabic calligrapher, and a large collection of street signs from
> Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon.
>
> In conjunction with learning how to read and write the alphabet,
> 'Alif
> Baa' introduces about 150 basic vocabulary words, including
> conventional forms of politeness and social greetings. Standard
> Arabic
> vocabulary is more evenly distributed throughout the book,
> introduced
> through color pictures on DVD and activated through book and
> classroom
> exercises. Social greetings are introduced through new versions of
> dialogue that take place in an Egyptian context. Finally, it
> includes
> capsules on Arab culture as well as an English-Arabic glossary.
> 'Alif
> Baa' provides the essential first twenty to twenty-five contact
> hours
> of instruction that lay the groundwork for the rest of the
> 'Al-Kitaab'
> language program.
>
> Lingfield(s):	Applied Linguistics
> 		
> Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
> 		
> Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)
>
>
>       See this book announcement on our website:
>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11411.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> --
> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
> 2)
> Date: 15 Sep  2004
> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
> Subject:Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs: Brustad et
> al
>
> Title: Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs
> Subtitle: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part One, Second Edition
>
> Publication Year: 2004
> Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
> 		http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>
> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=158901104X
>
> Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
> Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
> Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo
>
> Paperback: ISBN: 158901104x, Pages: 520, Price: U.S. $ 54.95
> 	   Comment: includes 3 DVDs bound in
>
> 			
> Abstract:
>
> 'Al-Kitaab: Part One' develops skills in standard Arabic while
> providing additional material in both colloquial and classical
> Arabic. With new video material and revised and updated text and
> excercises, the bound-in and revised DVDs supersede both the former
> CD
> audio set and video DVD previously available only as separate
> items--making this singular volume a comprehensive whole for those
> immersed in the early and intermediate stages of learning Arabic.
>
> Providing approximately 150 contact hours of college-level
> instruction, parts of this revised edition are updated with
> contemporary selections for reading comprehension. The organization
> of
> the chapters has been adapted the reflect the most current
> pedagogical
> developments. Audio tracks for vocabulary sections now allow
> students
> to hear a new word followed by a sentence using it in context with
> previously acquired vocabulary and grammatical structures, enabling
> students to build new vocabulary skills while reviewing old
> material. The basic texts have been refilmed with a new cast of
> actors. The DVDs also contain substantially more material that
> exposes
> the learner to Egyptian Arabic: students have the options of seeing
> and hearing the video of each lesson in both Modern standard Arabic
> and Egyptian colloquial Arabic. In addition, a short dialogue in
> Egyptian colloquial Arabic appears at the end of each lesson. New
> video materials also feature interviews with Egyptians (subtitled in
> English) about various aspects of Arab culture, such as gender
> issues,
> fasting in the Muslim and Christian traditions, social clubs and
> their
> significance, and more.
>
>
> FEATURES OF PART ONE, Second Edition:
> Develops all language-related skills including reading, listening,
> speaking, writing, and cultural knowledge
>
> Immediately incorporates extensive use of authentic materials for
> reading, listening, and grammatical practice, thus relating abstract
> grammatical concepts to practical skills
>
> Presents narrative-based content through audio and video media
> rather
> than written text to develop meaning-focused language processing
> skills, utilizing two main characters and their extended families
>
> Develops reading skills through the use of composed texts derived
> from
> the main narrative and authentic texts from newspapers and journals
>
> Introduces grammar using spiraling and inference, challenging
> students
> to discover the grammar of the language by means of analogy, problem
> solving, and educated guessing
>
> Reinforces grammar and vocabulary through extensive classroom and
> homework exercises that provide constant review and expand to
> challenge students as their skills develop
>
> Introduces students to Egyptian colloquial through scenes based on
> the
> main narrative to promote the use of shared vocabulary and structure
> of the two registers to increase listening comprehension skills
>
> Contains Arabic-English and English-Arabic glossaries and reference
> charts as well as a new grammar index
>
>
> Lingfield(s):	Applied Linguistics
> 		
> Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
> 		
> Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)
>
>
>       See this book announcement on our website:
>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11412.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
> --
> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
> 3)
> Date: 15 Sep  2004
> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
> Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes
>
> Title: Modern Arabic
> Subtitle: Structures, Functions, and Varieties, Revised Edition
>
> Publication Year: 2004
> Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
> 		http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>
> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589010221
>
> Author: Clive Holes, University of Oxford
>
> Paperback: ISBN: 1589010221, Pages: 440, Price: U.S. $ 39.95
>
> Abstract:
>
> The revised and updated edition of 'Modern Arabic' takes this
> authoritative, concise linguistic description of the structure and
> use
> of modern Arabic to an invaluable new level. Clive Holes traces the
> development of the Arabic language from Classical Arabic, the
> written
> language used in the 7th century for the 'Qur'an' and poetry,
> through
> the increasingly symbiotic use of Modern Standard Arabic or MSA (the
> language of writing and formal speech) and dialectal Arabic (the
> language of normal conversation). He shows how Arabic has been
> shaped
> over the centuries by migration, urbanization, and education--giving
> us "a balanced, dispassionate, and accurate picture of the
> structures,
> functions, and varieties of the contemporary Arabic language."
>
> Holes explains the structural characteristics--phonology,
> morphology,
> syntax, semantics, and lexical and stylistic developments--that the
> majority of the dialects share, as distinguished from Modern
> Standard
> Arabic. He also shows how native speakers use both types of Arabic
> for
> different purposes, with MSA being the language of power and control
> as used on television and in political speeches, and the dialects
> serving as the language of intimacy and domesticity. He further
> shows
> how MSA and spoken dialects are not as compartmentalized as one
> might
> be led to believe. 'Modern Arabic' illustrates the use of the
> Arabic language in real life, whether in conversation, news
> bulletins
> and newspaper articles, serious literature, or song.
>
> This new edition takes into account research published in several
> areas of Arabic linguistics since the first edition was published in
> 1995. It includes more extensive comment on the North African Arabic
> vocabulary of Modern Standard Arabic, more information about "mixed"
> varieties of written Arabic that are not in MSA (especially in
> Egypt),
> updated references, explanations, and many new examples. All Arabic
> is
> transcribed, except for an appendix presenting the Arabic alphabet
> and
> script. Students of the Arabic language will find 'Modern Arabic'
> without peer--as will those general linguists who are interested in
> discovering how Arabic compares structurally and sociolinguistically
> with European languages.
>
>
> Lingfield(s):	Language Description
> 		
> Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
> 		
> Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)
>
>
>       See this book announcement on our website:
>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11413.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
--
>
> --
> End of Arabic-L:  15 Sep  2004
>
>

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 24 18:43:52 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:43:52 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Systran Software Job Announcement
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.114352.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date: 24 Sep  2004
From:Ali Farghaly <farghaly at systransoft.com>
Subject:Systran Software Job Announcement

SYSTRAN Software, Inc. has an immediate opening at her office in San   
Diego for a linguist/junior linguist. Must be  a native speaker of  
Arabic with  an MA or Ph.D. in general and/or computational  
linguistics. Duties include homograph resolution, writing  
disambiguation rules, writing analysis rules, updating mono and  
transfer dictionaries and translation analysis. Must be a US citizen  
or  a permanent resident. Preference is for Southern  California  
residents.  Email resume outlining qualifications and experience to  
farghaly at systransoft.com . Inquiries at (858) 320 – 2406.

   

 

Ali Farghaly, Ph.D.

Senior Linguist/Project Manager

SYSTRAN Software, Inc.

Email: farghaly at systransoft.com

Website: http://www.systransoft.com

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 24 18:43:42 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:43:42 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Language Guide, Free Language Resource Needs Help
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.114342.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date: 24 Sep  2004
From:tom at languageguide.org
Subject:Language Guide, Free Language Resource Needs Help

Dear Dilworth Parkinson,
I'm writing on behalf of Language Guide, a non-profit organization that
sponsors the development of free language resources.  Our organization
plans on sponsoring the development of an Arabic grammar guide and
would like to partner with professors/teachers/grad students in this
endeavor. I would greatly appreciate you distributing this email to the
American Association of Teachers of Arabic mailing list.

