From Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 14 18:25:21 2006 From: Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:25:21 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New dissertations Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 14 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:New dissertation 1) Subject:New dissertation -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 14 Apr 2006 From:reposted from LINGUIST Subject:New dissertation Institution: Al-Azhar University Program: Ph D in Linguistics Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2005 Author: Ihab Ahmad Shabana Dissertation Title: A Pragmatic Study of Aspects of Political Discourse in Press Headlines Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics Dissertation Director(s): Muhammad M. Ghaly Bruce Ingham Abdel-Rahman Ahmad Sayed Dissertation Abstract: Media in general and the Press in particular are among the most powerful institutions that disseminate and publicise policies and ideologies of the ruling group in a given society. In times of crisis, the impact of the press is crucial. It has a significant role to play in preparing people for war during the build-up stage or rather strengthening the social solidarity and the internal front. Headlines are a tool used by editors to expose their ideas and render them to the reader. They encapsulate the view of the editor and reveal his real aim behind reporting a news story in a certain manner. In addition, they are the first thing one may read in a newspaper. They are usually written carefully and in very concise language. Headlines also carry the most influential statements in a news story, and thus editors write them in an eye-catching style that may entice the reader to read them. The content of headlines does not only include the prominent incidents of a news story, but encapsulates also the perspective of the editor. Here comes the importance of headlines in shaping the minds of the reader. That is the editor has the opportunity to better introduce the ideas proposed in the speech of the politician in a way that makes headlines influential and memorable. The analytical part of my thesis will focus on the front page headlines of a state controlled Egyptian newspaper, Al-Ahram. The significance of using Al-Ahram's headlines as data for analysis in this thesis is that this newspaper is the mouthpiece of the ruling power in Egypt. Moreover, Al-Ahram is known to be widely read by the intelligentsia of Egypt, who represent the most influential class in the pubic opinion of the nation. The impact of this newspaper is derived from the fact that the editor of Al-Ahram during the period of analysis, Muhammad Hasanein Heikal, was a close associate of president Nasser for two decades. This gave him the privilege of being close to the circles of decision making and thus the best transmitter of political discourse in the post 1952 Revolution era. Being a close adviser of Nasser and the most prominent journalist of his generation, Heikal used the headlines of Al-Ahram to spread the nationalist discourse that was dominant during Nasser's er! a. During the first four years of Sadat's rule, Heikal still enjoyed the same unique position as a close advisor. Within this framework, this thesis attempts to explore the different aspects of political discourse in pre the 1967 war and pre the 1973 war in the headlines of Al-Ahram. The reason for choosing these two periods is that the two wars still have consequences not only for Egypt but also for the region as whole. It is not an exaggeration to say that the two wars had an influence on the balance of power all over the world. It is known historically that the 1967 war ended with a humiliating defeat to the Arabs with Israel occupying more lands, while the 1973 war witnessed the achievement of significant military gains by the Arabs. It is also known that Egypt had Nasser in power during the 1967 war. After Nasser, Sadat succeeded him in power and thus planned the 1973 war. The analysis of the data will attempt to identify the main aspects of the political discourse during the two wars as reflected in the press-headlines of Al-Ahram. Inaddition, analysis will attempt to show whether! the political discourse of each leadership was appropriate and in the interest of the country or not. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 2) Date: 14 Apr 2006 From:reposted from LINGUIST Subject:New dissertation Institution: University of Delaware Program: Department of Linguistics Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2006 Author: Heidi Altmann Dissertation Title: The Perception and Production of Second Language Stress: A crosslinguistic experimental study Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb) Chinese, Mandarin (cmn) English (eng) French (fra) Japanese (jpn) Korean (kor) Spanish (spa) Turkish (tur) Dissertation Director(s): Irene Vogel Dissertation Abstract: This dissertation investigates the effect of native language (L1) stress properties on the second language (L2) acquisition of primary word stress in light of two recent typological hierarchical models of stress: the Stress Deafness Model (SDM) (Peperkamp & Dupoux 2002) and the Stress Typology Model (STM) (Altmann & Vogel 2002). Since research on the L2 performance of a diverse sample of L1s with respect to both perception and production using the same experimental design is virtually non-existent, advanced learners of English from seven distinct L1 groups (Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Turkish), as well as native English speakers participated in perception and production experiments. Novel words of two, three, and four syllables length consisting of only open syllables (CV) were used. In the perception experiment, subjects listened to a large number of tokens of various structures and marked the most stressed syllable; in the production experiment, ! subjects were asked to read aloud tokens from a subset of the structures. The results indicate that, on the one hand, learners with predictable stress in their L1 (i.e., Arabic, Turkish, French) had problems perceiving the location of stress but they performed most like the English native speakers in production, who applied a frequency-based common strategy. On the other hand, learners without word-level stress in their L1 (i.e., Chinese, Japanese, Korean) or with unpredictable L1 stress (Spanish) showed almost perfect perception scores; however, their productions were quite different from the control group's. Thus, it was found that good perception does not necessarily underlie good production and vice versa. While the current findings go contrary to predictions made by the SDM, the STM can explain both the perception as well as the production results. Languages with predictable stress, unpredictable stress, and without stress are included in this hierarchical model with branching parameters. It was found that positive parameter settings impede the perception of L2 stress, while the mere setting of the topmost parameter in the hierarchy (i.e., 'yes/no stress language') and thus experience with stress in the L1 determines the rate of success in production, although L1s with non-predictable stress face further challenges. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 14 Apr 2006 From Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 14 18:25:23 2006 From: Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:25:23 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Lexical Database for Arabic: request for input Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 14 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Lexical Database for Arabic: request for input -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 14 Apr 2006 From:Sami.Boudelaa at mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Subject:Lexical Database for Arabic: request for input Dear all- We (William Marslen-Wilson, Fermin Msocoso Del Prado Martin, Samah Alnsary, and myself)are working on a 3-year British Academy grant to develop a lexical data base for Arabic. We will appreciate your input on what you think, you as linguists, psycholinguists, sociolinguists, language professionals, or whatever may hope to see in such a product. It will obviously feature information about surface form frequency (i.e. stem frequency), lemma frequency, root frequency, word pattern frequency, root family size, word pattern family size. And for every form (i.e. stem) there will be an English gloss. Do you think there is any other kind of information worth adding while we still are at the planning stage. thanks for your input Sami Boudelaa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 14 Apr 2006 From Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 14 18:25:25 2006 From: Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:25:25 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer courses at UPenn Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 14 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Summer courses at UPenn -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 14 Apr 2006 From:emad at sas.upenn.edu Subject:Summer courses at UPenn ARAB 131-910. Intensive Elementary Arabic I & II. (staff) Prerequisite: None This is a six- week intensive course offered in the summer through the Office of Summer Sessions; (see Penn Summer Course Guide.) This is the beginning course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). It will introduce you to the speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in the standard means of communication in the Arab world. The course is proficiency- based, implying that all activities are aimed at placing you, the learner, in the context of the native-speaking environment from the very beginning. Evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, dictations, grammar and translation exercises). We anticipate that by the end of this course students will range in proficiency from Novice High to Intermediate Low on the ACTFL scale; in other words (using the terminology of the government's Foreign Service Institute), from 'incipient survival' to 'full survival' in the native-speaking environment. (see course description for more details). ARAB 133-910. Intermediate Arabic I & II. (Emad Rushdie) Prerequisite: ARAB 031-032 This a six- week intensive course offered in the summer through the Office of Summer Sessions; see Penn Summer Course Guide.) This is the continuation of ARAB 131-910, the elementary course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). This course is also proficiency-based, implying that all activities within the course are aimed at placing you, the learner, in the context of the native-speaking environment from the very beginning. As in ARAB 131-910, evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, grammar and translation exercises). Completion of this course fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences' language requirement in Arabic. However, it should be emphasized that you will need a longer period of study to achieve proficiency in Arabic. We anticipate that students range from Intermediate Low to Intermediate High according to ACTFL scale. Please contact Emad Rushdie for further information. Emad Rushdie Lecturer in Foreign Languages Coordinator of the Arabic Language Program University of Pennsylvania Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations 847 Williams Hall 255 south 36th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone: (215)898-7466 E-mail: emad at sas.upenn.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 14 Apr 2006 From Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 14 18:25:30 2006 From: Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:25:30 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Project on Arabs and Terrorism - Screenings Now Availabl Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 14 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Project on Arabs and Terrorism - Screenings Now Availabl -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 14 Apr 2006 From:john at quiltingpoint.com Subject:Project on Arabs and Terrorism - Screenings Now Availabl Quilting Point Productions is pleased to announce two milestones in its documentary and research project, Arabs and Terrorism. The first is the beginning of a screenings tour showing the first three episodes that premiered on al-Arabiya in early March. The second is the April 17th launch of our new website, www.ArabsandTerrorism.com (a preview launch is now available). To schedule a screening, contact us at either info at quiltingpoint.com or at (202) 557 1141. This project, researched in six languages and filmed on location in ten countries, is a critical examination of the implicit, and often explicit, connection in the West—primarily in the United States government and mainstream media discourses—between Arabs and “terrorism,” an extension of earlier notions about Arabs and their proneness to violence. The aim of this project, the most comprehensive audio-visual treatment of the subject to date, is to analyze these perceptions (of Arabs and “terrorism”), elucidate their origin, and examine their validity. The first three episodes of the documentary component of this project— Definitions of Terrorism, State Terrorism, and Terrorism and Resistance—follow the director, Dr. Bassam Haddad (see bio below), an Arab-American political science professor, through the United States, Europe, and the Middle East as he converses with politicians, media personalities, academics, civil society advocates, accused terrorists/resistance leaders, and hundreds of people on the street in a direct, detailed investigation of the grammar and vocabulary of the mainstream Western discourse and its critics (see list of interviewees below). The website is a dynamic, interactive, and expanding audio-visual and textual resource consisting of trailers, video clips, transcripts, photographs, articles, bibliographies, links to other useful websites and sources for students, academics, and anyone who wishes to become more informed and engaged on the subject. Through the website, you can book us for local screenings with the director, acquire the DVD of the first three episodes, sponsor the project, or contact us for access to any of the over 95 interviews we have conducted. We hope you enjoy the website and the first three episodes to come out of this project. Future film projects, already in the production and post-production phases, include a two-episode examination of European and Arab relations through the lens of terrorism and counter-terrorism policies, a three-part investigation of the “War on Terrorism,” and a feature- length documentary film scheduled to be released in late 2006. Best regards, John Warner Producer, Quilting Point Productions john at quiltingpoint.com http://www.ArabsandTerrorism.com Director’s Bio: Bassam Haddad is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at St. Joseph¹s University and Visiting Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. He is also a Scholar in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania. Bassam serves as Editor of the Arab Studies Journal (www.arabstudiesjournal.com), a peer-reviewed research publication and is co-producer/director of the award-winning documentary film, About Baghdad (www.aboutbaghdad.com). He is currently working on his first book on Syria¹s political economy and directing a film series on ³Arabs and Terrorism" (www.arabsandterrorism.com). List of Interviewees: UNITED STATES 1. Jeane Kirkpatrick, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Washington 2. Edward Walker, President, Middle East Institute (MEI), Washington 3. Jonathan Schanzer, Terrorism Analyst, The Washington Institute for near East Policy (TWI), Washington 4. Bob Jensen, Prof. of Journalism, University of Texas-Austin, New York 5. Anthony Cordesman, Burke Chair in Strategy, CSIS, Washington 6. Daniel Pipes, Middle East Forum, Philadelphia 7. Stephen Zunes, Chair, Peace and Justice Studies Program, University of San Francisco, San Francisco 8. Ryme Katkhouda, Senior Producer, Pacifica Radio WPFW, Washington 9. Jim Lobe, Washington Bureau Chief, Inter Press Service, Washington 10. Michael Scheuer (Anonymous Author of Imperial Hubris), Former CIA Senior (Al-Qa`ida) Analyst, Washington 11. Khaled Abou El Fadl, Professor of Law, UCLA, Los Angeles 12. Boaz Ganor, Director, International Policy Institute for Counter- Terrorism (Isr.), Washington 13. Meyrav Wurmser, Director, Center for Middle East Policy, Hudson Institute, Washington 14. Clifford May, President, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Washington 15. David B. Cole, Professor of Law, Georgetown University, Washington 16. As`ad Abukhalil, Professor of Political Science, California State University Stanislaus, San Francisco 17. Raymond Tanter, Middle East Expert, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington 18. Martha Crenshaw, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University, Washington 19. Leroy Baca, Sheriff, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles 20. Saree Makdisi, Professor of English, UCLA, Los Angeles 21. Avi Dicter, Former Director, Shin Bet (Israeli Security Service), Washington 22. Michael Hudson, Professor of Political Science, Georgetown University, Washington LEBANON 23. Nawwaf Musawi, Head of International Public Relations, Hizballah, Beirut 24. Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, Shi`ite Grand Cleric, Beirut 25. Ousama Hamdan, Representative in Lebanon, Hamas, Beirut 26. Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General, Hizballah, Beirut 27. Jibran Twayni, Editor-in-Chief, An-Nahar Newspaper, Beirut 28. Anwar Taha, Representative, Islamic Jihad, Beirut 29. Talal Salman, Publisher, As-Safir Newspaper, Beirut 30. Rami Khouri, Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Star, Beirut 31. Marwan `Abdel `Al, Representative, PFLP, Beirut 32. Sheikh Abdul Karim `Obeid, Shi`ite Cleric, Beirut 33. Muhammad Fneish, Cabinet Minister (Hizballah), Beirut 34. Joseph Samaha, Editor-in-Chief, As-Safir Newspaper, Beirut EGYPT 35. Muntasir Al-Zayaat, Lawyer for Islamic Jihad, Cairo 36. Mahdi `Akif, Head of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Cairo 37. Hani Shukrallah, Editor-in-Chief, Al-Ahram Weekly Newspaper, Cairo 38. Muhammad Wakid, Leader, Egyptian Anti-Globalization Movement, Cairo 39. Hisham Qasem, President, Misr al-Yawm Newspaper, Cairo 40. Fahmi Huweidi, Prominent Egyptian Journalist, Cairo 41. Dina Hishmet, Activist, Anti-Globalization Movement and Human Rights, Cairo 42. Jalal Amin, Professor of Economics, American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo 43. Khalid Safwat, Human Rights Lawyer, Cairo 44. Muhammad `Abla, Painter and Artist, Cairo 45. Dina Khawaja, Professor of Political Science, American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo 46. Nawal Sa`dawi, Feminist Leader and Novelist, Cairo SYRIA 47. Buthaina Sha`ban, Syrian Minister of Expatriates, Damascus 48. Khalid Mish`al, Head of Political Bureau, Hamas, Damascus 49. Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, Secretary General, Islamic Jihad, Damascus 50. Mahir Tahir, Secretary General, PFLP, Damascus 51. `Imad Shu`aibi, Political Analyst, Damascus 52. Sadiq Al-`Azm, Professor of Philosophy, Damascus University, Damascus 53. Ibrahim Hamidi, Bureau Chief, Al-Hayat Newspaper, Damascus 54. Muhammad Al-Bouty, Sunni Cleric, Damascus 55. Omar Amirali, Filmmaker, Damascus SPAIN 56. Angel Lossada, Director, Terrorism Affairs, Foreign Ministry, Madrid 57. Javier Couso, Activist, Brother of Journalist José Couso (Killed in Iraq), Madrid 58. José María Irujo, Journalist, El País Newspaper, Madrid 59. Beatríz Barcia Carregal, Public Representative, Assn. for Victims of Terrorism, Madrid 60. Francisco Cavali, Organizer, CNT Worker’s Union, Madrid 61. Haizam Amirah Fernandez, Snr. Analyst, Arab World Prgm., Real Elcano Institute, Madrid HOLLAND 62. Nasr Hamid Abu-Zaid, Professor of Islamic Studies and Politics, U. of Leiden, Amsterdam 63. Nabila, Lebanese-Born Swedish Rapper/Movie Star, Amsterdam 64. Muhammad Salamah, Professor of Arabic Literature, U. of Leiden, Amsterdam 65. (Anonymous) Dutch Flight Attendant, United Airlines UNITED KINGDOM 66. Jeremy Corbyn, Member of Parliament, Labour Party, London 67. Alasdair Palmer, Columnist and Public Policy Editor, Sunday Telegraph, London 68. Tariq Ali, Author and Public Intellectual, London 69. William Dalrymple, Historian and Journalist, London 70. Nigel West, Counter-Terrorism Expert and Historian, London 71. Sir John Butterfill, Member of Parliament, Conservative Party, London FRANCE 72. Jean-Jacques Moscovitz, Criminal Psychiatrist, Paris 73. Guy Millière, Professor of Political Science, Paris VIII University, Paris 74. Andre Glucksman, Author of Le Discourse sur la Haine, Paris 75. Yves Roucaute, Professor of Political Science, Paris X University, Paris 76. Aurélien Véron, Treasurer, La Fédération Liberté Chérie, Paris 77. Jean-Charles Brisard, Terrorism Expert and Author, Paris ISRAEL 78. Zeev Boim, Deputy Defense Minister of Israel (Likud Party), Tel Aviv 79. Admiral Ami Ayalon, Former Chief of the Navy and Security Service, Haifa 80. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, Professor of History, Ben Gurion University, Jerusalem 81. Shlomo Aronson, Professor of Political Science, Hebrew University, Tel Aviv 82. Haim Ramon, Minister without Portfolio, Member of Knesset (Labour Party), Jerusalem 83. Ephraim Sneh, Former Civil Administrator in the West Bank, Tel Aviv 84. `Azmi Bishara, Member of Knesset, NDA, Jerusalem 85. Roman Bronfman, Member of Knesset and Head of the Democratic Choice Faction, Yahad Opposition Party, Jerusalem 86. Shaul Yahalom, Member of Knesset, National Religious Party, Tel Aviv 87. Amira Hass, Journalist, Haaretz Newspaper, Jerusalem PALESTINE 88. Walid Al-Omary, Bureau Chief of Al-Jazeera, Ramallah 89. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman, PASSIA (The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs), Ramallah 90. Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian Legislative Council, Ramallah 91. Khalida Jarrar, Al-Dameer, Prisoner Rights NGO, Ramallah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 14 Apr 2006 e From Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 14 18:25:27 2006 From: Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:25:27 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Readability Formulas Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 14 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Readability Formulas -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 14 Apr 2006 From:Shereen Salah Subject:Readability Formulas Dear Everyone, I am doing research about using the readability formulas in predicting the difficulty of the Arabic Written Texts specifically the reading materials. I was wondering if you know of any literature that tackles this issue or any similar research that creates formulas of the same kind/purpose. P.S: Readability formulas are measurements that are used in (English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Hebrew, etc.) to determine the difficulty of the written texts and leveling these texts to match the students’ skill level. Thanks Shereen M. Salah Master’s candidate - Second language acquisition Program Teaching Assistant/Research assistant – Asian and Near Eastern Dept. Brigham Young University Email: shereens at byu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 14 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Mon Apr 17 18:20:41 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:20:41 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Lexical Database input response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 17 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Lexical Database input response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 117 Apr 2006 From:dwilmsen at aucegypt.edu Subject:Lexical Database input response Information about regional usage/variation would be very welcome. David Wilmsen American University in Cairo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 17 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Mon Apr 17 18:20:53 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:20:53 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Customizeable Flash Card Software Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 17 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Customizeable Flash Card Software -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 117 Apr 2006 From:Thad Suits Subject:Customizeable Flash Card Software A new Windows-based program called Latifah allows students of Arabic to drill on vocabulary in three different ways: Flash card mode, List mode, and Game mode. The word lists can be customized, or the user can load one of the pre-packaged word lists that come with the program. These pre-packaged lists include the most common first-year words included with such texts as al-Kitaab. Entries appear in a grid, and columns for plurals, verb forms, and roots are included as an aid to study. Vowell marks can be turned on and off. Lists can be sorted, printed, edited, and saved, and there is an easy way for the student to keep track of their level of mastery for any given word. As an introductory offer the program is available free to school and university Arabic instructors ($35 regularly). Download the program from SwissSys Software at www.SwissSys.com. The program as downloaded is in demo mode with a size limit on the word lists. Email the author, Thad Suits (suits at initco.net), for your user name and serial number to unlock the full version of the program. Windows Arabic keyboard support must be enabled on the computer. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Thank you. Thad Suits ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 17 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Mon Apr 17 18:20:50 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:20:50 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Poetry Recitation Competition Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 17 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic Poetry Recitation Competition -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 117 Apr 2006 From:Martha Schulte-Nafeh Subject:Arabic Poetry Recitation Competition Dear Colleagues, AATA and the University of Arizona are pleased to announce the launching of a national Arabic Poetry Recitation Competition. Students in their second, third or fourth semester of Modern Standard Arabic classes at the college level are invited to recite Arabic poems during the 2 week period of April 24th - May 5th. Students will submit their recitations by logging onto the OLE board (Online Learning Environment) where they can record an audio and video clip of their recitation. Details of the competition rules and procedures and instructions for use of the OLE board are available at: http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/arabicpoetry/ This site also contains a number of MP3 recordings of poems that students may select from for the competition. We look forward to receiving your students' submissions. Teachers with students who intend to participate in the competition should send an e-mail to Martha Schulte-Nafeh at marthas at u.arizona.edu requesting an account user ID and password which their students will need to log on to the OLE board to recite their poems. We hope that many of you will encourage your students to participate. -- Peace, Martha ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 17 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Mon Apr 17 18:20:55 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:20:55 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Readability Formulas response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 17 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Readability Formulas response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 117 Apr 2006 From:Atta Gebril Subject:Readability Formulas response You can check Greenfield's dissertation and also his 2003 and 2004 aricles - remember this is mainly for EFL/ESL contexts, but it could be helpful: Greenfield, G. (1999). Classic Readability Formulas in an EFL Context: Are They Valid for Japanese Speakers? Doctoral dissertation, Temple University, 1999. (University Microfilms No. 99-38670) Greenfield, G. (2003). The Miyazaki EFL Readability Index. Comparative Culture 9, 41-49. Miyazaki International College. Greenfield, G. (2004). Readability Formulas for EFL. JALT Journal 26 (1), 5-24. Also, you have to read Patricia Carrell's (1997) article for some considerations about how to use these formulas. In addition, there is a good article by Fry : Fry, E. (1989). Reading formulas: Maligned but valid. Journal of Reading, 32, 292-297. Hope you find this helpful. Atta Gebril ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 17 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 18:55:42 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:55:42 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Georgetown U Summer Program Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Georgetown U Summer Program -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Apr 2006 From:kb339 at georgetown.edu Subject:Georgetown U Summer Program GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Summer Arabic & Persian Institute 2006 June 5th - August 11th Intensive Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced ARABIC Spoken IRAQI Arabic Beginning PERSIAN in the Evening Beginning ARABIC in the Evening Spoken EGYPTIAN Arabic Please visit our website for more information: http://summerschool.georgetown.edu/courses/arabicandpersian.html Or contact the Assistant Director, Kelly Beyer, at 202-687-5743 or Applications are due May 3, 2006. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 18:55:39 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:55:39 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Middlebury TA Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Middlebury TA Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Apr 2006 From:qmecham at middlebury.edu Subject:Middlebury TA Job Job Description for the Arabic Teaching Assistant Middlebury College is seeking to hire a Teaching Assistant in Arabic for the academic year, September 2006 until June 2007. The successful candidate will have strong Arabic and English language skills, and a willingness to work closely with students and faculty in the Arabic program. Please send a letter of application, a c.v., and three letters of recommendation to Dr. Ian Barrow, Director of International Studies, Robert A. Jones '59 House, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont 05753, USA. Applications and letters of recommendation may also be sent by email to: ibarrow at middlebury.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and end when the position has been filled. The Arabic Teaching Assistant (TA) will assist the faculty of the Arabic program as necessary: this might include leading conversation or drill sections; conducting oral interviews of exams; occasionally substituting for faculty away at conferences; and holding office hours. This will average six contact hours per week during both twelve-week semesters and the four-week winter term. During the winter term there may be the opportunity, depending on student need and the Dean's approval, to teach a section of the first-year Arabic course, which will entail more than six contact hours per week. The TA will live in the Arabic House with students who have made a commitment to speak primarily in Arabic while in the house. The TA will encourage the use of Arabic by providing a linguistic model and by organizing cultural and recreational activities that will promote it. These activities might include movie and video showings, guest lectures, parties, dinners, an Arabic radio show, etc. The TA will organize and supervise a student committee that will help plan Arabic cultural programming. The TA is responsible for ensuring the smooth functioning of the Arabic lunch tables. If the TA is not a US citizen, then he or she must enroll, for free, in two courses, one each term. If the TA is a US citizen, then he or she may choose to enroll in up to two courses. Middlebury College is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting a diverse faculty to complement its increasingly diverse student body. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 18:55:47 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:55:47 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Lexical Database for Arabic Input Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Lexical Database for Arabic Input -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Apr 2006 From:timbuckwalter at qamus.org Subject:Lexical Database for Arabic Input The frequency data you describe assumes the use of a corpus. If so, some lexical distribution figures (aka, dispersion indexes) may be useful, possibly along the lines of what Kucera & Francis did with the Brown corpus, or John Carroll's standard frequency index, etc. There are probably more recent works. Also, if you plan to identify word-sense subdivisions, you will find the numbered senses in Jan Hoogland's Arabic-Dutch dictionary quite useful. Hoogland's dictionary is considerably more up to date that Wehr's lexicon--and it's corpus based. And finally, some attention to grammatical collocations would be nice: this would allow us to search for things such as false idafahs, and maybe even interesting grammatical mistakes. Tim Buckwalter Linguistic Data Consortium Univ. of Pennsylvania ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 18:55:54 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:55:54 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Questions about U of Damascus and ALIF Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Questions about U of Damascus and ALIF -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Apr 2006 From:ssaifee79 at yahoo.com Subject:Questions about U of Damascus and ALIF [requestor is not a subscriber to Arabic-L so please respond directly to her at the above address.] My questions are: (1) I have been attempting to contact University of Damascus about studying Arabic in one of their four-week modules (Sept. 24 to Oct. 19 2006) and have been told that UD has no pre- registration process; it is open enrollment. The admissions contact also does not respond to my emails as frequently as I would like (usually once every 3-4 days), and advised me that the only required documents to bring are those listed on their website. Otherwise I am basically to show up. Another point of concern is that the bulletin for the Arabic Language Center expressly states that class schedules may be adjusted without advance notice. I was wondering if other Westerners have studied at UD, and if so, how your experiences have been, both with the arrival procedures (i.e. "open enrollment" policy, finding housing on your own, etc.) and the program in general; (2) I am also interested to learn about experiences with the Arabic program at ALIF in Fez, Morocco. In addition to hearing about the program in general, if anyone specifically has taken MSA 460A & B (advanced readings in Islamic texts), I would love to hear your reactions to those courses. Thank you so much. Seema Saifee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 18:55:44 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:55:44 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Program in Morocco at Al-Akhawayn Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Summer Program in Morocco: at Al-Akhawayn -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Apr 2006 From:A.Chekayri at aui.ma Subject:Summer Program in Morocco at Al-Akhawayn Summer in Morocco Arabic Language & North African studies A Full Year’s Arabic Program in 8 Weeks: May 25 – July 23, 2006 A Semester’s Arabic Program in 4 Weeks: Session 1: May 25 – June 25, 2006 Session 2: June 22 – July 23, 2006 Application Deadline: May 06, 2006 Modern Standard Arabic Language Courses Beginning Arabic ARA 1411 / Beginning Arabic ARA 1412 This level is for students with little or no prior experience with Arabic. By the end of the program students are expected to: * Participate in simple conversations * Read and write simple, correct, short texts of Modern Standard Arabic * Acquire vocabulary of about 1000 words * Acquire word processing skills in Arabic This course carries 8 credits and consists of 192 contact hours. Typically, in addition to all units of Alif Baa, students complete 13 units in Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, part 1. Students should expect to work, on average, four to five hours per day outside of class. Required Texts: Alif Baa, with DVDs. An Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Second Edition Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004. Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’Arabiyya with DVDs. A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part one. Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004. Intermediate Arabic ARA 2311/Intermediate Arabic ARA 2312 Students at this level will have studied Arabic for approximately 2 to 3 standard semesters. By the end of the program students are expected to: * Be able to understand main ideas in texts dealing with basic personal and social needs * Write Arabic for various basic purposes * Narrate and describe basic situations * Handle a number of interactive and social situations * Be familiar with the Moroccan colloquial variety of Arabic This course carries 6 credits and consists of 160 contact hours. Typically, students complete 13 units in Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, parts 1 & 2. Students at the intermediate level are required to attend all Arabic lectures and movies, and to participate in parallel activities in Arabic. On average, students should expect to work four to five hours per day outside of class, including the work done on an independent project. Note: A “Lower Intermediate” class may be created to accommodate those students whose proficiency and language skills require that they start at a lower level. Required Texts: Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’Arabiyya with DVDs. A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part one. Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004. Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, part 2. Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 1997. Advanced Arabic ARA 3311/Advanced Arabic ARA 3312 This level is designed for students who have accumulated approximately 4 to 5 standard semesters of instruction in Modern Standard Arabic. By the end of the program students are expected to: * Strengthen their reading skills and vocabulary * Refine and expand their knowledge of sentence construction * Gain additional cultural knowledge * Attain advanced proficiency in the skills of speaking, and listening comprehension of contemporary materials in various fields * Be familiar with the Moroccan colloquial variety of Arabic This course carries 6 credits and consists of 160 contact hours. Typically, students complete 13 units in Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, parts 2 & 3. Students at the advanced level are required to attend all Arabic lectures and movies, and to participate in parallel activities in Arabic. On average, students should expect to work four to five hours per day outside of class, including reading authentic texts and doing library research. Required Texts: Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, part 2, Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 1997. Al-Kitaab fii Ta’allum al-’arabiyya, part 3, Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2001. ARA 4399: Special Topics in Arabic Study Specially scheduled course on significant topics relevant to the study of Arabic. A minimum of five students is needed for the course to be offered (pre-requisite: ARA 3312 or equivalent) Moroccan Colloquial Arabic Students in the intermediate and advanced levels are introduced to Moroccan Arabic structures necessary for basic interaction with native speakers. An additional objective is to illustrate the common differences between standard and colloquial varieties of Arabic. Instruction adopts a functional/communicative approach and uses materials developed by AUI faculty. This course consists of 16 contact hours. Placement and Proficiency Testing Students will take both pre- and post-program proficiency tests. Their placement will depend on their performance in a written test and in an oral proficiency interview. Proficiency guidelines are those set by The American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Other Required Activities in Arabic These include: 1. Lectures and workshops offered by Arabic faculty as well as by artists and guest speakers; 2. Movies and documentaries; 3. Two major weekend trips to a) Tafilalat Oasis and to b) the imperial city of Marrakesh; 4. Clubs for such activities as music and calligraphy; 5. Lunches with teachers and TAs speaking Arabic only. Optional Activities These include: 1. Home stays with Moroccan families; 2. weekend trips to Fez, Meknes, and Volubilis North African Studies North African Studies courses are offered in the regular summer semester: June 6 - July 18, 2006 (Each course carries 3 semester credit hours) HUM 3302 Islamic Civilization This course introduces the student to the general features of various aspects of Islamic civilization using an approach that takes into account the basis of this civilization, its sources and its permanent components. Causes of past development of this civilization will be related to factors that explain its present-day vitality. SSC 2301 Arab Society This course serves as an introduction to the study of the Arab World, both the Mashriq (Arab East) and the Maghirb (Arab West). It examines Arab culture, the large number of shared practices and beliefs among all Arabs, as well as the cultural specifices of various regions within the Arab World. The course focuses on the contemporary issues of this vast region. HIS 1301 History of the Arab World This course covers the history of the Arab world from the rise of Islam to the present. It will take a social and cultural approach to understanding the different histories of Arab society. The course will attempt to balance political history and its focus on regimes and main events with long term social and cultural transformations that are relevant to the ordinary peoples of the Arab world. Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI) Geographic Location AUI is located in Ifrane, in the Middle Atlas Mountains, at an altitude of 1,600 m or about 5,000 feet. Ifrane is just 60 kms away from Meknes, 80 kms from Moulay Idriss Zerhoun and the Roman ruins of Volubilis, 65 kms from Fez, and 200 kms from Rabat. Winters in Ifrane can be cold with significant snowfall, and summers are mild and pleasant. Oak and cedar forests, the springs, streams and lakes around Ifrane have made it a very popular resort for all seasons. Spending Money It is recommended that students have a MINIMUM of $500 for incidentals and personal shopping during excursions. MASTERCARD and VISA credit cards are accepted in a number of shops and it is easy to process cash advances from banks, including the bank in Ifrane. Facilities and activities on campus Participants will be issued a photo ID and an email account, and have unlimited internet access in rooms and computer labs, access to the library, the Student Health Center, and sports facilities. Sporting equipment is available in the Student Activities Office and participants can attend student concerts (local popular groups) and parties. Housing All rooms have en suite bathrooms with showers. Sheets, pillows and blankets are provided but towels are not. Telephones in rooms have automatic access to MCI, AT&T, Bell Canada, and British Telecom operators for long distance telephones calls. No other carriers or cards are available. Travel arrivals and departures Special arrangements will be made for the pick up of the participants from the Fez airport as well as Fez Train Station. Visas North Americans and Europeans traveling to Morocco on a valid passport are issued a 90-day visa upon arrival. Other nationalities must check with the Moroccan Embassy or Consulate serving their area as to visa requirements. Connectivity and Laptops AUI has several computer labs, rooms in residence halls have internet connections. Participants are welcome to bring their laptops but must have an Ethernet card to be able to connect to the internet. The electrical current is 220 volts and 50 Hz. http://www.aui.ma/aranas Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Hassan II Avenue, P.O. BOX 104, Ifrane 53000. Morocco Tel: (212) 35.86.24.27 Fax: (212) 35862977, E-mail: aranas at aui.ma Homepage: http://www.aui.ma/aranas Best regards, Abdellah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Abdellah CHEKAYRI, Arabic Unit Coordinator School of Humanities and Social Sciences PO. Box. 1848, Ifrane 53000, Morocco Phone: (212) 35862448 Fax: (212) 35862977 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 18:55:51 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:55:51 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Postdoctoral Position at France Telecom R&D Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Postdoctoral Position at France Telecom R&D -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Apr 2006 From:BOUALEM Malek RD-TECH-LAN Subject:Postdoctoral Position at France Telecom R&D Postdoctoral position at France Telecom R&D. The "Natural Languages" R&D unit in France Telecom offers a post-doctoral position in Lannion (Brittany, France) to be started as soon as possible on the following subject: Corpus-based learning for semantic transfer in machine translation ------------------------------------------------------------------ Machine translation based on an Interlingua aims at expressing accurately in the target language what has been said in the source language. However, a number of phenomena occur out of this framework: under the same circumstances, one wouldn't say exactly the same thing in different languages: - either because usage, forms of address, or habits differ (I would like some aspirin, I need some aspirin, have you got some aspirin, may I have some aspirin, may I bother you with some aspirin). - or because basic linguistic structures, especially for determination, time and aspect, follow different schemes (I would like some aspirin, I would like a box of aspirin, I would have liked some aspirin, I want aspirins) Semantic modelling or rule-based description of such differences is hardly feasible. However these gaps may be observed on aligned corpora. And as morphologic, syntactic and semantic levels are already addressed by linguistic methods in an Interlingua architecture, machine learning at the pragmatic level may hopefully require less huge corpora than purely statistical translation methods where all the levels need to be globally learned. The postdoctoral successful candidate will investigate machine learning methods which may be applied to structured representations (trees and graphs) for machine translation, transform a corpus of aligned sentences into a corpus of aligned semantic graphs, and implement a system to transform the graphs from the source language into graphs expected in the target language according to the corpus. Required skills: * semantic representations in NLP (lexical semantics and textual semantics) * machine translation: linguistic, statistical and combined methods * machine learning, especially on structured representations (trees, graphs) * corpus alignment * C++, Unix * languages: fluent French or English, both is preferred * knowledge of typologically different languages Required diploma: * PhD (already defended or scheduled) Please send application letter and resume to : jerome(dot)vinesse(at)francetelecom(dot)com =================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 22:18:52 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:18:52 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Georgetown Flagship Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Georgetown