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Date: 20 Dec 2006
From:"Joseph N. Bell" <joseph.bell at msk.uib.no>
Subject:JAIS vol. 6 articles

The following two articles have been posted in JAIS vol. 6 (2005-6):

<http://www.uib.no/jais/v006/ali1PP.pdf>Samer Mahdy Ali. <http:// 
www.uib.no/jais/v006/ali1PP.pdf>Singing Samarra (861-956): Poetry and  
the Burgeoning of Historiography upon the Death of al-Mutawakkil.
(Adobe Acrobat 7.0 PDF file, 215 kB, pp. 1-23). <http://www.uib.no/ 
jais/v006ht/06-001-023Ali1PP.htm>HTML Unicode version.

Abstract: Historiography on the patricide/regicide of the Caliph al- 
Mutawakkil (d. 861) developed from a stage of simple description to a  
burgeoning of mytho-historical narrative. It would appear that what  
began as a palace scandal profaning to a putatively sacral community  
already torn by civil war developed into a redemptive tragedy with  
perennial appeal. In a patronage society governed by loyalty to one’s  
patron or father, this transformation should count as nothing less  
than conspicuous. This article examines the role of a major Abbasid  
poet, al-Bu tur (d. 897), in shaping public perception by cultivating  
genuine sympathy for the Abbasids and planting the seeds of questions  
that would be addressed in historical narratives. In particular, I  
discuss the importance of literary salons or gatherings as a social  
institution where poetry and historical narratives were recited  
orally as a means of transmitting knowledge to future generations.  
These gatherings provide a likely forum where mythic questions of  
poetry could inspire narrative.

<http://www.uib.no/jais/v006/barLev1PP.pdf>Zev bar-Lev.<http:// 
www.uib.no/jais/v006/barLev1PP.pdf> Arabic Key Consonants. (Adobe  
Acrobat 7.0 PDF file, 328 kB, pp. 24-63). <http://www.uib.no/jais/ 
v006ht/06-024-063barLev1.htm>HTML Unicode version to be posted later.
Abstract: This article outlines an approach to lexicon in Arabic  
linguistics, with special implications for teaching Arabic as a  
foreign language. Its basic insight is that individual initial  
consonants have their own meanings. On a theoretical level, this key- 
consonant system offers a pervasive theoretical insight about the  
structure of a lexicon, and the nature of lexical acquisition; and on  
a practical level, it offers a powerful key to learning vocabulary L2­ 
which in turn may offer the best possible validation of the  
theoretical claim. It is here related to insights in linguistic  
theory on the submorpheme (and analogical modeling); in L2 learning,  
such submorphemes can help make learning of vocabulary easier, and  
sometimes even make it possible to guess the meanings of new roots in  
context. An additional implication for the history of Semitic  
linguistics is also drawn, proposing to bring back into Semitic  
linguistics a set of insights that had been “banished” from the  
mainstream with the advent of “scientific” Semitic grammar over a  
thousand years ago. On the other hand, we will draw a sharp  
distinction between the proposal and biconsonantal root theory, with  
which it might be confused on first impression.

Joseph N. Bell
Professor of Arabic
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
University of Bergen
Sydnesplassen 12/13
N-5007 Bergen
NORWAY

tel.    +47 5558 2860 (reception)
         +47 5558 4771 (direct)
         +47 5614 3726 (home office)
fax     +47 5558 9410 or 5558 9191

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Date: 20 Dec 2006
From:"Joseph N. Bell" <joseph.bell at msk.uib.no>
Subject:JAIS vol. 6 final article

The final article of JAIS v. 5 (2003-4) has been posted:

<http://www.uib.no/jais/v005/Bashir1PP.pdf>Hassan Bashir.<http:// 
www.uib.no/jais/v005/Bashir1PP.pdf> Iran and Political Modernisation  
in the Nineteenth Century: Parliamentarianism, Constitutionalism and  
Feminism in the Newspaper Sur-i Israfil (Adobe Acrobat 7.0 PDF file,  
355 kB, pp. 124-147). HTML version to be posted later.
Abstract: The Constitutional Revolution in Iran (1906–11) was of  
momentous significance for the evolution of various social and  
political concepts that were mainly rooted in Western ideologies.  
During the period of this revolution the face of Iran was changed.  
The flourishing of free and autonomous newspapers was one of the main  
features of the period. The contribution of these newspapers to the  
social and political development of Iran and the modernisation of the  
realm was more obvious than that of other factors that were changing  
the traditional society of the country at the beginning of the  
twentieth century. Sur-i Israfil, the most influential and  
independent newspaper of the time, played an essential part in the  
process of modernisation. This article attempts to examine the role  
of the newspaper by analysing relevant texts published in it during  
the period and identifying the elements they mediated that were  
important to the process of change.

Joseph N. Bell
Professor of Arabic
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
University of Bergen
Sydnesplassen 12/13
N-5007 Bergen
NORWAY

tel.    +47 5558 2860 (reception)
         +47 5558 4771 (direct)
         +47 5614 3726 (home office)
fax     +47 5558 9410 or 5558 9191

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