The guide will be sound integrated. Students will be able to hear the
Arabic pronounced by placing the cursor over word. In addition to
covering grammar, it will  feature extensive vocabulary and audio based
quizzes. Language Guide will take care of the sound integration and all
technical aspects of the project. When complete, the guide will be
released under a Creative Commons License that, so long as the original
authors are given credit, will allow for its redistribution and
modification for non-commercial use-
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ .  Right now, anyone
can participate as a volunteer, however since developing an Arabic
guide is such a major endeavor, our organization is pursuing grants
that will go toward paying stipends to authors to to develop this
guide.

With the help of some Arabic speaking volunteers, a basic sound
integrated Arabic grammar guide has been developed -
http://www.languageguide.org/arabic/grammar/ . (Hover your cursor over
the bluish words to hear them pronounced.) This guide could serve as a
starting point for any future guide, however a different approach could
be adopted. Language Guide has also developed a tool to learn and
practice Arabic script- http://www.languageguide.org/im/alpha/ar . You
can find out the resources the organization has developed at
http://www.languageguide.org/overview/ . A pictorial vocabulary guide
was also developed for Arabic, however because there are so many
irregular plural nouns I'm not sure this is the best way for learning
Arabic nouns.

If you have any questions or would like additional information, you may
email me - tom at languageguide.org or call me at 512-244-3930.

Best wishes,
Thomas Blackmon
President, Language Guide
www.languageguide.org
tom at languageguide.org

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 24 18:43:45 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:43:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Response to New Book Query
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.114345.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject:Response to New Book Query

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1)
Date: 01 Jul 2004
From:grellag1 at georgetown.edu
Subject:Response to New Book Query

They should--they were created without territory code restrictions.

Gail Grella

> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
> 1)
> Date: 20 Sep  2004
> From:John Nawas <John.Nawas at arts.kuleuven.ac.be>
> Subject:New Book Query
>
> Dear List,
> Does anybody know if these dvds run in zone 2 (Europe and the Middle
> East)? Thank you,
> John Nawas
> Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
> Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium
>
>> Arabic-L: Wed 15 Sep  2004
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>>
>> 1) Subject:Alif Baa with DVDs: Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi
>> 2) Subject:Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs: Brustad et
>> al
>> 3) Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes
>>
>> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
>> 1)
>> Date: 15 Sep  2004
>> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
>> Subject:Alif Baa with DVDs: Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi
>>
>> Title: Alif Baa with DVDs
>> Subtitle: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Second Edition
>>
>> Publication Year: 2004
>> Publisher:    Georgetown University Press
>>         http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>>
>> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589011023
>>
>> Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
>> Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
>> Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo
>>
>> Paperback: ISBN: 1589011023, Pages: 184, Price: U.S. $39.95
>>        Comment: includes 2 DVDs bound in
>>            Abstract:
>>
>> Newly revised and packaged with DVDs containing both audio and video
>> exercises, 'Alif Baa with DVDs: Introduction to Arabic Letters and
>> Sounds', is the first part of the 'Al-Kitaab' program. It teaches
>> learners to recognize and produce both letters and sounds accurately
>> through a variety of exercises designed to develop listening,
>> reading,
>> and writing skills. In addition, it introduces a range of Arabic
>> from
>> colloquial to standard in authentic contexts, video footage of an
>> Arabic calligrapher, and a large collection of street signs from
>> Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon.
>>
>> In conjunction with learning how to read and write the alphabet,
>> 'Alif
>> Baa' introduces about 150 basic vocabulary words, including
>> conventional forms of politeness and social greetings. Standard
>> Arabic
>> vocabulary is more evenly distributed throughout the book,
>> introduced
>> through color pictures on DVD and activated through book and
>> classroom
>> exercises. Social greetings are introduced through new versions of
>> dialogue that take place in an Egyptian context. Finally, it
>> includes
>> capsules on Arab culture as well as an English-Arabic glossary.
>> 'Alif
>> Baa' provides the essential first twenty to twenty-five contact
>> hours
>> of instruction that lay the groundwork for the rest of the
>> 'Al-Kitaab'
>> language program.
>>
>> Lingfield(s):    Applied Linguistics
>>        Subject Language(s):    Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
>>        Written In:    English (Language Code: ENG)
>>
>>
>>       See this book announcement on our website:
>>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11411.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
>> 2)
>> Date: 15 Sep  2004
>> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
>> Subject:Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs: Brustad et
>> al
>>
>> Title: Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs
>> Subtitle: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part One, Second Edition
>>
>> Publication Year: 2004
>> Publisher:    Georgetown University Press
>>         http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>>
>> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=158901104X
>>
>> Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
>> Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
>> Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo
>>
>> Paperback: ISBN: 158901104x, Pages: 520, Price: U.S. $ 54.95
>>        Comment: includes 3 DVDs bound in
>>
>>            Abstract:
>>
>> 'Al-Kitaab: Part One' develops skills in standard Arabic while
>> providing additional material in both colloquial and classical
>> Arabic. With new video material and revised and updated text and
>> excercises, the bound-in and revised DVDs supersede both the former
>> CD
>> audio set and video DVD previously available only as separate
>> items--making this singular volume a comprehensive whole for those
>> immersed in the early and intermediate stages of learning Arabic.
>>
>> Providing approximately 150 contact hours of college-level
>> instruction, parts of this revised edition are updated with
>> contemporary selections for reading comprehension. The organization
>> of
>> the chapters has been adapted the reflect the most current
>> pedagogical
>> developments. Audio tracks for vocabulary sections now allow
>> students
>> to hear a new word followed by a sentence using it in context with
>> previously acquired vocabulary and grammatical structures, enabling
>> students to build new vocabulary skills while reviewing old
>> material. The basic texts have been refilmed with a new cast of
>> actors. The DVDs also contain substantially more material that
>> exposes
>> the learner to Egyptian Arabic: students have the options of seeing
>> and hearing the video of each lesson in both Modern standard Arabic
>> and Egyptian colloquial Arabic. In addition, a short dialogue in
>> Egyptian colloquial Arabic appears at the end of each lesson. New
>> video materials also feature interviews with Egyptians (subtitled in
>> English) about various aspects of Arab culture, such as gender
>> issues,
>> fasting in the Muslim and Christian traditions, social clubs and
>> their
>> significance, and more.
>>
>>
>> FEATURES OF PART ONE, Second Edition:
>> Develops all language-related skills including reading, listening,
>> speaking, writing, and cultural knowledge
>>
>> Immediately incorporates extensive use of authentic materials for
>> reading, listening, and grammatical practice, thus relating abstract
>> grammatical concepts to practical skills
>>
>> Presents narrative-based content through audio and video media
>> rather
>> than written text to develop meaning-focused language processing
>> skills, utilizing two main characters and their extended families
>>
>> Develops reading skills through the use of composed texts derived
>> from
>> the main narrative and authentic texts from newspapers and journals
>>
>> Introduces grammar using spiraling and inference, challenging
>> students
>> to discover the grammar of the language by means of analogy, problem
>> solving, and educated guessing
>>
>> Reinforces grammar and vocabulary through extensive classroom and
>> homework exercises that provide constant review and expand to
>> challenge students as their skills develop
>>
>> Introduces students to Egyptian colloquial through scenes based on
>> the
>> main narrative to promote the use of shared vocabulary and structure
>> of the two registers to increase listening comprehension skills
>>
>> Contains Arabic-English and English-Arabic glossaries and reference
>> charts as well as a new grammar index
>>
>>
>> Lingfield(s):    Applied Linguistics
>>        Subject Language(s):    Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
>>        Written In:    English (Language Code: ENG)
>>
>>
>>       See this book announcement on our website:
>>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11412.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
>> 3)
>> Date: 15 Sep  2004
>> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
>> Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes
>>
>> Title: Modern Arabic
>> Subtitle: Structures, Functions, and Varieties, Revised Edition
>>
>> Publication Year: 2004
>> Publisher:    Georgetown University Press
>>         http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>>
>> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589010221
>>
>> Author: Clive Holes, University of Oxford
>>
>> Paperback: ISBN: 1589010221, Pages: 440, Price: U.S. $ 39.95
>>
>> Abstract:
>>
>> The revised and updated edition of 'Modern Arabic' takes this
>> authoritative, concise linguistic description of the structure and
>> use
>> of modern Arabic to an invaluable new level. Clive Holes traces the
>> development of the Arabic language from Classical Arabic, the
>> written
>> language used in the 7th century for the 'Qur'an' and poetry,
>> through
>> the increasingly symbiotic use of Modern Standard Arabic or MSA (the
>> language of writing and formal speech) and dialectal Arabic (the
>> language of normal conversation). He shows how Arabic has been
>> shaped
>> over the centuries by migration, urbanization, and education--giving
>> us "a balanced, dispassionate, and accurate picture of the
>> structures,
>> functions, and varieties of the contemporary Arabic language."
>>
>> Holes explains the structural characteristics--phonology,
>> morphology,
>> syntax, semantics, and lexical and stylistic developments--that the
>> majority of the dialects share, as distinguished from Modern
>> Standard
>> Arabic. He also shows how native speakers use both types of Arabic
>> for
>> different purposes, with MSA being the language of power and control
>> as used on television and in political speeches, and the dialects
>> serving as the language of intimacy and domesticity. He further
>> shows
>> how MSA and spoken dialects are not as compartmentalized as one
>> might
>> be led to believe. 'Modern Arabic' illustrates the use of the
>> Arabic language in real life, whether in conversation, news
>> bulletins
>> and newspaper articles, serious literature, or song.
>>
>> This new edition takes into account research published in several
>> areas of Arabic linguistics since the first edition was published in
>> 1995. It includes more extensive comment on the North African Arabic
>> vocabulary of Modern Standard Arabic, more information about "mixed"
>> varieties of written Arabic that are not in MSA (especially in
>> Egypt),
>> updated references, explanations, and many new examples. All Arabic
>> is
>> transcribed, except for an appendix presenting the Arabic alphabet
>> and
>> script. Students of the Arabic language will find 'Modern Arabic'
>> without peer--as will those general linguists who are interested in
>> discovering how Arabic compares structurally and sociolinguistically
>> with European languages.
>>
>>
>> Lingfield(s):    Language Description
>>        Subject Language(s):    Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
>>        Written In:    English (Language Code: ENG)
>>
>>
>>       See this book announcement on our website:
>>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11413.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> End of Arabic-L:  15 Sep  2004