Flagship Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 121 Apr 2006 From:embergman at earthlink.net Subject:Georgetown Flagship Job The Arabic Language Flagship Program (ALF) of Georgetown University's Center for Advanced Proficiency in Arabic at Georgetown University is seeking a full-time instructor of Modern Standard and Levantine (Jordanian, Lebanese, Palestinian, or Syrian) Arabic. ALF instructors teach in an innovative program for American students of Arabic at advanced levels. Classes are small and intensive. Instructors teach approximately 12 hours per week. In addition, they contribute to materials development and help coordinate non- classroom-based learning activities. Successful applicants have -- native or near-native speaker ability in Arabic, and -- experience in communicative, proficiency-based, and/or content- based teaching of Arabic. The ideal applicant holds an advanced degree in applied linguistics or a related field, and has significant teaching experience. Please send application, curriculum vitae, and names of three references to: Center for Advanced Proficiency in Arabic, PO Box 571129, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, or by email to: capa at georgetown.edu. The Center for Advanced Proficiency in Arabic may also be contacted by phone at 202-687-3925. Review of applications begins on 25 April; search will continue until position is filled. Georgetown is a Catholic and Jesuit, student-centered research university and candidates are encouraged to read its mission statement on the university’s website. Georgetown University is Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are especially invited to apply. *************************** Elizabeth M. Bergman, Ph.D. day: 202.687.3943 evening: 202.232.6937 email: embergman at earthlink.net ***************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:24:32 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:24:32 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Iraqi Kurdish at U of Michigan Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Iraqi Kurdish at U of Michigan -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:mayyash at umich.edu Subject:Iraqi Kurdish at U of Michigan Elementary Kurdish of Iraq University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan Summer Term (June 28 - August 18, 2006) Monday – Friday from 9am-1pm May 15 enrollment deadline This is an introductory course covering the spoken and written Kurdish of Sulaimania, Iraq, covering the elements of phonology, grammatical structures, vocabulary and the writing system. Students who complete the course will be able to converse on a general level with speakers of the Sorani dialect of Kurdish and to read non- technical prose. This course will be taught by professor emeritus Ernest McCarus. Textbook: Abdullah and McCarus, Kurdish Basic Course. Dialect of Sulaimania, Iraq. This book can be purchased through the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (cmenas at umich.edu or 734-764-0350). For an application and additional information, see the UM Summer Language Institute website at http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/sli. The program fee for this course is $2,600. This course is sponsored by the University of Michigan Summer Language Institute (SLI) and the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS) (http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/cmenas). 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URL: From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:24:42 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:24:42 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:New Book -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:reposted from LINGUIST Subject:New Book Title: A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic Series Title: Reference Grammars Publication Year: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge University Press http://us.cambridge.org Book URL: http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp? isbn=0521777712 Author: Karin C. Ryding Hardback: ISBN: 052177151X Pages: 734 Price: U.S. $ 140.00 Paperback: ISBN: 0521777712 Pages: 734 Price: U.S. $ 39.99 Abstract: Keeping technical terminology to a minimum, this comprehensive handbook provides a detailed yet accessible overview of Arabic wherein its phonology, morphology and syntax can be readily accessed. Accompanied by extensive examples, it will prove an invaluable practical guide for supporting students' textbooks, classroom work or self-study, and a useful resource for scholars and professionals. Contents 1. Introduction to Arabic; 2. Modern Standard Arabic phonology and script; 3. Arabic word structure: an overview; 4. Basic Arabic sentence structures; 5. Arabic noun types; 6. Participles: active and passive; 7. Noun inflections: gender, humanness, number, definiteness, and case; 8. Construct phrases and nouns in apposition; 9. Noun specifiers and quantifiers; 10. Adjectives: form and function; 11. Adverbs and adverbial expressions; 12. Personal pronouns; 13. Demonstrative pronouns and their functions; 14. Relative pronouns and relative clauses; 15. Arabic numerals and numeral phrases; 16. Prepositions and prepositional phrases; 17. Questions and question words; 18. Connectives and conjunctions; 19. Subordinating conjunctions: the particle 'inna and her sisters; 20. The classes of Arabic verbs; 21. Verb inflection: a summary; 22. Form I the base form of the trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns and participles; 23. Form II trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 24. Form III trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 25. Form IV trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 26. Form V trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 27. Form VI trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 28. Form VII trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 29. Form VIII trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 30. Form IX trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 31. Form X trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 32. Forms XI-XV trillateral verb; 33. Quadrilateral verbs: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 34. Moods of the verb I: indicative and subjunctive; 35. Moods of the verb II: jussive and imperative; 36. Verbs of being, becoming, remaining, seeming; 37. Negation and exception; 38. Passive and passive-type expressions; 39. Conditional and opative expressions. Linguistic Field(s): Language Description Syntax Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:24:38 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:24:38 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs refs on Moroccan lexical gallicism Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs refs on Moroccan lexical gallicism -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:tarari.leila at hotmail.fr Subject:Needs refs on Moroccan lexical gallicism Hello, I'm a student from the sorbonne University (Paris). I have to make a report about moroccan's lexical gallicism. i wonder how i could find a bibliography about this theme ? Thanks a lot. Very cordially, Leïla Tarari. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:24:35 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:24:35 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:BRISMES Postgraduate Day Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:BRISMES Postgraduate Day -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:John Knight Subject:BRISMES Postgraduate Day Dear colleagues, Please find below details of the British Society for Middle East Studies (BRISMES) Postgraduate Day. Please pass it on to your friends, colleagues and students. If you have any further queries, do get back to me. Abstracts are to be sent to Christine at Edinburgh. Best wishes, John Knight St. Antony's College ========================== http://johnlknight.googlepages.com/ ========================== john.knight at sant.ox.ac.uk BRISMES Graduate Section http://www.brismes.ac.uk/ Discussion List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brismesgrad/ To subscribe email: brismesgrad-subscribe at yahoogroups.com ************************************** BRISMES Postgraduate Day Friday 8 September 2006 University of Edinburgh The BRISMES Postgraduate section looks to repeat the success of last year's first annual conference. We are seeking submissions from Graduates of all levels from universities throughout the United Kingdom, exploring any topic related to the Middle East and North Africa. Highlights of the Conference: · Gain conference experience in a comfortable environment · Meet and interact with your student colleagues · Network with other future leaders of Middle East Studies · Learn more about BRISMES and how to join the society · Visit one of the Britain's most beautiful cities Please submit a 250 word abstract with contact information by 31 MAY 2006 to Christine Lindner at s0453472 at sms.ed.ac.uk (For more information please also contact Christine) **A limited number of Travel Grants are available for those presenting papers** Thank you, the BRISMES postgraduate committee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:25:10 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:25:10 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Damascus response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:U of Damascus response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:emma_goldsmith at yahoo.com Subject:U of Damascus response Hi Seema Just to let you know not to worry about the Uni of Damascus. I have studied 2 of their 4 week courses and was asking the exact same questions before my first time. All you need are what it says on the web and you can literally just turn up on the day of enrollement and it will all get sorted out there. You need copies of passport, letter from the embassy, and you'll also be required to go get an aids test. No worries it's really quick. The uni can give you lots of numbers of places that frequently rent out rooms and if you get there a few days before you will probably meet many students completing the summer course and will therefore be leaving their rooms. I thoroughly loved Syria and was very happy with the course and the teaching and who knows I might even return this year. You have my adress so if you want any further info just let me know. Good luck Emma ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:24:45 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:24:45 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Needs program that converts XML->PDF with vowelled Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs program that converts XML->PDF with vowelled Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:Bushra Zawaydeh Subject:Needs program that converts XML->PDF with vowelled Arabic Hello a colleague of mine who is a technical writer is looking for a program that converts xml files that contain vowelled Arabic (i.e. Arabic words with "harakat"/ diacritics) into PDF files. The programs that he tried which are Render-X XEP and Antenna House didn't render the desired output. Does anybody know of other software that can handle vowelled Arabic and English text which may contain tables or figures? thank you Bushra ============== Bushra Zawaydeh, Ph.D. Basis Technology 150 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:25:14 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:25:14 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Update on 22nd ARAM conference Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Update on 22nd ARAM conference -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:shafiq.abouzayd at orinst.ox.ac.uk Subject:Update on 22nd ARAM conference Dear Colleague, I am writing again to update you on the progress of the ARAM Twenty Second International Conference on "Iconography and Mythology of Prophet Elijah, St. George and al-Khodor in the Syrian Orient", to be held at Oxford University, 4-6 July 2006. The conference will start on Tuesday 4 July at 9am, finishing on Thursday 6 July at 5pm. Each speaker's paper is limited to 30 minutes, with an additional 10 minutes for discussion. I would like to thank those who have already answered our first announcement of the ARAM conference, and they will receive soon the list of the speakers with the programme of the conference. I would like also to inform you that we can still accept another five speakers, but we need their names before mid-May 2006. If you know of academic colleagues who might like to contribute to the conference, please forward this message to them or send us their names and email addresses. All papers given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM periodical, subject to editorial review. I am also writing to remind you of our ARAM new website (www.aramsociety.org), which aims to update our colleagues and friends on ARAM academic activities. ARAM has also its own new email address: aram at aramsociety.org However, you can still use our current email address at Oxford University: aram at orinst.ox.ac.uk Both email addresses can reach our ARAM Society. Thank you very much for your interest in our ARAM Society. Yours sincerely, Shafiq Abouzayd (Dr.) ARAM Society The Oriental Institute Oxford University Pusey Lane Oxford OX1 2LE, UK. Tel: ++44-1865-514041 Fax: ++44-1865-516824 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:24:47 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:24:47 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Al-Quds University Summer Arabic Program Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Al-Quds University Summer Arabic Program -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:qiss at alquds.edu Subject:Al-Quds University Summer Arabic Program International Summer School (QISS) July 15 to August 17, 2006 Introduction Al-Quds University International Summer School in east Jerusalem is designed to enable university students or professionals to start or improve their learning of Arabic and knowledge of the region's culture and history. For students, it offers credit courses that are transferable to their universities, and also the opportunity for foreign students and Palestinian students living in diaspora to begin preparations so they can live here and study for any period of time in both Arabic and English. Professionals and visitors in the area would also benefit from the offerings by developing familiarity with the region and expertise that will help them in their careers. QISS offers a total experience that includes academic courses as well as lectures, activities, social involvement, and alternative tours of Jerusalem and the region. QISS plans to expand its activities over the following months and years and to offer many more credit courses taught in English, in addition to a full program in Arabic instruction from beginners to high advanced levels. Starting in summer 2006, it is offering the following courses: 1. 0400091 Arabic I, Beginners (4 credits; 5 contact hours; total 75 hours of instruction) 2. 0400093 Arabic II, Intermediate (4 credits; 5 contact hours; total 75 hours; prerequisite Arabic I) 3. 0400121 Jerusalem throughout History (2 credits; 30 total hours of instruction) 4. 0400125 History and Politics of the Palestine Question (2 credits; 30 total hours; instruction in English) These courses will be scheduled over five days (Saturday to Wednesday) to allow participants to be involved in other activities and to go on short or long tours in the area. Tuition Costs: Each Arabic course costs US$450; the two-credit courses are $200 each. Special rates are applicable to large groups from the same university. Accommodation can be arranged at reasonable cost (range $300-500 for the month, depending on preference). The program is directed by Professor Basem Ra’ad. 