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 24 18:43:49 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:43:49 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Response to Etymology Query (Janjaweed)-continued
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1)
Date: 01 Jul 2004
From:Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject:Response to Etymology Query (Janjaweed)-continued

Greetings to all in the thread: Response to Etymology Query  
(Janjaweed). 
   
Re the post by Tagelsir Eprayah in that thread that "the rifles that  
they (janjaweed) use is called (Jiim Three), which is widely used by  
the military of Sudan."
 
ANS: That reference would be to the Heckler & Koch G-3 rifle (7.62mm).  
Sudan's military received sizable quantities of those from the former  
Shah of Iran during Al-Numeiry's reign. Actually, those G-3s  
were Iranian-manufactured copies, made under license with H&K, as were  
knock-offs of the NATO-standard MG-3 light machine gun (descendant of  
the MG-42 used by the Wehrmacht during WWII), which the then-Shah also  
delivered to Sudan in the 1970s. I noticed the Farsi factory  
proof-marks stamped on the receivers of many of G-3s and MG-3s when I  
was in Sudan in 1981 several times. 
 
That fact those individual weapons still functioned and fired --  
despite years of abuse and neglect -- was a tribute to good engineering  
and sturdy workmanship, as the concept of "operator maintenance"  
assumed different dimensions of importance in the Sudanese military's  
organizational vocabulary and field of concern. That aside, the  
Sudanese showed considerable imagination in being able to keep some  
pre-WWII-vintage British Bren gun carriers still running inside one of  
the military schools near Khartoum Airport. (FWIW, Sudanese tankers  
loathed the Russian T-54 tanks as maintenance nightmares and used them  
often just as semi-fixed armored pillboxes to cover and secure  
major road intersections in the capital.)
 
HTH.
 
Regards,
 
Stephen H. Franke
San Pedro, California 

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> 1) Subject:Etymology Query
>
-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
> 1)
> Date: 15 Sep  2004
> From:"Elizabeth M. Bergman"
> <embergman at earthlink.net>
> Subject:Etymology Query
>
> Has anyone come across an etymology for the name
> "Janjaweed"?
>
> I have seen and heard it described as a compound
> meaning something like "armed men on horseback".
>
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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 24 18:48:13 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:48:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS:A New Translation of Zakariyya Tamir's short
 stories
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.114813.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date: 24 Sep  2004
From:Studioworks <srpkole at EUnet.yu>
Subject:A New Translation of Zakariyya Tamir's short stories

Hi all,
 
A new collection of 59 short stories by Zakariyya Tamir is out in  
Belgrade (Zekerija Tamir: Kiselo grozdje. Paideia, Beograd, 2004, ISBN  
86-7448-217-1, 126+12 pg's). It is the complete translation to the  
Serbian language of Tamir's "al-HuSrum" (the author himself pronounces  
it so), [Sour Grapes], riyaaD al-rayyis li-l-kutub wa al-nashr, 2000.  
The contract was signed and the final text of translation delivered  
back in March 2002, but the publisher proved able to waste no less than  
two years and a half. If this perhaps does not seem as a big deal, let  
me mention that the translation was ready a little before the original  
book appeared in Arabic, for Tamir sent me the original by e-mail as  
soon as it was done in his workshop. However, in spring 2000 no one of  
the then Yugoslav publishers was apt to sustain expenses of bringing  
the author from Oxford for the sake of making here the first world  
promotion of the book, though Tamir is pretty well known between the  
audience of former Yugoslavia (this is his fifth collection in Serbian  
during 4 years, since I started translating his works).
 
Two more Serbian translations of Tamir's books are in preparation at  
the moment: the newest, taksiir rukab, and nidaa' nuuH (both finished,  
under negotiations with publisher).
   
Cheers,
Srpko Lestaric

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Tue Sep 28 18:21:46 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:21:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS:Translation Ideas Needed
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.112146.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

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1)
Date: 28 Sep  2004
From:Middle East Publications <mepublications at gmx.net>
Subject:Translation Ideas Needed

I wonder if someone could give me some idea on translating the
following:
"Executive Office for Immigration Review"
Thanks
N Salem

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Tue Sep 28 18:30:25 2004
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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:30:25 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Thanks for the Responses to the Etymology Query
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1) Subject:Thanks for the Responses to the Etymology Query

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Date: 28 Sep  2004
From:Elizabeth M. Bergman <embergman at earthlink.net>
Subject:Thanks for the Responses to the Etymology Query

Many thanks to all of the colleagues who responded.

Elizabeth

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Tue Sep 28 19:02:19 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:02:19 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:New Book and New Article
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2) Subject:New Article
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Date: 28 Sep  2004
From:LINGUIST
Subject:New Book

Reposted from LINGUIST

Program: Linguistics
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 24-Jun-1905

Author: Joan Smith/Kocamahhul

Dissertation Title: Language Choice, Code-switching and Language Shift
in
Antakya, Turkey

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s):
Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken (Code: AYP)
Turkish (Code: TRK)

Dissertation Director(s):
Kon Kuiper
Lyle Campbell

Dissertation Abstract:

Although Arabic is one of the world?s ten largest languages in terms
of numbers of speakers, the Arabic language in Turkey is in decline.
This is due to the position of Turkish as the sole official language
there and to other factors of social change (significantly
migration). This thesis presents one of the first pieces of research
into the shift from Arabic to Turkish in Turkey, focused on the city
of Antakya (Antioch). The thesis has multiple goals. Firstly, it
sketches the background of the Arabic-speaking community as it
relates to the history of the language in the area. Secondly, it
presents an assessment of the degree of language shift and community
members' attitudes to the language and the shift. This was done
through a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods,
namely, through the use of structured interviews and the analysis of
naturally-occurring conversations. Thirdly, this work assesses the
role language choice and code-switching play in the language shift.
Specifically, it tests Myers-Scotton's Matrix Language turnover
hypothesis (1993a, 1998) which postulates that intrasentential
code-switching may cause language shift. The results show that the
Matrix Language turnover hypothesis has little relevance to this
community and thus that other communities undergoing language shift
need not necessarily see intrasentential code-switching as a threat
to their language. The work concludes with proposals of possible
avenues for language maintenance for the Arabic-speaking community in
Turkey.

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Date: 28 Sep  2004
From:LINGUIST
Subject:New Article

Journal Title:  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development
Volume Number:  25
Issue Number:  1
Issue Date:  2004

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 10 20:11:09 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:11:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:INFO:Hedayat Arabic Studies Website Problems
Message-ID: <FRI.10.SEP.2004.131109.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

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Date: 10 Sep 2004
From: nagwa hedayet<nhedayet at yahoo.comaa>
Subject: Hedayat Arabic Studies Website Problems

Dear Dr. Arp,
My message here is to our students and all those who are interested in  
learning Arabic and the related studies at Hedayet Institute for Arabic  
Studies in Maadi, Cairo. I found out recently that our web site, that  
we have had since more than 5 or 6?years  
(arabicstudieshedayet.com),?has been highjacked?and used by some other  
center for advertising lists of other sites.?Please be a little patient  
until we fix this problem and be cautious that non of the information  
on Arabic language or culture there is provided or related to Hedayet  
Institute in Cairo, Egypt where many Western students at all levels and  
in all fields related to Arabic language and culture have studied at  
and who know its quality education and activities in bridging the two  
cultures concerned.?I allow myself here to copy Dr. John Eisele who  
kindly confirmed to me, after my suspession and inquiry to him,?that   
our web site with them at AATA list of Arabic programs in the Middle  
East has been highjacked.
Please Dr. Arp put my message on Arabic-L, in the way you see proper,  
so that all those who are interested and?may be surprised by what they  
find?and read.?
I really appreciate your help in this matter and thank you in advance.
Nagwa Hedayet
Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies
Maadi, Cairo
Egypt
e-mail address: nhedayet at yahoo.com

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 10 20:11:01 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:11:01 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad
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Date: 10 Sep 2004
From: Gilman <Gilman at iie.org>
Subject:Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for Undergraduate Study  
Abroad
Application Deadlines:? Fall/Academic Year - April 15?? Spring -  
September 22

Founded under the International Academic Opportunity Act of 2000 this  
congressionally-funded program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of  
State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and administered by  
the Institute of International Education. The Gilman Scholarship  
Program broadens the student population that studies abroad by  
supporting undergraduates who have been traditionally underrepresented  
in US study abroad and those with high financial need. The program aims  
to encourage students to choose nontraditional study abroad  
destinations, especially those outside of Western Europe and Australia,  
and aims to support students who have been traditionally  
underrepresented in study abroad. This includes but is not limited to,  
students with high financial need, community college students, students  
in underrepresented fields such as education, the sciences and  
engineering, students with diverse ethnic backgrounds, students with  
disabilities, and students of nontraditional age. The program seeks to  
assist students from a diverse range and type of two-year and four-year  
public and private institutions from all 50 states.

The Gilman Scholarship provides awards of up to $5,000 for U.S. citizen  
undergraduate students at two- and four-year institutions to pursue  
country-based undergraduate opportunities abroad of up to one academic  
year. To be eligible students must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant at  
the time of application and cannot be studying abroad in a country  
currently under a U.S. Department of State Travel Warning or in Cuba.  
Short-term programs are eligible provided they are a minimum of four  
weeks in length.

  For more information, full eligibility criteria and the online  
application please access the Gilman Program website at  
www.iie.org/gilman or contact the Gilman office directly.? To request  
brochures on the Gilman program please contact the office directly at  
gilman at iie.org.

Gilman International Scholarship Program
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From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:53:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Etymology Query
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Date: 15 Sep  2004
From:"Elizabeth M. Bergman" <embergman at earthlink.net>
Subject:Etymology Query

Has anyone come across an etymology for the name
"Janjaweed"?

I have seen and heard it described as a compound
meaning something like "armed men on horseback".

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Wed Sep 15 18:53:08 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:53:08 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:Ling:New Books
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1) Subject:Alif Baa with DVDs: Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi
2) Subject:Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs: Brustad et al
3) Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes

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Date: 15 Sep  2004
From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
Subject:Alif Baa with DVDs: Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi

Title: Alif Baa with DVDs
Subtitle: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Second Edition

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu

Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589011023

Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo

Paperback: ISBN: 1589011023, Pages: 184, Price: U.S. $39.95
	   Comment: includes 2 DVDs bound in
			
Abstract:

Newly revised and packaged with DVDs containing both audio and video
exercises, 'Alif Baa with DVDs: Introduction to Arabic Letters and
Sounds', is the first part of the 'Al-Kitaab' program. It teaches
learners to recognize and produce both letters and sounds accurately
through a variety of exercises designed to develop listening, reading,
and writing skills. In addition, it introduces a range of Arabic from
colloquial to standard in authentic contexts, video footage of an
Arabic calligrapher, and a large collection of street signs from
Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon.

In conjunction with learning how to read and write the alphabet, 'Alif
Baa' introduces about 150 basic vocabulary words, including
conventional forms of politeness and social greetings. Standard Arabic
vocabulary is more evenly distributed throughout the book, introduced
through color pictures on DVD and activated through book and classroom
exercises. Social greetings are introduced through new versions of
dialogue that take place in an Egyptian context. Finally, it includes
capsules on Arab culture as well as an English-Arabic glossary. 'Alif
Baa' provides the essential first twenty to twenty-five contact hours
of instruction that lay the groundwork for the rest of the 'Al-Kitaab'
language program.

Lingfield(s):	Applied Linguistics
		
Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
		
Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


      See this book announcement on our website:
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Date: 15 Sep  2004
From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
Subject:Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs: Brustad et al

Title: Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs
Subtitle: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part One, Second Edition

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu

Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=158901104X

Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo

Paperback: ISBN: 158901104x, Pages: 520, Price: U.S. $ 54.95
	   Comment: includes 3 DVDs bound in

			
Abstract:

'Al-Kitaab: Part One' develops skills in standard Arabic while
providing additional material in both colloquial and classical
Arabic. With new video material and revised and updated text and
excercises, the bound-in and revised DVDs supersede both the former CD
audio set and video DVD previously available only as separate
items--making this singular volume a comprehensive whole for those
immersed in the early and intermediate stages of learning Arabic.

Providing approximately 150 contact hours of college-level
instruction, parts of this revised edition are updated with
contemporary selections for reading comprehension. The organization of
the chapters has been adapted the reflect the most current pedagogical
developments. Audio tracks for vocabulary sections now allow students
to hear a new word followed by a sentence using it in context with
previously acquired vocabulary and grammatical structures, enabling
students to build new vocabulary skills while reviewing old
material. The basic texts have been refilmed with a new cast of
actors. The DVDs also contain substantially more material that exposes
the learner to Egyptian Arabic: students have the options of seeing
and hearing the video of each lesson in both Modern standard Arabic
and Egyptian colloquial Arabic. In addition, a short dialogue in
Egyptian colloquial Arabic appears at the end of each lesson. New
video materials also feature interviews with Egyptians (subtitled in
English) about various aspects of Arab culture, such as gender issues,
fasting in the Muslim and Christian traditions, social clubs and their
significance, and more.


FEATURES OF PART ONE, Second Edition:
Develops all language-related skills including reading, listening,
speaking, writing, and cultural knowledge

Immediately incorporates extensive use of authentic materials for
reading, listening, and grammatical practice, thus relating abstract
grammatical concepts to practical skills

Presents narrative-based content through audio and video media rather
than written text to develop meaning-focused language processing
skills, utilizing two main characters and their extended families

Develops reading skills through the use of composed texts derived from
the main narrative and authentic texts from newspapers and journals

Introduces grammar using spiraling and inference, challenging students
to discover the grammar of the language by means of analogy, problem
solving, and educated guessing

Reinforces grammar and vocabulary through extensive classroom and
homework exercises that provide constant review and expand to
challenge students as their skills develop

Introduces students to Egyptian colloquial through scenes based on the
main narrative to promote the use of shared vocabulary and structure
of the two registers to increase listening comprehension skills

Contains Arabic-English and English-Arabic glossaries and reference
charts as well as a new grammar index


Lingfield(s):	Applied Linguistics
		
Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
		
Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


      See this book announcement on our website:
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Date: 15 Sep  2004
From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes

Title: Modern Arabic
Subtitle: Structures, Functions, and Varieties, Revised Edition

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu

Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589010221

Author: Clive Holes, University of Oxford

Paperback: ISBN: 1589010221, Pages: 440, Price: U.S. $ 39.95

Abstract:

The revised and updated edition of 'Modern Arabic' takes this
authoritative, concise linguistic description of the structure and use
of modern Arabic to an invaluable new level. Clive Holes traces the
development of the Arabic language from Classical Arabic, the written
language used in the 7th century for the 'Qur'an' and poetry, through
the increasingly symbiotic use of Modern Standard Arabic or MSA (the
language of writing and formal speech) and dialectal Arabic (the
language of normal conversation). He shows how Arabic has been shaped
over the centuries by migration, urbanization, and education--giving
us "a balanced, dispassionate, and accurate picture of the structures,
functions, and varieties of the contemporary Arabic language."

Holes explains the structural characteristics--phonology, morphology,
syntax, semantics, and lexical and stylistic developments--that the
majority of the dialects share, as distinguished from Modern Standard
Arabic. He also shows how native speakers use both types of Arabic for
different purposes, with MSA being the language of power and control
as used on television and in political speeches, and the dialects
serving as the language of intimacy and domesticity. He further shows
how MSA and spoken dialects are not as compartmentalized as one might
be led to believe. 'Modern Arabic' illustrates the use of the
Arabic language in real life, whether in conversation, news bulletins
and newspaper articles, serious literature, or song.

This new edition takes into account research published in several
areas of Arabic linguistics since the first edition was published in
1995. It includes more extensive comment on the North African Arabic
vocabulary of Modern Standard Arabic, more information about "mixed"
varieties of written Arabic that are not in MSA (especially in Egypt),
updated references, explanations, and many new examples. All Arabic is
transcribed, except for an appendix presenting the Arabic alphabet and
script. Students of the Arabic language will find 'Modern Arabic'
without peer--as will those general linguists who are interested in
discovering how Arabic compares structurally and sociolinguistically
with European languages.


Lingfield(s):	Language Description
		
Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
		
Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)


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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Mon Sep 20 19:00:58 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:00:58 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Response to Etymology Query
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.120058.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

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Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:paula santillian <capraia at yahoo.com>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

hi elizabeth,

i?ve been told lately that "janjaweed" is some sort of
short form of the (unfinished) phrase "jundii `ala
jawaad haamil ..." sorry, I can?t remember the last
word, but, obviously, it refers to the weapon that
al-janjaweed use.

paula

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Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:Mark Camilleri <markcam01 at ONVOL.NET>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

I am trying to answer this question as best as I can. Janjaweed is a
probable contraction of:

Jund: Soldier

Jawad (pl. Jiyad, ajyad, ajawid): openhanded, generous, liberal; but  
also
horse, race horse, charger, steed.

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3)
Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

Greetings.
?
Re the query on ARABIC-L list.
?
I have been translating a (growing) volume of Arabic-language materials  
about the situations in Darfur and Nubia Provinces of Sudan, plus  
interviewing some Sudanese (Arab and non-Arab) respondents in the  
refugee families now resettled here in southern California.
?
No one has cited or claimed any Arabic origin or derivation for that  
term, other than few random suggestions or loose speculation that the  
first part (jan = Ar: jinn / ?janoon = spirit),?but other cohorts  
and?accomplices nearby always spontaneously objected and?derided the  
person who made that comment. While based on my limited sample, no one  
from Sudan how here or printed media seems quite sure or confident of  
the term's origin.
?
That term may have more of an African origin, or perhaps?it evolved in  
media coverage and became a convenient?"linguistic legend" due to the  
term's wide circulation and reportage.
?
HTH.
?
Regards,

Stephen H. Franke
San Pedro, California

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4)
Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query
See the following URL for information about the etymology of the term:
http://www.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/7037DBED-00E8-4518-A74B 
-68FFD4D009B8.htm
In brief, the article makes the following points:

1-There is no agreement about the word.
2-Some see it as a name crafted out of ginn ala gawaad
3-Others say it is a name after a Sudanese tribal warrior from the 80's  
of
the past century, named Hamid Ganjuit.
4-It is a name crafted out of three terms each beginning with a "g":  
gin,
gawaad, and g3, the latter said to be "the (well-)known implement"

Here's another longer discussion about the term:
http://www.darfournews.net/Junjoeed2.htm

Cheers.

Waheed

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Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:Waleed MH El-Shobaki <Waleed.El-shobaki at man.ac.uk>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

There are the Janissary  ??????????who are the novice solidures  or the  
most loyal ones to the "Highgate" during the Ottoman time.
But , the way I will interpret "Janjaweed" is from the Persian Jan  ???  
which means Life or Soul
and Jaweed ?????  thus , JanJaweed is eternal life.

Waleed el-ShobakiAcademic Liaison Librarian for MiddleEastern  
StudiesJohn Rylands University Library of ManchesterOxford Road,  
MANCHESTER M13 9PP  UKTel: 0161 275 7387Fax: 0161 273 7488Email Address  
:- waleed.el-shobaki at man.ac.uk

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Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:AWEISS, SALEM I <saweiss at ufl.edu>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

looks like two words as u mentioned:
jund = soldiers
jawad = horse

jund al jawad = the army or soldiers of the horse(s)
the term obviously has gone through some levels of change

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Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:Ayouby, Kenneth <AyoubyK at Dearborn.k12.mi.us>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

Hi all,

Could it possibly be a "compound" word, mixing Jinn (supernatural
beings) and Jawaad (horse)? As it stands, it doesn't sound right-unless
it is little Arabic and a lot something else. Anyone knows?

Kenneth

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8)
Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:"Elrayah, Tagelsir H" <ElrayahTH at state.gov>
Subject:Response to Etymology Query

Hi Liz,
Janjaweed is a compound word coined in the western part of Sudan to  
describe
a group of militants (robbers) who use horses on their raids and  carry
rifles. The word consists of two words : Jinn ?? and Jaweed   ??????  
(the
plural of horses).  The locals describe them as (Jinn) for being  
dreadful
and skilled snipers and horseback riders. The Arabic phrase is: ?? ????  
????
(??????) ???? ??? ???  . The rifles that they use is called (Jiim Three)
whichis  widely used by the military of Sudan.

Tagelsir Elrayah
Foreign Service Institute (FSI)

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Mon Sep 20 19:01:01 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:01:01 -0700
Subject: Arabic:LING:New Book Query
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.120101.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

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Date: 20 Sep  2004
From:John Nawas <John.Nawas at arts.kuleuven.ac.be>
Subject:New Book Query

Dear List,
Does anybody know if these dvds run in zone 2 (Europe and the Middle
East)? Thank you,
John Nawas
Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium


Quoting Nathan Arp <nja9 at email.byu.edu>:

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> 3) Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes
>
> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
> 1)
> Date: 15 Sep  2004
> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
> Subject:Alif Baa with DVDs: Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi
>
> Title: Alif Baa with DVDs
> Subtitle: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Second Edition
>
> Publication Year: 2004
> Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
> 		http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>
> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589011023
>
> Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
> Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
> Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo
>
> Paperback: ISBN: 1589011023, Pages: 184, Price: U.S. $39.95
> 	   Comment: includes 2 DVDs bound in
> 			
> Abstract:
>
> Newly revised and packaged with DVDs containing both audio and video
> exercises, 'Alif Baa with DVDs: Introduction to Arabic Letters and
> Sounds', is the first part of the 'Al-Kitaab' program. It teaches
> learners to recognize and produce both letters and sounds accurately
> through a variety of exercises designed to develop listening,
> reading,
> and writing skills. In addition, it introduces a range of Arabic
> from
> colloquial to standard in authentic contexts, video footage of an
> Arabic calligrapher, and a large collection of street signs from
> Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon.
>
> In conjunction with learning how to read and write the alphabet,
> 'Alif
> Baa' introduces about 150 basic vocabulary words, including
> conventional forms of politeness and social greetings. Standard
> Arabic
> vocabulary is more evenly distributed throughout the book,
> introduced
> through color pictures on DVD and activated through book and
> classroom
> exercises. Social greetings are introduced through new versions of
> dialogue that take place in an Egyptian context. Finally, it
> includes
> capsules on Arab culture as well as an English-Arabic glossary.
> 'Alif
> Baa' provides the essential first twenty to twenty-five contact
> hours
> of instruction that lay the groundwork for the rest of the
> 'Al-Kitaab'
> language program.
>
> Lingfield(s):	Applied Linguistics
> 		
> Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
> 		
> Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)
>
>
>       See this book announcement on our website:
>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11411.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
--
>
> --
> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
> 2)
> Date: 15 Sep  2004
> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
> Subject:Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs: Brustad et
> al
>
> Title: Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs
> Subtitle: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part One, Second Edition
>
> Publication Year: 2004
> Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
> 		http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>
> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=158901104X
>
> Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
> Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
> Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo
>
> Paperback: ISBN: 158901104x, Pages: 520, Price: U.S. $ 54.95
> 	   Comment: includes 3 DVDs bound in
>
> 			
> Abstract:
>
> 'Al-Kitaab: Part One' develops skills in standard Arabic while
> providing additional material in both colloquial and classical
> Arabic. With new video material and revised and updated text and
> excercises, the bound-in and revised DVDs supersede both the former
> CD
> audio set and video DVD previously available only as separate
> items--making this singular volume a comprehensive whole for those
> immersed in the early and intermediate stages of learning Arabic.
>
> Providing approximately 150 contact hours of college-level
> instruction, parts of this revised edition are updated with
> contemporary selections for reading comprehension. The organization
> of
> the chapters has been adapted the reflect the most current
> pedagogical
> developments. Audio tracks for vocabulary sections now allow
> students
> to hear a new word followed by a sentence using it in context with
> previously acquired vocabulary and grammatical structures, enabling
> students to build new vocabulary skills while reviewing old
> material. The basic texts have been refilmed with a new cast of
> actors. The DVDs also contain substantially more material that
> exposes
> the learner to Egyptian Arabic: students have the options of seeing
> and hearing the video of each lesson in both Modern standard Arabic
> and Egyptian colloquial Arabic. In addition, a short dialogue in
> Egyptian colloquial Arabic appears at the end of each lesson. New
> video materials also feature interviews with Egyptians (subtitled in
> English) about various aspects of Arab culture, such as gender
> issues,
> fasting in the Muslim and Christian traditions, social clubs and
> their
> significance, and more.
>
>
> FEATURES OF PART ONE, Second Edition:
> Develops all language-related skills including reading, listening,
> speaking, writing, and cultural knowledge
>
> Immediately incorporates extensive use of authentic materials for
> reading, listening, and grammatical practice, thus relating abstract
> grammatical concepts to practical skills
>
> Presents narrative-based content through audio and video media
> rather
> than written text to develop meaning-focused language processing
> skills, utilizing two main characters and their extended families
>
> Develops reading skills through the use of composed texts derived
> from
> the main narrative and authentic texts from newspapers and journals
>
> Introduces grammar using spiraling and inference, challenging
> students
> to discover the grammar of the language by means of analogy, problem
> solving, and educated guessing
>
> Reinforces grammar and vocabulary through extensive classroom and
> homework exercises that provide constant review and expand to
> challenge students as their skills develop
>
> Introduces students to Egyptian colloquial through scenes based on
> the
> main narrative to promote the use of shared vocabulary and structure
> of the two registers to increase listening comprehension skills
>
> Contains Arabic-English and English-Arabic glossaries and reference
> charts as well as a new grammar index
>
>
> Lingfield(s):	Applied Linguistics
> 		
> Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
> 		
> Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)
>
>
>       See this book announcement on our website:
>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11412.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
--
>
> --
> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
> 3)
> Date: 15 Sep  2004
> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
> Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes
>
> Title: Modern Arabic
> Subtitle: Structures, Functions, and Varieties, Revised Edition
>
> Publication Year: 2004
> Publisher:	Georgetown University Press
> 		http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>
> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589010221
>
> Author: Clive Holes, University of Oxford
>
> Paperback: ISBN: 1589010221, Pages: 440, Price: U.S. $ 39.95
>
> Abstract:
>
> The revised and updated edition of 'Modern Arabic' takes this
> authoritative, concise linguistic description of the structure and
> use
> of modern Arabic to an invaluable new level. Clive Holes traces the
> development of the Arabic language from Classical Arabic, the
> written
> language used in the 7th century for the 'Qur'an' and poetry,
> through
> the increasingly symbiotic use of Modern Standard Arabic or MSA (the
> language of writing and formal speech) and dialectal Arabic (the
> language of normal conversation). He shows how Arabic has been
> shaped
> over the centuries by migration, urbanization, and education--giving
> us "a balanced, dispassionate, and accurate picture of the
> structures,
> functions, and varieties of the contemporary Arabic language."
>
> Holes explains the structural characteristics--phonology,
> morphology,
> syntax, semantics, and lexical and stylistic developments--that the
> majority of the dialects share, as distinguished from Modern
> Standard
> Arabic. He also shows how native speakers use both types of Arabic
> for
> different purposes, with MSA being the language of power and control
> as used on television and in political speeches, and the dialects
> serving as the language of intimacy and domesticity. He further
> shows
> how MSA and spoken dialects are not as compartmentalized as one
> might
> be led to believe. 'Modern Arabic' illustrates the use of the
> Arabic language in real life, whether in conversation, news
> bulletins
> and newspaper articles, serious literature, or song.
>
> This new edition takes into account research published in several
> areas of Arabic linguistics since the first edition was published in
> 1995. It includes more extensive comment on the North African Arabic
> vocabulary of Modern Standard Arabic, more information about "mixed"
> varieties of written Arabic that are not in MSA (especially in
> Egypt),
> updated references, explanations, and many new examples. All Arabic
> is
> transcribed, except for an appendix presenting the Arabic alphabet
> and
> script. Students of the Arabic language will find 'Modern Arabic'
> without peer--as will those general linguists who are interested in
> discovering how Arabic compares structurally and sociolinguistically
> with European languages.
>
>
> Lingfield(s):	Language Description
> 		
> Subject Language(s):	Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
> 		
> Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)
>
>
>       See this book announcement on our website:
>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11413.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
--
>
> --
> End of Arabic-L:  15 Sep  2004
>
>

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 24 18:43:52 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:43:52 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Systran Software Job Announcement
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.114352.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

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-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
1)
Date: 24 Sep  2004
From:Ali Farghaly <farghaly at systransoft.com>
Subject:Systran Software Job Announcement

SYSTRAN Software, Inc. has an immediate opening at her office in San   
Diego for a linguist/junior linguist. Must be? a native speaker of  
Arabic with? an MA or Ph.D. in general and/or computational  
linguistics. Duties include homograph resolution, writing  
disambiguation rules, writing analysis rules, updating mono and  
transfer dictionaries and translation analysis. Must be a US citizen  
or? a permanent resident. Preference is for Southern  California  
residents. ?Email resume outlining qualifications and experience to  
farghaly at systransoft.com . Inquiries at (858) 320 ? 2406.

  ?

?

Ali Farghaly, Ph.D.

Senior Linguist/Project Manager

SYSTRAN Software, Inc.

Email: farghaly at systransoft.com

Website: http://www.systransoft.com

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 24 18:43:42 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:43:42 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Language Guide, Free Language Resource Needs Help
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.114342.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

Arabic-L: Fri 24 Sep  2004
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1) Subject:Language Guide, Free Language Resource Needs Help

-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
1)
Date: 24 Sep  2004
From:tom at languageguide.org
Subject:Language Guide, Free Language Resource Needs Help

Dear Dilworth Parkinson,
I'm writing on behalf of Language Guide, a non-profit organization that
sponsors the development of free language resources.  Our organization
plans on sponsoring the development of an Arabic grammar guide and
would like to partner with professors/teachers/grad students in this
endeavor. I would greatly appreciate you distributing this email to the
American Association of Teachers of Arabic mailing list.

The guide will be sound integrated. Students will be able to hear the
Arabic pronounced by placing the cursor over word. In addition to
covering grammar, it will  feature extensive vocabulary and audio based
quizzes. Language Guide will take care of the sound integration and all
technical aspects of the project. When complete, the guide will be
released under a Creative Commons License that, so long as the original
authors are given credit, will allow for its redistribution and
modification for non-commercial use-
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ .  Right now, anyone
can participate as a volunteer, however since developing an Arabic
guide is such a major endeavor, our organization is pursuing grants
that will go toward paying stipends to authors to to develop this
guide.