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URL: From Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 14 18:25:21 2006 From: Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:25:21 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New dissertations Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 14 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:New dissertation 1) Subject:New dissertation -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 14 Apr 2006 From:reposted from LINGUIST Subject:New dissertation Institution: Al-Azhar University Program: Ph D in Linguistics Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2005 Author: Ihab Ahmad Shabana Dissertation Title: A Pragmatic Study of Aspects of Political Discourse in Press Headlines Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics Dissertation Director(s): Muhammad M. Ghaly Bruce Ingham Abdel-Rahman Ahmad Sayed Dissertation Abstract: Media in general and the Press in particular are among the most powerful institutions that disseminate and publicise policies and ideologies of the ruling group in a given society. In times of crisis, the impact of the press is crucial. It has a significant role to play in preparing people for war during the build-up stage or rather strengthening the social solidarity and the internal front. Headlines are a tool used by editors to expose their ideas and render them to the reader. They encapsulate the view of the editor and reveal his real aim behind reporting a news story in a certain manner. In addition, they are the first thing one may read in a newspaper. They are usually written carefully and in very concise language. Headlines also carry the most influential statements in a news story, and thus editors write them in an eye-catching style that may entice the reader to read them. The content of headlines does not only include the prominent incidents of a news story, but encapsulates also the perspective of the editor. Here comes the importance of headlines in shaping the minds of the reader. That is the editor has the opportunity to better introduce the ideas proposed in the speech of the politician in a way that makes headlines influential and memorable. The analytical part of my thesis will focus on the front page headlines of a state controlled Egyptian newspaper, Al-Ahram. The significance of using Al-Ahram's headlines as data for analysis in this thesis is that this newspaper is the mouthpiece of the ruling power in Egypt. Moreover, Al-Ahram is known to be widely read by the intelligentsia of Egypt, who represent the most influential class in the pubic opinion of the nation. The impact of this newspaper is derived from the fact that the editor of Al-Ahram during the period of analysis, Muhammad Hasanein Heikal, was a close associate of president Nasser for two decades. This gave him the privilege of being close to the circles of decision making and thus the best transmitter of political discourse in the post 1952 Revolution era. Being a close adviser of Nasser and the most prominent journalist of his generation, Heikal used the headlines of Al-Ahram to spread the nationalist discourse that was dominant during Nasser's er! a. During the first four years of Sadat's rule, Heikal still enjoyed the same unique position as a close advisor. Within this framework, this thesis attempts to explore the different aspects of political discourse in pre the 1967 war and pre the 1973 war in the headlines of Al-Ahram. The reason for choosing these two periods is that the two wars still have consequences not only for Egypt but also for the region as whole. It is not an exaggeration to say that the two wars had an influence on the balance of power all over the world. It is known historically that the 1967 war ended with a humiliating defeat to the Arabs with Israel occupying more lands, while the 1973 war witnessed the achievement of significant military gains by the Arabs. It is also known that Egypt had Nasser in power during the 1967 war. After Nasser, Sadat succeeded him in power and thus planned the 1973 war. The analysis of the data will attempt to identify the main aspects of the political discourse during the two wars as reflected in the press-headlines of Al-Ahram. Inaddition, analysis will attempt to show whether! the political discourse of each leadership was appropriate and in the interest of the country or not. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- 2) Date: 14 Apr 2006 From:reposted from LINGUIST Subject:New dissertation Institution: University of Delaware Program: Department of Linguistics Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2006 Author: Heidi Altmann Dissertation Title: The Perception and Production of Second Language Stress: A crosslinguistic experimental study Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb) Chinese, Mandarin (cmn) English (eng) French (fra) Japanese (jpn) Korean (kor) Spanish (spa) Turkish (tur) Dissertation Director(s): Irene Vogel Dissertation Abstract: This dissertation investigates the effect of native language (L1) stress properties on the second language (L2) acquisition of primary word stress in light of two recent typological hierarchical models of stress: the Stress Deafness Model (SDM) (Peperkamp & Dupoux 2002) and the Stress Typology Model (STM) (Altmann & Vogel 2002). Since research on the L2 performance of a diverse sample of L1s with respect to both perception and production using the same experimental design is virtually non-existent, advanced learners of English from seven distinct L1 groups (Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Turkish), as well as native English speakers participated in perception and production experiments. Novel words of two, three, and four syllables length consisting of only open syllables (CV) were used. In the perception experiment, subjects listened to a large number of tokens of various structures and marked the most stressed syllable; in the production experiment, ! subjects were asked to read aloud tokens from a subset of the structures. The results indicate that, on the one hand, learners with predictable stress in their L1 (i.e., Arabic, Turkish, French) had problems perceiving the location of stress but they performed most like the English native speakers in production, who applied a frequency-based common strategy. On the other hand, learners without word-level stress in their L1 (i.e., Chinese, Japanese, Korean) or with unpredictable L1 stress (Spanish) showed almost perfect perception scores; however, their productions were quite different from the control group's. Thus, it was found that good perception does not necessarily underlie good production and vice versa. While the current findings go contrary to predictions made by the SDM, the STM can explain both the perception as well as the production results. Languages with predictable stress, unpredictable stress, and without stress are included in this hierarchical model with branching parameters. It was found that positive parameter settings impede the perception of L2 stress, while the mere setting of the topmost parameter in the hierarchy (i.e., 'yes/no stress language') and thus experience with stress in the L1 determines the rate of success in production, although L1s with non-predictable stress face further challenges. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 14 Apr 2006 From Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 14 18:25:23 2006 From: Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:25:23 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Lexical Database for Arabic: request for input Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 14 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Lexical Database for Arabic: request for input -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 14 Apr 2006 From:Sami.Boudelaa at mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Subject:Lexical Database for Arabic: request for input Dear all- We (William Marslen-Wilson, Fermin Msocoso Del Prado Martin, Samah Alnsary, and myself)are working on a 3-year British Academy grant to develop a lexical data base for Arabic. We will appreciate your input on what you think, you as linguists, psycholinguists, sociolinguists, language professionals, or whatever may hope to see in such a product. It will obviously feature information about surface form frequency (i.e. stem frequency), lemma frequency, root frequency, word pattern frequency, root family size, word pattern family size. And for every form (i.e. stem) there will be an English gloss. Do you think there is any other kind of information worth adding while we still are at the planning stage. thanks for your input Sami Boudelaa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 14 Apr 2006 From Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 14 18:25:25 2006 From: Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:25:25 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer courses at UPenn Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 14 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Summer courses at UPenn -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 14 Apr 2006 From:emad at sas.upenn.edu Subject:Summer courses at UPenn ARAB 131-910. Intensive Elementary Arabic I & II. (staff) Prerequisite: None This is a six- week intensive course offered in the summer through the Office of Summer Sessions; (see Penn Summer Course Guide.) This is the beginning course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). It will introduce you to the speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills in the standard means of communication in the Arab world. The course is proficiency- based, implying that all activities are aimed at placing you, the learner, in the context of the native-speaking environment from the very beginning. Evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, dictations, grammar and translation exercises). We anticipate that by the end of this course students will range in proficiency from Novice High to Intermediate Low on the ACTFL scale; in other words (using the terminology of the government's Foreign Service Institute), from 'incipient survival' to 'full survival' in the native-speaking environment. (see course description for more details). ARAB 133-910. Intermediate Arabic I & II. (Emad Rushdie) Prerequisite: ARAB 031-032 This a six- week intensive course offered in the summer through the Office of Summer Sessions; see Penn Summer Course Guide.) This is the continuation of ARAB 131-910, the elementary course in Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). This course is also proficiency-based, implying that all activities within the course are aimed at placing you, the learner, in the context of the native-speaking environment from the very beginning. As in ARAB 131-910, evaluation is done by the more traditional testing methods (vocabulary tests, grammar and translation exercises). Completion of this course fulfills the College of Arts and Sciences' language requirement in Arabic. However, it should be emphasized that you will need a longer period of study to achieve proficiency in Arabic. We anticipate that students range from Intermediate Low to Intermediate High according to ACTFL scale. Please contact Emad Rushdie for further information. Emad Rushdie Lecturer in Foreign Languages Coordinator of the Arabic Language Program University of Pennsylvania Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations 847 Williams Hall 255 south 36th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone: (215)898-7466 E-mail: emad at sas.upenn.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 14 Apr 2006 From Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 14 18:25:30 2006 From: Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:25:30 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Project on Arabs and Terrorism - Screenings Now Availabl Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 14 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Project on Arabs and Terrorism - Screenings Now Availabl -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 14 Apr 2006 From:john at quiltingpoint.com Subject:Project on Arabs and Terrorism - Screenings Now Availabl Quilting Point Productions is pleased to announce two milestones in its documentary and research project, Arabs and Terrorism. The first is the beginning of a screenings tour showing the first three episodes that premiered on al-Arabiya in early March. The second is the April 17th launch of our new website, www.ArabsandTerrorism.com (a preview launch is now available). To schedule a screening, contact us at either info at quiltingpoint.com or at (202) 557 1141. This project, researched in six languages and filmed on location in ten countries, is a critical examination of the implicit, and often explicit, connection in the West?primarily in the United States government and mainstream media discourses?between Arabs and ?terrorism,? an extension of earlier notions about Arabs and their proneness to violence. The aim of this project, the most comprehensive audio-visual treatment of the subject to date, is to analyze these perceptions (of Arabs and ?terrorism?), elucidate their origin, and examine their validity. The first three episodes of the documentary component of this project? Definitions of Terrorism, State Terrorism, and Terrorism and Resistance?follow the director, Dr. Bassam Haddad (see bio below), an Arab-American political science professor, through the United States, Europe, and the Middle East as he converses with politicians, media personalities, academics, civil society advocates, accused terrorists/resistance leaders, and hundreds of people on the street in a direct, detailed investigation of the grammar and vocabulary of the mainstream Western discourse and its critics (see list of interviewees below). The website is a dynamic, interactive, and expanding audio-visual and textual resource consisting of trailers, video clips, transcripts, photographs, articles, bibliographies, links to other useful websites and sources for students, academics, and anyone who wishes to become more informed and engaged on the subject. Through the website, you can book us for local screenings with the director, acquire the DVD of the first three episodes, sponsor the project, or contact us for access to any of the over 95 interviews we have conducted. We hope you enjoy the website and the first three episodes to come out of this project. Future film projects, already in the production and post-production phases, include a two-episode examination of European and Arab relations through the lens of terrorism and counter-terrorism policies, a three-part investigation of the ?War on Terrorism,? and a feature- length documentary film scheduled to be released in late 2006. Best regards, John Warner Producer, Quilting Point Productions john at quiltingpoint.com http://www.ArabsandTerrorism.com Director?s Bio: Bassam Haddad is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at St. Joseph?s University and Visiting Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. He is also a Scholar in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania. Bassam serves as Editor of the Arab Studies Journal (www.arabstudiesjournal.com), a peer-reviewed research publication and is co-producer/director of the award-winning documentary film, About Baghdad (www.aboutbaghdad.com). He is currently working on his first book on Syria?s political economy and directing a film series on ?Arabs and Terrorism" (www.arabsandterrorism.com). List of Interviewees: UNITED STATES 1. Jeane Kirkpatrick, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Washington 2. Edward Walker, President, Middle East Institute (MEI), Washington 3. Jonathan Schanzer, Terrorism Analyst, The Washington Institute for near East Policy (TWI), Washington 4. Bob Jensen, Prof. of Journalism, University of Texas-Austin, New York 5. Anthony Cordesman, Burke Chair in Strategy, CSIS, Washington 6. Daniel Pipes, Middle East Forum, Philadelphia 7. Stephen Zunes, Chair, Peace and Justice Studies Program, University of San Francisco, San Francisco 8. Ryme Katkhouda, Senior Producer, Pacifica Radio WPFW, Washington 9. Jim Lobe, Washington Bureau Chief, Inter Press Service, Washington 10. Michael Scheuer (Anonymous Author of Imperial Hubris), Former CIA Senior (Al-Qa`ida) Analyst, Washington 11. Khaled Abou El Fadl, Professor of Law, UCLA, Los Angeles 12. Boaz Ganor, Director, International Policy Institute for Counter- Terrorism (Isr.), Washington 13. Meyrav Wurmser, Director, Center for Middle East Policy, Hudson Institute, Washington 14. Clifford May, President, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Washington 15. David B. Cole, Professor of Law, Georgetown University, Washington 16. As`ad Abukhalil, Professor of Political Science, California State University Stanislaus, San Francisco 17. Raymond Tanter, Middle East Expert, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington 18. Martha Crenshaw, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University, Washington 19. Leroy Baca, Sheriff, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles 20. Saree Makdisi, Professor of English, UCLA, Los Angeles 21. Avi Dicter, Former Director, Shin Bet (Israeli Security Service), Washington 22. Michael Hudson, Professor of Political Science, Georgetown University, Washington LEBANON 23. Nawwaf Musawi, Head of International Public Relations, Hizballah, Beirut 24. Sheikh Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah, Shi`ite Grand Cleric, Beirut 25. Ousama Hamdan, Representative in Lebanon, Hamas, Beirut 26. Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General, Hizballah, Beirut 27. Jibran Twayni, Editor-in-Chief, An-Nahar Newspaper, Beirut 28. Anwar Taha, Representative, Islamic Jihad, Beirut 29. Talal Salman, Publisher, As-Safir Newspaper, Beirut 30. Rami Khouri, Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Star, Beirut 31. Marwan `Abdel `Al, Representative, PFLP, Beirut 32. Sheikh Abdul Karim `Obeid, Shi`ite Cleric, Beirut 33. Muhammad Fneish, Cabinet Minister (Hizballah), Beirut 34. Joseph Samaha, Editor-in-Chief, As-Safir Newspaper, Beirut EGYPT 35. Muntasir Al-Zayaat, Lawyer for Islamic Jihad, Cairo 36. Mahdi `Akif, Head of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, Cairo 37. Hani Shukrallah, Editor-in-Chief, Al-Ahram Weekly Newspaper, Cairo 38. Muhammad Wakid, Leader, Egyptian Anti-Globalization Movement, Cairo 39. Hisham Qasem, President, Misr al-Yawm Newspaper, Cairo 40. Fahmi Huweidi, Prominent Egyptian Journalist, Cairo 41. Dina Hishmet, Activist, Anti-Globalization Movement and Human Rights, Cairo 42. Jalal Amin, Professor of Economics, American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo 43. Khalid Safwat, Human Rights Lawyer, Cairo 44. Muhammad `Abla, Painter and Artist, Cairo 45. Dina Khawaja, Professor of Political Science, American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo 46. Nawal Sa`dawi, Feminist Leader and Novelist, Cairo SYRIA 47. Buthaina Sha`ban, Syrian Minister of Expatriates, Damascus 48. Khalid Mish`al, Head of Political Bureau, Hamas, Damascus 49. Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, Secretary General, Islamic Jihad, Damascus 50. Mahir Tahir, Secretary General, PFLP, Damascus 51. `Imad Shu`aibi, Political Analyst, Damascus 52. Sadiq Al-`Azm, Professor of Philosophy, Damascus University, Damascus 53. Ibrahim Hamidi, Bureau Chief, Al-Hayat Newspaper, Damascus 54. Muhammad Al-Bouty, Sunni Cleric, Damascus 55. Omar Amirali, Filmmaker, Damascus SPAIN 56. Angel Lossada, Director, Terrorism Affairs, Foreign Ministry, Madrid 57. Javier Couso, Activist, Brother of Journalist Jos? Couso (Killed in Iraq), Madrid 58. Jos? Mar?a Irujo, Journalist, El Pa?s Newspaper, Madrid 59. Beatr?z Barcia Carregal, Public Representative, Assn. for Victims of Terrorism, Madrid 60. Francisco Cavali, Organizer, CNT Worker?s Union, Madrid 61. Haizam Amirah Fernandez, Snr. Analyst, Arab World Prgm., Real Elcano Institute, Madrid HOLLAND 62. Nasr Hamid Abu-Zaid, Professor of Islamic Studies and Politics, U. of Leiden, Amsterdam 63. Nabila, Lebanese-Born Swedish Rapper/Movie Star, Amsterdam 64. Muhammad Salamah, Professor of Arabic Literature, U. of Leiden, Amsterdam 65. (Anonymous) Dutch Flight Attendant, United Airlines UNITED KINGDOM 66. Jeremy Corbyn, Member of Parliament, Labour Party, London 67. Alasdair Palmer, Columnist and Public Policy Editor, Sunday Telegraph, London 68. Tariq Ali, Author and Public Intellectual, London 69. William Dalrymple, Historian and Journalist, London 70. Nigel West, Counter-Terrorism Expert and Historian, London 71. Sir John Butterfill, Member of Parliament, Conservative Party, London FRANCE 72. Jean-Jacques Moscovitz, Criminal Psychiatrist, Paris 73. Guy Milli?re, Professor of Political Science, Paris VIII University, Paris 74. Andre Glucksman, Author of Le Discourse sur la Haine, Paris 75. Yves Roucaute, Professor of Political Science, Paris X University, Paris 76. Aur?lien V?ron, Treasurer, La F?d?ration Libert? Ch?rie, Paris 77. Jean-Charles Brisard, Terrorism Expert and Author, Paris ISRAEL 78. Zeev Boim, Deputy Defense Minister of Israel (Likud Party), Tel Aviv 79. Admiral Ami Ayalon, Former Chief of the Navy and Security Service, Haifa 80. Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, Professor of History, Ben Gurion University, Jerusalem 81. Shlomo Aronson, Professor of Political Science, Hebrew University, Tel Aviv 82. Haim Ramon, Minister without Portfolio, Member of Knesset (Labour Party), Jerusalem 83. Ephraim Sneh, Former Civil Administrator in the West Bank, Tel Aviv 84. `Azmi Bishara, Member of Knesset, NDA, Jerusalem 85. Roman Bronfman, Member of Knesset and Head of the Democratic Choice Faction, Yahad Opposition Party, Jerusalem 86. Shaul Yahalom, Member of Knesset, National Religious Party, Tel Aviv 87. Amira Hass, Journalist, Haaretz Newspaper, Jerusalem PALESTINE 88. Walid Al-Omary, Bureau Chief of Al-Jazeera, Ramallah 89. Mahdi Abdul Hadi, Chairman, PASSIA (The Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs), Ramallah 90. Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian Legislative Council, Ramallah 91. Khalida Jarrar, Al-Dameer, Prisoner Rights NGO, Ramallah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 14 Apr 2006 e From Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 14 18:25:27 2006 From: Dilworth_Parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 12:25:27 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Readability Formulas Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 14 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Readability Formulas -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 14 Apr 2006 From:Shereen Salah Subject:Readability Formulas Dear Everyone, I am doing research about using the readability formulas in predicting the difficulty of the Arabic Written Texts specifically the reading materials. I was wondering if you know of any literature that tackles this issue or any similar research that creates formulas of the same kind/purpose. P.S: Readability formulas are measurements that are used in (English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Hebrew, etc.) to determine the difficulty of the written texts and leveling these texts to match the students? skill level. Thanks Shereen M. Salah Master?s candidate - Second language acquisition Program Teaching Assistant/Research assistant ? Asian and Near Eastern Dept. Brigham Young University Email: shereens at byu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 14 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Mon Apr 17 18:20:41 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:20:41 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Lexical Database input response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 17 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Lexical Database input response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 117 Apr 2006 From:dwilmsen at aucegypt.edu Subject:Lexical Database input response Information about regional usage/variation would be very welcome. David Wilmsen American University in Cairo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 17 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Mon Apr 17 18:20:53 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:20:53 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Customizeable Flash Card Software Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 17 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Customizeable Flash Card Software -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 117 Apr 2006 From:Thad Suits Subject:Customizeable Flash Card Software A new Windows-based program called Latifah allows students of Arabic to drill on vocabulary in three different ways: Flash card mode, List mode, and Game mode. The word lists can be customized, or the user can load one of the pre-packaged word lists that come with the program. These pre-packaged lists include the most common first-year words included with such texts as al-Kitaab. Entries appear in a grid, and columns for plurals, verb forms, and roots are included as an aid to study. Vowell marks can be turned on and off. Lists can be sorted, printed, edited, and saved, and there is an easy way for the student to keep track of their level of mastery for any given word. As an introductory offer the program is available free to school and university Arabic instructors ($35 regularly). Download the program from SwissSys Software at www.SwissSys.com. The program as downloaded is in demo mode with a size limit on the word lists. Email the author, Thad Suits (suits at initco.net), for your user name and serial number to unlock the full version of the program. Windows Arabic keyboard support must be enabled on the computer. Comments and suggestions are welcome. Thank you. Thad Suits ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 17 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Mon Apr 17 18:20:50 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:20:50 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Poetry Recitation Competition Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 17 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Arabic Poetry Recitation Competition -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 117 Apr 2006 From:Martha Schulte-Nafeh Subject:Arabic Poetry Recitation Competition Dear Colleagues, AATA and the University of Arizona are pleased to announce the launching of a national Arabic Poetry Recitation Competition. Students in their second, third or fourth semester of Modern Standard Arabic classes at the college level are invited to recite Arabic poems during the 2 week period of April 24th - May 5th. Students will submit their recitations by logging onto the OLE board (Online Learning Environment) where they can record an audio and video clip of their recitation. Details of the competition rules and procedures and instructions for use of the OLE board are available at: http://blog.ltc.arizona.edu/arabicpoetry/ This site also contains a number of MP3 recordings of poems that students may select from for the competition. We look forward to receiving your students' submissions. Teachers with students who intend to participate in the competition should send an e-mail to Martha Schulte-Nafeh at marthas at u.arizona.edu requesting an account user ID and password which their students will need to log on to the OLE board to recite their poems. We hope that many of you will encourage your students to participate. -- Peace, Martha ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 17 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Mon Apr 17 18:20:55 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:20:55 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Readability Formulas response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 17 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Readability Formulas response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 117 Apr 2006 From:Atta Gebril Subject:Readability Formulas response You can check Greenfield's dissertation and also his 2003 and 2004 aricles - remember this is mainly for EFL/ESL contexts, but it could be helpful: Greenfield, G. (1999). Classic Readability Formulas in an EFL Context: Are They Valid for Japanese Speakers? Doctoral dissertation, Temple University, 1999. (University Microfilms No. 99-38670) Greenfield, G. (2003). The Miyazaki EFL Readability Index. Comparative Culture 9, 41-49. Miyazaki International College. Greenfield, G. (2004). Readability Formulas for EFL. JALT Journal 26 (1), 5-24. Also, you have to read Patricia Carrell's (1997) article for some considerations about how to use these formulas. In addition, there is a good article by Fry : Fry, E. (1989). Reading formulas: Maligned but valid. Journal of Reading, 32, 292-297. Hope you find this helpful. Atta Gebril ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 17 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 18:55:42 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:55:42 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Georgetown U Summer Program Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Georgetown U Summer Program -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Apr 2006 From:kb339 at georgetown.edu Subject:Georgetown U Summer Program GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Summer Arabic & Persian Institute 2006 June 5th - August 11th Intensive Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced ARABIC Spoken IRAQI Arabic Beginning PERSIAN in the Evening Beginning ARABIC in the Evening Spoken EGYPTIAN Arabic Please visit our website for more information: http://summerschool.georgetown.edu/courses/arabicandpersian.html Or contact the Assistant Director, Kelly Beyer, at 202-687-5743 or Applications are due May 3, 2006. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 18:55:39 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:55:39 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Middlebury TA Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Middlebury TA Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Apr 2006 From:qmecham at middlebury.edu Subject:Middlebury TA Job Job Description for the Arabic Teaching Assistant Middlebury College is seeking to hire a Teaching Assistant in Arabic for the academic year, September 2006 until June 2007. The successful candidate will have strong Arabic and English language skills, and a willingness to work closely with students and faculty in the Arabic program. Please send a letter of application, a c.v., and three letters of recommendation to Dr. Ian Barrow, Director of International Studies, Robert A. Jones '59 House, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont 05753, USA. Applications and letters of recommendation may also be sent by email to: ibarrow at middlebury.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and end when the position has been filled. The Arabic Teaching Assistant (TA) will assist the faculty of the Arabic program as necessary: this might include leading conversation or drill sections; conducting oral interviews of exams; occasionally substituting for faculty away at conferences; and holding office hours. This will average six contact hours per week during both twelve-week semesters and the four-week winter term. During the winter term there may be the opportunity, depending on student need and the Dean's approval, to teach a section of the first-year Arabic course, which will entail more than six contact hours per week. The TA will live in the Arabic House with students who have made a commitment to speak primarily in Arabic while in the house. The TA will encourage the use of Arabic by providing a linguistic model and by organizing cultural and recreational activities that will promote it. These activities might include movie and video showings, guest lectures, parties, dinners, an Arabic radio show, etc. The TA will organize and supervise a student committee that will help plan Arabic cultural programming. The TA is responsible for ensuring the smooth functioning of the Arabic lunch tables. If the TA is not a US citizen, then he or she must enroll, for free, in two courses, one each term. If the TA is a US citizen, then he or she may choose to enroll in up to two courses. Middlebury College is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to recruiting a diverse faculty to complement its increasingly diverse student body. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 18:55:47 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:55:47 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Lexical Database for Arabic Input Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Lexical Database for Arabic Input -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Apr 2006 From:timbuckwalter at qamus.org Subject:Lexical Database for Arabic Input The frequency data you describe assumes the use of a corpus. If so, some lexical distribution figures (aka, dispersion indexes) may be useful, possibly along the lines of what Kucera & Francis did with the Brown corpus, or John Carroll's standard frequency index, etc. There are probably more recent works. Also, if you plan to identify word-sense subdivisions, you will find the numbered senses in Jan Hoogland's Arabic-Dutch dictionary quite useful. Hoogland's dictionary is considerably more up to date that Wehr's lexicon--and it's corpus based. And finally, some attention to grammatical collocations would be nice: this would allow us to search for things such as false idafahs, and maybe even interesting grammatical mistakes. Tim Buckwalter Linguistic Data Consortium Univ. of Pennsylvania ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 18:55:54 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:55:54 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Questions about U of Damascus and ALIF Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Questions about U of Damascus and ALIF -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Apr 2006 From:ssaifee79 at yahoo.com Subject:Questions about U of Damascus and ALIF [requestor is not a subscriber to Arabic-L so please respond directly to her at the above address.] My questions are: (1) I have been attempting to contact University of Damascus about studying Arabic in one of their four-week modules (Sept. 24 to Oct. 19 2006) and have been told that UD has no pre- registration process; it is open enrollment. The admissions contact also does not respond to my emails as frequently as I would like (usually once every 3-4 days), and advised me that the only required documents to bring are those listed on their website. Otherwise I am basically to show up. Another point of concern is that the bulletin for the Arabic Language Center expressly states that class schedules may be adjusted without advance notice. I was wondering if other Westerners have studied at UD, and if so, how your experiences have been, both with the arrival procedures (i.e. "open enrollment" policy, finding housing on your own, etc.) and the program in general; (2) I am also interested to learn about experiences with the Arabic program at ALIF in Fez, Morocco. In addition to hearing about the program in general, if anyone specifically has taken MSA 460A & B (advanced readings in Islamic texts), I would love to hear your reactions to those courses. Thank you so much. Seema Saifee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 18:55:44 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:55:44 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Program in Morocco at Al-Akhawayn Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Summer Program in Morocco: at Al-Akhawayn -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Apr 2006 From:A.Chekayri at aui.ma Subject:Summer Program in Morocco at Al-Akhawayn Summer in Morocco Arabic Language & North African studies A Full Year?s Arabic Program in 8 Weeks: May 25 ? July 23, 2006 A Semester?s Arabic Program in 4 Weeks: Session 1: May 25 ? June 25, 2006 Session 2: June 22 ? July 23, 2006 Application Deadline: May 06, 2006 Modern Standard Arabic Language Courses Beginning Arabic ARA 1411 / Beginning Arabic ARA 1412 This level is for students with little or no prior experience with Arabic. By the end of the program students are expected to: * Participate in simple conversations * Read and write simple, correct, short texts of Modern Standard Arabic * Acquire vocabulary of about 1000 words * Acquire word processing skills in Arabic This course carries 8 credits and consists of 192 contact hours. Typically, in addition to all units of Alif Baa, students complete 13 units in Al-Kitaab fii Ta?allum al-?arabiyya, part 1. Students should expect to work, on average, four to five hours per day outside of class. Required Texts: Alif Baa, with DVDs. An Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Second Edition Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004. Al-Kitaab fii Ta?allum al-?Arabiyya with DVDs. A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part one. Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004. Intermediate Arabic ARA 2311/Intermediate Arabic ARA 2312 Students at this level will have studied Arabic for approximately 2 to 3 standard semesters. By the end of the program students are expected to: * Be able to understand main ideas in texts dealing with basic personal and social needs * Write Arabic for various basic purposes * Narrate and describe basic situations * Handle a number of interactive and social situations * Be familiar with the Moroccan colloquial variety of Arabic This course carries 6 credits and consists of 160 contact hours. Typically, students complete 13 units in Al-Kitaab fii Ta?allum al-?arabiyya, parts 1 & 2. Students at the intermediate level are required to attend all Arabic lectures and movies, and to participate in parallel activities in Arabic. On average, students should expect to work four to five hours per day outside of class, including the work done on an independent project. Note: A ?Lower Intermediate? class may be created to accommodate those students whose proficiency and language skills require that they start at a lower level. Required Texts: Al-Kitaab fii Ta?allum al-?Arabiyya with DVDs. A Textbook for Beginning Arabic: Part one. Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004. Al-Kitaab fii Ta?allum al-?arabiyya, part 2. Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 1997. Advanced Arabic ARA 3311/Advanced Arabic ARA 3312 This level is designed for students who have accumulated approximately 4 to 5 standard semesters of instruction in Modern Standard Arabic. By the end of the program students are expected to: * Strengthen their reading skills and vocabulary * Refine and expand their knowledge of sentence construction * Gain additional cultural knowledge * Attain advanced proficiency in the skills of speaking, and listening comprehension of contemporary materials in various fields * Be familiar with the Moroccan colloquial variety of Arabic This course carries 6 credits and consists of 160 contact hours. Typically, students complete 13 units in Al-Kitaab fii Ta?allum al-?arabiyya, parts 2 & 3. Students at the advanced level are required to attend all Arabic lectures and movies, and to participate in parallel activities in Arabic. On average, students should expect to work four to five hours per day outside of class, including reading authentic texts and doing library research. Required Texts: Al-Kitaab fii Ta?allum al-?arabiyya, part 2, Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 1997. Al-Kitaab fii Ta?allum al-?arabiyya, part 3, Kristen Brustad et al. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press, 2001. ARA 4399: Special Topics in Arabic Study Specially scheduled course on significant topics relevant to the study of Arabic. A minimum of five students is needed for the course to be offered (pre-requisite: ARA 3312 or equivalent) Moroccan Colloquial Arabic Students in the intermediate and advanced levels are introduced to Moroccan Arabic structures necessary for basic interaction with native speakers. An additional objective is to illustrate the common differences between standard and colloquial varieties of Arabic. Instruction adopts a functional/communicative approach and uses materials developed by AUI faculty. This course consists of 16 contact hours. Placement and Proficiency Testing Students will take both pre- and post-program proficiency tests. Their placement will depend on their performance in a written test and in an oral proficiency interview. Proficiency guidelines are those set by The American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL). Other Required Activities in Arabic These include: 1. Lectures and workshops offered by Arabic faculty as well as by artists and guest speakers; 2. Movies and documentaries; 3. Two major weekend trips to a) Tafilalat Oasis and to b) the imperial city of Marrakesh; 4. Clubs for such activities as music and calligraphy; 5. Lunches with teachers and TAs speaking Arabic only. Optional Activities These include: 1. Home stays with Moroccan families; 2. weekend trips to Fez, Meknes, and Volubilis North African Studies North African Studies courses are offered in the regular summer semester: June 6 - July 18, 2006 (Each course carries 3 semester credit hours) HUM 3302 Islamic Civilization This course introduces the student to the general features of various aspects of Islamic civilization using an approach that takes into account the basis of this civilization, its sources and its permanent components. Causes of past development of this civilization will be related to factors that explain its present-day vitality. SSC 2301 Arab Society This course serves as an introduction to the study of the Arab World, both the Mashriq (Arab East) and the Maghirb (Arab West). It examines Arab culture, the large number of shared practices and beliefs among all Arabs, as well as the cultural specifices of various regions within the Arab World. The course focuses on the contemporary issues of this vast region. HIS 1301 History of the Arab World This course covers the history of the Arab world from the rise of Islam to the present. It will take a social and cultural approach to understanding the different histories of Arab society. The course will attempt to balance political history and its focus on regimes and main events with long term social and cultural transformations that are relevant to the ordinary peoples of the Arab world. Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane (AUI) Geographic Location AUI is located in Ifrane, in the Middle Atlas Mountains, at an altitude of 1,600 m or about 5,000 feet. Ifrane is just 60 kms away from Meknes, 80 kms from Moulay Idriss Zerhoun and the Roman ruins of Volubilis, 65 kms from Fez, and 200 kms from Rabat. Winters in Ifrane can be cold with significant snowfall, and summers are mild and pleasant. Oak and cedar forests, the springs, streams and lakes around Ifrane have made it a very popular resort for all seasons. Spending Money It is recommended that students have a MINIMUM of $500 for incidentals and personal shopping during excursions. MASTERCARD and VISA credit cards are accepted in a number of shops and it is easy to process cash advances from banks, including the bank in Ifrane. Facilities and activities on campus Participants will be issued a photo ID and an email account, and have unlimited internet access in rooms and computer labs, access to the library, the Student Health Center, and sports facilities. Sporting equipment is available in the Student Activities Office and participants can attend student concerts (local popular groups) and parties. Housing All rooms have en suite bathrooms with showers. Sheets, pillows and blankets are provided but towels are not. Telephones in rooms have automatic access to MCI, AT&T, Bell Canada, and British Telecom operators for long distance telephones calls. No other carriers or cards are available. Travel arrivals and departures Special arrangements will be made for the pick up of the participants from the Fez airport as well as Fez Train Station. Visas North Americans and Europeans traveling to Morocco on a valid passport are issued a 90-day visa upon arrival. Other nationalities must check with the Moroccan Embassy or Consulate serving their area as to visa requirements. Connectivity and Laptops AUI has several computer labs, rooms in residence halls have internet connections. Participants are welcome to bring their laptops but must have an Ethernet card to be able to connect to the internet. The electrical current is 220 volts and 50 Hz. http://www.aui.ma/aranas Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Hassan II Avenue, P.O. BOX 104, Ifrane 53000. Morocco Tel: (212) 35.86.24.27 Fax: (212) 35862977, E-mail: aranas at aui.ma Homepage: http://www.aui.ma/aranas Best regards, Abdellah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Abdellah CHEKAYRI, Arabic Unit Coordinator School of Humanities and Social Sciences PO. Box. 1848, Ifrane 53000, Morocco Phone: (212) 35862448 Fax: (212) 35862977 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 18:55:51 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:55:51 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Postdoctoral Position at France Telecom R&D Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Postdoctoral Position at France Telecom R&D -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 21 Apr 2006 From:BOUALEM Malek RD-TECH-LAN Subject:Postdoctoral Position at France Telecom R&D Postdoctoral position at France Telecom R&D. The "Natural Languages" R&D unit in France Telecom offers a post-doctoral position in Lannion (Brittany, France) to be started as soon as possible on the following subject: Corpus-based learning for semantic transfer in machine translation ------------------------------------------------------------------ Machine translation based on an Interlingua aims at expressing accurately in the target language what has been said in the source language. However, a number of phenomena occur out of this framework: under the same circumstances, one wouldn't say exactly the same thing in different languages: - either because usage, forms of address, or habits differ (I would like some aspirin, I need some aspirin, have you got some aspirin, may I have some aspirin, may I bother you with some aspirin). - or because basic linguistic structures, especially for determination, time and aspect, follow different schemes (I would like some aspirin, I would like a box of aspirin, I would have liked some aspirin, I want aspirins) Semantic modelling or rule-based description of such differences is hardly feasible. However these gaps may be observed on aligned corpora. And as morphologic, syntactic and semantic levels are already addressed by linguistic methods in an Interlingua architecture, machine learning at the pragmatic level may hopefully require less huge corpora than purely statistical translation methods where all the levels need to be globally learned. The postdoctoral successful candidate will investigate machine learning methods which may be applied to structured representations (trees and graphs) for machine translation, transform a corpus of aligned sentences into a corpus of aligned semantic graphs, and implement a system to transform the graphs from the source language into graphs expected in the target language according to the corpus. Required skills: * semantic representations in NLP (lexical semantics and textual semantics) * machine translation: linguistic, statistical and combined methods * machine learning, especially on structured representations (trees, graphs) * corpus alignment * C++, Unix * languages: fluent French or English, both is preferred * knowledge of typologically different languages Required diploma: * PhD (already defended or scheduled) Please send application letter and resume to : jerome(dot)vinesse(at)francetelecom(dot)com =================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 21 22:18:52 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:18:52 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Georgetown Flagship Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 21 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Georgetown Flagship Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 121 Apr 2006 From:embergman at earthlink.net Subject:Georgetown Flagship Job The Arabic Language Flagship Program (ALF) of Georgetown University's Center for Advanced Proficiency in