With the help of some Arabic speaking volunteers, a basic sound
integrated Arabic grammar guide has been developed -
http://www.languageguide.org/arabic/grammar/ . (Hover your cursor over
the bluish words to hear them pronounced.) This guide could serve as a
starting point for any future guide, however a different approach could
be adopted. Language Guide has also developed a tool to learn and
practice Arabic script- http://www.languageguide.org/im/alpha/ar . You
can find out the resources the organization has developed at
http://www.languageguide.org/overview/ . A pictorial vocabulary guide
was also developed for Arabic, however because there are so many
irregular plural nouns I'm not sure this is the best way for learning
Arabic nouns.

If you have any questions or would like additional information, you may
email me - tom at languageguide.org or call me at 512-244-3930.

Best wishes,
Thomas Blackmon
President, Language Guide
www.languageguide.org
tom at languageguide.org

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 24 18:43:45 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:43:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Response to New Book Query
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.114345.0700.NJA9@EMAIL.BYU.EDU>

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1) Subject:Response to New Book Query

-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
1)
Date: 01 Jul 2004
From:grellag1 at georgetown.edu
Subject:Response to New Book Query

They should--they were created without territory code restrictions.

Gail Grella

> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
> 1)
> Date: 20 Sep  2004
> From:John Nawas <John.Nawas at arts.kuleuven.ac.be>
> Subject:New Book Query
>
> Dear List,
> Does anybody know if these dvds run in zone 2 (Europe and the Middle
> East)? Thank you,
> John Nawas
> Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
> Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium
>
>> Arabic-L: Wed 15 Sep  2004
>> Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <dilworth_parkinson at byu.edu>
>> [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
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>>
>> -------------------------Directory------------------------------------
>>
>> 1) Subject:Alif Baa with DVDs: Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi
>> 2) Subject:Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs: Brustad et
>> al
>> 3) Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes
>>
>> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
>> 1)
>> Date: 15 Sep  2004
>> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
>> Subject:Alif Baa with DVDs: Brustad, Al-Batal, Al-Tonsi
>>
>> Title: Alif Baa with DVDs
>> Subtitle: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Second Edition
>>
>> Publication Year: 2004
>> Publisher:    Georgetown University Press
>>         http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>>
>> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589011023
>>
>> Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
>> Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
>> Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo
>>
>> Paperback: ISBN: 1589011023, Pages: 184, Price: U.S. $39.95
>>        Comment: includes 2 DVDs bound in
>>            Abstract:
>>
>> Newly revised and packaged with DVDs containing both audio and video
>> exercises, 'Alif Baa with DVDs: Introduction to Arabic Letters and
>> Sounds', is the first part of the 'Al-Kitaab' program. It teaches
>> learners to recognize and produce both letters and sounds accurately
>> through a variety of exercises designed to develop listening,
>> reading,
>> and writing skills. In addition, it introduces a range of Arabic
>> from
>> colloquial to standard in authentic contexts, video footage of an
>> Arabic calligrapher, and a large collection of street signs from
>> Morocco, Egypt, and Lebanon.
>>
>> In conjunction with learning how to read and write the alphabet,
>> 'Alif
>> Baa' introduces about 150 basic vocabulary words, including
>> conventional forms of politeness and social greetings. Standard
>> Arabic
>> vocabulary is more evenly distributed throughout the book,
>> introduced
>> through color pictures on DVD and activated through book and
>> classroom
>> exercises. Social greetings are introduced through new versions of
>> dialogue that take place in an Egyptian context. Finally, it
>> includes
>> capsules on Arab culture as well as an English-Arabic glossary.
>> 'Alif
>> Baa' provides the essential first twenty to twenty-five contact
>> hours
>> of instruction that lay the groundwork for the rest of the
>> 'Al-Kitaab'
>> language program.
>>
>> Lingfield(s):    Applied Linguistics
>>        Subject Language(s):    Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
>>        Written In:    English (Language Code: ENG)
>>
>>
>>       See this book announcement on our website:
>>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11411.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
>> 2)
>> Date: 15 Sep  2004
>> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
>> Subject:Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs: Brustad et
>> al
>>
>> Title: Al-Kitaab fii Ta callum al-cArabiyya with DVDs
>> Subtitle: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part One, Second Edition
>>
>> Publication Year: 2004
>> Publisher:    Georgetown University Press
>>         http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>>
>> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=158901104X
>>
>> Author: Kristen Brustad, Emory University
>> Author: Mahmoud Al-Batal, Emory University
>> Author: Abbas Al-Tonsi, American University in Cairo
>>
>> Paperback: ISBN: 158901104x, Pages: 520, Price: U.S. $ 54.95
>>        Comment: includes 3 DVDs bound in
>>
>>            Abstract:
>>
>> 'Al-Kitaab: Part One' develops skills in standard Arabic while
>> providing additional material in both colloquial and classical
>> Arabic. With new video material and revised and updated text and
>> excercises, the bound-in and revised DVDs supersede both the former
>> CD
>> audio set and video DVD previously available only as separate
>> items--making this singular volume a comprehensive whole for those
>> immersed in the early and intermediate stages of learning Arabic.
>>
>> Providing approximately 150 contact hours of college-level
>> instruction, parts of this revised edition are updated with
>> contemporary selections for reading comprehension. The organization
>> of
>> the chapters has been adapted the reflect the most current
>> pedagogical
>> developments. Audio tracks for vocabulary sections now allow
>> students
>> to hear a new word followed by a sentence using it in context with
>> previously acquired vocabulary and grammatical structures, enabling
>> students to build new vocabulary skills while reviewing old
>> material. The basic texts have been refilmed with a new cast of
>> actors. The DVDs also contain substantially more material that
>> exposes
>> the learner to Egyptian Arabic: students have the options of seeing
>> and hearing the video of each lesson in both Modern standard Arabic
>> and Egyptian colloquial Arabic. In addition, a short dialogue in
>> Egyptian colloquial Arabic appears at the end of each lesson. New
>> video materials also feature interviews with Egyptians (subtitled in
>> English) about various aspects of Arab culture, such as gender
>> issues,
>> fasting in the Muslim and Christian traditions, social clubs and
>> their
>> significance, and more.
>>
>>
>> FEATURES OF PART ONE, Second Edition:
>> Develops all language-related skills including reading, listening,
>> speaking, writing, and cultural knowledge
>>
>> Immediately incorporates extensive use of authentic materials for
>> reading, listening, and grammatical practice, thus relating abstract
>> grammatical concepts to practical skills
>>
>> Presents narrative-based content through audio and video media
>> rather
>> than written text to develop meaning-focused language processing
>> skills, utilizing two main characters and their extended families
>>
>> Develops reading skills through the use of composed texts derived
>> from
>> the main narrative and authentic texts from newspapers and journals
>>
>> Introduces grammar using spiraling and inference, challenging
>> students
>> to discover the grammar of the language by means of analogy, problem
>> solving, and educated guessing
>>
>> Reinforces grammar and vocabulary through extensive classroom and
>> homework exercises that provide constant review and expand to
>> challenge students as their skills develop
>>
>> Introduces students to Egyptian colloquial through scenes based on
>> the
>> main narrative to promote the use of shared vocabulary and structure
>> of the two registers to increase listening comprehension skills
>>
>> Contains Arabic-English and English-Arabic glossaries and reference
>> charts as well as a new grammar index
>>
>>
>> Lingfield(s):    Applied Linguistics
>>        Subject Language(s):    Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
>>        Written In:    English (Language Code: ENG)
>>
>>
>>       See this book announcement on our website:
>>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11412.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> -------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
>> 3)
>> Date: 15 Sep  2004
>> From: gla2 at georgetown.edu
>> Subject:Modern Arabic: Holes
>>
>> Title: Modern Arabic
>> Subtitle: Structures, Functions, and Varieties, Revised Edition
>>
>> Publication Year: 2004
>> Publisher:    Georgetown University Press
>>         http://www.press.georgetown.edu
>>
>> Book URL: http://press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=1589010221
>>
>> Author: Clive Holes, University of Oxford
>>
>> Paperback: ISBN: 1589010221, Pages: 440, Price: U.S. $ 39.95
>>
>> Abstract:
>>
>> The revised and updated edition of 'Modern Arabic' takes this
>> authoritative, concise linguistic description of the structure and
>> use
>> of modern Arabic to an invaluable new level. Clive Holes traces the
>> development of the Arabic language from Classical Arabic, the
>> written
>> language used in the 7th century for the 'Qur'an' and poetry,
>> through
>> the increasingly symbiotic use of Modern Standard Arabic or MSA (the
>> language of writing and formal speech) and dialectal Arabic (the
>> language of normal conversation). He shows how Arabic has been
>> shaped
>> over the centuries by migration, urbanization, and education--giving
>> us "a balanced, dispassionate, and accurate picture of the
>> structures,
>> functions, and varieties of the contemporary Arabic language."
>>
>> Holes explains the structural characteristics--phonology,
>> morphology,
>> syntax, semantics, and lexical and stylistic developments--that the
>> majority of the dialects share, as distinguished from Modern
>> Standard
>> Arabic. He also shows how native speakers use both types of Arabic
>> for
>> different purposes, with MSA being the language of power and control
>> as used on television and in political speeches, and the dialects
>> serving as the language of intimacy and domesticity. He further
>> shows
>> how MSA and spoken dialects are not as compartmentalized as one
>> might
>> be led to believe. 'Modern Arabic' illustrates the use of the
>> Arabic language in real life, whether in conversation, news
>> bulletins
>> and newspaper articles, serious literature, or song.
>>
>> This new edition takes into account research published in several
>> areas of Arabic linguistics since the first edition was published in
>> 1995. It includes more extensive comment on the North African Arabic
>> vocabulary of Modern Standard Arabic, more information about "mixed"
>> varieties of written Arabic that are not in MSA (especially in
>> Egypt),
>> updated references, explanations, and many new examples. All Arabic
>> is
>> transcribed, except for an appendix presenting the Arabic alphabet
>> and
>> script. Students of the Arabic language will find 'Modern Arabic'
>> without peer--as will those general linguists who are interested in
>> discovering how Arabic compares structurally and sociolinguistically
>> with European languages.
>>
>>
>> Lingfield(s):    Language Description
>>        Subject Language(s):    Arabic, Standard (Language code: ABV)
>>        Written In:    English (Language Code: ENG)
>>
>>
>>       See this book announcement on our website:
>>       http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=11413.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> End of Arabic-L:  15 Sep  2004

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 24 18:43:49 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:43:49 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Response to Etymology Query (Janjaweed)-continued
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-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------
1)
Date: 01 Jul 2004
From:Mutarjm at aol.com
Subject:Response to Etymology Query (Janjaweed)-continued

Greetings to all in the thread: Response to Etymology Query  
(Janjaweed).?
  ?
Re the post by Tagelsir Eprayah?in that thread that "the?rifles that  
they (janjaweed)?use is called (Jiim Three), which is?widely used by  
the military of Sudan."
?
ANS:?That?reference would be?to the Heckler & Koch G-3 rifle (7.62mm).  
Sudan's military received sizable quantities of those from the former  
Shah of Iran during Al-Numeiry's reign. Actually, those G-3s  
were?Iranian-manufactured copies, made under license with H&K, as were  
knock-offs of the NATO-standard MG-3 light machine gun (descendant of  
the?MG-42 used by the Wehrmacht during WWII), which the then-Shah also  
delivered to Sudan in the 1970s. I noticed the Farsi factory  
proof-marks stamped on the receivers of many of G-3s and MG-3s when I  
was in Sudan in 1981?several times.?
?
That fact those individual weapons still functioned and fired --  
despite years of abuse and neglect --?was a tribute to good engineering  
and sturdy?workmanship,?as the concept of "operator maintenance"  
assumed different dimensions of importance in the Sudanese military's  
organizational?vocabulary and field of concern. That aside, the  
Sudanese showed considerable imagination in being able to keep some  
pre-WWII-vintage British Bren gun carriers still running inside one of  
the military schools near Khartoum Airport. (FWIW, Sudanese tankers  
loathed the Russian T-54 tanks as maintenance nightmares and used them  
often just?as semi-fixed armored pillboxes to cover and secure  
major?road intersections in the capital.)
?
HTH.
?
Regards,
?
Stephen H. Franke
San Pedro, California?

> Arabic-L: Wed 15 Sep  2004
> Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson
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> Date: 15 Sep  2004
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> Subject:Etymology Query
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> Has anyone come across an etymology for the name
> "Janjaweed"?
>
> I have seen and heard it described as a compound
> meaning something like "armed men on horseback".
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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Fri Sep 24 18:48:13 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:48:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS:A New Translation of Zakariyya Tamir's short
 stories
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Date: 24 Sep  2004
From:Studioworks <srpkole at EUnet.yu>
Subject:A New Translation of Zakariyya Tamir's short stories

Hi all,
?
A new collection of 59 short stories by Zakariyya Tamir is out in  
Belgrade (Zekerija Tamir: Kiselo grozdje. Paideia, Beograd, 2004, ISBN  
86-7448-217-1, 126+12 pg's). It is the complete translation to the  
Serbian language of Tamir's "al-HuSrum" (the author himself pronounces  
it so), [Sour Grapes], riyaaD al-rayyis li-l-kutub wa al-nashr, 2000.  
The contract was signed and the final text of translation delivered  
back in March 2002, but the publisher proved able to waste no less than  
two years and a half.?If this perhaps does not seem as a big deal, let  
me mention that?the translation was ready a little before the original  
book appeared in Arabic, for Tamir sent me the original by e-mail as  
soon as it was done in his workshop. However, in spring 2000 no one of  
the then Yugoslav publishers was apt to sustain expenses of bringing  
the author from Oxford for the sake of making here the first world  
promotion of the book, though Tamir is pretty well known between the  
audience of former Yugoslavia (this is his fifth collection in Serbian  
during 4 years, since I started translating his works).
?
Two more Serbian translations of Tamir's books?are in preparation at  
the moment: the newest, taksiir rukab, and?nidaa' nuuH (both finished,  
under negotiations with publisher).
  ?
Cheers,
Srpko Lestaric

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Tue Sep 28 18:21:46 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:21:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS:Translation Ideas Needed
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Date: 28 Sep  2004
From:Middle East Publications <mepublications at gmx.net>
Subject:Translation Ideas Needed

I wonder if someone could give me some idea on translating the
following:
"Executive Office for Immigration Review"
Thanks
N Salem

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Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:30:25 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Thanks for the Responses to the Etymology Query
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From:Elizabeth M. Bergman <embergman at earthlink.net>
Subject:Thanks for the Responses to the Etymology Query

Many thanks to all of the colleagues who responded.

Elizabeth

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From nja9 at email.byu.edu  Tue Sep 28 19:02:19 2004
From: nja9 at email.byu.edu (Nathan Arp)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:02:19 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:New Book and New Article
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Date: 28 Sep  2004
From:LINGUIST
Subject:New Book

Reposted from LINGUIST

Program: Linguistics
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 24-Jun-1905

Author: Joan Smith/Kocamahhul

Dissertation Title: Language Choice, Code-switching and Language Shift
in
Antakya, Turkey

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s):
Arabic, North Mesopotamian Spoken (Code: AYP)
Turkish (Code: TRK)

Dissertation Director(s):
Kon Kuiper
Lyle Campbell

Dissertation Abstract:

Although Arabic is one of the world?s ten largest languages in terms
of numbers of speakers, the Arabic language in Turkey is in decline.
This is due to the position of Turkish as the sole official language
there and to other factors of social change (significantly
migration). This thesis presents one of the first pieces of research
into the shift from Arabic to Turkish in Turkey, focused on the city
of Antakya (Antioch). The thesis has multiple goals. Firstly, it
sketches the background of the Arabic-speaking community as it
relates to the history of the language in the area. Secondly, it
presents an assessment of the degree of language shift and community
members' attitudes to the language and the shift. This was done
through a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods,
namely, through the use of structured interviews and the analysis of
naturally-occurring conversations. Thirdly, this work assesses the
role language choice and code-switching play in the language shift.
Specifically, it tests Myers-Scotton's Matrix Language turnover
hypothesis (1993a, 1998) which postulates that intrasentential
code-switching may cause language shift. The results show that the
Matrix Language turnover hypothesis has little relevance to this
community and thus that other communities undergoing language shift
need not necessarily see intrasentential code-switching as a threat
to their language. The work concludes with proposals of possible
avenues for language maintenance for the Arabic-speaking community in
Turkey.

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Date: 28 Sep  2004
From:LINGUIST
Subject:New Article

Journal Title:  Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development
Volume Number:  25
Issue Number:  1
Issue Date:  2004

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