Arabic at Georgetown University is seeking a full-time instructor of Modern Standard and Levantine (Jordanian, Lebanese, Palestinian, or Syrian) Arabic. ALF instructors teach in an innovative program for American students of Arabic at advanced levels. Classes are small and intensive. Instructors teach approximately 12 hours per week. In addition, they contribute to materials development and help coordinate non- classroom-based learning activities. Successful applicants have -- native or near-native speaker ability in Arabic, and -- experience in communicative, proficiency-based, and/or content- based teaching of Arabic. The ideal applicant holds an advanced degree in applied linguistics or a related field, and has significant teaching experience. Please send application, curriculum vitae, and names of three references to: Center for Advanced Proficiency in Arabic, PO Box 571129, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, or by email to: capa at georgetown.edu. The Center for Advanced Proficiency in Arabic may also be contacted by phone at 202-687-3925. Review of applications begins on 25 April; search will continue until position is filled. Georgetown is a Catholic and Jesuit, student-centered research university and candidates are encouraged to read its mission statement on the university???s website. Georgetown University is Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are especially invited to apply. *************************** Elizabeth M. Bergman, Ph.D. day: 202.687.3943 evening: 202.232.6937 email: embergman at earthlink.net ***************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 21 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:24:32 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:24:32 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Iraqi Kurdish at U of Michigan Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Iraqi Kurdish at U of Michigan -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:mayyash at umich.edu Subject:Iraqi Kurdish at U of Michigan Elementary Kurdish of Iraq University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Michigan Summer Term (June 28 - August 18, 2006) Monday ? Friday from 9am-1pm May 15 enrollment deadline This is an introductory course covering the spoken and written Kurdish of Sulaimania, Iraq, covering the elements of phonology, grammatical structures, vocabulary and the writing system. Students who complete the course will be able to converse on a general level with speakers of the Sorani dialect of Kurdish and to read non- technical prose. This course will be taught by professor emeritus Ernest McCarus. Textbook: Abdullah and McCarus, Kurdish Basic Course. Dialect of Sulaimania, Iraq. This book can be purchased through the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (cmenas at umich.edu or 734-764-0350). For an application and additional information, see the UM Summer Language Institute website at http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/sli. The program fee for this course is $2,600. This course is sponsored by the University of Michigan Summer Language Institute (SLI) and the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies (CMENAS) (http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/cmenas). This course has a minimum enrollment requirement of 4 students by May 15, 2006 or it will NOT be offered. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:24:42 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:24:42 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:New Book -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:reposted from LINGUIST Subject:New Book Title: A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic Series Title: Reference Grammars Publication Year: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge University Press http://us.cambridge.org Book URL: http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp? isbn=0521777712 Author: Karin C. Ryding Hardback: ISBN: 052177151X Pages: 734 Price: U.S. $ 140.00 Paperback: ISBN: 0521777712 Pages: 734 Price: U.S. $ 39.99 Abstract: Keeping technical terminology to a minimum, this comprehensive handbook provides a detailed yet accessible overview of Arabic wherein its phonology, morphology and syntax can be readily accessed. Accompanied by extensive examples, it will prove an invaluable practical guide for supporting students' textbooks, classroom work or self-study, and a useful resource for scholars and professionals. Contents 1. Introduction to Arabic; 2. Modern Standard Arabic phonology and script; 3. Arabic word structure: an overview; 4. Basic Arabic sentence structures; 5. Arabic noun types; 6. Participles: active and passive; 7. Noun inflections: gender, humanness, number, definiteness, and case; 8. Construct phrases and nouns in apposition; 9. Noun specifiers and quantifiers; 10. Adjectives: form and function; 11. Adverbs and adverbial expressions; 12. Personal pronouns; 13. Demonstrative pronouns and their functions; 14. Relative pronouns and relative clauses; 15. Arabic numerals and numeral phrases; 16. Prepositions and prepositional phrases; 17. Questions and question words; 18. Connectives and conjunctions; 19. Subordinating conjunctions: the particle 'inna and her sisters; 20. The classes of Arabic verbs; 21. Verb inflection: a summary; 22. Form I the base form of the trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns and participles; 23. Form II trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 24. Form III trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 25. Form IV trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 26. Form V trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 27. Form VI trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 28. Form VII trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 29. Form VIII trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 30. Form IX trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 31. Form X trillateral verb: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 32. Forms XI-XV trillateral verb; 33. Quadrilateral verbs: verb types, verbal nouns, and participles; 34. Moods of the verb I: indicative and subjunctive; 35. Moods of the verb II: jussive and imperative; 36. Verbs of being, becoming, remaining, seeming; 37. Negation and exception; 38. Passive and passive-type expressions; 39. Conditional and opative expressions. Linguistic Field(s): Language Description Syntax Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:24:38 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:24:38 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs refs on Moroccan lexical gallicism Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs refs on Moroccan lexical gallicism -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:tarari.leila at hotmail.fr Subject:Needs refs on Moroccan lexical gallicism Hello, I'm a student from the sorbonne University (Paris). I have to make a report about moroccan's lexical gallicism. i wonder how i could find a bibliography about this theme ? Thanks a lot. Very cordially, Le?la Tarari. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:24:35 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:24:35 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:BRISMES Postgraduate Day Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:BRISMES Postgraduate Day -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:John Knight Subject:BRISMES Postgraduate Day Dear colleagues, Please find below details of the British Society for Middle East Studies (BRISMES) Postgraduate Day. Please pass it on to your friends, colleagues and students. If you have any further queries, do get back to me. Abstracts are to be sent to Christine at Edinburgh. Best wishes, John Knight St. Antony's College ========================== http://johnlknight.googlepages.com/ ========================== john.knight at sant.ox.ac.uk BRISMES Graduate Section http://www.brismes.ac.uk/ Discussion List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brismesgrad/ To subscribe email: brismesgrad-subscribe at yahoogroups.com ************************************** BRISMES Postgraduate Day Friday 8 September 2006 University of Edinburgh The BRISMES Postgraduate section looks to repeat the success of last year's first annual conference. We are seeking submissions from Graduates of all levels from universities throughout the United Kingdom, exploring any topic related to the Middle East and North Africa. Highlights of the Conference: ? Gain conference experience in a comfortable environment ? Meet and interact with your student colleagues ? Network with other future leaders of Middle East Studies ? Learn more about BRISMES and how to join the society ? Visit one of the Britain's most beautiful cities Please submit a 250 word abstract with contact information by 31 MAY 2006 to Christine Lindner at s0453472 at sms.ed.ac.uk (For more information please also contact Christine) **A limited number of Travel Grants are available for those presenting papers** Thank you, the BRISMES postgraduate committee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:25:10 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:25:10 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Damascus response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:U of Damascus response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:emma_goldsmith at yahoo.com Subject:U of Damascus response Hi Seema Just to let you know not to worry about the Uni of Damascus. I have studied 2 of their 4 week courses and was asking the exact same questions before my first time. All you need are what it says on the web and you can literally just turn up on the day of enrollement and it will all get sorted out there. You need copies of passport, letter from the embassy, and you'll also be required to go get an aids test. No worries it's really quick. The uni can give you lots of numbers of places that frequently rent out rooms and if you get there a few days before you will probably meet many students completing the summer course and will therefore be leaving their rooms. I thoroughly loved Syria and was very happy with the course and the teaching and who knows I might even return this year. You have my adress so if you want any further info just let me know. Good luck Emma ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:24:45 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:24:45 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Needs program that converts XML->PDF with vowelled Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Needs program that converts XML->PDF with vowelled Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:Bushra Zawaydeh Subject:Needs program that converts XML->PDF with vowelled Arabic Hello a colleague of mine who is a technical writer is looking for a program that converts xml files that contain vowelled Arabic (i.e. Arabic words with "harakat"/ diacritics) into PDF files. The programs that he tried which are Render-X XEP and Antenna House didn't render the desired output. Does anybody know of other software that can handle vowelled Arabic and English text which may contain tables or figures? thank you Bushra ============== Bushra Zawaydeh, Ph.D. Basis Technology 150 CambridgePark Drive Cambridge, MA 02140 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:25:14 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:25:14 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Update on 22nd ARAM conference Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Update on 22nd ARAM conference -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:shafiq.abouzayd at orinst.ox.ac.uk Subject:Update on 22nd ARAM conference Dear Colleague, I am writing again to update you on the progress of the ARAM Twenty Second International Conference on "Iconography and Mythology of Prophet Elijah, St. George and al-Khodor in the Syrian Orient", to be held at Oxford University, 4-6 July 2006. The conference will start on Tuesday 4 July at 9am, finishing on Thursday 6 July at 5pm. Each speaker's paper is limited to 30 minutes, with an additional 10 minutes for discussion. I would like to thank those who have already answered our first announcement of the ARAM conference, and they will receive soon the list of the speakers with the programme of the conference. I would like also to inform you that we can still accept another five speakers, but we need their names before mid-May 2006. If you know of academic colleagues who might like to contribute to the conference, please forward this message to them or send us their names and email addresses. All papers given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM periodical, subject to editorial review. I am also writing to remind you of our ARAM new website (www.aramsociety.org), which aims to update our colleagues and friends on ARAM academic activities. ARAM has also its own new email address: aram at aramsociety.org However, you can still use our current email address at Oxford University: aram at orinst.ox.ac.uk Both email addresses can reach our ARAM Society. Thank you very much for your interest in our ARAM Society. Yours sincerely, Shafiq Abouzayd (Dr.) ARAM Society The Oriental Institute Oxford University Pusey Lane Oxford OX1 2LE, UK. Tel: ++44-1865-514041 Fax: ++44-1865-516824 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU Fri Apr 28 22:24:47 2006 From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:24:47 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Al-Quds University Summer Arabic Program Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 28 Apr 2006 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject:Al-Quds University Summer Arabic Program -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 28 Apr 2006 From:qiss at alquds.edu Subject:Al-Quds University Summer Arabic Program International Summer School (QISS) July 15 to August 17, 2006 Introduction Al-Quds University International Summer School in east Jerusalem is designed to enable university students or professionals to start or improve their learning of Arabic and knowledge of the region's culture and history. For students, it offers credit courses that are transferable to their universities, and also the opportunity for foreign students and Palestinian students living in diaspora to begin preparations so they can live here and study for any period of time in both Arabic and English. Professionals and visitors in the area would also benefit from the offerings by developing familiarity with the region and expertise that will help them in their careers. QISS offers a total experience that includes academic courses as well as lectures, activities, social involvement, and alternative tours of Jerusalem and the region. QISS plans to expand its activities over the following months and years and to offer many more credit courses taught in English, in addition to a full program in Arabic instruction from beginners to high advanced levels. Starting in summer 2006, it is offering the following courses: 1. 0400091 Arabic I, Beginners (4 credits; 5 contact hours; total 75 hours of instruction) 2. 0400093 Arabic II, Intermediate (4 credits; 5 contact hours; total 75 hours; prerequisite Arabic I) 3. 0400121 Jerusalem throughout History (2 credits; 30 total hours of instruction) 4. 0400125 History and Politics of the Palestine Question (2 credits; 30 total hours; instruction in English) These courses will be scheduled over five days (Saturday to Wednesday) to allow participants to be involved in other activities and to go on short or long tours in the area. Tuition Costs: Each Arabic course costs US$450; the two-credit courses are $200 each. Special rates are applicable to large groups from the same university. Accommodation can be arranged at reasonable cost (range $300-500 for the month, depending on preference). The program is directed by Professor Basem Ra?ad. Full information and application forms are available at http://www.alquds.edu/qiss/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- End of Arabic-L: 28 Apr 2006 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: