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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:04:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New books and articles
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Date: 04 Dec 2007
From:reposted from LINGUIST
Subject:New books and articles

_________

Journal Title:  Babel
Volume Number:  53
Issue Number:  1
Issue Date:  2007

Touching upon the translation of the style of irony (English-Arabic)
Hasan Ghazala 22-31

Practicality and usefulness of English-Arabic dictionaries in  
translating
English metaphors
Shehdeh Fareh and Maher Bin Moussa 32-47

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EDITOR(S): Soudi, Abdelhadi; van den Bosch, Antal P.; Neumann, Günter
TITLE: Arabic Computational Morphology
SUBTITLE: Knowledge-based and Empirical Methods
SERIES: Text, Speech and Language Technology
YEAR: 2007
PUBLISHER: Springer
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-3489.html

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Tue Dec  4 19:04:45 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:04:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs resources to learn Gulf Arabic
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Date: 04 Dec 2007
From:Jonathan Lange <jonathanlange at yahoo.com>
Subject:Needs resources to learn Gulf Arabic

Hello.  I will be taking a trip to the Emirates and
Bahrain in February/March and will have to do some
translation for my group.  I already know MSA and
Egyptian Arabic, but I'm looking for resources to
become familiar with Gulf Arabic.  If anyone has any
good ideas, please let me know.  Thanks!

-Jonathan Lange
jonathanlange at yahoo.com

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Tue Dec  4 19:04:40 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:04:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:State Department sponsered Summer Language Institute
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Date: 04 Dec 2007
From:"Dora Johnson" <dJohnson at cal.org>
Subject:State Department sponsered Summer Language Institute

Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Chinese, Arabic and Russian
Teachers

The Department of State is pleased to announce Intensive Summer Language
Institutes in Chinese, Arabic and Russian for 2008 as part of the
National Security Language Initiative. The goal of the program is to
strengthen critical need foreign language instruction at U.S. schools by
providing intermediate and advanced level Chinese, Arabic and Russian as
a Foreign Language teachers with the opportunity for intensive language
study. The summer 2008 program is open to current K-12 teachers as well
as community college instructors of Chinese (Mandarin), Arabic and
Russian. It is also open to students enrolled in education programs
intending to teach these languages.

Successful applicants will gain further knowledge of the language and a
greater understanding of the target culture through the following:
attending intensive language classes; collaborating with foreign and
American teachers on foreign language teaching methodology; and living
abroad.

Scholarship Benefits for Selected Participants:
International airfare, in-country travel, housing, meals, incidentals,
classes, books, pre-departure orientation, educational and cultural
excursions. In addition, participants may be eligible for
post-scholarship grants as well as academic credit.

To be eligible, candidates must:
		* Speak intermediate or advanced Chinese, Arabic or
Russian. Final candidates will be tested prior to entrance in the
program, and participants will be tested at the conclusion of the
program.
		* Be current teachers of Chinese, Arabic or Russian as a
Foreign Language at the primary or secondary level at an accredited U.S.
public or private school, or be enrolled in a 4-year education program
(B.A. or B.S.) teacher certification program or a Masters of Education
program. Instructors of Chinese, Arabic or Russian at Community Colleges
are also encouraged to apply. Candidates must be committed to teaching
the language upon their return to the U.S.
	* Be U.S. citizens

For information and applications:
Applications will be available in December, 2007 with an anticipated
deadline of February 2008. Please contact William Heaton, Department of
State, Educational and Cultural Affairs, (202) 453-8888 or
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Tue Dec  4 19:04:38 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:04:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer program in Morocco
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Date: 04 Dec 2007
From:A.Chekayri at aui.ma
Subject:Summer program in Morocco

We have received an announcement about the Arabic Language and North  
African Studies summer program at Al Akhawain University in Morocco  
summer 2008.  I cannot post it since it came as an attachment, but the  
email given is arabic at aui.ma  and the web site is www.aui.ma/arabic  
for those who would like to correspond with them directly or check out  
their site.
dil

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Tue Dec  4 19:04:35 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:04:35 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Help creating Arabic Gigaword Ground Truth
 annotation
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Date: 04 Dec 2007
From:a.nwesri at student.rmit.edu.au
Subject:Needs Help creating Arabic Gigaword Ground Truth annotation

Hi,

I am a PhD student doing a research on Arabic IR at the RMIT  
university, Melbourne, Australia.

I am currently creating a manual ground truth for the Arabic giga word  
collection. I need this to evaluate current Arabic IR systems and to  
test my new algorithms.

I posted the message below  to the Corpora newsgroup and was advised  
to post this in the Arabic-L newsgroup. Unfortunately, I am not a  
member in this group.

I hope that you can post this in the Arabic-L news group so that many  
people who are working in the field can participate in this work.

I  highly appreciate your assistance.

Thanks
-------------------------------------------------------

Hi,

I have built a tool to create a manual judgement for the Arabic giga  
Word (AGW) corpus. The corpus is by far the biggest available from LDC.

Most Arabic Information retrieval systems have been evaluated using  
the AFP TREC2001 corpus and 75 queries. The corpus is relatively small  
compared to English corpora. AGW is five times bigger than the  
TREC2001 corpus.

Currently I have used a group of 20 people and have collected about  
20000 judgement for around 80 queries.

If you are an Arabic native speaker, I would highly appreciate your  
contribution to build this ground truth. If you can add one topic and  
find its relevant documents and mark them you would contribute another  
topic to the judgement. I am looking to get as more judgements as  
possible.

I will make this ground truth available to the research community once  
I finish my evaluations.

The link for the annotation tool is

http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~nwesri/agw/index.php

Once again I am looking for your support and hope that this will  
benefit the Arabic IR.


Thanks In Advance,

Abdusalam Nwesri
PhD Student,
School of Computer Science and IT,
RMIT University,
Melbourne,
Australia.
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Tue Dec  4 19:04:41 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:04:41 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Hindi numbers in Arabic documents in Word response
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Date: 04 Dec 2007
From:"katia zakharia" <katia.zakharia at mom.fr>
Subject:Hindi numbers in Arabic documents in Word response

Masaa' al-khayr.

To type Hindi numbers in Arabic documents in Word 2007, open Word and  
then:

1)      Click on the Office Button on the left upper corner

2)      Click on < Options Word > (the right low corner)

3)      Click on < Options advanced >

4)      Scroll < Options advanced for the use of Word >  until <  
Display the
contents of documents > then scroll until < numbers >  and choose <  
context
> (DO NOT choose Hindi otherwise all numbers in all your documents  
> will be
in Hindi).

I hope this will help.

KZ

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Thu Dec  6 15:57:26 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Gulf Arabic resources
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2) Subject:Gulf Arabic resources
3) Subject:Gulf Arabic resources

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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:Haroon Shirwani <arabictutor at hotmail.com>
Subject:Gulf Arabic resources

Hi Jonathan. Clive Holes' Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf sounds like  
just the thing for someone in your situation. It's quite dense in  
terms of linguistic jargon, and I would not recommend it to an  
absolute beginner, but I think you will really enjoy it. It certainly  
worked for me when I tried to make a shift from MSA to Gulf Colloquial.

(NB I have heard that the language used is sometimes eccentric or out  
of date as it is from a particular part of Bahrain that Prof Holes was  
in several years ago. Personally, I did not find this a problem.)

Regards,

Haroon

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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:"IBCBOOKS.COM" <ibc at ibcbooks.com>
Subject:Gulf Arabic resources

This is in response to the inquiry for "Gulf Arabic"  we can provide the
follow textbooks:
Basic Course in Gulf  Arabic by Hamdi Aqfisheh . Spoken Saudi Arabic  
by Van
Wagoner
Advanced Gulf Arabic. Please see details on our website: www.ibcbooks.com

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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:from the AATA newsletter (Nov 2007)
Subject:Gulf Arabic resources

  Margaret Nydell:  From Modern Standard Arabic to the (Regional)  
Arabic Dialects Series

There are six books in the series From Modern Standard Arabic to the  
(Regional) Arabic Dialect, including
Moroccan, Libyan, Egyptian, Syrian, Iraqi and Gulf.  These books are  
written for users who know Modern Standard
Arabic (MSA) and who wish to efficiently identify and practice dialect  
features, which differ significantly, as well
as vocabulary and structures not present in MSA.  The books were  
written between 1990 and 1993.  Material was
gathered through multiple interviews with native speakers,  
interviewing at least two people at the same time.
Informants were ages 20 to 30, both men and women.

The books are designed alike.  Each is organized by part of speech.    
Each is intended as a practice-reference text, so
the speaker can look up features and use the chapters in any order.   
The books are double transcribed, in both
phonemic romanization and in Arabic.  Terminology is selected for non- 
linguists.

Chapters include: Pronunciation, Nouns, Adjectives, Participles,  
Personal Pronouns, Other Pronouns, Question
Words, Prepositions/Conjunctions/Particles, Adverbs, Numbers, Sentence  
Structure, Perfect and Imperfect Verb
Tenses, Derived Forms of Verbs, Other Verb Features.  The books have  
accompanying recordings.

For further information or to order copies of individual works in the  
series, contact the publisher, Diplomatic
Language Services (tolewine at dls-llc.com;  telephone 703-243-4855,  
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Thu Dec  6 15:57:31 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS&PEDA:Needs Best ME Translation Faculty
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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:nwasfi at yahoo.com
Subject:Needs Best ME Translation Faculty

Please, I need somebody to recommend me the best faculty in the Middle  
East that teaches translation in different fields from English into  
Arabic and vice versa.

Regards,
Dr.Nahed wasfi

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Thu Dec  6 15:57:33 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:33 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Hindi/Arabic numbers
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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:"George N. Hallak, Boston" <GnhBos at aol.com>
Subject:Hindi/Arabic numbers

An additional small piece of information maybe helpful.
Arabic Numerals are actually what we use in English; and
the so called Arabic numerals are really Hindi characters.

Now, what the Latin based languages use Arabic Numerals,
and we (Arabic speakers) use Hindi characters is beyond me.
All I know that my father (Bless his soul), all through his life,
only used the real Arabic Numerals! If you asked him why he
uses "English" numerals, he'd give you a lecture!

So when you want to use so called "Arabic numbers", you have
to select "Hindi" in Windows!

Best Regards,
George N. Hallak

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Job Opportunity list in AATA Newsletter
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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:moderator
Subject:Job Opportunity list in AATA Newsletter

Those looking for employment might want to check out the latest AATA  
Newsletter (Nov. 2007) which lists employment opportunities with (not  
all of which have been posted on Arabic-L):

ACTFL
AUB
Bard Colleg
Cy-Fair College
Drew University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Grinnell College
Miami University
School for International Training
Seoul National University
Stanford
Texas A&M
Tulane
UCLA

The newsletter is available on aataweb.org.

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Columbia Job still open till Jan 21, 2008
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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From: taoufiq ben amor <tb46 at columbia.edu>
Subject:Columbia Job still open till Jan 21, 2008

Positions are still open for applications until January 21, 2008

Arabic Senior Lecturer and Lecturer

Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures Seeks to  
fill one or more positions at the rank of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer  
in Arabic, beginning July 2008. Applicants should preferably have a  
Ph.D. or ABD in Arabic or applied linguistics, but those with a  
Master's degree and considerable experience in Arabic language  
teaching are also encouraged to apply. Applicants should have native  
or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic, at least one  
dialect, and English. We are seeking a professional candidate with a  
serious commitment to teaching Arabic for academic purposes along the  
ACTFL proficiency guidelines. Responsibilities will include teaching  
and participation in the administration of the Arabic program.

An application letter including a brief description of the applicant's  
teaching philosophy and methodology, curriculum vitae, three letters  
of recommendation, teaching evaluations and other supporting materials  
should be sent to:

Chair, Arabic Search Committee
MEALAC
Columbia University
602 Kent Hall/ Mail Code 3928
New York, NY 10027

Applications will be reviewed starting November 10, 2007. The  
Department will be interviewing candidates at the MESA conference  
November 17-20.

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action  
employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Thu Dec  6 15:57:18 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic and Generative Grammar query
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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:taoufiq ben amor <tb46 at columbia.edu>
Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar query

dear everyone,

a student of mine has the following question, and i'd appreciate any  
answers you might have.
======================
In applying Generative Grammar (Government and Binding theory) to  
Arabic VSO structure, we run into a few problems. In Arabic VSO (jumla  
fi'liya), there are components that are not present in English:

?The verb only agrees with the subject in gender and person, but not  
in number.
?Indefinite subjects cannot precede the verb, thus VSO is necessary.
?Inanimate nouns (especially plural nouns) take the 3rd feminine  
singular verb conjugation.

Generative Grammar does not allow for partial feature/case checking;  
therefore, to account for these syntactic rules, we must come up with  
a way to have directionality in case/feature checking that occurs at T  
(for the verb, in a tree structure). Another approach is to have  
conditional feature/checking, so that depending on whether or not the  
subject is before or after, animate or inanimate, we can adjust the  
verb (ex: in VSO, if DPsubj is inanimate plural noun, V must be in the  
3rd feminine singular).

Is there a theory that explains this phenomenon in Arabic when  
Generative Grammar is applied (about how the feature/case checking is  
accounted for on a Generative Grammar tree structure)?

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Notre Dame One Year Job
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1) Subject:Notre Dame One Year Job

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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:Li Guo <lguo at nd.edu>
Subject:Notre Dame One Year Job


UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, NOTRE DAME, INDIANA
The Arabic Studies Program in the Department of Classics at the
University of Notre Dame invites applications for a position in
Arabic language and literature at the rank of visiting assistant
professor. The appointment will begin in August 2008. The successful
candidate will be able to teach Arabic language courses at all levels
and courses in modern Arabic literature, with research interests in
Arabic and comparative literary theory. Completion of the PhD is
required. Teaching load will be three courses per semester.

Address applications to Elizabeth Forbis-Mazurek, Chair, Department
of Classics, 304 O'Shaughnessy Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, IN 46556. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, three
letters of reference, a writing sample, and evidence if available of
teaching experience. The closing date for applications is January 18,
2008.

The University of Notre Dame is an international Catholic research
university and an equal opportunity educator and employer with strong
institutional and academic commitments to racial, cultural, and
gender diversity. The University particularly seeks candidates who
demonstrate excellence in both teaching and research. Information
about the Department is available at <http://classics.nd.edu>http://classics.nd.edu 
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Wants Syria Summer study abroad advice
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From:Shaun Payne <shaunp89 at yahoo.com>
Subject:Wants Syria Summer study abroad advice

Hello
  I am looking for infomation on studing abroad in Syria for the  
summer after finishing 2 semesters of Arabic.  If anyone has good  
information please email me.

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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Maryland Job
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:<elgibali at umd.edu>
Subject:U of Maryland Job

Please post:

Assistant or Associate Professor in Arabic

Subject to the availability of funding, the Arabic Program at the  
School of Languages, Cultures, and Literatures (SLLC) at the  
University of Maryland seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant  
Professor or for a tenured Associate Professor position in Arabic.   
Specializations may be in either Language and Literature (Classical or  
Modern literature) or Language and Culture,(including, but not limited  
to, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, pragmatics).  Candidates  
will be evaluated on their record of scholarship and teaching, and  
interest in language learning.  Native or near native command of  
Modern Standard Arabic and one major dialect variety of Arabic, and  
English are highly desirable. The successful candidate will join a  
rapidly expanding Arabic program within the School, and will  
contribute to the new Arabic Flagship program.

For best consideration, applicants should specify the specialization  
and rank for which they are applying, and submit a letter of  
application, including a short description of their current research  
plans, a CV, and contact information (only) for three referees, by  
January 30, 2008.  We may be interviewing at the LSA.  Please indicate  
whether you plan to attend this conference. The position will be open  
until filled. Applications should be submitted to:

Arabic Search Committee, School of Languages, Literatures, and  
Cultures, c/o Weinberg, Rm. 1401 Marie Mount Hall, University of  
Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

The University of Maryland is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action  
employer. Applications from women and Minority candidates are  
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:10 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Masterclass in Corpus Methods in Ling. and Lang.
 Teaching
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:eissa at comcast.net
Subject:Masterclass in Corpus Methods in Ling. and Lang. Teaching

Thought that this information might be of interest to many in the  
Arabic-L

             Salaam

Muhammad Eissa, Ph. D.
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
University of Chicago


MasterclassCorpus Methods in Linguistics and Language Pedagogy
Using corpus data in linguistic research and preparation of language  
pedagogical materials

at the University of ChicagoWednesday-Sunday, March 26-30, 2008
The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (CLTL)
and
The Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association (SCLA)
and
The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS),
The Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies (CEERES),
The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS),
The Center for the Study of Languages (CSL),
The Computation Institute (CI),
The Division of the Humanities (Humanities Computing),
and The South Asian Language Resource Center (SALRC)
at the University of Chicago

present

a conference and masterclass in

CORPUS METHODS IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY
(CMLLP-2008)
Wednesday-Sunday, March 26-30, 2008, University of Chicago, Chicago,  
Illinois USA

Website: http://languages.uchicago.edu/corpuslinguistics

Application/Registration Deadline: January 21, 2008
Application available for download here


*Topics*

	• corpus linguistics:  collection, annotation, statistical analysis   
and interpretation of corpus data; assembling your own corpora, the  
web as corpus
	• visualization techniques
	• use of corpora in language teaching and the development of  
pedagogical materials
	• focus on corpora for less commonly taught/studied/spoken languages
*Program*

	• Wednesday:    Corpus Linguistics: an introduction to the field and  
the possibilities (optional introductory day), Divjak and Clancy  
(unlimited audience)
	• Thursday:   Conference: plenary lectures and case studies by  
invited speakers and some (advanced) participants;  poster session for  
(beginner/intermediate) participants (unlimited audience)
	• Friday:   Masterclass: R for corpus linguistics, Gries  
(registration limited to 25)
	• Saturday:   Masterclass: Statistics for linguists using R, Gries  
(registration limited to 25)
	• Sunday:   Presentation of participants’ research projects (limited  
to masterclass participants)
*Presenters (partial listing)*

	• Stefan Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara (teaching R)
	• Dagmar Divjak, University of Sheffield (Slavic linguistics,  
cognitive linguistics, corpus linguistics)
	• Steven Clancy, University of Chicago (Slavic linguistics, cognitive  
linguistics, multidimensional scaling (MDS) in linguistics)
	• John Goldsmith, University of Chicago (probabilistic methods,  
towards a new empiricism in linguistics, computational linguistics)
	• Arno Bosse, University of Chicago (visualization techniques in the  
humanities)
*Materials*

Gries, Stefan Th. 2008. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: a  
practical introduction. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.  
The R program is freely available for multiple platforms (http://www.r-project.org/ 
).

  *Data/Problem Sets*

Materials, scripts, and exercises will be based on data extracted from  
corpora for less commonly taught/studied/spoken languages.  
Participants should bring at least one of their own problems, data  
sets, etc. to work on during the masterclass and present on Sunday.

  *Masterclass Computers*

The CSL will provide Macintosh laptop computers running both Mac and  
Windows operating systems for use by participants during the  
masterclass; the center has wifi internet access throughout.  
Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops if available.

  *Fellowships*

A limited number of fellowships will be available to qualified  
graduate student participants on a competitive basis and may include a  
waiver of the masterclass registration fees and/or assistance with  
travel and lodging expenses.

  *Further Information*

Please contact Steven Clancy <sclancy at uchicago.edu> if you have any  
questions or would like to receive further information about this  
conference and masterclass. A PDF flier and registration form is  
available for download here.

*Application/Registration Information*
Application/Registration Deadline: January 21, 2008

Questions? Contact Steven Clancy <sclancy at uchicago.edu>

  Participation in the introductory and conference sessions (Wed- 
Thurs) is not limited, but due to the interactive, hands-on nature of  
the masterclass sessions on Fri-Sun, the number of participants is  
limited to 25. Those registering for the Wed-Thurs sessions need only  
submit the completed registration form and fees. Those interested in  
the full masterclass should submit the registration/application form  
(download here) and a cover letter describing how the masterclass  
methods and topics will impact their teaching, research, and career  
goals. The masterclass is intended to advance the methodological state  
of the art in the discipline of corpus linguistics and to educate a  
group of researchers most likely to benefit from applying corpus  
methods in their ongoing and future research and preparation of  
materials for language pedagogy.

  Graduate student applicants should also submit one letter of  
recommendation from a faculty member familiar with their academic work  
and research interests.

  Applications will be reviewed by the masterclass organizing  
committee and participants will be notified of acceptance by February  
15, 2008.

  Conference/Masterclass registration fees are detailed below. Fees  
cover tuition for the masterclass and some meals and breaks.

Masterclass Fees

Non-Academic

University Faculty/Staff

Graduate Students

Full Masterclass (Optional introductory session, 1-day conference, 3- 
day masterclass; Wed-Sun)

$250

$175

$100

Introductory session and conference (Wed-Thur only)

$60

$40

$30

Introductory session (Wed only)

$30

$20

$15

Conference day (Thur only)

$30

$20

$15

Meals and coffee breaks included in registration fees:

	• Wednesday:    Lunch, Coffee Breaks, Reception
	• Thursday:   Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks, Dinner
	• Friday:   Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks
	• Saturday:   Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks, Dinner
	• Sunday:   Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks
The application deadline is January 21, 2008. For those planning to  
attend Wednesday-Thursday only, please submit your registration fee  
along with the application form. Those applying for the full  
masterclass may make payment following acceptance to the program and  
notification of any fellowship support received. Applicants will be  
notified of acceptance status by February 15, 2008.

Please make checks payable to: The University of Chicago. Payments via  
credit/debit card cannot be accepted. Receipt of your application will  
be confirmed by e-mail.  If you have any questions about your  
application, please contact: Steven Clancy <sclancy at uchicago.edu>.

Please send checks and registration/application forms to:

Steven Clancy
Center for the Study of Languages
University of Chicago
1130 E. 59th St., Foster 406
Chicago, IL 60637

University of Chicago campus applicants may hand in their applications  
at the information desk in the Center for the Study of Languages, Cobb  
Hall.

Tentative Schedule

Plenary lectures and conference talks will be announced at the  
conference website as soon as the schedule is finalized. All events  
will take place at The Center for the Study of Languages (CSL, Cobb  
Hall, 2nd Floor) on The University of Chicago campus.

http://languages.uchicago.edu/corpuslinguistics


Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - Dagmar Divjak and Steven Clancy

12:00-1:00

Registration, Lunch

1:00-2:30

Corpus Linguistics: Introduction to the field and   the possibilities,  
part 1

2:30-2:45

Break

2:45-4:15

Corpus Linguistics: Introduction to the field and   the possibilities,  
part 2

4:15-4:30

Break

4:30-5:30

Corpus Linguistics: Introduction to the field and   the possibilities,  
part 3

5:30-6:30

Reception

Evening

Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework


Thursday, March 27, 2008

8:00-9:00

Breakfast (60 min)

9:00-10:00

Plenary Lecture 1 TBA (50min, 10min questions)

10:00-10:15

Break (15min)

10:15-10:45

Talk 1

10:45-11:15

Talk 2

11:15-11:30

Break (15min)

11:30-12:30

Plenary Lecture 2 TBA (50min, 10min questions)

12:30-1:30

Lunch (60min)

1:30-2:00

Talk 3

2:00-2:30

Talk 4

2:30-3:00

Talk 5

3:00-3:30

Break (30min)

3:30-4:00

Talk 6

4:00-4:30

Talk 7

4:30-5:00

Talk 8

4:45-5:00

Break (15min)

5:00-6:00

Plenary Lecture 3 TBA (50min, 10min questions)

6:00-6:30

Reception

6:30-8:00

Dinner

Evening

Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework


Friday, March 28, 2008 - Stefan Gries

8:00-9:00

Breakfast (60 min)

9:00-10:30

R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 1

10:30-11:00

Break (30 min)

11:00-12:30

R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 2

12:30-1:30

Lunch (60 min)

1:30-3:00

R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 3

3:00-3:30

Break (30 min)

3:30-5:00

R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 4

Evening

Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework


Saturday, March 29, 2008 - Stefan Gries

8:00-9:00

Breakfast (60 min)

9:00-10:30

Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 1

10:30-11:00

Break (30 min)

11:00-12:30

Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 2

12:30-1:30

Lunch (60 min)

1:30-3:00

Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 3

3:00-3:30

Break (30 min)

3:30-5:00

Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 4

5:00-6:00

Reception

6:00-8:00

Dinner

Evening

Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework


Sunday, March 30, 2008 - Masterclass Participants

8:00-9:00

Breakfast (60 min)

9:00-10:30

Presentation Panel 1

10:30-10:45

Break (15 min)

10:45-12:15

Presentation Panel 2

12:15-1:15

Lunch (60 min)

1:15-2:45

Presentation Panel 3

2:45-3:00

Break (15 min)

3:00-4:00

Presentation Panel 4

4:00-4:30

Concluding Remarks, Farewells



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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Dec 12 00:39:14 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Wants help with research on Arabic 'texting'
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:dreynold at religion.ucsb.edu
Subject:Wants help with research on Arabic 'texting'

Dear Arabic-L members,

I have a very bright undergraduate student who studied in Cairo last  
year and is writing an exciting Honor's paper under my direction on  
digitized 3rabic as used in "txting" on cellphones, in online  
chatrooms, and in postings to websites such as Facebook.

She has already gathered a small corpus via her own personal network  
in Egypt, but would now like to expand her research to include  
digitized 3rabic in other Arab countries.

If you have access to native speakers of Arabic at your institution --  
TA's, Arab students, bilingual Arab-Americans, and so forth -- could  
you please pass the attached brief survey form on to them?  I suspect  
they will actually enjoy responding if they are young people and "txt"  
in Arabic regularly.

There are some very interesting aspects of code-switching and other  
issues that are surfacing in my student's work, so I hope you will  
consider giving her a hand in connecting to a broader survey  
population.  Egyptian responses are welcome too, it's just that there  
is a particular interest at this point in contacting speakers from  
other countries as well.

Best,
Dwight Reynolds

*******************************************************************************
Dwight F. Reynolds, Professor            Arabic Language & Lit
Department of Religious Studies          Phone: (805) 893-7143
University of California                 Dept:  (805) 893-7136
Santa Barbara, CA 93106                  FAX:   (805) 893-2059
*******************************************************************************

[here is the text of the attachment:]

My name is Allegra O’Donoghue and I an undergraduate at the  
University of California, Santa Barbara, majoring in Middle Eastern  
Studies.  I am interested in learning about how young bilingual Arabs  
communicate digitally, particularly in the mixture of English with  
Arabic and transliterating into Roman or English letters.  I hope to  
ascertain the development and usage of this form of language, codify  
spelling and determine whether or not its users have established  
grammar rules.  I would greatly appreciate your help with this  
project!  If you know of anyone who might like to participate, please  
forward it on.  Feel free to elaborate on any question.  You may type  
directly on this document, re-save it and send it back, or simply  
number your answers on a separate document, or directly in the body of  
an email.  I’d appreciate your response as soon as possible, and you  
may contact me directly at  HYPERLINK  
"mailto:allegretta at umail.ucsb.edu" allegretta at umail.ucsb.edu
Shukran!

Name:
Age:
Sex:

How long have you studied English and how old were you when you began?


What was the language of instruction in your
primary school-
secondary school-
university-


In what country/ies do you hold citizenship and in what country/ies  
were you raised?


Which dialects of Arabic are you familiar with? And which do you use  
when online and in texts (SMS’s)?



Do you ever use Arabic script when typing or texting (sending SMS’s)?  
If so, when?





Please look over the alphabet below.  Do you have any additions,  
subtractions or comments?

ء-2
ا-a
ب-b
ت-t
ث-th, s
ج-g, j
ح-7, h
خ-7', kh, 5
د-d
ذ-z, th
ر-r
ز-z
س-s
ش-sh
ص-s
ض-d,
ط-t, 6
ظ- th, z
ع-a, ‘a, 3, a’
غ-gh, 3’
ف- f
ق- q, 2, k
ك-k
ل-l
م-m
ن-n
ه-h
و- as a consonant-w, as a vowel-  oo, ou, u
ي- as a consonant-ya, as a vowel ee, y, i
Short vowels:
kasra- i
dhamma- u, o
fat7a- a,e

Comments:




When typing with the Roman alphabet, are you consistent in your  
spelling of words?



Please type the following sentence as you normally would using the  
Roman alphabet:

والله يا جماعة أنا مبسوطة إن فيه جروب  
كده بجد برافو عليكويا شباب وانا نفسي  
موت مصر ترجع زي زمان بس إيه لا حياة لمن  
تنادي وعاوزنا نرجع زي زمان قول للزمان  
إرجع يا زمان




When typing messages on a computer or cell phone, do you notice any  
particular words or phrases that you normally always write in  
English?  For example:

“howwa ento bete3melo design it-shirts w keda? Walla just printing?”
“ya gama3a al t-shirt 7elwa moot wel printing gamed awyy….”

In both examples, the writers wrote “t-shirts” and “printing”  
in English.





Are there any phrases or expressions that you only use when typing or  
texting and never use while speaking?




How often do you use the internet/text messaging?
multiple times a day
once a day
a few times a week
once a week

Are there any websites/profiles other than facebook on which you leave  
messages or chat with your friends frequently?



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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS&PEDA:Wants recommendation on Translation Program
 in Gulf
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:nwasfi at yahoo.com
Subject:Wants recommendation on Translation Program in Gulf

I'd like somebody to recommend me the best Faculty of Translation in  
the Gulf region that offers a BA in translation from English into  
Arabic and vice versa in different fields.

Regards,
Dr. Nahed Wasfi

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic and Generative Grammar
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2) Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar

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1)
Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:"Mr. Abbache" <abbache_ahmed at yahoo.fr>
Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar

dear Taoufiq,

you can't, nor your student apply the Generative Grammar theory, even  
Government and Binding theory to Arabic language.
Arabic language does not know VSO structure, English and another  
languages may know like this notion, but not arabic. VSO is not the  
jumla fi'liya like you said.
as i konw, until know no theory can treate these syntax phenomenons in  
Arabic.
but it does exist one theory, whish can help that student, and i'm  
advicing him to work throw it, it will help a lot, try to use the "Neo- 
Khalilian theory".
Here some of what Pr. Abderrahmane HADJ-SALAH said about it.
"the starting point of the Neo-khalilian theory is the discovery, for  
the most ancient grammarians (8th century), of an original conception  
that we do not find in the works of the arab grammarian who came after  
them only in a distorted form (except some case)" Pr. Abderrahmane  
HADJ-SALAH.
"the linguistic theory developed by these old researchers has been  
firt analysed for many long years, then reformulated within a logico- 
mathematical framwork and is actually systematically being exploited  
in several fields at the levels of our Center (Centre de recherche  
scientifique et technique pour le développement de la langue arabe)"  
Pr. Abderrahmane HADJ-SALAH.
if you want any help about this theory, you will find me here to help.

best regard.
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2)
Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:paula santillan <capraia at yahoo.com>
Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar

dear student,

the only suggestion i can provide you with on this
topic is:

http://a.fassi-fehri.com/index.html

-p

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:08 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Lectures on DVD?
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From: "Schub, Michael B." <Michael.Schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:Lectures on DVD?

would it be a good idea to emulate  'The Teaching Company', i.e. to  
have outstanding Arab professors give academic courses, with reading  
guides, on DVD (and/or) CD, in Arabic, about Arabic language,  
literature, poetry, history, etc. for serious students of all ages to  
learn from??  (Is this already being done?)
                                                                                                      Mike 
  Schub

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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:AlAkhawayn Summer programs 2008
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:A.Chekayri at aui.ma
Subject:AlAkhawayn Summer programs 2008

Arabic Language and North African Studies
Summer program in Morocco

One Semester of Arabic in 4 Weeks June 2 – 27, or June 30 –July 25, 2008
One Year of Arabic in 8 Weeks June 2 – July 25, 2008

Modern Standard Arabic courses include: Beginning, Intermediate,  
Advanced,
Journalistic and Literary Arabic
Required Activities in Arabic include: Moroccan Colloquial Arabic,
Experiential language learning, Weekly cultural activities and clubs,
Field trips to selected cities in Morocco, Immersion experience in local
community

Arabic language courses carry 6 to 8 semester credit hours.

One of the following courses can be taken along with Arabic language or
two without Arabic language:

North African Studies
6 Week Summer Session (June 4-July 17, 2008). Courses offered include:
Contemporary Moroccan History, History of the Arab World, Islamic
Civilization, Issues in Contemporary North Africa, North African
Literature

Each course carries 3 semester credit hours.

Deadline for application: April 22, 2008

For more information: Website: http://www.aui.ma/arabic
E-mail: arabic at aui.ma
FAX. (212)35862977
Tel. (212) 35862427
AlAkhawayn University, Ifrane, 53000 Morocco

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr. Abdellah CHEKAYRI

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs info on full year study abroad in Syria
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:Jessica Morris <Morris2 at email.arizona.edu>
Subject:Needs info on full year study abroad in Syria

Ahlan all,

I am a second year student of Arabic and would like to study abroad  
for the
2008-2009 academic year. Does anyone know of any good programs in  
Syria, or has
studied in Damascus.

Any help is appreciated :)

Jessica
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:AD:GMP Books on Indo-Islamic Art and Architecture
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:"Global Media Publications" <gmpublication at gmail.com>
Subject:GMP Books on Indo-Islamic Art and Architecture

*Some important books on Indo-Islamic Art & Architecture *

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Islamic Architecture of Deccan
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Mughal and Persian Paintings and Illustrated Manuscripts in the Raza
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Mughal Sculpture: Study of Stone Sculptures of Birds, Beasts, Mythical
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Painting the Mughal Experience
By Som Prakash Verma
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Paintings of the Great Mughals : Lalit Kala Series Portfolio No. 47
Usha Bhatia
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Paintings of the Razmnama : The Book of War
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Sultanate Architecture of Pre-Mughal India
By Elizabeth Schotten Merklinger
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The Story of Museums Wonders of the Taj Mahal and Ajanta
By Sujit Narayan Sen
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Wall Paintings of Rajasthan
By Mira Seth
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Land Transport in Mughal India : Agra-Lahore Highway and its  
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History and Architectural Remains of Sirhind
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The Sacred Architecture of Islam
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By Neeru Misra  Tanay Misra
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Excavations at Fatehpur Sikri
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The Archaeology and Monumental Remains of Delhi
By Carr Stephen
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The World Heritage Complex of the Qutub
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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Needs contact info for Dr. Mahmoud Abdallah
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:"tons" <tons at aucegypt.edu>
Subject:Needs contact info for Dr. Mahmoud Abdallah

I need help to find out Dr.Mahmoud Abdallah E-mail address
Abbas Al-Tonsi
Senior lecturer
School of Foreign Service in Qatar
Georgetown University

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Syriac Symposium in Granada (Spain)
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:shafiq.abouzayd at orinst.ox.ac.uk
Subject:Syriac Symposium in Granada (Spain)

Dear friend,
I am writing to inform those who are willing to participate in the  
Syriac Symposium in Granada (Spain) during September 2008, should  
contact directly
Mrs. Maria del Val Paniagua Sanchez:
Centro International para el Estudio del Oriente Cristiano
Plaza Alonso Cano s/n
18001 Granada
Spain
Tel: ++34-958-215909
Email: secretaria at icsco.org

Yours sincerely,
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Texas at Austin Job
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:albatal at austin.utexas.edu
Subject:U of Texas at Austin Job
Arabic Lecturer Position at the University of Texas, Austin

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN invites applications for a full- 
time, academic year-long appointment as a lecturer in Arabic, to begin  
September 1, 2008 with possibility of annual renewal.  This position  
is funded by a Flagship grant to UT and is subject to grant renewal.

To be considered, candidates should have completed a Master’s degree  
or higher in Arabic Language, Literature, or Culture.  The successful  
candidate will have demonstrated teaching excellence at the university  
level and be expected to teach three courses per semester during the  
academic year 2008-2009.  Experience in coordinating multiple sections  
of Arabic classes is desired.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, three  
references letters, and evidence of teaching excellence to: Chelsea  
Sypher, Program Coordinator, UT Arabic Flagship Language Program,  
Department of Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at  
Austin (WMB 6.102); 1 University Station # F9400, Austin, TX  
78712-0527. Phone: Tel: (512) 471- 3283; Fax: (512) 471-7834.

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies is committed to achieving  
diversity in its faculty, students, and curriculum, and welcomes  
applicants who would help it achieve this goal.

All application materials must be received by January 15, 2008.

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/arabic/
For inquiries please contact Ms. Sypher at utflagship at austin.utexas.edu

Background check conducted on applicant selected

The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative Action/Equal  
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Dec 12 00:39:16 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:16 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Transition to Gulf Arabic
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:mutarjm at aol.com
Subject:Transition to Gulf Arabic

RE: Transition to Gulf Arabic (Emirati dialect)

Greetings.

Re transition to Gulf Arabic (GA)

Since you have a foundation in MSA, you might get the?"Teach
Yourself?Gulf Arabic" multimedia package (textbook and accompanying
audiocassette tape - which?might be reformatted in a CD by now) by  
(IIRC)?Clive
Hole and Jack Smart. Searchable ("gulf arabic") and available on <
amazon.com >.

Most other references in?English about GA would be too basic (they're
usually phrasebooks that are a?mix of MSA and some pseudo-GA features),
or they are heavily descriptive and intended for?specialists in Arabic
dialectology (one of my fields). You do not have time to plow through
the three-volume set of paperbacks on GA (Emirati dialect) by Hamdi
Qafisheh, U. of Arizona Press; although they are out of print, copies
seem often available via search of Amazon.com and alibris.com.

Depending on what type of interpreting (formal / technical / commercial
versus casual and social) you might be doing, you may well find that
MSA suffices, as Emiratis usually will "tune up" their Arabic when they
notice that you communicate in MSA and ditto for Bahrainis. That was my
experience April when back in UAE and Oman for a few weeks.

Hope this helps; khair, in shaa' Allah.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:MLS Translator Improvement Program (on-line course)
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1) Subject:MLS Translator Improvement Program (on-line course)

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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:kariann.marti at martindalelinguisticsolutions.com
Subject:MLS Translator Improvement Program (on-line course)

While conducting a recruiting campaign last year, Martindale Linguistic
Solutions experienced a .07 resume-to-offer ratio.  You read that
correctly: less than 1% of the linguists and translator hopefuls were  
able
to pass the translation exams.

This ratio was disheartening to MLS (particularly when breaking it to
budding translators that they did not pass the test), to the translators
who knew they could be good enough if just given the chance, and to the
government customers looking for qualified translators.  We decided to
provide professional assistance to those aspiring translators with a  
solid
foundation in both English and Arabic, in order to give them a leg up  
when
applying for language positions.

Martindale Linguistic Solutions, Inc. recently implemented an online
professional development course for aspiring translators.  This  
Translator
Improvement Program (TIP) is a low-cost eight-week online course  
designed
specifically to improve the Arabic to English translation skills of  
basic
and intermediate level translators, to put them on the path to achieving
the advanced proficiency levels required by government organizations and
other employers of translators and linguists.

Editors will review weekly translation assignments to provide each
individual student with feedback addressing accuracy, grammar, spelling,
punctuation, style, etc.  Editors also will post weekly grammar and
translation tips directed toward both native speakers of English and
native speakers of Arabic.

TIP is not designed for literary translation.  MLS recommends that
aspiring translators of literature seek graduate level courses and
experienced mentors.

Martindale Linguistic Solutions advocates continued Arabic language
enhancement.  A portion of the proceeds from class fees will go toward a
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For more information and an application, please visit
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS&PEDA:ME Translation faculty
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:"David Wilmsen" <david.wilmsen at gmail.com>
Subject:ME Translation faculty

The Arabic and Translation Studies Division at the School of
Continuing Education of the American University in Cairo specializes
in training translators and interpreters in many technical fields,
including legal, economic and commercial, UN terminology, print media
among other fields.

The programme grants a professional certificate, not a degree.

As the former director of this programme, and remaining in close
contact with the administration and its instructors, I can vouch for
the quality of this programme.  There are a few other good ones that
you might consider.  Two of which I am familiar are these:

École Supérieure Roi Fahd de Traduction
Université Abdelmalek Essaadi
Tanger, Maroc

Notre Dame University
Zouk Mosbeh
Lebanon

Both of these grant masters degrees.

There are few other institutions in Lebanon that provide translation
training.  St Joseph University, for instance, grants a bachelors,
masters, and doctorate in translation.

David Wilmsen
Associate Professor of Arabic
Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages
American University of Beirut
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:01 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:AD:Gerlach Books on Persian Painting
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1) Subject:Gerlach Books on Persian Painting

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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:orders at gerlach-books.de
Subject:Gerlach Books on Persian Painting

We offer 2 beautiful hardcover editions with numerous colour  
illustrations as a package with special price!

Persian Painting
Editor: Robert Hillenbrand
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Hardcover
Published: February 2000
Publisher's list price: 75 GBP (104 EUR)
Pages: 331
c. 250 colour and b/w illustrations
Size: 30 x 25 x 3,5 cm (76 x 63 x 8 inches)
ISBN: 9781850436591

Published in honour of Basil W. Robinson, Keeper Emeritus of the  
Victoria and Albert Museum and a key contributor to the growing  
scholarly interest in Persian miniatures for over 50 years, this book  
contains both personal appreciations of his work and a bibliography of  
his writings. The contributions cover Persian painting from Ilkhanid  
to Qajar times, and include material from Turkey, Central Asia and  
India.

Early Persian Painting
Author: Bernard O'Kane
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Hardcover
Published: February 2003
Publisher's list price: 75 GBP (104 EUR)
Pages: 336
c. 141 colour and b/w illustrations
Size: 28 x 25 x 3 cm (71 x 63 x 7 inches)
ISBN: 9781860648526

"Kalila and Dimna" or "The Fables of Bidpai" is one of the gems of  
world culture, having been translated through the centuries everywhere  
from China to Spain. It was the most commonly illustrated medieval  
Islamic text. This book focuses on the group of seven Persian  
manuscripts from the second half of the 14th century, which contains  
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New ELRA Arabic resources
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1) Subject:

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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:reposted from CORPORA
Subject:New ELRA Arabic resources

*******************************************************************
ELRA - Language Resources Catalogue - Update
*******************************************************************

SPECIAL OFFERS:

ELDA has initiated a large distribution campaign before the end of  
this year.
Should you need language resources available in our catalogue, we will  
be happy to offer you possibilities of discounts
(depending on the amount of language resources you are interested in),  
for a purchase placed before the end of December 2007.
For more information, please contact Valérie Mapelli mailto:mapelli at elda.org

New Resources:

ELRA is happy to announce that 11 new Speech Resources are now  
available in its catalogue.

ELRA-S0258 Orientel United Arab Emirates MCA (Modern Colloquial Arabic)
This speech database contains the recordings of 750 Arabic speakers  
recorded over the United Arab Emirates' fixed and mobile telephone  
network. Each speaker uttered around 49 read and spontaneous items.
For more information, see: http://catalog.elra.info/product_info.php?products_id=1042

ELRA-S0259 Orientel United Arab Emirates MSA (Modern Standard Arabic)
This speech database contains the recordings of 500 Arabic speakers  
recorded over the United Arab Emirates' fixed and mobile telephone  
network. Each speaker uttered around 49 read and spontaneous items.
For more information, see: http://catalog.elra.info/product_info.php?products_id=1043

ELRA-S0260 Orientel English as spoken in the United Arab Emirates
This speech database contains the recordings of 500 speakers of  
English recorded over the United Arab Emirates' fixed and mobile  
telephone network. Each speaker uttered around 47 read and spontaneous  
items.
For more information, see: http://catalog.elra.info/product_info.php?products_id=1044

For more information on the catalogue, please contact Valérie Mapelli mailto:mapelli at elda.org

Visit our on-line catalogue: http://catalog.elra.info.

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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Effect of European punctuation on Arabic syntax
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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From: "Schub, Michael B." <Michael.Schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:Effect of European punctuation on Arabic syntax query

Was-salaam  lil-jamaa`:

     Has anyone done a study of the (profound??) effect modern  
(European) punctuation has had on the syntax of Modern Written Arabic  
(or, M. Standard A.)??  Many thanks,
                                                                                               Mike 
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:42 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic and Generative Grammar
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2) Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar

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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Kevin Schluter <schlu017 at umn.edu>
Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar

The name that immediately comes to mind when discussing agreement  
asymmetries in Arabic syntax is Elabbas Benmamoun at the University of  
Illinois Champaign-Urbana.

http://www.linguistics.uiuc.edu/benmamou/

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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Nimat Hafez Barazangi <nhb2 at cornell.edu>
Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar

The following empirical evidence also suggests that the Generative  
Grammar Theory  (GGT) does not apply to Arabic.

A colleague of mine and I tried to test the theory with Arab children  
(ages 2-3) acquiring Arabic. We found that even when the children use  
the colloquial version, making the construct SV (e.g., Baba sherib   
"Daddy drank"),  as we ask them to repeat a similar complete SVO  
sentence (e.g.,  Baba sherib almay "Dady drank the water"), they  
reverted to VSO (Sherib baba almay).  The study, obviously revealed  
many other factors that suggests a negative applicability of GGT to  
Arabic, but I cannot discuss in this context .

The above indicates the need for further studies in Arabic language  
acquisition as well as the need for furthering Abdelkader Fassi Fehri  
studies of the linguistic structures of Arabic. Both require more than  
just individual efforts !

Best wishes,

Nimat

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:55 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS&PEDA:Translation Programs in Gulf
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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:mutarjm at aol.com
Subject:Translation Programs in Gulf

Greetings.

These two universities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, offer BA degrees in  
Translation and Interpreting (T&I); the name of the degree major may  
be akin to?"English Language and Literature with?Specialization in  
Translation and Interpreting."

King Saud University (KSU offers options for further specialization in  
various technologies, career fields, and subjects)

Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University (strong in teaching? 
bidirectional translation, but apparently so-so in interpreting, in  
comparison with graduates from KSU)

My former employer in Riyadh hires numbers of?graduates from both  
institutions for careers as professional Interpreter/Translators.  
After entry on duty,?these new-hire ITs attend in-house professional,? 
technical and specialized training for several months before they  
report to their offices in their assigned work units

I understand that King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah also offers  
such a degree program, but I don't have details.

UAE University in Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi might now have that sort of degree  
program up and running.

Hope this helps.

Khair, in shaa' Allah.

Regards,
Stephen H. Franke
Riyadh => Los Angeles

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Tue Dec 18 20:30:43 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:43 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Syria info
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1) Subject:Also wants Syria info
2) Subject:Syria contact possibility
3) Subject:Syria programs

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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Miller Sherling <txuncairo at yahoo.com>
Subject:Also wants Syria info

Ditto on that--I'm trying to find out information on
summer 2008 study in Damascus with homestay, but all
the e-mail contacts I'm given seem to be out of date,
since I'm getting no responses.  Ideas?  Newer
contacts?

Any help would be appreciated.

Alf shukr,

-Miller Sherling
U. of Washington

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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:"Moulay Ali Bouanani" <bouanani.idrissi at gmail.com>
Subject:Syria contact possibility

Check with Prof. Mahdi Al-Osh at the United States Military Academy at  
West
Point he might have some information on studying abroad in Syria. One  
of my
students went there while he was studying at AUB four summers ago and  
loved
it, so he went back.

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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Nimat Hafez Barazangi <nhb2 at cornell.edu>
Subject:Syria programs

Jessica,

There are two major programs that I know of as reliable:

One is through the French Institute of Arabic Studies ( it is part of  
the French Cultural Center, you may find further info on the French  
Embassy in Damascus web site). It is the oldest and most prominent. To  
my knowledge,  they teach Classical and MSA.

Two, is the Arabic Program at the University of Damascus (They teach  
MSA). Check the Syrian Embassy in the US website, or contact them for  
further info.

Also, I know that there is a good program in the city of Aleppo, but I  
do not know through which institution.

Best wishes,
Nimat


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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:47 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:American U of Sharjah Jobs
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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Fatima Badry <badry at aus.edu>
Subject:American U of Sharjah Jobs

American University of Sharjah http://www.aus.edu/employment/faculty_cas.php

Faculty positions for College of Arts and Sciences

The American University of Sharjah (www.aus.edu) has the following open
faculty positions in the College of Arts and Sciences for academic year
2008-2009.  AUS is a coeducational institution located near Dubai,  
United
Arab Emirates.  The language of instruction is English.  The  
university is
independently accredited by the U.S Middle States Commission of Higher
Education.  Successful candidates will have experience with the North
American higher educational system.   In most cases, a demonstrated  
interest
in interdisciplinary studies and evidence of the incorporation of  
critical
thinking into teaching will be looked upon favorably.  In all cases,
evidence of the potential for continuous research/scholarship is  
expected.
Address e-mail responses to  <mailto:cashr at aus.edu> cashr at aus.edu and
include a clear statement of the position you are applying for, along  
with a
curriculum vitae and contact information for three professional  
references.
Some positions require additional submissions as noted.

Department of Arabic Studies

1. The Department of Arabic Studies invites applications for faculty
positions in English/Arabic Translation. The successful candidate will  
have
a Ph.D. in Translation Studies or a closely related field, be a native
speaker of English, and have the ability to teach translation from  
Arabic
into English. The successful candidate will be expected to teach both
undergraduate and graduate courses. Preference will be given to  
candidates
in the area of corpora studies, machine translation, terminology, and
language engineering with a focus on Arabic and to candidates who can
contribute to the Arabic Studies program.

2. The Department of Arabic Studies invites applications for faculty
positions in Arabic Studies. The successful candidate will have a  
Ph.D. in
Arabic Language/Literature/or related fields and have native or near  
native
fluency in Arabic, while being able to teach in English. The candidate  
will
be expected to teach Modern Standard Arabic at all levels and courses in
Arabic heritage.

Dr. Fatima Badry
Professor
Department of English
CAS Graduate Programs Director
American University of Sharjah
POB  26666
Sharjah, UAE
www.aus.edu
Tel +971 6 515 2701

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:49 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Tangier Summer Advanced Arabic Language Program
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1) Subject:Tangier Summer Advanced Arabic Language Program

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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Martha Schulte-Nafeh <marthas at email.arizona.edu>
Subject:Tangier Summer Advanced Arabic Language Program

Dear Colleages,
please bring the information below to the attention of students  
looking for an excellent and rigorous third or fourth year Arabic  
program for summer 2008.

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Subject: 	Language Program Announcement for listserves
Date: 	Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:17:54 -0700 (MST)
From: 	AIMS CMES <aimscmes at email.arizona.edu>
Reply-To: 	aimscmes at email.arizona.edu
To: 	marthas at email.arizona.edu

Tangier Summer Advanced Arabic Language Program
June 14 through Aug 8

The American Institute for Maghrib Studies is offering a special  
language
and cultural studies program for advanced students (third and fourth  
year)
based in Tangier, Morocco. Coordinated by experienced bilingual American
faculty and taught by specially trained Moroccan professors, this
intensive program comprises eight weeks of language study, with a break
for independent activities. Students will be placed in one of two tracks
of Modern Standard Arabic: third year curriculum based on the second  
half
of Al-Kitaab book II and fourth year based on Al-Kitaab book III.
Placement depends on transcripts, a telephone interview and  
performance on
a placement test. Completion of at least two years of Modern Standard
Arabic is required prior to application. Basic training in the
fundamentals of the Moroccan Colloquial Arabic dialect will also be
offered. Students are welcome from all disciplines.

The program's primary aim is to develop sound conversational and reading
skills in Modern Standard Arabic. At the same time, all students will be
in a position to better experience the full range of Moroccan
cultural-life as the program is housed in the heart of Tangier,  
Morocco at
the American School of Tangier (AST). Area interest in Morocco or North
Africa is not required. Students live together in the AST dormitory. The
facilities at AST include large, well-lit rooms, a soccer field,  
swimming
pool, and excellent food by one of the best cooks in Tangier.

There are also special lectures and programs in Arabic and in English
dealing with various aspects of North African history, culture, and
society. Students have also attended concerts, receptions, parties,
weddings, and Sufi ceremonies. Mini-classes focusing on various  
aspects of
the culture and society are taught in Arabic.

Eight college credits can be earned in Modern Standard Arabic by
successful completion of the program. This equates to 120 instruction
hours. Credit is through the University of Arizona and credit  
registration
is voluntary.

Students planning to do research will find the American Legation  
Museum in
Tangier a priceless resource. An extensive library is available to AIMS
student members, and the American director and the Moroccan staff are
helpful and supportive.  AIMS membership is provided for one year for
selected participants. There will be no time to conduct research during
the program, however students are encouraged to utilize research
opportunities before or after the program or in future visits.

For applications and further information:
American Institute for Maghrib Studies
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
845 North Park Ave
Marshall Bldg, Room 477
PO Box 210158-B
Tucson, AZ 85721-0158
(520) 626-6498
aimscmes at email.arizona.edu
aimsnorthafrica.org

Program cost is $2,400 for tuition and fees; $1,400 for room and board.
Total $3,800 plus airfare, textbooks and incidentals.

Full and Partial Fellowships are available! Fellows must be U.S.
nationals. All eligible applicants are automatically considered and
selection is based on merit, not need. Other fellowships, including  
FLAS,
can be applied to this program. Faculty and non-students may apply,
however grants are available to undergraduate and graduate students  
only.

Applications must be postmarked by February 15th
For those serious about learning Arabic FULL GRANTS AVAILABLE!




-- 
Kerry Adams, AIMS Executive Director
Terry Ryan, AIMS Administrative Associate

AIMS at Center for Middle Eastern Studies
845 North Park Avenue
Marshall Building, Room 470
PO Box 210158B
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0185
520-626-6498
520-621-9257 (fax)
www.AIMSNorthAfrica.org
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:53 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Needs contact info for Samira Al Haj, Sudanese poet
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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:"Amira Nowaira" <amira at nowaira.net>
Subject:Needs contact info for Samira Al Haj, Sudanese poet

I would like to get in touch with the Sudanese poet Samira Al Haj to  
get her
permission for the publication of one of her poems. Any information on  
how
to get in touch with her or about her work in general will be greatly
appreciated.

Amira Nowaira
Department of English
Faculty of Arts
Alexandria University

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Lectures on DVD responses
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1) Subject:Lectures on DVD response
2) Subject:Lectures on DVD response

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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Michael Akard <michael_akard at hotmail.com>
Subject:Lectures on DVD response

Wow, what a great idea! I would love that! And to repeat the follow-up  
question, is anybody already doing that?
Michael Akard

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2)
Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:MMarilyn Booth <mbooth at uiuc.edu>
Subject:Lectures on DVD response

I think this is a great idea. Some of us are trying to get "Languages  
across the curriculum" programs going at our institutions, but there  
aren't enough students ready for advanced courses in various  
disciplines taught in Arabic, and so we can't persuade our  
administrators of the utility of such a program. If there were DVDs  
available, it might be possible to base such a course partly on them.   
I wonder if it would be possible to get several National Resource  
Centers for the Middle East/Arabic to collaborate on planning and  
paying for such a project? If so, count me in!

Marilyn Booth
Director,
Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
University of Illinois

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:35:53 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:More info on Symposium Syriacum and Arab Christian
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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:aram at aramsociety.org
Subject:More info on Symposium Syriacum and Arab Christian Studies  
Conference

Xth SYMPOSIUM SYRIACUM
VIIIe CONFERENCE ON ARAB CHRISTIAN STUDIES
GRANADA, SPAIN, September, 22-27th, 2008.
BEYOND THE FRONTIERS
Life, Art and Literature of the Syriac Speaking and of the
Arabic Speaking Christian Communities,
FIRST NEWSLETTER: COMMUNICATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS

December, 2007.

TO ALL WHOM IT MIGHT CONCERN

This letter is to formally communicate to all interested persons the  
celebration
of the Symposium Syriacum and the Conference on Arab Christian Studies  
in
Granada (Spain), September 22th-27th, 2008, as agreed in Beirut in the  
year
2004, at the occasion of the celebration of the last Symposium &  
Conference.
This communication includes a call for papers both for the Symposium and
for the Conference.
Although the Symposium/Conference is been conceived as lasting six whole
days (from Monday to Saturday), the distribution of those days between  
the
Symposium Syriacum and the Conference of Arab Christian Studies will
depend on the number of papers offered.
Both the Symposium and the Conference are been prepared in cooperation  
with
the two institutions that hosted the previous celebration in Beyruth,  
i.e., the
CEDRAC (Université Saint-Joseph, Beyrouth), and the Université Saint– 
Esprit,
Kaslik, Lebanon.
The proceedings of both the Symposium and the Conference will of  
course be
published in the time of a year within the celebration. For the  
publication, we
are considering several possibilities, both in Europe and in the  
Middle East.
Topics
Needless to say, the papers accepted for the Symposium and the  
Conference
will have to keep the same academic quality and academic excellence as  
in the
previous ones, since those level and excellence have been a mark of  
these two
events from their beginning.
As it is clearly stated in the subtitle for both the Symposium and the
Conference, the topics will include anything related to the life, art  
or literature
of the Syriac Speaking Churches for the Symposium Syriacum, and the same
(life, art and literature) related to the Arabic Speaking Christian  
Communities
for the Conference on Arab Christian Studies.
Of course, the Symposium and the Conference being held in Granada,  
besides
the topics usually included in these events, which have already a long  
standing
tradition, it will be also of interest this time having some papers on  
the
“Mozarabic Christians”, and on the Christian “Moriscos”. The  
relationship
between the Mozarabs and the Christian Communities in the Middle East  
is a
most interesting topic, and a field of research almost untouched.
The idea of the “frontier” has been suggested, first, because Granada  
has been
and still is in many ways a frontier city. Frontier between Islam and  
Christianity
before the Christian conquest, frontier between the Castillan and the  
Morisco
communities after the conquest, frontier between the medieval world and
modernity in its beginnings, and frontier between modernity and  
postmodernity
now. In many ways, the destine of Granada seems to be marked by
this human reality of the frontier. But also, in many ways, the Syriac  
Speaking
Christians have been “beyond the frontiers” of Greek Speaking  
Christianity,
even when they lived within the Byzantine Empire, and the Arabic  
Speaking
Christian communities have been and are “beyond the frontiers” of the
Christian world, living in a Muslim environment.
Now, living “beyond the frontiers” certainly creates certain  
difficulties, but it
also offers new possibilities of expression, communication and  
dialogue. A
frontier is conceived always initially as a human division, but it can  
also
become a place for knowledge, for mutual understanding and even for  
union.
Time of the celebration and deadline for the inscription of papers.
As already said, the Symposium and the conference will be held from  
the 22th
to the 27th September. As in Beyruth, the Symposium Syriacum will take  
place
in the first days of the week and the Christian Arabic Conference in  
the last
part of the week. The exact distribution will be communicated when we  
know
in more detail the number of papers presented for each of the events.
THE DEADLINE FOR THE INSCRIPTION OF PAPERS WILL BE THE 15TH
OF JULLY 2008. THE DEADLINE FOR THE INSCRPTIONS OF ONLY
ATTENDANCE WILL BE TH 30TH OF JULY 2008.
The place of the meetings
The meetings will take place in the provisional See of ICSCO  
(International
Center for the Study of the Christian Orient), a little institution  
recently created
by the Archbishop of Granada, which when it is developed would be by now
the only Center in Spain which wants to develop this kind of studies  
about the
Christian traditions in the Middle East. This building, which is now  
also the see
of the Seminary of Granada, has been recently restored, it is close to  
the center
of the city, and has the possibility of hosting around 90 people in nice
individual rooms (more people if some would willing or would prefer to  
share
their room with some other person, since all rooms can be converted into
double rooms). It has also nice classrooms and other facilities  
(kitchen and a
wide dining room, cafeteria, library, wi-fi connections, etc), which  
will make,
we hope, a pleasant place for our meetings.
The price
The inscription to the Symposium and Conference will be around 60 €  
pro day.
This price will include attendance to the lectures, room and board. In  
the case of
double rooms, the price will be around 50 € pro day and person. These  
prices
will not include the visit to the Alhambra (25 €), and the excursion  
to Cordoba
(60 €). We will try to lower those numbers as much as possible, through
obtaining some sponsorship or some other kind of help.
In the next newsletter, that you will receive in the middle of  
January, we will
include the exact prices with all kinds of details and with the forms of
inscription, both for papers and for attendance.
For any stay before or after the Congress, the organization will help  
as much as
possible with the necessary informations, but it should be paid apart
In the case that there will be more people attending the meetings than  
the
rooms available in the building of the Seminary, we will have the  
possibility of
offering other religious houses or certain hotels nearby, including of  
course
transportation back and forth, although the meals will always take  
place in the
Seminary building. The assignation to the Seminary or to the other  
places will
follow an exact order of inscription to the Symposium and/or the  
conference.
Eventual variations for the price of room and board due to the use of  
these
other places will be communicated in the next newsletter. The hotels  
will of
course be quite more expensive.
During the Symposium will take place, for those who want, of course, a  
visit to
the Alhambra Palace in one of the evenings (at a time when there are no
tourists), and eventually a visit to the Cathedral and the so-called  
“Royal
Chapel”, where the tomb of the Catholic Kings is kept.
We will also give the opportunity to visit the “Sacromonte Abbey”, in  
front of
the hill of the Alhambra, an abbey built in the end of the 16th  
century to host
the “libros plúmbeos” or “led-books”, so named because they are a  
number of
arabic texts written on led plates on the beginnings of Christianity  
in Granada...
and attributed to the first Century! These writings were found at the  
end of the
16th century next to certain tombs, allegedly belonging to the first  
Christian
martyrs of Granada, including that of the first bishop of the city,  
Kekilios,
supposed to be an arab cured by the Lord and then companion and  
disciple of
St. James. No need to emphasize that these books are a forgery, and so  
were
also declared by the Church authority very early, although their very  
writing
sheds a very interesting light on the difficult relationship between the
“Moriscos” and the Christian Castillan community (that is really the  
Sitz im
Leben of the books). The books, clearly written by some “moriscos”,  
have never
been studied to my knowledge from the perspective of the Christian  
Arabic
literary tradition.
Once the Abbey will be restored (it is in grand need of that  
restoration, specially
after a fire that destroyed its residence in the year 2000), it will  
become the See
of ICSCO, as a place where regular courses and research on the Christian
communities in the Middle East will be held permanently.
Finally, both at the beginning and the end of the Symposium/ 
Conference, a trip
to Cordoba will be offered, in order to visit the place of the old  
Ummayad
mosque (today, the Cathedral of Cordoba), and perhaps also the little  
museum
of the Roger Garaudy Foundation. Cordoba is only two hours and a half  
from
Granada, so that the trip can be easily done in a day.
FINALLY, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY PERSONS THAT COULD BE
INTERESTED IN THESE EVENTS, PLEASE SEND THEM THIS LETTER, OR
CONTACT US AT: symposium08 at icsco.org
Our web page is: www.icsco.org
WE ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. SINCERELY YOURS
+ Javier Martínez
Archbishop of Granada
President of ICSCO
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:51 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Arizona looking for Grad Students with
 interest in Teaching Arabic
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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Martha Schulte-Nafeh <marthas at email.arizona.edu>
Subject:U of Arizona looking for Grad Students with interest in  
Teaching Arabic

Dear Colleages,

The Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Ph. D. program at  
the University of Arizona is interested in receiving applications from  
Arabic speaking students interested in pursuing research and teaching  
careers in the field of Arabic as a Second Language. The SLAT program  
is working with the department of Near Eastern Studies in order to  
provide possible support for qualified applicants who could teach  
Arabic. There have been speakers of Arabic who have taught Arabic at  
the university while pursuing their Ph.D. in SLAT in the past, and the  
SLAT program is very interested in attracting more Arabic speakers in  
the future. A detailed description of the program and contact  
information is provided below. We would be most grateful if you would  
bring this to the attention of qualified potential applicants.


PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The SLAT doctoral program is an interdisciplinary  
program with 73 faculty members located in 16 collaborating  
departments. The program is designed to provide rigorous advanced  
training for researchers, teachers, and administrators concerned with  
second language learning, and teaching. The SLAT Program has been  
recognized as a high-quality interdisciplinary program. Several of our  
participating departments have been ranked in the top ten in the  
country, including Anthropology, East Asian Studies, Linguistics, and  
Speech and Hearing Sciences.


SPECIALIZATIONS: Students select from among the following four  
specializations: 1. L2 Analysis: grammar, contrastive linguistics,  
interlanguage studies, syntax, phonology, morphology, syntax. 2. L2  
Use: discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, language planning & policy,  
rhetoric, pragmatics, variation, socio-cultural factors 3. L2  
Processes and Learning: psycholinguistics, second language acquisition  
theory and research, foreign language learning and research,  
interlanguage. 4. L2 Pedagogical Theory and Program Administration:  
ESL/FL methods curriculum development, testing and evaluation,  
reading, writing and educational technology.


DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: Most students entering the program hold a  
master's degree or its equivalent. Candidates are required to complete  
33 units of core courses (including courses in second language  
acquisition theory and teaching practice, linguistics,  
psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, research methods and statistics)  
and then choose an 18-unit specialization from among the four  
specializations listed above. In addition, candidates select a minor  
(12 or more units) from among the above four specializations or they  
may choose an external minor in a field such as Near Eastern Studies,  
French Linguistics, Language Reading and Culture or Rhetoric and  
Composition. They must also complete a dissertation for a minimum of  
an additional 18 units. Post-baccalaureate coursework completed prior  
to admission may be substituted for a portion of these requirements.


APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Application packets are available from the  
SLAT Program office, and from our web site: http:// www.coh.arizona.edu/SLAT/ 
  <http://www.coh.arizona.edu/SLAT/>. Applicants are asked to submit:  
A completed SLAT Application form- A statement of purpose- GRE scores-  
An example of scholarly writing- 3 letters of reference- Official  
transcripts from all post-secondary institutions. International  
students also must submit TOEFL scores and a financial guarantee form.  
Forms and complete information on these procedures may be obtained  
directly from the SLAT Program Office, or on-line. International  
students should apply to the University before the end of December.  
The deadline for receipt of all other application materials is  
February 1.


FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Financial aid includes: Graduate College  
Fellowships, Research Assistantships, Graduate Teaching Assistantships  
(GATships) in one of the language departments. In addition, a limited  
number of tuition and registration scholarships are available.  
Decisions on the awarding of GATships are generally made by the  
cooperating departments in negotiation with the Director of the SLAT  
Program. Other support decisions are made by the SLAT Admissions  
Committee. Awards are usually made in March and early April for the  
forthcoming academic year. Application to the SLAT program  
automatically includes consideration for GATships and other awards if  
the applicant says that he/she would like to have financial assistance.


SETTING: The University of Arizona is located in Tucson, a culturally  
lively and ethnically varied city of over 800,000 inhabitants.  
Situated in the Sonoran Desert in Southeastern Arizona at an altitude  
of 2,600 feet, Tucson provides easy access to many outdoor activities  
in the desert and in the mountains that surround the city. The 351-  
acre campus of the University of Arizona is conveniently located in  
the center of the city. The University is an active and expanding  
institution of more than 36,000 students with 6,400 graduate students  
enrolled in 138 masters and 95 doctoral programs. The University is a  
Research I institution ranked as one of the top 20 universities in the  
nation. Its library has also been ranked by the Association of  
Research Libraries as one of the best large research libraries in  
North America. Moreover, the University houses nationally and  
internationally recognized organizations in the study of language,  
such as the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, The Federal  
Court Interpreter Certification project, the Center for English as a  
Second Language and the American Indian Language & Development  
Institute as well as two federally funded title VI centers whose  
activities focus on improving the teaching and learning of second  
languages: the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and the Center  
for Educational Research on Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL).


For Further Information Contact:

Dr. Linda Waugh, Head, SLAT Program

lwaugh at u.arizona.edu <mailto:lwaugh at u.arizona.edu>

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Temple University Job
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:<gwitty at temple.edu>
Subject:Temple University Job

Temple University

The Department of Critical Languages at Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA, invites applications for a new full-time,
non-tenure-track Arabic instructor position to start on
September 2, 2008. Language instruction at all levels.
Required qualifications: M.A. or higher degree in Arabic or
appropriate related field; evidence of excellence in teaching
Modern Standard Arabic at the college level. Possibility of
teaching (in English) a literature/culture course, in addition
to language. Please send letter of application, CV, official
transcripts, student evaluations of teaching, and three
letters of recommendation to: Dr. Barbara Thornbury, Arabic
Language Search, Department of Critical Languages, Anderson
Hall 022-38, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Review
of applications will begin in late February, but applications
will be accepted until the position is filled. Temple
University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Gordon Witty
Instructor of Arabic
Department of Critical Languages
340 Anderson Hall

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:SLRF Call for Proposals
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:National Foreign Language Resource Center <nflrc at hawaii.edu>
Subject:SLRF Call for Proposals

Our apologies for any cross-postings . . .

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawaii at
Manoa is pleased to announce. . .

CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

31st Annual Second Language Research Forum (SLRF)
October 17-19, 2008
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/slrf08/

Call begins: December 2007 (online proposal submissions - open
	     mid-January, 2008)
Call deadline: April 15, 2008
Notification of selection: Mid-May 2008

Theme:  EXPLORING SLA: PERSPECTIVES, POSITIONS, AND PRACTICES

Plenary speakers:
- Dr. Harald Clahsen (University of Essex)
- Dr. Alan Firth (Newcastle University)
- Dr. Eva Lam (Northwestern University)
- Dr. Richard Schmidt (University of Hawai'i at Manoa)


We welcome all areas of second language research, including, but not
limited to:
- Instructed SLA
- Acquisition of grammar and phonology
- Child SLA
- L2 Processing
- Language and learner characteristics
- Language and cognition
- Discourse and interaction
- Language and socialization
- Bilingualism and multilingualism
- Language and ideology
- Literacy development
- Learner corpora
- Language learning and technology
- Second language measurement


1) PAPERS:
Individual papers will be allotted 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes for
discussion).

2) POSTERS:
Posters will be displayed for a full day.  Posters are intended for
one-on-one discussion or reports of work in progress.

3) COLLOQIUA:
The colloquia/panels consist of individual paper presentations that  
relate
to a specific or related topics of interest.  They are offered in 2-hour
sessions.


Please see our website for submission instructions and additional  
updates:
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/slrf08/.

Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2008.

For any proposal submission questions, please contact the SLRF 2008
Program Chairs at slrf2008program at gmail.com.


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   F          University of Hawai'i
    L         1859 East-West Road, #106
     R        Honolulu HI 96822
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Qatar University Jobs
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:"raram" <raram at umich.edu>
Subject:Qatar University Jobs

QATAR

Qatar is a major Gulf-area gas and oil producing country. It is
currently an exciting place to be, as the country is witnessing an
unprecedented

prosperity and activity in the business, construction, health, and
education sectors. With developments including the arrival of many
respected

US universities as competition, the Education sector in particular has
drawn applause as a rapidly progressing field, and Qatar University now

has the privilege of setting the standard against such names as Cornell,
Texas A&M, and Carnegie-Mellon, among others.

The University

Qatar University (QU) an established and dynamic institution dedicated
to academic excellence, and a strong contributor to educational

advancement. Recently, the University has reevaluated and instituted
significant development of its policies and procedures, curricula,

facilities, use of technology, and faculty. QU is the largest and only
state-supported university in Qatar. For more information, please visit

our web page at http://www.qu.edu.qa/main/index.html

The College

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) has nine departments covering a
wide range of specializations in the Arts and Sciences including

English and Arabic Languages, History, Geography, Social Science,
International Affairs, Mass Communication, Information Science,

Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Biological Science,
Agricultural Science, Environmental Science, Biomedical Science and

Human Nutrition.

Full-time faculty positions at the Assistant, Associate or Full

Professorial levels are available beginning fall 2008 in the

following departments:

1. Department of Arabic Language

General Arabic Linguistics / *

Arabic Morphology & Syntax / *

Modern Literature / *

Arabic Language and Literature / *

2. Department of Foreign Language

* English literature / Novel

* English literature / Drama

3. Department of Mass Communication & Information

Sciences

* Journalism

* Advertising & Public Relations

* Radio / TV

4. Department of Humanities

* Urban planning

* Modern History of the Arabian Gulf

* Modern History of the Middle East

* Islamic History

* Modern Philosophy

5. Department of Social Sciences

* Quantitative Methods

* Environmental Sociology specializing in Sustainable

Development

* Sociolinguistics

6. International Affairs Program

* Political Sciences / Political Economy

* Political Sciences / Public Policy or Political Theory

* World History

7. Department of Mathematics & Physics

* Mathematical Analysis

* Applied Mathematics

8. Department of Biological Sciences

* Environmental Sciences, Plant Ecology & Biodiversity

9. Department of Arabic for Non-native Speakers

* Director for the program

Full-time Teaching Assistant positions are available beginning

fall 2008 in the following departments:

1. Department of Humanities

* GIS

* Urban planning

2. Department of Social Sciences

* Sociology

3. Department of Mathematics and Physics

* Mathematics

* Statistics

4. Department of Health Sciences

* Human Nutrition

Non-Academics Positions:

1. Department of Humanities

* Lab. Technicians in GIS

2. Department of Mass Communication & Information

Sciences

* Broadcast Engineer

* Media Facilities Technician

3. Department of Chemistry & Earth Sciences

* Safety Officer

Application Deadlines : 12-January- 2008

Preferred Start Date : August - 2008

For full information on qualifications, competencies, required documents
and benefits please go to http://recruit.qu.edu.qa

Apply electronically to http://recruit.qu.edu.qa

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:19 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:More Syria info
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2) Subject:Syria info

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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:Alexander Magidow <amagidow at gmail.com>
Subject:Syria info

Futhermore, regarding homestays (since others here have posted program  
information):
Many foreign students residing in Damascus stay in the Bab Touma area  
of the old city, where there are quite a few families willing to host  
students. Most people I know who've done this have gotten a lot of  
practice with their colloquial Arabic. Your program may be willing to  
set you up with a specific homestay, but again I don't think this is  
entirely necessary.

Price in the area vary from about 7-12 thousand Syrian  
pounds($US140-240)/mo, though one should always bargain. This can as  
much as halve the prices on some rooms.

In order to look for rooms, you can simply ask shopkeepers, etc.  
Internet cafes can be quite helpful as well, particularly since the  
staff often speak excellent English if that is an issue. It is quite  
rare for someone to look for a room more than a week or so in advance,  
and if you do you may be obligated to put down a deposit or begin  
paying rent early.

Be sure to inspect the kitchen and bathroom facilities for renters,  
which are often separate from those of the family, and make sure that  
there is a "khazaana", a storage device for water, as it generally  
cuts off in the afternoons.

I hope this is helpful,
Alex
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2)
Date: 21 Dec 2007
From: "NEWMAN D.L." <daniel.newman at durham.ac.uk>
Subject:Syria info

Hello,

The two most popular destinations are:

1. University of Damascus
Arabic Language Centre
Language Institute
Damascus
Tel : +963 (0)11 2129494
Fax : +963 (0)11 2120464
e-mail : inquiries at arabicindamascus.edu.sy

2. Institut Français d'Etudes Arabes de Damas (IFEAD): http://wwww.ifporient.org

You may also wish to consult the Syrian Studies Association site which  
provides detailed information and reviews of the various places in  
Syria that offer Arabic classes: http://www.ou.edu/ssa/learn.htm <http://www.ou.edu/ssa/learn.htm 
 >

Best wishes,
D. Newman

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Samira Al Haj
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:Souad Taj <taj_1234 at msn.com>
Subject:Samira Al Haj

Dear Amira,
Do you mean the Sudanese poet Rawda al-Haj (recipient of the Abu-Dhabi  
TV Award (fourth place) of the Amīr al-Shu'rā Poetry Competition?  If  
so, please contact Sudaneseonline's director at  
bakriabubakr at cox.netand they will hopefully be able to provide you  
with her contact information.

Best regards.
Souad ---Souad T. Ali, Ph.D.Faculty Head of Classics and Middle East  
Studies
Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle East Studies
School of International Letters and Cultures (SILC)
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Arizona State University

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:reposted from LINGUIST
Subject:New Book


Title: Language Interrupted
Subtitle: Signs of Non-Native Acquistion in Standard Grammars
Publication Year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us
	
Author: John McWhorter

Hardback: ISBN:  9780195309805 Pages: 304 Price: U.S. $ 74.00


Abstract:

Foreigners often say that English language is "easy." A language like
Spanish is challenging in its variety of verb endings (the verb  
"speak" is
conjugated "hablo, hablas, hablamos"), and gender for nouns, whereas
English is more straight forward (I speak, you speak, we speak).  But
linguists generally swat down claims that certain languages are "easier"
than others, since it is assumed all languages are complex to the same
degree. For example, they will point to English's use of the word "do"  
--
"Do you know French?" This usage is counter-intuitive and difficult for
non-native speakers. Linguist John McWhorter agrees that all languages
are complex, but questions whether or not they are all equally  
complex. The
topic of complexity has become a hot issue in recent years,  
particularly in
creole studies, historical linguistics, and language contact.

As McWhorter describes, when languages came into contact over the years
(when French speakers ruled the English for a few centuries, or the  
vikings
invaded England), a large number of speakers are forced to learn a new
language quickly, and this came up with a simplified version, a pidgin.
When this ultimately turns into a "real" language, a creole, the  
result is
still
simpler and less complex than a "non-interrupted" language that has been
around for a long time. McWhorter makes the case that this kind of
simplification happens in degrees, and criticizes linguists who are
reluctant to say that, for example, English is simply simpler than  
Spanish
for socio-historical reasons. He analyzes how various languages that  
seem
simple but are not creoles, actually are simpler than they would be if  
they
had not been broken down by large numbers of adult learners. In  
addition to
English, he looks at Mandarin Chinese, Persian, Malay, and some Arabic
varieties. His work will interest not just experts in creole
studies and historical linguistics, but the wider community interested  
in
language complexity.
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:13 -0700
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:Arabic Department <arabic at georgetown.edu>
Subject:Georgetown Job (Visiting Asst. Prof.)

The Department of Arabic & Islamic Studies invites applications for  
visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic, starting in August 2008 on a  
three-year, renewable contract. PhD required. Applicants must be  
experienced in proficiency-based, communicative method teaching Modern  
Standard Arabic and spoken Arabic at all levels including upper-level  
content-based courses. Areas of specialization preferred: linguistics,  
especially applied linguistics and sociolinguistics. Experience in  
curriculum and materials development, and in proficiency testing a  
plus. Send letters of application, curriculum vitae and names of three  
references to: Department of Arabic & Islamic Studies, 201-B Poulton  
Hall North Box 57104, Georgetown University, 37th and O St, NW,  
Washington, DC 20057-1046, or via email to Ms. Sarah Monsell at (sem73 at georgetown.edu 
). Georgetown University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action  
employer. Women and minorities are especially invited to apply. The  
department will
start review applications on February 1st, 2008 and will continue to  
receive applications until the position is filled.

Arabic and Islamic Studies
Georgetown University
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Punctuation response
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:"NEWMAN D.L." <daniel.newman at durham.ac.uk>
Subject:Punctuation response

Hello,

The following article may be a good starting point:

H. Ghazala, Stylistic-semantic and grammatical functions of  
punctuation in English-Arabic translation, Babel, 2004, 50:3, pp.  
230-245.

Best wishes,
D. Newman

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:44:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Wants to install dictionary in phone
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Date: 28 Dec 2007
From:"sitisediah" <sitisediah at pacific.net.sg>
Subject:Wants to install dictionary in phone

Hello , does anyone know how to install arabic dictionary in mobile  
and where can i get this dictionary. for your information i'm using  
Sony Ericson K630i handphone.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Dec 28 21:39:11 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:39:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Sorani linguists
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Date: 28 Dec 2007
From:Chanelle Green <cgreen at ALCINC.COM>
Subject:Needs Sorani linguists

Good Afternoon. My name is Chanelle Green and I am recruiter with  
AllWorld Language Consultants. In my quest to locate native Sorani  
linguists, I came across the BYU Middle East Language Resource Center  
website. I know its a long shot, but I am hoping that you may be able  
to assist me. We are recruiting for native (stateside) Sorani  
linguists for several government contract positions. The ideal  
candidate should: (1) have spent at least the first 18 years of life  
in their native country and (2) MUST be a U.S. citizen. In addition, I  
have attached a copy of the job details/requirements. If you know of  
anyone who meets the criteria and would be interested, can you please  
pass this information along? Or if you can possibly share with me any  
organizations that I may be able to contact regarding this position, I  
would greatly appreciate it. Any assistance that you may be able to  
provide me with is well received. I thank you in advance for you time  
and hope to hear from you soon.

Best Regards,
Recruiter

Chanelle Green

ALC INC

172 Rollins Avenue

Rockville,MD 20852

301-881-8884 x1312

cgreen at alcinc.com

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Dec 28 21:39:18 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:39:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LNG:Arabic Word Order and Generative Grammar
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Date: 28 Dec 2007
From:Zouheir Khalsi <list.khalsi at hotmail.com>
Subject:Arabic Word Order and Generative Grammar

Dear Arabic-l members,

I have been ‘lurking’ on this list for some time. But, the inquiry  
about Arabic and Generative Grammar and some of the responses to it  
pushed me to make some remarks since I am currently working on some  
research about subject-verb agreement in Tunisian Arabic within a  
Minimalist approach. The issue of Arabic word order and subject-verb  
agreement has received much discussion both within the Government  
Binding theory and the Minimalist Program; and I do not see how the GB  
framework cannot apply for Arabic data. While the Arabic data bring  
some challenges, it is such empirical data that would have some  
consequences on syntactic structures in general. Findings from Arabic  
and any other languages in the world would have to inform further  
refinements of  any theoretical model of linguistic analysis and not  
verse versa.
Arabic allows both verbal as well as Verbless clauses. Within the  
verbal clause (jumla fi3lia), Arabic may allow VS or SV orders. But  
the question is which word order is the unmarked pattern?

For some practical solutions on how to account for subject verb  
agreement in both GB and Minimalism, please, see the following  
references:

Aoun, Joseph, Elabbas Benmamoun and Dominique Sportiche. 1994.  
Agreement, word order, and conjunction in some varieties of Arabic.  
Linguistic Inquiry 25: 195–220.
Bahloul, Maher and Wayne Harbert. 1992. Agreement asymmetries in  
Arabic. Proceedings of WCCFL 11:15–31.
Bahloul, Maher. 2006. Agreement.  Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and  
Linguistics (EALL). pp. 43-48. BRILL, Leiden – Boston.
Benmamoun, Elabbas and Joseph Aoun. 1999. Patterns of partial  
agreement in Arabic. In Lappin, S and E. Benmamoun (Eds.), Fragments:  
Studies in ellipsis and gapping (pp. ). New York: Oxford University  
Press.
Benmamoun, Elabbas. 2000. Agreement Asymmetries and the PF Interface.  
In J. Lecarme, J. Lowenstamm and U. Shlonsky (eds.), Research in  
Afroasiatic Grammar. Benjamins, Amsterdam, 23-40.
Fassi Fehri, Abdelkader. 2000. Distributing features and affixes in  
Arabic subject verb agreement paradigms. Research in Afroasiatic  
grammar: papers from the third conference on Afroasiatic languages,  
Sophia Antipolis, France, 1996 / Ed. by Jacqueline Lecarme Jean  
Lowenstamm Ur Shlonsky. Amsterdam : Benjamins.
Harbert, Wayne and Bahloul M. 2002. Postverbal Subjects in Arabic and  
the Theory of Agreement. in U. Shlonsky and J. Ouhalla, eds., Themes  
in Arabic and Hebrew Syntax. ed. by Ur Shlonsky and Jamal Ouhalla, 45– 
70. Dordrecht: Kluwer.
Mohammad, Mohammad A. 1990. The Problem of Subject-Verb Agreement in  
Arabic: Towards a Solution. Papers from First Annual Symposium on  
Arabic Linguistics. Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics, I. M. Eid.  
Amsterdam, Benjamins. xiii: 95-125.

For subject specificity see:

Halila, Hafedh. 1992.  Subject Specificity Effects in Tunisian Arabic.  
Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation. USC.

Further comments are welcome.


Zouheir Khalsi
Bourguiba Institute for Modern Languages, Tunisia
Email: z.khalsi at hotmailcom

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Dec 28 21:39:13 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:39:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Hedayet Institute Spring/Summer 2008 Programs
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Date: 28 Dec 2007
From:nhedayet at yahoo.com
Subject:Hedayet Institute Spring/Summer 2008 Programs

Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies (HIAS) is pleased to announce its  
total immersion Spring/Summer programs of 2008.
HIAS program is an intensive total immersion Arabic language and  
cultural program where both Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial  
Egyptian Arabic are combined. Elective courses are offered in Arabic  
literature, oriental music ('ud, nayy etc.), Arab/Islamic history,  
Arabic calligraphy, women in Islam, History of the Copts in Egypt,  
tajweed al Qur'an, Media Arabic, Business Arabic and others. The  
institute provides the syllabi, assessment criteria, and the  
professors' CVs for its content-based area courses.
Cultural Activities: Throughout all intensive study periods (Fall,  
Winter, Spring and Summer- check the exact dates on the web site  
pls.-) there are weekly cultural activities and events, including  
tours, seminars and films. There is also a three week intensive short  
program conducted for the UN headquarter personnel in New York that  
takes place twice a year in December and in July. Pls. check for the  
exact dates at: info at hedayetinstitute.com .
Credits Transfer: Several American and few British universities accept  
to transfer the credits and study hours of their students coming to  
study at HIAS. Some of them have special arrangements with HIAS for  
their students' study abroad program with us. We may provide you with  
the list if you send for it to info at hedayetinstitute.com .
Venue: HIAS is located 5 minutes walk away from Hadayeq El Maadi metro  
station and 20 minutes far from the center of Cairo by metro. The  
institute has a fascinating Arab ambiance.
Dates:  The deadline for application to the Spring semester starting  
Mar.22nd  is Jan. 10th, 08 and for the  summer program is April 3rd, 08.
Tuition fees: Groups of three students or more will pay as low as $10  
per each contact class hour. Thus, the 13 week program of a total 260  
hours will cost $2600 per student (in a group of three or more).  
Individual student's per hour costs will be $14.5. Therefore, it will  
cost $3770 for an individual student.  Only the summer intensive seven  
week course (140 hours) will be for $2100 per student whether alone or  
coming in a group. Coordinated programs with universities and  
institutes have 10% discount of all of the above rates.
How to Apply:
	• Fill an application on line on: www.hedayetinstitute.com
	• Pay a deposit fee to reserve your place before the deadline (Pls.  
ask about details at: info at hedayetinstitute.com )
	• Indicate if you need assistance in finding a suitable accommodation- 
apartment or 3 star hotel room-during the period of your study;  
sharing a furnished apartment will cut down your housing expenses as  
low as $250 per month.

For more information please have a look at our web site at: www.hedayetinstitute.com 
   or write to: info at hedayetinstitute.com
Or call: (202)25272190/ (2012)2261308
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Dec 28 21:39:15 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:39:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Yemeni proverbs
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Date: 28 Dec 2007
From:"Tressy Arts" <tressy.arts at gmail.com>
Subject:Needs Yemeni proverbs

Salaam to all;

The 7th and the 8th of January a symposium will be held by students and
professors at the Radboud Unviersity in Nijmegen about Yemen. I have  
agreed
to hold a short talk about Yemeni proverbs, and am currently researching
those. Does anyone know any Yemeni proverbs, or know of a good source  
for
them?

Shukran,

Tressy AP Arts

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Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:04:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New books and articles
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Date: 04 Dec 2007
From:reposted from LINGUIST
Subject:New books and articles

_________

Journal Title:  Babel
Volume Number:  53
Issue Number:  1
Issue Date:  2007

Touching upon the translation of the style of irony (English-Arabic)
Hasan Ghazala 22-31

Practicality and usefulness of English-Arabic dictionaries in  
translating
English metaphors
Shehdeh Fareh and Maher Bin Moussa 32-47

_________

EDITOR(S): Soudi, Abdelhadi; van den Bosch, Antal P.; Neumann, G?nter
TITLE: Arabic Computational Morphology
SUBTITLE: Knowledge-based and Empirical Methods
SERIES: Text, Speech and Language Technology
YEAR: 2007
PUBLISHER: Springer
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-3489.html

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:04:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs resources to learn Gulf Arabic
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Date: 04 Dec 2007
From:Jonathan Lange <jonathanlange at yahoo.com>
Subject:Needs resources to learn Gulf Arabic

Hello.  I will be taking a trip to the Emirates and
Bahrain in February/March and will have to do some
translation for my group.  I already know MSA and
Egyptian Arabic, but I'm looking for resources to
become familiar with Gulf Arabic.  If anyone has any
good ideas, please let me know.  Thanks!

-Jonathan Lange
jonathanlange at yahoo.com

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:04:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:State Department sponsered Summer Language Institute
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Date: 04 Dec 2007
From:"Dora Johnson" <dJohnson at cal.org>
Subject:State Department sponsered Summer Language Institute

Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Chinese, Arabic and Russian
Teachers

The Department of State is pleased to announce Intensive Summer Language
Institutes in Chinese, Arabic and Russian for 2008 as part of the
National Security Language Initiative. The goal of the program is to
strengthen critical need foreign language instruction at U.S. schools by
providing intermediate and advanced level Chinese, Arabic and Russian as
a Foreign Language teachers with the opportunity for intensive language
study. The summer 2008 program is open to current K-12 teachers as well
as community college instructors of Chinese (Mandarin), Arabic and
Russian. It is also open to students enrolled in education programs
intending to teach these languages.

Successful applicants will gain further knowledge of the language and a
greater understanding of the target culture through the following:
attending intensive language classes; collaborating with foreign and
American teachers on foreign language teaching methodology; and living
abroad.

Scholarship Benefits for Selected Participants:
International airfare, in-country travel, housing, meals, incidentals,
classes, books, pre-departure orientation, educational and cultural
excursions. In addition, participants may be eligible for
post-scholarship grants as well as academic credit.

To be eligible, candidates must:
		* Speak intermediate or advanced Chinese, Arabic or
Russian. Final candidates will be tested prior to entrance in the
program, and participants will be tested at the conclusion of the
program.
		* Be current teachers of Chinese, Arabic or Russian as a
Foreign Language at the primary or secondary level at an accredited U.S.
public or private school, or be enrolled in a 4-year education program
(B.A. or B.S.) teacher certification program or a Masters of Education
program. Instructors of Chinese, Arabic or Russian at Community Colleges
are also encouraged to apply. Candidates must be committed to teaching
the language upon their return to the U.S.
	* Be U.S. citizens

For information and applications:
Applications will be available in December, 2007 with an anticipated
deadline of February 2008. Please contact William Heaton, Department of
State, Educational and Cultural Affairs, (202) 453-8888 or
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:04:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer program in Morocco
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Date: 04 Dec 2007
From:A.Chekayri at aui.ma
Subject:Summer program in Morocco

We have received an announcement about the Arabic Language and North  
African Studies summer program at Al Akhawain University in Morocco  
summer 2008.  I cannot post it since it came as an attachment, but the  
email given is arabic at aui.ma  and the web site is www.aui.ma/arabic  
for those who would like to correspond with them directly or check out  
their site.
dil

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:04:35 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Help creating Arabic Gigaword Ground Truth
 annotation
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Date: 04 Dec 2007
From:a.nwesri at student.rmit.edu.au
Subject:Needs Help creating Arabic Gigaword Ground Truth annotation

Hi,

I am a PhD student doing a research on Arabic IR at the RMIT  
university, Melbourne, Australia.

I am currently creating a manual ground truth for the Arabic giga word  
collection. I need this to evaluate current Arabic IR systems and to  
test my new algorithms.

I posted the message below  to the Corpora newsgroup and was advised  
to post this in the Arabic-L newsgroup. Unfortunately, I am not a  
member in this group.

I hope that you can post this in the Arabic-L news group so that many  
people who are working in the field can participate in this work.

I  highly appreciate your assistance.

Thanks
-------------------------------------------------------

Hi,

I have built a tool to create a manual judgement for the Arabic giga  
Word (AGW) corpus. The corpus is by far the biggest available from LDC.

Most Arabic Information retrieval systems have been evaluated using  
the AFP TREC2001 corpus and 75 queries. The corpus is relatively small  
compared to English corpora. AGW is five times bigger than the  
TREC2001 corpus.

Currently I have used a group of 20 people and have collected about  
20000 judgement for around 80 queries.

If you are an Arabic native speaker, I would highly appreciate your  
contribution to build this ground truth. If you can add one topic and  
find its relevant documents and mark them you would contribute another  
topic to the judgement. I am looking to get as more judgements as  
possible.

I will make this ground truth available to the research community once  
I finish my evaluations.

The link for the annotation tool is

http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~nwesri/agw/index.php

Once again I am looking for your support and hope that this will  
benefit the Arabic IR.


Thanks In Advance,

Abdusalam Nwesri
PhD Student,
School of Computer Science and IT,
RMIT University,
Melbourne,
Australia.
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Tue Dec  4 19:04:41 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 12:04:41 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Hindi numbers in Arabic documents in Word response
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Date: 04 Dec 2007
From:"katia zakharia" <katia.zakharia at mom.fr>
Subject:Hindi numbers in Arabic documents in Word response

Masaa' al-khayr.

To type Hindi numbers in Arabic documents in Word 2007, open Word and  
then:

1)      Click on the Office Button on the left upper corner

2)      Click on < Options Word > (the right low corner)

3)      Click on < Options advanced >

4)      Scroll < Options advanced for the use of Word >  until <  
Display the
contents of documents > then scroll until < numbers >  and choose <  
context
> (DO NOT choose Hindi otherwise all numbers in all your documents  
> will be
in Hindi).

I hope this will help.

KZ

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Gulf Arabic resources
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2) Subject:Gulf Arabic resources
3) Subject:Gulf Arabic resources

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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:Haroon Shirwani <arabictutor at hotmail.com>
Subject:Gulf Arabic resources

Hi Jonathan. Clive Holes' Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf sounds like  
just the thing for someone in your situation. It's quite dense in  
terms of linguistic jargon, and I would not recommend it to an  
absolute beginner, but I think you will really enjoy it. It certainly  
worked for me when I tried to make a shift from MSA to Gulf Colloquial.

(NB I have heard that the language used is sometimes eccentric or out  
of date as it is from a particular part of Bahrain that Prof Holes was  
in several years ago. Personally, I did not find this a problem.)

Regards,

Haroon

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2)
Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:"IBCBOOKS.COM" <ibc at ibcbooks.com>
Subject:Gulf Arabic resources

This is in response to the inquiry for "Gulf Arabic"  we can provide the
follow textbooks:
Basic Course in Gulf  Arabic by Hamdi Aqfisheh . Spoken Saudi Arabic  
by Van
Wagoner
Advanced Gulf Arabic. Please see details on our website: www.ibcbooks.com

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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:from the AATA newsletter (Nov 2007)
Subject:Gulf Arabic resources

  Margaret Nydell:  From Modern Standard Arabic to the (Regional)  
Arabic Dialects Series

There are six books in the series From Modern Standard Arabic to the  
(Regional) Arabic Dialect, including
Moroccan, Libyan, Egyptian, Syrian, Iraqi and Gulf.  These books are  
written for users who know Modern Standard
Arabic (MSA) and who wish to efficiently identify and practice dialect  
features, which differ significantly, as well
as vocabulary and structures not present in MSA.  The books were  
written between 1990 and 1993.  Material was
gathered through multiple interviews with native speakers,  
interviewing at least two people at the same time.
Informants were ages 20 to 30, both men and women.

The books are designed alike.  Each is organized by part of speech.    
Each is intended as a practice-reference text, so
the speaker can look up features and use the chapters in any order.   
The books are double transcribed, in both
phonemic romanization and in Arabic.  Terminology is selected for non- 
linguists.

Chapters include: Pronunciation, Nouns, Adjectives, Participles,  
Personal Pronouns, Other Pronouns, Question
Words, Prepositions/Conjunctions/Particles, Adverbs, Numbers, Sentence  
Structure, Perfect and Imperfect Verb
Tenses, Derived Forms of Verbs, Other Verb Features.  The books have  
accompanying recordings.

For further information or to order copies of individual works in the  
series, contact the publisher, Diplomatic
Language Services (tolewine at dls-llc.com;  telephone 703-243-4855,  
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS&PEDA:Needs Best ME Translation Faculty
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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:nwasfi at yahoo.com
Subject:Needs Best ME Translation Faculty

Please, I need somebody to recommend me the best faculty in the Middle  
East that teaches translation in different fields from English into  
Arabic and vice versa.

Regards,
Dr.Nahed wasfi

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:33 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Hindi/Arabic numbers
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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:"George N. Hallak, Boston" <GnhBos at aol.com>
Subject:Hindi/Arabic numbers

An additional small piece of information maybe helpful.
Arabic Numerals are actually what we use in English; and
the so called Arabic numerals are really Hindi characters.

Now, what the Latin based languages use Arabic Numerals,
and we (Arabic speakers) use Hindi characters is beyond me.
All I know that my father (Bless his soul), all through his life,
only used the real Arabic Numerals! If you asked him why he
uses "English" numerals, he'd give you a lecture!

So when you want to use so called "Arabic numbers", you have
to select "Hindi" in Windows!

Best Regards,
George N. Hallak

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Job Opportunity list in AATA Newsletter
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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:moderator
Subject:Job Opportunity list in AATA Newsletter

Those looking for employment might want to check out the latest AATA  
Newsletter (Nov. 2007) which lists employment opportunities with (not  
all of which have been posted on Arabic-L):

ACTFL
AUB
Bard Colleg
Cy-Fair College
Drew University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Grinnell College
Miami University
School for International Training
Seoul National University
Stanford
Texas A&M
Tulane
UCLA

The newsletter is available on aataweb.org.

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Columbia Job still open till Jan 21, 2008
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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From: taoufiq ben amor <tb46 at columbia.edu>
Subject:Columbia Job still open till Jan 21, 2008

Positions are still open for applications until January 21, 2008

Arabic Senior Lecturer and Lecturer

Department of Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures Seeks to  
fill one or more positions at the rank of Lecturer or Senior Lecturer  
in Arabic, beginning July 2008. Applicants should preferably have a  
Ph.D. or ABD in Arabic or applied linguistics, but those with a  
Master's degree and considerable experience in Arabic language  
teaching are also encouraged to apply. Applicants should have native  
or near-native fluency in Modern Standard Arabic, at least one  
dialect, and English. We are seeking a professional candidate with a  
serious commitment to teaching Arabic for academic purposes along the  
ACTFL proficiency guidelines. Responsibilities will include teaching  
and participation in the administration of the Arabic program.

An application letter including a brief description of the applicant's  
teaching philosophy and methodology, curriculum vitae, three letters  
of recommendation, teaching evaluations and other supporting materials  
should be sent to:

Chair, Arabic Search Committee
MEALAC
Columbia University
602 Kent Hall/ Mail Code 3928
New York, NY 10027

Applications will be reviewed starting November 10, 2007. The  
Department will be interviewing candidates at the MESA conference  
November 17-20.

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action  
employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic and Generative Grammar query
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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:taoufiq ben amor <tb46 at columbia.edu>
Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar query

dear everyone,

a student of mine has the following question, and i'd appreciate any  
answers you might have.
======================
In applying Generative Grammar (Government and Binding theory) to  
Arabic VSO structure, we run into a few problems. In Arabic VSO (jumla  
fi'liya), there are components that are not present in English:

?The verb only agrees with the subject in gender and person, but not  
in number.
?Indefinite subjects cannot precede the verb, thus VSO is necessary.
?Inanimate nouns (especially plural nouns) take the 3rd feminine  
singular verb conjugation.

Generative Grammar does not allow for partial feature/case checking;  
therefore, to account for these syntactic rules, we must come up with  
a way to have directionality in case/feature checking that occurs at T  
(for the verb, in a tree structure). Another approach is to have  
conditional feature/checking, so that depending on whether or not the  
subject is before or after, animate or inanimate, we can adjust the  
verb (ex: in VSO, if DPsubj is inanimate plural noun, V must be in the  
3rd feminine singular).

Is there a theory that explains this phenomenon in Arabic when  
Generative Grammar is applied (about how the feature/case checking is  
accounted for on a Generative Grammar tree structure)?

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Notre Dame One Year Job
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Date: 06 Dec 2007
From:Li Guo <lguo at nd.edu>
Subject:Notre Dame One Year Job


UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME, NOTRE DAME, INDIANA
The Arabic Studies Program in the Department of Classics at the
University of Notre Dame invites applications for a position in
Arabic language and literature at the rank of visiting assistant
professor. The appointment will begin in August 2008. The successful
candidate will be able to teach Arabic language courses at all levels
and courses in modern Arabic literature, with research interests in
Arabic and comparative literary theory. Completion of the PhD is
required. Teaching load will be three courses per semester.

Address applications to Elizabeth Forbis-Mazurek, Chair, Department
of Classics, 304 O'Shaughnessy Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre
Dame, IN 46556. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, three
letters of reference, a writing sample, and evidence if available of
teaching experience. The closing date for applications is January 18,
2008.

The University of Notre Dame is an international Catholic research
university and an equal opportunity educator and employer with strong
institutional and academic commitments to racial, cultural, and
gender diversity. The University particularly seeks candidates who
demonstrate excellence in both teaching and research. Information
about the Department is available at <http://classics.nd.edu>http://classics.nd.edu 
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:57:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Wants Syria Summer study abroad advice
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From:Shaun Payne <shaunp89 at yahoo.com>
Subject:Wants Syria Summer study abroad advice

Hello
  I am looking for infomation on studing abroad in Syria for the  
summer after finishing 2 semesters of Arabic.  If anyone has good  
information please email me.

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Maryland Job
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:<elgibali at umd.edu>
Subject:U of Maryland Job

Please post:

Assistant or Associate Professor in Arabic

Subject to the availability of funding, the Arabic Program at the  
School of Languages, Cultures, and Literatures (SLLC) at the  
University of Maryland seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant  
Professor or for a tenured Associate Professor position in Arabic.   
Specializations may be in either Language and Literature (Classical or  
Modern literature) or Language and Culture,(including, but not limited  
to, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, pragmatics).  Candidates  
will be evaluated on their record of scholarship and teaching, and  
interest in language learning.  Native or near native command of  
Modern Standard Arabic and one major dialect variety of Arabic, and  
English are highly desirable. The successful candidate will join a  
rapidly expanding Arabic program within the School, and will  
contribute to the new Arabic Flagship program.

For best consideration, applicants should specify the specialization  
and rank for which they are applying, and submit a letter of  
application, including a short description of their current research  
plans, a CV, and contact information (only) for three referees, by  
January 30, 2008.  We may be interviewing at the LSA.  Please indicate  
whether you plan to attend this conference. The position will be open  
until filled. Applications should be submitted to:

Arabic Search Committee, School of Languages, Literatures, and  
Cultures, c/o Weinberg, Rm. 1401 Marie Mount Hall, University of  
Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

The University of Maryland is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action  
employer. Applications from women and Minority candidates are  
especially encouraged

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:10 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Masterclass in Corpus Methods in Ling. and Lang.
 Teaching
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:eissa at comcast.net
Subject:Masterclass in Corpus Methods in Ling. and Lang. Teaching

Thought that this information might be of interest to many in the  
Arabic-L

             Salaam

Muhammad Eissa, Ph. D.
Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
University of Chicago


MasterclassCorpus Methods in Linguistics and Language Pedagogy
Using corpus data in linguistic research and preparation of language  
pedagogical materials

at the University of ChicagoWednesday-Sunday, March 26-30, 2008
The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (CLTL)
and
The Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association (SCLA)
and
The Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS),
The Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies (CEERES),
The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS),
The Center for the Study of Languages (CSL),
The Computation Institute (CI),
The Division of the Humanities (Humanities Computing),
and The South Asian Language Resource Center (SALRC)
at the University of Chicago

present

a conference and masterclass in

CORPUS METHODS IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY
(CMLLP-2008)
Wednesday-Sunday, March 26-30, 2008, University of Chicago, Chicago,  
Illinois USA

Website: http://languages.uchicago.edu/corpuslinguistics

Application/Registration Deadline: January 21, 2008
Application available for download here


*Topics*

	? corpus linguistics:  collection, annotation, statistical analysis   
and interpretation of corpus data; assembling your own corpora, the  
web as corpus
	? visualization techniques
	? use of corpora in language teaching and the development of  
pedagogical materials
	? focus on corpora for less commonly taught/studied/spoken languages
*Program*

	? Wednesday:    Corpus Linguistics: an introduction to the field and  
the possibilities (optional introductory day), Divjak and Clancy  
(unlimited audience)
	? Thursday:   Conference: plenary lectures and case studies by  
invited speakers and some (advanced) participants;  poster session for  
(beginner/intermediate) participants (unlimited audience)
	? Friday:   Masterclass: R for corpus linguistics, Gries  
(registration limited to 25)
	? Saturday:   Masterclass: Statistics for linguists using R, Gries  
(registration limited to 25)
	? Sunday:   Presentation of participants? research projects (limited  
to masterclass participants)
*Presenters (partial listing)*

	? Stefan Gries, University of California, Santa Barbara (teaching R)
	? Dagmar Divjak, University of Sheffield (Slavic linguistics,  
cognitive linguistics, corpus linguistics)
	? Steven Clancy, University of Chicago (Slavic linguistics, cognitive  
linguistics, multidimensional scaling (MDS) in linguistics)
	? John Goldsmith, University of Chicago (probabilistic methods,  
towards a new empiricism in linguistics, computational linguistics)
	? Arno Bosse, University of Chicago (visualization techniques in the  
humanities)
*Materials*

Gries, Stefan Th. 2008. Quantitative corpus linguistics with R: a  
practical introduction. New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.  
The R program is freely available for multiple platforms (http://www.r-project.org/ 
).

  *Data/Problem Sets*

Materials, scripts, and exercises will be based on data extracted from  
corpora for less commonly taught/studied/spoken languages.  
Participants should bring at least one of their own problems, data  
sets, etc. to work on during the masterclass and present on Sunday.

  *Masterclass Computers*

The CSL will provide Macintosh laptop computers running both Mac and  
Windows operating systems for use by participants during the  
masterclass; the center has wifi internet access throughout.  
Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops if available.

  *Fellowships*

A limited number of fellowships will be available to qualified  
graduate student participants on a competitive basis and may include a  
waiver of the masterclass registration fees and/or assistance with  
travel and lodging expenses.

  *Further Information*

Please contact Steven Clancy <sclancy at uchicago.edu> if you have any  
questions or would like to receive further information about this  
conference and masterclass. A PDF flier and registration form is  
available for download here.

*Application/Registration Information*
Application/Registration Deadline: January 21, 2008

Questions? Contact Steven Clancy <sclancy at uchicago.edu>

  Participation in the introductory and conference sessions (Wed- 
Thurs) is not limited, but due to the interactive, hands-on nature of  
the masterclass sessions on Fri-Sun, the number of participants is  
limited to 25. Those registering for the Wed-Thurs sessions need only  
submit the completed registration form and fees. Those interested in  
the full masterclass should submit the registration/application form  
(download here) and a cover letter describing how the masterclass  
methods and topics will impact their teaching, research, and career  
goals. The masterclass is intended to advance the methodological state  
of the art in the discipline of corpus linguistics and to educate a  
group of researchers most likely to benefit from applying corpus  
methods in their ongoing and future research and preparation of  
materials for language pedagogy.

  Graduate student applicants should also submit one letter of  
recommendation from a faculty member familiar with their academic work  
and research interests.

  Applications will be reviewed by the masterclass organizing  
committee and participants will be notified of acceptance by February  
15, 2008.

  Conference/Masterclass registration fees are detailed below. Fees  
cover tuition for the masterclass and some meals and breaks.

Masterclass Fees

Non-Academic

University Faculty/Staff

Graduate Students

Full Masterclass (Optional introductory session, 1-day conference, 3- 
day masterclass; Wed-Sun)

$250

$175

$100

Introductory session and conference (Wed-Thur only)

$60

$40

$30

Introductory session (Wed only)

$30

$20

$15

Conference day (Thur only)

$30

$20

$15

Meals and coffee breaks included in registration fees:

	? Wednesday:    Lunch, Coffee Breaks, Reception
	? Thursday:   Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks, Dinner
	? Friday:   Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks
	? Saturday:   Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks, Dinner
	? Sunday:   Breakfast, Lunch, Coffee Breaks
The application deadline is January 21, 2008. For those planning to  
attend Wednesday-Thursday only, please submit your registration fee  
along with the application form. Those applying for the full  
masterclass may make payment following acceptance to the program and  
notification of any fellowship support received. Applicants will be  
notified of acceptance status by February 15, 2008.

Please make checks payable to: The University of Chicago. Payments via  
credit/debit card cannot be accepted. Receipt of your application will  
be confirmed by e-mail.  If you have any questions about your  
application, please contact: Steven Clancy <sclancy at uchicago.edu>.

Please send checks and registration/application forms to:

Steven Clancy
Center for the Study of Languages
University of Chicago
1130 E. 59th St., Foster 406
Chicago, IL 60637

University of Chicago campus applicants may hand in their applications  
at the information desk in the Center for the Study of Languages, Cobb  
Hall.

Tentative Schedule

Plenary lectures and conference talks will be announced at the  
conference website as soon as the schedule is finalized. All events  
will take place at The Center for the Study of Languages (CSL, Cobb  
Hall, 2nd Floor) on The University of Chicago campus.

http://languages.uchicago.edu/corpuslinguistics


Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - Dagmar Divjak and Steven Clancy

12:00-1:00

Registration, Lunch

1:00-2:30

Corpus Linguistics: Introduction to the field and   the possibilities,  
part 1

2:30-2:45

Break

2:45-4:15

Corpus Linguistics: Introduction to the field and   the possibilities,  
part 2

4:15-4:30

Break

4:30-5:30

Corpus Linguistics: Introduction to the field and   the possibilities,  
part 3

5:30-6:30

Reception

Evening

Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework


Thursday, March 27, 2008

8:00-9:00

Breakfast (60 min)

9:00-10:00

Plenary Lecture 1 TBA (50min, 10min questions)

10:00-10:15

Break (15min)

10:15-10:45

Talk 1

10:45-11:15

Talk 2

11:15-11:30

Break (15min)

11:30-12:30

Plenary Lecture 2 TBA (50min, 10min questions)

12:30-1:30

Lunch (60min)

1:30-2:00

Talk 3

2:00-2:30

Talk 4

2:30-3:00

Talk 5

3:00-3:30

Break (30min)

3:30-4:00

Talk 6

4:00-4:30

Talk 7

4:30-5:00

Talk 8

4:45-5:00

Break (15min)

5:00-6:00

Plenary Lecture 3 TBA (50min, 10min questions)

6:00-6:30

Reception

6:30-8:00

Dinner

Evening

Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework


Friday, March 28, 2008 - Stefan Gries

8:00-9:00

Breakfast (60 min)

9:00-10:30

R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 1

10:30-11:00

Break (30 min)

11:00-12:30

R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 2

12:30-1:30

Lunch (60 min)

1:30-3:00

R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 3

3:00-3:30

Break (30 min)

3:30-5:00

R for Corpus Linguistics, Part 4

Evening

Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework


Saturday, March 29, 2008 - Stefan Gries

8:00-9:00

Breakfast (60 min)

9:00-10:30

Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 1

10:30-11:00

Break (30 min)

11:00-12:30

Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 2

12:30-1:30

Lunch (60 min)

1:30-3:00

Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 3

3:00-3:30

Break (30 min)

3:30-5:00

Statistics for Linguists Using R, Part 4

5:00-6:00

Reception

6:00-8:00

Dinner

Evening

Further discussion, explore Chicago, homework


Sunday, March 30, 2008 - Masterclass Participants

8:00-9:00

Breakfast (60 min)

9:00-10:30

Presentation Panel 1

10:30-10:45

Break (15 min)

10:45-12:15

Presentation Panel 2

12:15-1:15

Lunch (60 min)

1:15-2:45

Presentation Panel 3

2:45-3:00

Break (15 min)

3:00-4:00

Presentation Panel 4

4:00-4:30

Concluding Remarks, Farewells



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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Wants help with research on Arabic 'texting'
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:dreynold at religion.ucsb.edu
Subject:Wants help with research on Arabic 'texting'

Dear Arabic-L members,

I have a very bright undergraduate student who studied in Cairo last  
year and is writing an exciting Honor's paper under my direction on  
digitized 3rabic as used in "txting" on cellphones, in online  
chatrooms, and in postings to websites such as Facebook.

She has already gathered a small corpus via her own personal network  
in Egypt, but would now like to expand her research to include  
digitized 3rabic in other Arab countries.

If you have access to native speakers of Arabic at your institution --  
TA's, Arab students, bilingual Arab-Americans, and so forth -- could  
you please pass the attached brief survey form on to them?  I suspect  
they will actually enjoy responding if they are young people and "txt"  
in Arabic regularly.

There are some very interesting aspects of code-switching and other  
issues that are surfacing in my student's work, so I hope you will  
consider giving her a hand in connecting to a broader survey  
population.  Egyptian responses are welcome too, it's just that there  
is a particular interest at this point in contacting speakers from  
other countries as well.

Best,
Dwight Reynolds

*******************************************************************************
Dwight F. Reynolds, Professor            Arabic Language & Lit
Department of Religious Studies          Phone: (805) 893-7143
University of California                 Dept:  (805) 893-7136
Santa Barbara, CA 93106                  FAX:   (805) 893-2059
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[here is the text of the attachment:]

My name is Allegra O?Donoghue and I an undergraduate at the  
University of California, Santa Barbara, majoring in Middle Eastern  
Studies.  I am interested in learning about how young bilingual Arabs  
communicate digitally, particularly in the mixture of English with  
Arabic and transliterating into Roman or English letters.  I hope to  
ascertain the development and usage of this form of language, codify  
spelling and determine whether or not its users have established  
grammar rules.  I would greatly appreciate your help with this  
project!  If you know of anyone who might like to participate, please  
forward it on.  Feel free to elaborate on any question.  You may type  
directly on this document, re-save it and send it back, or simply  
number your answers on a separate document, or directly in the body of  
an email.  I?d appreciate your response as soon as possible, and you  
may contact me directly at  HYPERLINK  
"mailto:allegretta at umail.ucsb.edu" allegretta at umail.ucsb.edu
Shukran!

Name:
Age:
Sex:

How long have you studied English and how old were you when you began?


What was the language of instruction in your
primary school-
secondary school-
university-


In what country/ies do you hold citizenship and in what country/ies  
were you raised?


Which dialects of Arabic are you familiar with? And which do you use  
when online and in texts (SMS?s)?



Do you ever use Arabic script when typing or texting (sending SMS?s)?  
If so, when?





Please look over the alphabet below.  Do you have any additions,  
subtractions or comments?

?-2
?-a
?-b
?-t
?-th, s
?-g, j
?-7, h
?-7', kh, 5
?-d
?-z, th
?-r
?-z
?-s
?-sh
?-s
?-d,
?-t, 6
?- th, z
?-a, ?a, 3, a?
?-gh, 3?
?- f
?- q, 2, k
?-k
?-l
?-m
?-n
?-h
?- as a consonant-w, as a vowel-  oo, ou, u
?- as a consonant-ya, as a vowel ee, y, i
Short vowels:
kasra- i
dhamma- u, o
fat7a- a,e

Comments:




When typing with the Roman alphabet, are you consistent in your  
spelling of words?



Please type the following sentence as you normally would using the  
Roman alphabet:

????? ?? ????? ??? ?????? ?? ??? ????  
??? ??? ????? ??????? ???? ???? ????  
??? ??? ???? ?? ???? ?? ??? ?? ???? ???  
????? ??????? ???? ?? ???? ??? ??????  
???? ?? ????




When typing messages on a computer or cell phone, do you notice any  
particular words or phrases that you normally always write in  
English?  For example:

?howwa ento bete3melo design it-shirts w keda? Walla just printing??
?ya gama3a al t-shirt 7elwa moot wel printing gamed awyy?.?

In both examples, the writers wrote ?t-shirts? and ?printing?  
in English.





Are there any phrases or expressions that you only use when typing or  
texting and never use while speaking?




How often do you use the internet/text messaging?
multiple times a day
once a day
a few times a week
once a week

Are there any websites/profiles other than facebook on which you leave  
messages or chat with your friends frequently?



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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS&PEDA:Wants recommendation on Translation Program
 in Gulf
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:nwasfi at yahoo.com
Subject:Wants recommendation on Translation Program in Gulf

I'd like somebody to recommend me the best Faculty of Translation in  
the Gulf region that offers a BA in translation from English into  
Arabic and vice versa in different fields.

Regards,
Dr. Nahed Wasfi

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic and Generative Grammar
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2) Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar

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1)
Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:"Mr. Abbache" <abbache_ahmed at yahoo.fr>
Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar

dear Taoufiq,

you can't, nor your student apply the Generative Grammar theory, even  
Government and Binding theory to Arabic language.
Arabic language does not know VSO structure, English and another  
languages may know like this notion, but not arabic. VSO is not the  
jumla fi'liya like you said.
as i konw, until know no theory can treate these syntax phenomenons in  
Arabic.
but it does exist one theory, whish can help that student, and i'm  
advicing him to work throw it, it will help a lot, try to use the "Neo- 
Khalilian theory".
Here some of what Pr. Abderrahmane HADJ-SALAH said about it.
"the starting point of the Neo-khalilian theory is the discovery, for  
the most ancient grammarians (8th century), of an original conception  
that we do not find in the works of the arab grammarian who came after  
them only in a distorted form (except some case)" Pr. Abderrahmane  
HADJ-SALAH.
"the linguistic theory developed by these old researchers has been  
firt analysed for many long years, then reformulated within a logico- 
mathematical framwork and is actually systematically being exploited  
in several fields at the levels of our Center (Centre de recherche  
scientifique et technique pour le d?veloppement de la langue arabe)"  
Pr. Abderrahmane HADJ-SALAH.
if you want any help about this theory, you will find me here to help.

best regard.
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2)
Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:paula santillan <capraia at yahoo.com>
Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar

dear student,

the only suggestion i can provide you with on this
topic is:

http://a.fassi-fehri.com/index.html

-p

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:08 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Lectures on DVD?
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From: "Schub, Michael B." <Michael.Schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:Lectures on DVD?

would it be a good idea to emulate  'The Teaching Company', i.e. to  
have outstanding Arab professors give academic courses, with reading  
guides, on DVD (and/or) CD, in Arabic, about Arabic language,  
literature, poetry, history, etc. for serious students of all ages to  
learn from??  (Is this already being done?)
                                                                                                      Mike 
  Schub

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:AlAkhawayn Summer programs 2008
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1) Subject:AlAkhawayn Summer programs 2008

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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:A.Chekayri at aui.ma
Subject:AlAkhawayn Summer programs 2008

Arabic Language and North African Studies
Summer program in Morocco

One Semester of Arabic in 4 Weeks June 2 ? 27, or June 30 ?July 25, 2008
One Year of Arabic in 8 Weeks June 2 ? July 25, 2008

Modern Standard Arabic courses include: Beginning, Intermediate,  
Advanced,
Journalistic and Literary Arabic
Required Activities in Arabic include: Moroccan Colloquial Arabic,
Experiential language learning, Weekly cultural activities and clubs,
Field trips to selected cities in Morocco, Immersion experience in local
community

Arabic language courses carry 6 to 8 semester credit hours.

One of the following courses can be taken along with Arabic language or
two without Arabic language:

North African Studies
6 Week Summer Session (June 4-July 17, 2008). Courses offered include:
Contemporary Moroccan History, History of the Arab World, Islamic
Civilization, Issues in Contemporary North Africa, North African
Literature

Each course carries 3 semester credit hours.

Deadline for application: April 22, 2008

For more information: Website: http://www.aui.ma/arabic
E-mail: arabic at aui.ma
FAX. (212)35862977
Tel. (212) 35862427
AlAkhawayn University, Ifrane, 53000 Morocco

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr. Abdellah CHEKAYRI

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs info on full year study abroad in Syria
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:Jessica Morris <Morris2 at email.arizona.edu>
Subject:Needs info on full year study abroad in Syria

Ahlan all,

I am a second year student of Arabic and would like to study abroad  
for the
2008-2009 academic year. Does anyone know of any good programs in  
Syria, or has
studied in Damascus.

Any help is appreciated :)

Jessica
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Dec 12 00:39:04 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:AD:GMP Books on Indo-Islamic Art and Architecture
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:"Global Media Publications" <gmpublication at gmail.com>
Subject:GMP Books on Indo-Islamic Art and Architecture

*Some important books on Indo-Islamic Art & Architecture *

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Painting the Mughal Experience
By Som Prakash Verma
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Paintings of the Great Mughals : Lalit Kala Series Portfolio No. 47
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Paintings of the Razmnama : The Book of War
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By Elizabeth Schotten Merklinger
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By Sujit Narayan Sen
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Wall Paintings of Rajasthan
By Mira Seth
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Land Transport in Mughal India : Agra-Lahore Highway and its  
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By Carr Stephen
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Needs contact info for Dr. Mahmoud Abdallah
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:"tons" <tons at aucegypt.edu>
Subject:Needs contact info for Dr. Mahmoud Abdallah

I need help to find out Dr.Mahmoud Abdallah E-mail address
Abbas Al-Tonsi
Senior lecturer
School of Foreign Service in Qatar
Georgetown University

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:06 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Syriac Symposium in Granada (Spain)
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:shafiq.abouzayd at orinst.ox.ac.uk
Subject:Syriac Symposium in Granada (Spain)

Dear friend,
I am writing to inform those who are willing to participate in the  
Syriac Symposium in Granada (Spain) during September 2008, should  
contact directly
Mrs. Maria del Val Paniagua Sanchez:
Centro International para el Estudio del Oriente Cristiano
Plaza Alonso Cano s/n
18001 Granada
Spain
Tel: ++34-958-215909
Email: secretaria at icsco.org

Yours sincerely,
Shafiq Abouzayd
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Texas at Austin Job
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1) Subject:U of Texas at Austin Job

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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:albatal at austin.utexas.edu
Subject:U of Texas at Austin Job
Arabic Lecturer Position at the University of Texas, Austin

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN invites applications for a full- 
time, academic year-long appointment as a lecturer in Arabic, to begin  
September 1, 2008 with possibility of annual renewal.  This position  
is funded by a Flagship grant to UT and is subject to grant renewal.

To be considered, candidates should have completed a Master?s degree  
or higher in Arabic Language, Literature, or Culture.  The successful  
candidate will have demonstrated teaching excellence at the university  
level and be expected to teach three courses per semester during the  
academic year 2008-2009.  Experience in coordinating multiple sections  
of Arabic classes is desired.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, three  
references letters, and evidence of teaching excellence to: Chelsea  
Sypher, Program Coordinator, UT Arabic Flagship Language Program,  
Department of Middle Eastern Studies, The University of Texas at  
Austin (WMB 6.102); 1 University Station # F9400, Austin, TX  
78712-0527. Phone: Tel: (512) 471- 3283; Fax: (512) 471-7834.

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies is committed to achieving  
diversity in its faculty, students, and curriculum, and welcomes  
applicants who would help it achieve this goal.

All application materials must be received by January 15, 2008.

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/arabic/
For inquiries please contact Ms. Sypher at utflagship at austin.utexas.edu

Background check conducted on applicant selected

The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative Action/Equal  
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:16 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Transition to Gulf Arabic
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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:mutarjm at aol.com
Subject:Transition to Gulf Arabic

RE: Transition to Gulf Arabic (Emirati dialect)

Greetings.

Re transition to Gulf Arabic (GA)

Since you have a foundation in MSA, you might get the?"Teach
Yourself?Gulf Arabic" multimedia package (textbook and accompanying
audiocassette tape - which?might be reformatted in a CD by now) by  
(IIRC)?Clive
Hole and Jack Smart. Searchable ("gulf arabic") and available on <
amazon.com >.

Most other references in?English about GA would be too basic (they're
usually phrasebooks that are a?mix of MSA and some pseudo-GA features),
or they are heavily descriptive and intended for?specialists in Arabic
dialectology (one of my fields). You do not have time to plow through
the three-volume set of paperbacks on GA (Emirati dialect) by Hamdi
Qafisheh, U. of Arizona Press; although they are out of print, copies
seem often available via search of Amazon.com and alibris.com.

Depending on what type of interpreting (formal / technical / commercial
versus casual and social) you might be doing, you may well find that
MSA suffices, as Emiratis usually will "tune up" their Arabic when they
notice that you communicate in MSA and ditto for Bahrainis. That was my
experience April when back in UAE and Oman for a few weeks.

Hope this helps; khair, in shaa' Allah.

Regards,

Stephen H. Franke
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:MLS Translator Improvement Program (on-line course)
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1) Subject:MLS Translator Improvement Program (on-line course)

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1)
Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:kariann.marti at martindalelinguisticsolutions.com
Subject:MLS Translator Improvement Program (on-line course)

While conducting a recruiting campaign last year, Martindale Linguistic
Solutions experienced a .07 resume-to-offer ratio.  You read that
correctly: less than 1% of the linguists and translator hopefuls were  
able
to pass the translation exams.

This ratio was disheartening to MLS (particularly when breaking it to
budding translators that they did not pass the test), to the translators
who knew they could be good enough if just given the chance, and to the
government customers looking for qualified translators.  We decided to
provide professional assistance to those aspiring translators with a  
solid
foundation in both English and Arabic, in order to give them a leg up  
when
applying for language positions.

Martindale Linguistic Solutions, Inc. recently implemented an online
professional development course for aspiring translators.  This  
Translator
Improvement Program (TIP) is a low-cost eight-week online course  
designed
specifically to improve the Arabic to English translation skills of  
basic
and intermediate level translators, to put them on the path to achieving
the advanced proficiency levels required by government organizations and
other employers of translators and linguists.

Editors will review weekly translation assignments to provide each
individual student with feedback addressing accuracy, grammar, spelling,
punctuation, style, etc.  Editors also will post weekly grammar and
translation tips directed toward both native speakers of English and
native speakers of Arabic.

TIP is not designed for literary translation.  MLS recommends that
aspiring translators of literature seek graduate level courses and
experienced mentors.

Martindale Linguistic Solutions advocates continued Arabic language
enhancement.  A portion of the proceeds from class fees will go toward a
future MLS scholarship award.  Promotional discounts apply to various
categories of students?check www.martindalelinguisticsolutions.com to  
see
if you qualify.

For more information and an application, please visit
www.martindalelinguisticsolutions.com or email
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS&PEDA:ME Translation faculty
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1) Subject:ME Translation faculty

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Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:"David Wilmsen" <david.wilmsen at gmail.com>
Subject:ME Translation faculty

The Arabic and Translation Studies Division at the School of
Continuing Education of the American University in Cairo specializes
in training translators and interpreters in many technical fields,
including legal, economic and commercial, UN terminology, print media
among other fields.

The programme grants a professional certificate, not a degree.

As the former director of this programme, and remaining in close
contact with the administration and its instructors, I can vouch for
the quality of this programme.  There are a few other good ones that
you might consider.  Two of which I am familiar are these:

?cole Sup?rieure Roi Fahd de Traduction
Universit? Abdelmalek Essaadi
Tanger, Maroc

Notre Dame University
Zouk Mosbeh
Lebanon

Both of these grant masters degrees.

There are few other institutions in Lebanon that provide translation
training.  St Joseph University, for instance, grants a bachelors,
masters, and doctorate in translation.

David Wilmsen
Associate Professor of Arabic
Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages
American University of Beirut
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:39:01 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:AD:Gerlach Books on Persian Painting
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1) Subject:Gerlach Books on Persian Painting

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1)
Date: 11 Dec 2007
From:orders at gerlach-books.de
Subject:Gerlach Books on Persian Painting

We offer 2 beautiful hardcover editions with numerous colour  
illustrations as a package with special price!

Persian Painting
Editor: Robert Hillenbrand
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Hardcover
Published: February 2000
Publisher's list price: 75 GBP (104 EUR)
Pages: 331
c. 250 colour and b/w illustrations
Size: 30 x 25 x 3,5 cm (76 x 63 x 8 inches)
ISBN: 9781850436591

Published in honour of Basil W. Robinson, Keeper Emeritus of the  
Victoria and Albert Museum and a key contributor to the growing  
scholarly interest in Persian miniatures for over 50 years, this book  
contains both personal appreciations of his work and a bibliography of  
his writings. The contributions cover Persian painting from Ilkhanid  
to Qajar times, and include material from Turkey, Central Asia and  
India.

Early Persian Painting
Author: Bernard O'Kane
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Hardcover
Published: February 2003
Publisher's list price: 75 GBP (104 EUR)
Pages: 336
c. 141 colour and b/w illustrations
Size: 28 x 25 x 3 cm (71 x 63 x 7 inches)
ISBN: 9781860648526

"Kalila and Dimna" or "The Fables of Bidpai" is one of the gems of  
world culture, having been translated through the centuries everywhere  
from China to Spain. It was the most commonly illustrated medieval  
Islamic text. This book focuses on the group of seven Persian  
manuscripts from the second half of the 14th century, which contains  
several of the finest examples of Persian painting.

Our offer until 19 December 2007:

(1) Order one volume with 15% discount
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Best regards from Berlin

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New ELRA Arabic resources
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1) Subject:

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1)
Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:reposted from CORPORA
Subject:New ELRA Arabic resources

*******************************************************************
ELRA - Language Resources Catalogue - Update
*******************************************************************

SPECIAL OFFERS:

ELDA has initiated a large distribution campaign before the end of  
this year.
Should you need language resources available in our catalogue, we will  
be happy to offer you possibilities of discounts
(depending on the amount of language resources you are interested in),  
for a purchase placed before the end of December 2007.
For more information, please contact Val?rie Mapelli mailto:mapelli at elda.org

New Resources:

ELRA is happy to announce that 11 new Speech Resources are now  
available in its catalogue.

ELRA-S0258 Orientel United Arab Emirates MCA (Modern Colloquial Arabic)
This speech database contains the recordings of 750 Arabic speakers  
recorded over the United Arab Emirates' fixed and mobile telephone  
network. Each speaker uttered around 49 read and spontaneous items.
For more information, see: http://catalog.elra.info/product_info.php?products_id=1042

ELRA-S0259 Orientel United Arab Emirates MSA (Modern Standard Arabic)
This speech database contains the recordings of 500 Arabic speakers  
recorded over the United Arab Emirates' fixed and mobile telephone  
network. Each speaker uttered around 49 read and spontaneous items.
For more information, see: http://catalog.elra.info/product_info.php?products_id=1043

ELRA-S0260 Orientel English as spoken in the United Arab Emirates
This speech database contains the recordings of 500 speakers of  
English recorded over the United Arab Emirates' fixed and mobile  
telephone network. Each speaker uttered around 47 read and spontaneous  
items.
For more information, see: http://catalog.elra.info/product_info.php?products_id=1044

For more information on the catalogue, please contact Val?rie Mapelli mailto:mapelli at elda.org

Visit our on-line catalogue: http://catalog.elra.info.

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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Effect of European punctuation on Arabic syntax
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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From: "Schub, Michael B." <Michael.Schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:Effect of European punctuation on Arabic syntax query

Was-salaam  lil-jamaa`:

     Has anyone done a study of the (profound??) effect modern  
(European) punctuation has had on the syntax of Modern Written Arabic  
(or, M. Standard A.)??  Many thanks,
                                                                                               Mike 
  Schub

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:42 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic and Generative Grammar
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1) Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar
2) Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar

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1)
Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Kevin Schluter <schlu017 at umn.edu>
Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar

The name that immediately comes to mind when discussing agreement  
asymmetries in Arabic syntax is Elabbas Benmamoun at the University of  
Illinois Champaign-Urbana.

http://www.linguistics.uiuc.edu/benmamou/

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2)
Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Nimat Hafez Barazangi <nhb2 at cornell.edu>
Subject:Arabic and Generative Grammar

The following empirical evidence also suggests that the Generative  
Grammar Theory  (GGT) does not apply to Arabic.

A colleague of mine and I tried to test the theory with Arab children  
(ages 2-3) acquiring Arabic. We found that even when the children use  
the colloquial version, making the construct SV (e.g., Baba sherib   
"Daddy drank"),  as we ask them to repeat a similar complete SVO  
sentence (e.g.,  Baba sherib almay "Dady drank the water"), they  
reverted to VSO (Sherib baba almay).  The study, obviously revealed  
many other factors that suggests a negative applicability of GGT to  
Arabic, but I cannot discuss in this context .

The above indicates the need for further studies in Arabic language  
acquisition as well as the need for furthering Abdelkader Fassi Fehri  
studies of the linguistic structures of Arabic. Both require more than  
just individual efforts !

Best wishes,

Nimat

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:55 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS&PEDA:Translation Programs in Gulf
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1) Subject:Translation Programs in Gulf

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1)
Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:mutarjm at aol.com
Subject:Translation Programs in Gulf

Greetings.

These two universities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, offer BA degrees in  
Translation and Interpreting (T&I); the name of the degree major may  
be akin to?"English Language and Literature with?Specialization in  
Translation and Interpreting."

King Saud University (KSU offers options for further specialization in  
various technologies, career fields, and subjects)

Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University (strong in teaching? 
bidirectional translation, but apparently so-so in interpreting, in  
comparison with graduates from KSU)

My former employer in Riyadh hires numbers of?graduates from both  
institutions for careers as professional Interpreter/Translators.  
After entry on duty,?these new-hire ITs attend in-house professional,? 
technical and specialized training for several months before they  
report to their offices in their assigned work units

I understand that King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah also offers  
such a degree program, but I don't have details.

UAE University in Al-Ain, Abu Dhabi might now have that sort of degree  
program up and running.

Hope this helps.

Khair, in shaa' Allah.

Regards,
Stephen H. Franke
Riyadh => Los Angeles

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:43 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Syria info
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1) Subject:Also wants Syria info
2) Subject:Syria contact possibility
3) Subject:Syria programs

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1)
Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Miller Sherling <txuncairo at yahoo.com>
Subject:Also wants Syria info

Ditto on that--I'm trying to find out information on
summer 2008 study in Damascus with homestay, but all
the e-mail contacts I'm given seem to be out of date,
since I'm getting no responses.  Ideas?  Newer
contacts?

Any help would be appreciated.

Alf shukr,

-Miller Sherling
U. of Washington

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2)
Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:"Moulay Ali Bouanani" <bouanani.idrissi at gmail.com>
Subject:Syria contact possibility

Check with Prof. Mahdi Al-Osh at the United States Military Academy at  
West
Point he might have some information on studying abroad in Syria. One  
of my
students went there while he was studying at AUB four summers ago and  
loved
it, so he went back.

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3)
Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Nimat Hafez Barazangi <nhb2 at cornell.edu>
Subject:Syria programs

Jessica,

There are two major programs that I know of as reliable:

One is through the French Institute of Arabic Studies ( it is part of  
the French Cultural Center, you may find further info on the French  
Embassy in Damascus web site). It is the oldest and most prominent. To  
my knowledge,  they teach Classical and MSA.

Two, is the Arabic Program at the University of Damascus (They teach  
MSA). Check the Syrian Embassy in the US website, or contact them for  
further info.

Also, I know that there is a good program in the city of Aleppo, but I  
do not know through which institution.

Best wishes,
Nimat


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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:47 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:American U of Sharjah Jobs
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1)
Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Fatima Badry <badry at aus.edu>
Subject:American U of Sharjah Jobs

American University of Sharjah http://www.aus.edu/employment/faculty_cas.php

Faculty positions for College of Arts and Sciences

The American University of Sharjah (www.aus.edu) has the following open
faculty positions in the College of Arts and Sciences for academic year
2008-2009.  AUS is a coeducational institution located near Dubai,  
United
Arab Emirates.  The language of instruction is English.  The  
university is
independently accredited by the U.S Middle States Commission of Higher
Education.  Successful candidates will have experience with the North
American higher educational system.   In most cases, a demonstrated  
interest
in interdisciplinary studies and evidence of the incorporation of  
critical
thinking into teaching will be looked upon favorably.  In all cases,
evidence of the potential for continuous research/scholarship is  
expected.
Address e-mail responses to  <mailto:cashr at aus.edu> cashr at aus.edu and
include a clear statement of the position you are applying for, along  
with a
curriculum vitae and contact information for three professional  
references.
Some positions require additional submissions as noted.

Department of Arabic Studies

1. The Department of Arabic Studies invites applications for faculty
positions in English/Arabic Translation. The successful candidate will  
have
a Ph.D. in Translation Studies or a closely related field, be a native
speaker of English, and have the ability to teach translation from  
Arabic
into English. The successful candidate will be expected to teach both
undergraduate and graduate courses. Preference will be given to  
candidates
in the area of corpora studies, machine translation, terminology, and
language engineering with a focus on Arabic and to candidates who can
contribute to the Arabic Studies program.

2. The Department of Arabic Studies invites applications for faculty
positions in Arabic Studies. The successful candidate will have a  
Ph.D. in
Arabic Language/Literature/or related fields and have native or near  
native
fluency in Arabic, while being able to teach in English. The candidate  
will
be expected to teach Modern Standard Arabic at all levels and courses in
Arabic heritage.

Dr. Fatima Badry
Professor
Department of English
CAS Graduate Programs Director
American University of Sharjah
POB  26666
Sharjah, UAE
www.aus.edu
Tel +971 6 515 2701

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:49 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Tangier Summer Advanced Arabic Language Program
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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Martha Schulte-Nafeh <marthas at email.arizona.edu>
Subject:Tangier Summer Advanced Arabic Language Program

Dear Colleages,
please bring the information below to the attention of students  
looking for an excellent and rigorous third or fourth year Arabic  
program for summer 2008.

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Subject: 	Language Program Announcement for listserves
Date: 	Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:17:54 -0700 (MST)
From: 	AIMS CMES <aimscmes at email.arizona.edu>
Reply-To: 	aimscmes at email.arizona.edu
To: 	marthas at email.arizona.edu

Tangier Summer Advanced Arabic Language Program
June 14 through Aug 8

The American Institute for Maghrib Studies is offering a special  
language
and cultural studies program for advanced students (third and fourth  
year)
based in Tangier, Morocco. Coordinated by experienced bilingual American
faculty and taught by specially trained Moroccan professors, this
intensive program comprises eight weeks of language study, with a break
for independent activities. Students will be placed in one of two tracks
of Modern Standard Arabic: third year curriculum based on the second  
half
of Al-Kitaab book II and fourth year based on Al-Kitaab book III.
Placement depends on transcripts, a telephone interview and  
performance on
a placement test. Completion of at least two years of Modern Standard
Arabic is required prior to application. Basic training in the
fundamentals of the Moroccan Colloquial Arabic dialect will also be
offered. Students are welcome from all disciplines.

The program's primary aim is to develop sound conversational and reading
skills in Modern Standard Arabic. At the same time, all students will be
in a position to better experience the full range of Moroccan
cultural-life as the program is housed in the heart of Tangier,  
Morocco at
the American School of Tangier (AST). Area interest in Morocco or North
Africa is not required. Students live together in the AST dormitory. The
facilities at AST include large, well-lit rooms, a soccer field,  
swimming
pool, and excellent food by one of the best cooks in Tangier.

There are also special lectures and programs in Arabic and in English
dealing with various aspects of North African history, culture, and
society. Students have also attended concerts, receptions, parties,
weddings, and Sufi ceremonies. Mini-classes focusing on various  
aspects of
the culture and society are taught in Arabic.

Eight college credits can be earned in Modern Standard Arabic by
successful completion of the program. This equates to 120 instruction
hours. Credit is through the University of Arizona and credit  
registration
is voluntary.

Students planning to do research will find the American Legation  
Museum in
Tangier a priceless resource. An extensive library is available to AIMS
student members, and the American director and the Moroccan staff are
helpful and supportive.  AIMS membership is provided for one year for
selected participants. There will be no time to conduct research during
the program, however students are encouraged to utilize research
opportunities before or after the program or in future visits.

For applications and further information:
American Institute for Maghrib Studies
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
845 North Park Ave
Marshall Bldg, Room 477
PO Box 210158-B
Tucson, AZ 85721-0158
(520) 626-6498
aimscmes at email.arizona.edu
aimsnorthafrica.org

Program cost is $2,400 for tuition and fees; $1,400 for room and board.
Total $3,800 plus airfare, textbooks and incidentals.

Full and Partial Fellowships are available! Fellows must be U.S.
nationals. All eligible applicants are automatically considered and
selection is based on merit, not need. Other fellowships, including  
FLAS,
can be applied to this program. Faculty and non-students may apply,
however grants are available to undergraduate and graduate students  
only.

Applications must be postmarked by February 15th
For those serious about learning Arabic FULL GRANTS AVAILABLE!




-- 
Kerry Adams, AIMS Executive Director
Terry Ryan, AIMS Administrative Associate

AIMS at Center for Middle Eastern Studies
845 North Park Avenue
Marshall Building, Room 470
PO Box 210158B
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0185
520-626-6498
520-621-9257 (fax)
www.AIMSNorthAfrica.org
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:53 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Needs contact info for Samira Al Haj, Sudanese poet
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1) Subject:Needs contact info for Samira Al Haj, Sudanese poet

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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:"Amira Nowaira" <amira at nowaira.net>
Subject:Needs contact info for Samira Al Haj, Sudanese poet

I would like to get in touch with the Sudanese poet Samira Al Haj to  
get her
permission for the publication of one of her poems. Any information on  
how
to get in touch with her or about her work in general will be greatly
appreciated.

Amira Nowaira
Department of English
Faculty of Arts
Alexandria University

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Lectures on DVD responses
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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Michael Akard <michael_akard at hotmail.com>
Subject:Lectures on DVD response

Wow, what a great idea! I would love that! And to repeat the follow-up  
question, is anybody already doing that?
Michael Akard

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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:MMarilyn Booth <mbooth at uiuc.edu>
Subject:Lectures on DVD response

I think this is a great idea. Some of us are trying to get "Languages  
across the curriculum" programs going at our institutions, but there  
aren't enough students ready for advanced courses in various  
disciplines taught in Arabic, and so we can't persuade our  
administrators of the utility of such a program. If there were DVDs  
available, it might be possible to base such a course partly on them.   
I wonder if it would be possible to get several National Resource  
Centers for the Middle East/Arabic to collaborate on planning and  
paying for such a project? If so, count me in!

Marilyn Booth
Director,
Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
University of Illinois

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Tue Dec 18 20:35:53 2007
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Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:35:53 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:More info on Symposium Syriacum and Arab Christian
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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:aram at aramsociety.org
Subject:More info on Symposium Syriacum and Arab Christian Studies  
Conference

Xth SYMPOSIUM SYRIACUM
VIIIe CONFERENCE ON ARAB CHRISTIAN STUDIES
GRANADA, SPAIN, September, 22-27th, 2008.
BEYOND THE FRONTIERS
Life, Art and Literature of the Syriac Speaking and of the
Arabic Speaking Christian Communities,
FIRST NEWSLETTER: COMMUNICATION AND CALL FOR PAPERS

December, 2007.

TO ALL WHOM IT MIGHT CONCERN

This letter is to formally communicate to all interested persons the  
celebration
of the Symposium Syriacum and the Conference on Arab Christian Studies  
in
Granada (Spain), September 22th-27th, 2008, as agreed in Beirut in the  
year
2004, at the occasion of the celebration of the last Symposium &  
Conference.
This communication includes a call for papers both for the Symposium and
for the Conference.
Although the Symposium/Conference is been conceived as lasting six whole
days (from Monday to Saturday), the distribution of those days between  
the
Symposium Syriacum and the Conference of Arab Christian Studies will
depend on the number of papers offered.
Both the Symposium and the Conference are been prepared in cooperation  
with
the two institutions that hosted the previous celebration in Beyruth,  
i.e., the
CEDRAC (Universit? Saint-Joseph, Beyrouth), and the Universit? Saint? 
Esprit,
Kaslik, Lebanon.
The proceedings of both the Symposium and the Conference will of  
course be
published in the time of a year within the celebration. For the  
publication, we
are considering several possibilities, both in Europe and in the  
Middle East.
Topics
Needless to say, the papers accepted for the Symposium and the  
Conference
will have to keep the same academic quality and academic excellence as  
in the
previous ones, since those level and excellence have been a mark of  
these two
events from their beginning.
As it is clearly stated in the subtitle for both the Symposium and the
Conference, the topics will include anything related to the life, art  
or literature
of the Syriac Speaking Churches for the Symposium Syriacum, and the same
(life, art and literature) related to the Arabic Speaking Christian  
Communities
for the Conference on Arab Christian Studies.
Of course, the Symposium and the Conference being held in Granada,  
besides
the topics usually included in these events, which have already a long  
standing
tradition, it will be also of interest this time having some papers on  
the
?Mozarabic Christians?, and on the Christian ?Moriscos?. The  
relationship
between the Mozarabs and the Christian Communities in the Middle East  
is a
most interesting topic, and a field of research almost untouched.
The idea of the ?frontier? has been suggested, first, because Granada  
has been
and still is in many ways a frontier city. Frontier between Islam and  
Christianity
before the Christian conquest, frontier between the Castillan and the  
Morisco
communities after the conquest, frontier between the medieval world and
modernity in its beginnings, and frontier between modernity and  
postmodernity
now. In many ways, the destine of Granada seems to be marked by
this human reality of the frontier. But also, in many ways, the Syriac  
Speaking
Christians have been ?beyond the frontiers? of Greek Speaking  
Christianity,
even when they lived within the Byzantine Empire, and the Arabic  
Speaking
Christian communities have been and are ?beyond the frontiers? of the
Christian world, living in a Muslim environment.
Now, living ?beyond the frontiers? certainly creates certain  
difficulties, but it
also offers new possibilities of expression, communication and  
dialogue. A
frontier is conceived always initially as a human division, but it can  
also
become a place for knowledge, for mutual understanding and even for  
union.
Time of the celebration and deadline for the inscription of papers.
As already said, the Symposium and the conference will be held from  
the 22th
to the 27th September. As in Beyruth, the Symposium Syriacum will take  
place
in the first days of the week and the Christian Arabic Conference in  
the last
part of the week. The exact distribution will be communicated when we  
know
in more detail the number of papers presented for each of the events.
THE DEADLINE FOR THE INSCRIPTION OF PAPERS WILL BE THE 15TH
OF JULLY 2008. THE DEADLINE FOR THE INSCRPTIONS OF ONLY
ATTENDANCE WILL BE TH 30TH OF JULY 2008.
The place of the meetings
The meetings will take place in the provisional See of ICSCO  
(International
Center for the Study of the Christian Orient), a little institution  
recently created
by the Archbishop of Granada, which when it is developed would be by now
the only Center in Spain which wants to develop this kind of studies  
about the
Christian traditions in the Middle East. This building, which is now  
also the see
of the Seminary of Granada, has been recently restored, it is close to  
the center
of the city, and has the possibility of hosting around 90 people in nice
individual rooms (more people if some would willing or would prefer to  
share
their room with some other person, since all rooms can be converted into
double rooms). It has also nice classrooms and other facilities  
(kitchen and a
wide dining room, cafeteria, library, wi-fi connections, etc), which  
will make,
we hope, a pleasant place for our meetings.
The price
The inscription to the Symposium and Conference will be around 60 ?  
pro day.
This price will include attendance to the lectures, room and board. In  
the case of
double rooms, the price will be around 50 ? pro day and person. These  
prices
will not include the visit to the Alhambra (25 ?), and the excursion  
to Cordoba
(60 ?). We will try to lower those numbers as much as possible, through
obtaining some sponsorship or some other kind of help.
In the next newsletter, that you will receive in the middle of  
January, we will
include the exact prices with all kinds of details and with the forms of
inscription, both for papers and for attendance.
For any stay before or after the Congress, the organization will help  
as much as
possible with the necessary informations, but it should be paid apart
In the case that there will be more people attending the meetings than  
the
rooms available in the building of the Seminary, we will have the  
possibility of
offering other religious houses or certain hotels nearby, including of  
course
transportation back and forth, although the meals will always take  
place in the
Seminary building. The assignation to the Seminary or to the other  
places will
follow an exact order of inscription to the Symposium and/or the  
conference.
Eventual variations for the price of room and board due to the use of  
these
other places will be communicated in the next newsletter. The hotels  
will of
course be quite more expensive.
During the Symposium will take place, for those who want, of course, a  
visit to
the Alhambra Palace in one of the evenings (at a time when there are no
tourists), and eventually a visit to the Cathedral and the so-called  
?Royal
Chapel?, where the tomb of the Catholic Kings is kept.
We will also give the opportunity to visit the ?Sacromonte Abbey?, in  
front of
the hill of the Alhambra, an abbey built in the end of the 16th  
century to host
the ?libros pl?mbeos? or ?led-books?, so named because they are a  
number of
arabic texts written on led plates on the beginnings of Christianity  
in Granada...
and attributed to the first Century! These writings were found at the  
end of the
16th century next to certain tombs, allegedly belonging to the first  
Christian
martyrs of Granada, including that of the first bishop of the city,  
Kekilios,
supposed to be an arab cured by the Lord and then companion and  
disciple of
St. James. No need to emphasize that these books are a forgery, and so  
were
also declared by the Church authority very early, although their very  
writing
sheds a very interesting light on the difficult relationship between the
?Moriscos? and the Christian Castillan community (that is really the  
Sitz im
Leben of the books). The books, clearly written by some ?moriscos?,  
have never
been studied to my knowledge from the perspective of the Christian  
Arabic
literary tradition.
Once the Abbey will be restored (it is in grand need of that  
restoration, specially
after a fire that destroyed its residence in the year 2000), it will  
become the See
of ICSCO, as a place where regular courses and research on the Christian
communities in the Middle East will be held permanently.
Finally, both at the beginning and the end of the Symposium/ 
Conference, a trip
to Cordoba will be offered, in order to visit the place of the old  
Ummayad
mosque (today, the Cathedral of Cordoba), and perhaps also the little  
museum
of the Roger Garaudy Foundation. Cordoba is only two hours and a half  
from
Granada, so that the trip can be easily done in a day.
FINALLY, IF YOU KNOW OF ANY PERSONS THAT COULD BE
INTERESTED IN THESE EVENTS, PLEASE SEND THEM THIS LETTER, OR
CONTACT US AT: symposium08 at icsco.org
Our web page is: www.icsco.org
WE ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. SINCERELY YOURS
+ Javier Mart?nez
Archbishop of Granada
President of ICSCO
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:30:51 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Arizona looking for Grad Students with
 interest in Teaching Arabic
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Date: 18 Dec 2007
From:Martha Schulte-Nafeh <marthas at email.arizona.edu>
Subject:U of Arizona looking for Grad Students with interest in  
Teaching Arabic

Dear Colleages,

The Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT) Ph. D. program at  
the University of Arizona is interested in receiving applications from  
Arabic speaking students interested in pursuing research and teaching  
careers in the field of Arabic as a Second Language. The SLAT program  
is working with the department of Near Eastern Studies in order to  
provide possible support for qualified applicants who could teach  
Arabic. There have been speakers of Arabic who have taught Arabic at  
the university while pursuing their Ph.D. in SLAT in the past, and the  
SLAT program is very interested in attracting more Arabic speakers in  
the future. A detailed description of the program and contact  
information is provided below. We would be most grateful if you would  
bring this to the attention of qualified potential applicants.


PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The SLAT doctoral program is an interdisciplinary  
program with 73 faculty members located in 16 collaborating  
departments. The program is designed to provide rigorous advanced  
training for researchers, teachers, and administrators concerned with  
second language learning, and teaching. The SLAT Program has been  
recognized as a high-quality interdisciplinary program. Several of our  
participating departments have been ranked in the top ten in the  
country, including Anthropology, East Asian Studies, Linguistics, and  
Speech and Hearing Sciences.


SPECIALIZATIONS: Students select from among the following four  
specializations: 1. L2 Analysis: grammar, contrastive linguistics,  
interlanguage studies, syntax, phonology, morphology, syntax. 2. L2  
Use: discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, language planning & policy,  
rhetoric, pragmatics, variation, socio-cultural factors 3. L2  
Processes and Learning: psycholinguistics, second language acquisition  
theory and research, foreign language learning and research,  
interlanguage. 4. L2 Pedagogical Theory and Program Administration:  
ESL/FL methods curriculum development, testing and evaluation,  
reading, writing and educational technology.


DEGREE REQUIREMENTS: Most students entering the program hold a  
master's degree or its equivalent. Candidates are required to complete  
33 units of core courses (including courses in second language  
acquisition theory and teaching practice, linguistics,  
psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, research methods and statistics)  
and then choose an 18-unit specialization from among the four  
specializations listed above. In addition, candidates select a minor  
(12 or more units) from among the above four specializations or they  
may choose an external minor in a field such as Near Eastern Studies,  
French Linguistics, Language Reading and Culture or Rhetoric and  
Composition. They must also complete a dissertation for a minimum of  
an additional 18 units. Post-baccalaureate coursework completed prior  
to admission may be substituted for a portion of these requirements.


APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Application packets are available from the  
SLAT Program office, and from our web site: http:// www.coh.arizona.edu/SLAT/ 
  <http://www.coh.arizona.edu/SLAT/>. Applicants are asked to submit:  
A completed SLAT Application form- A statement of purpose- GRE scores-  
An example of scholarly writing- 3 letters of reference- Official  
transcripts from all post-secondary institutions. International  
students also must submit TOEFL scores and a financial guarantee form.  
Forms and complete information on these procedures may be obtained  
directly from the SLAT Program Office, or on-line. International  
students should apply to the University before the end of December.  
The deadline for receipt of all other application materials is  
February 1.


FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Financial aid includes: Graduate College  
Fellowships, Research Assistantships, Graduate Teaching Assistantships  
(GATships) in one of the language departments. In addition, a limited  
number of tuition and registration scholarships are available.  
Decisions on the awarding of GATships are generally made by the  
cooperating departments in negotiation with the Director of the SLAT  
Program. Other support decisions are made by the SLAT Admissions  
Committee. Awards are usually made in March and early April for the  
forthcoming academic year. Application to the SLAT program  
automatically includes consideration for GATships and other awards if  
the applicant says that he/she would like to have financial assistance.


SETTING: The University of Arizona is located in Tucson, a culturally  
lively and ethnically varied city of over 800,000 inhabitants.  
Situated in the Sonoran Desert in Southeastern Arizona at an altitude  
of 2,600 feet, Tucson provides easy access to many outdoor activities  
in the desert and in the mountains that surround the city. The 351-  
acre campus of the University of Arizona is conveniently located in  
the center of the city. The University is an active and expanding  
institution of more than 36,000 students with 6,400 graduate students  
enrolled in 138 masters and 95 doctoral programs. The University is a  
Research I institution ranked as one of the top 20 universities in the  
nation. Its library has also been ranked by the Association of  
Research Libraries as one of the best large research libraries in  
North America. Moreover, the University houses nationally and  
internationally recognized organizations in the study of language,  
such as the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, The Federal  
Court Interpreter Certification project, the Center for English as a  
Second Language and the American Indian Language & Development  
Institute as well as two federally funded title VI centers whose  
activities focus on improving the teaching and learning of second  
languages: the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) and the Center  
for Educational Research on Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL).


For Further Information Contact:

Dr. Linda Waugh, Head, SLAT Program

lwaugh at u.arizona.edu <mailto:lwaugh at u.arizona.edu>

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Temple University Job
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:<gwitty at temple.edu>
Subject:Temple University Job

Temple University

The Department of Critical Languages at Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA, invites applications for a new full-time,
non-tenure-track Arabic instructor position to start on
September 2, 2008. Language instruction at all levels.
Required qualifications: M.A. or higher degree in Arabic or
appropriate related field; evidence of excellence in teaching
Modern Standard Arabic at the college level. Possibility of
teaching (in English) a literature/culture course, in addition
to language. Please send letter of application, CV, official
transcripts, student evaluations of teaching, and three
letters of recommendation to: Dr. Barbara Thornbury, Arabic
Language Search, Department of Critical Languages, Anderson
Hall 022-38, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Review
of applications will begin in late February, but applications
will be accepted until the position is filled. Temple
University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Gordon Witty
Instructor of Arabic
Department of Critical Languages
340 Anderson Hall

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:SLRF Call for Proposals
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:National Foreign Language Resource Center <nflrc at hawaii.edu>
Subject:SLRF Call for Proposals

Our apologies for any cross-postings . . .

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The Department of Second Language Studies at the University of Hawaii at
Manoa is pleased to announce. . .

CALL FOR PROPOSALS:

31st Annual Second Language Research Forum (SLRF)
October 17-19, 2008
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/slrf08/

Call begins: December 2007 (online proposal submissions - open
	     mid-January, 2008)
Call deadline: April 15, 2008
Notification of selection: Mid-May 2008

Theme:  EXPLORING SLA: PERSPECTIVES, POSITIONS, AND PRACTICES

Plenary speakers:
- Dr. Harald Clahsen (University of Essex)
- Dr. Alan Firth (Newcastle University)
- Dr. Eva Lam (Northwestern University)
- Dr. Richard Schmidt (University of Hawai'i at Manoa)


We welcome all areas of second language research, including, but not
limited to:
- Instructed SLA
- Acquisition of grammar and phonology
- Child SLA
- L2 Processing
- Language and learner characteristics
- Language and cognition
- Discourse and interaction
- Language and socialization
- Bilingualism and multilingualism
- Language and ideology
- Literacy development
- Learner corpora
- Language learning and technology
- Second language measurement


1) PAPERS:
Individual papers will be allotted 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes for
discussion).

2) POSTERS:
Posters will be displayed for a full day.  Posters are intended for
one-on-one discussion or reports of work in progress.

3) COLLOQIUA:
The colloquia/panels consist of individual paper presentations that  
relate
to a specific or related topics of interest.  They are offered in 2-hour
sessions.


Please see our website for submission instructions and additional  
updates:
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/slrf08/.

Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2008.

For any proposal submission questions, please contact the SLRF 2008
Program Chairs at slrf2008program at gmail.com.


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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Qatar University Jobs
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:"raram" <raram at umich.edu>
Subject:Qatar University Jobs

QATAR

Qatar is a major Gulf-area gas and oil producing country. It is
currently an exciting place to be, as the country is witnessing an
unprecedented

prosperity and activity in the business, construction, health, and
education sectors. With developments including the arrival of many
respected

US universities as competition, the Education sector in particular has
drawn applause as a rapidly progressing field, and Qatar University now

has the privilege of setting the standard against such names as Cornell,
Texas A&M, and Carnegie-Mellon, among others.

The University

Qatar University (QU) an established and dynamic institution dedicated
to academic excellence, and a strong contributor to educational

advancement. Recently, the University has reevaluated and instituted
significant development of its policies and procedures, curricula,

facilities, use of technology, and faculty. QU is the largest and only
state-supported university in Qatar. For more information, please visit

our web page at http://www.qu.edu.qa/main/index.html

The College

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) has nine departments covering a
wide range of specializations in the Arts and Sciences including

English and Arabic Languages, History, Geography, Social Science,
International Affairs, Mass Communication, Information Science,

Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Biological Science,
Agricultural Science, Environmental Science, Biomedical Science and

Human Nutrition.

Full-time faculty positions at the Assistant, Associate or Full

Professorial levels are available beginning fall 2008 in the

following departments:

1. Department of Arabic Language

General Arabic Linguistics / *

Arabic Morphology & Syntax / *

Modern Literature / *

Arabic Language and Literature / *

2. Department of Foreign Language

* English literature / Novel

* English literature / Drama

3. Department of Mass Communication & Information

Sciences

* Journalism

* Advertising & Public Relations

* Radio / TV

4. Department of Humanities

* Urban planning

* Modern History of the Arabian Gulf

* Modern History of the Middle East

* Islamic History

* Modern Philosophy

5. Department of Social Sciences

* Quantitative Methods

* Environmental Sociology specializing in Sustainable

Development

* Sociolinguistics

6. International Affairs Program

* Political Sciences / Political Economy

* Political Sciences / Public Policy or Political Theory

* World History

7. Department of Mathematics & Physics

* Mathematical Analysis

* Applied Mathematics

8. Department of Biological Sciences

* Environmental Sciences, Plant Ecology & Biodiversity

9. Department of Arabic for Non-native Speakers

* Director for the program

Full-time Teaching Assistant positions are available beginning

fall 2008 in the following departments:

1. Department of Humanities

* GIS

* Urban planning

2. Department of Social Sciences

* Sociology

3. Department of Mathematics and Physics

* Mathematics

* Statistics

4. Department of Health Sciences

* Human Nutrition

Non-Academics Positions:

1. Department of Humanities

* Lab. Technicians in GIS

2. Department of Mass Communication & Information

Sciences

* Broadcast Engineer

* Media Facilities Technician

3. Department of Chemistry & Earth Sciences

* Safety Officer

Application Deadlines : 12-January- 2008

Preferred Start Date : August - 2008

For full information on qualifications, competencies, required documents
and benefits please go to http://recruit.qu.edu.qa

Apply electronically to http://recruit.qu.edu.qa

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:19 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:More Syria info
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2) Subject:Syria info

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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:Alexander Magidow <amagidow at gmail.com>
Subject:Syria info

Futhermore, regarding homestays (since others here have posted program  
information):
Many foreign students residing in Damascus stay in the Bab Touma area  
of the old city, where there are quite a few families willing to host  
students. Most people I know who've done this have gotten a lot of  
practice with their colloquial Arabic. Your program may be willing to  
set you up with a specific homestay, but again I don't think this is  
entirely necessary.

Price in the area vary from about 7-12 thousand Syrian  
pounds($US140-240)/mo, though one should always bargain. This can as  
much as halve the prices on some rooms.

In order to look for rooms, you can simply ask shopkeepers, etc.  
Internet cafes can be quite helpful as well, particularly since the  
staff often speak excellent English if that is an issue. It is quite  
rare for someone to look for a room more than a week or so in advance,  
and if you do you may be obligated to put down a deposit or begin  
paying rent early.

Be sure to inspect the kitchen and bathroom facilities for renters,  
which are often separate from those of the family, and make sure that  
there is a "khazaana", a storage device for water, as it generally  
cuts off in the afternoons.

I hope this is helpful,
Alex
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2)
Date: 21 Dec 2007
From: "NEWMAN D.L." <daniel.newman at durham.ac.uk>
Subject:Syria info

Hello,

The two most popular destinations are:

1. University of Damascus
Arabic Language Centre
Language Institute
Damascus
Tel : +963 (0)11 2129494
Fax : +963 (0)11 2120464
e-mail : inquiries at arabicindamascus.edu.sy

2. Institut Fran?ais d'Etudes Arabes de Damas (IFEAD): http://wwww.ifporient.org

You may also wish to consult the Syrian Studies Association site which  
provides detailed information and reviews of the various places in  
Syria that offer Arabic classes: http://www.ou.edu/ssa/learn.htm <http://www.ou.edu/ssa/learn.htm 
 >

Best wishes,
D. Newman

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Samira Al Haj
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:Souad Taj <taj_1234 at msn.com>
Subject:Samira Al Haj

Dear Amira,
Do you mean the Sudanese poet Rawda al-Haj (recipient of the Abu-Dhabi  
TV Award (fourth place) of the Am?r al-Shu'r? Poetry Competition?  If  
so, please contact Sudaneseonline's director at  
bakriabubakr at cox.netand they will hopefully be able to provide you  
with her contact information.

Best regards.
Souad ---Souad T. Ali, Ph.D.Faculty Head of Classics and Middle East  
Studies
Assistant Professor of Arabic and Middle East Studies
School of International Letters and Cultures (SILC)
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Arizona State University

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:reposted from LINGUIST
Subject:New Book


Title: Language Interrupted
Subtitle: Signs of Non-Native Acquistion in Standard Grammars
Publication Year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us
	
Author: John McWhorter

Hardback: ISBN:  9780195309805 Pages: 304 Price: U.S. $ 74.00


Abstract:

Foreigners often say that English language is "easy." A language like
Spanish is challenging in its variety of verb endings (the verb  
"speak" is
conjugated "hablo, hablas, hablamos"), and gender for nouns, whereas
English is more straight forward (I speak, you speak, we speak).  But
linguists generally swat down claims that certain languages are "easier"
than others, since it is assumed all languages are complex to the same
degree. For example, they will point to English's use of the word "do"  
--
"Do you know French?" This usage is counter-intuitive and difficult for
non-native speakers. Linguist John McWhorter agrees that all languages
are complex, but questions whether or not they are all equally  
complex. The
topic of complexity has become a hot issue in recent years,  
particularly in
creole studies, historical linguistics, and language contact.

As McWhorter describes, when languages came into contact over the years
(when French speakers ruled the English for a few centuries, or the  
vikings
invaded England), a large number of speakers are forced to learn a new
language quickly, and this came up with a simplified version, a pidgin.
When this ultimately turns into a "real" language, a creole, the  
result is
still
simpler and less complex than a "non-interrupted" language that has been
around for a long time. McWhorter makes the case that this kind of
simplification happens in degrees, and criticizes linguists who are
reluctant to say that, for example, English is simply simpler than  
Spanish
for socio-historical reasons. He analyzes how various languages that  
seem
simple but are not creoles, actually are simpler than they would be if  
they
had not been broken down by large numbers of adult learners. In  
addition to
English, he looks at Mandarin Chinese, Persian, Malay, and some Arabic
varieties. His work will interest not just experts in creole
studies and historical linguistics, but the wider community interested  
in
language complexity.
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Georgetown Job
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:Arabic Department <arabic at georgetown.edu>
Subject:Georgetown Job (Visiting Asst. Prof.)

The Department of Arabic & Islamic Studies invites applications for  
visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic, starting in August 2008 on a  
three-year, renewable contract. PhD required. Applicants must be  
experienced in proficiency-based, communicative method teaching Modern  
Standard Arabic and spoken Arabic at all levels including upper-level  
content-based courses. Areas of specialization preferred: linguistics,  
especially applied linguistics and sociolinguistics. Experience in  
curriculum and materials development, and in proficiency testing a  
plus. Send letters of application, curriculum vitae and names of three  
references to: Department of Arabic & Islamic Studies, 201-B Poulton  
Hall North Box 57104, Georgetown University, 37th and O St, NW,  
Washington, DC 20057-1046, or via email to Ms. Sarah Monsell at (sem73 at georgetown.edu 
). Georgetown University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action  
employer. Women and minorities are especially invited to apply. The  
department will
start review applications on February 1st, 2008 and will continue to  
receive applications until the position is filled.

Arabic and Islamic Studies
Georgetown University
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:02:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Punctuation response
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Date: 21 Dec 2007
From:"NEWMAN D.L." <daniel.newman at durham.ac.uk>
Subject:Punctuation response

Hello,

The following article may be a good starting point:

H. Ghazala, Stylistic-semantic and grammatical functions of  
punctuation in English-Arabic translation, Babel, 2004, 50:3, pp.  
230-245.

Best wishes,
D. Newman

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Dec 28 21:44:11 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:44:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Wants to install dictionary in phone
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Date: 28 Dec 2007
From:"sitisediah" <sitisediah at pacific.net.sg>
Subject:Wants to install dictionary in phone

Hello , does anyone know how to install arabic dictionary in mobile  
and where can i get this dictionary. for your information i'm using  
Sony Ericson K630i handphone.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Dec 28 21:39:11 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:39:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Sorani linguists
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Date: 28 Dec 2007
From:Chanelle Green <cgreen at ALCINC.COM>
Subject:Needs Sorani linguists

Good Afternoon. My name is Chanelle Green and I am recruiter with  
AllWorld Language Consultants. In my quest to locate native Sorani  
linguists, I came across the BYU Middle East Language Resource Center  
website. I know its a long shot, but I am hoping that you may be able  
to assist me. We are recruiting for native (stateside) Sorani  
linguists for several government contract positions. The ideal  
candidate should: (1) have spent at least the first 18 years of life  
in their native country and (2) MUST be a U.S. citizen. In addition, I  
have attached a copy of the job details/requirements. If you know of  
anyone who meets the criteria and would be interested, can you please  
pass this information along? Or if you can possibly share with me any  
organizations that I may be able to contact regarding this position, I  
would greatly appreciate it. Any assistance that you may be able to  
provide me with is well received. I thank you in advance for you time  
and hope to hear from you soon.

Best Regards,
Recruiter

Chanelle Green

ALC INC

172 Rollins Avenue

Rockville,MD 20852

301-881-8884 x1312

cgreen at alcinc.com

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Dec 28 21:39:18 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:39:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LNG:Arabic Word Order and Generative Grammar
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Date: 28 Dec 2007
From:Zouheir Khalsi <list.khalsi at hotmail.com>
Subject:Arabic Word Order and Generative Grammar

Dear Arabic-l members,

I have been ?lurking? on this list for some time. But, the inquiry  
about Arabic and Generative Grammar and some of the responses to it  
pushed me to make some remarks since I am currently working on some  
research about subject-verb agreement in Tunisian Arabic within a  
Minimalist approach. The issue of Arabic word order and subject-verb  
agreement has received much discussion both within the Government  
Binding theory and the Minimalist Program; and I do not see how the GB  
framework cannot apply for Arabic data. While the Arabic data bring  
some challenges, it is such empirical data that would have some  
consequences on syntactic structures in general. Findings from Arabic  
and any other languages in the world would have to inform further  
refinements of  any theoretical model of linguistic analysis and not  
verse versa.
Arabic allows both verbal as well as Verbless clauses. Within the  
verbal clause (jumla fi3lia), Arabic may allow VS or SV orders. But  
the question is which word order is the unmarked pattern?

For some practical solutions on how to account for subject verb  
agreement in both GB and Minimalism, please, see the following  
references:

Aoun, Joseph, Elabbas Benmamoun and Dominique Sportiche. 1994.  
Agreement, word order, and conjunction in some varieties of Arabic.  
Linguistic Inquiry 25: 195?220.
Bahloul, Maher and Wayne Harbert. 1992. Agreement asymmetries in  
Arabic. Proceedings of WCCFL 11:15?31.
Bahloul, Maher. 2006. Agreement.  Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and  
Linguistics (EALL). pp. 43-48. BRILL, Leiden ? Boston.
Benmamoun, Elabbas and Joseph Aoun. 1999. Patterns of partial  
agreement in Arabic. In Lappin, S and E. Benmamoun (Eds.), Fragments:  
Studies in ellipsis and gapping (pp. ). New York: Oxford University  
Press.
Benmamoun, Elabbas. 2000. Agreement Asymmetries and the PF Interface.  
In J. Lecarme, J. Lowenstamm and U. Shlonsky (eds.), Research in  
Afroasiatic Grammar. Benjamins, Amsterdam, 23-40.
Fassi Fehri, Abdelkader. 2000. Distributing features and affixes in  
Arabic subject verb agreement paradigms. Research in Afroasiatic  
grammar: papers from the third conference on Afroasiatic languages,  
Sophia Antipolis, France, 1996 / Ed. by Jacqueline Lecarme Jean  
Lowenstamm Ur Shlonsky. Amsterdam : Benjamins.
Harbert, Wayne and Bahloul M. 2002. Postverbal Subjects in Arabic and  
the Theory of Agreement. in U. Shlonsky and J. Ouhalla, eds., Themes  
in Arabic and Hebrew Syntax. ed. by Ur Shlonsky and Jamal Ouhalla, 45? 
70. Dordrecht: Kluwer.
Mohammad, Mohammad A. 1990. The Problem of Subject-Verb Agreement in  
Arabic: Towards a Solution. Papers from First Annual Symposium on  
Arabic Linguistics. Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics, I. M. Eid.  
Amsterdam, Benjamins. xiii: 95-125.

For subject specificity see:

Halila, Hafedh. 1992.  Subject Specificity Effects in Tunisian Arabic.  
Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation. USC.

Further comments are welcome.


Zouheir Khalsi
Bourguiba Institute for Modern Languages, Tunisia
Email: z.khalsi at hotmailcom

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Dec 28 21:39:13 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:39:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Hedayet Institute Spring/Summer 2008 Programs
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Date: 28 Dec 2007
From:nhedayet at yahoo.com
Subject:Hedayet Institute Spring/Summer 2008 Programs

Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies (HIAS) is pleased to announce its  
total immersion Spring/Summer programs of 2008.
HIAS program is an intensive total immersion Arabic language and  
cultural program where both Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial  
Egyptian Arabic are combined. Elective courses are offered in Arabic  
literature, oriental music ('ud, nayy etc.), Arab/Islamic history,  
Arabic calligraphy, women in Islam, History of the Copts in Egypt,  
tajweed al Qur'an, Media Arabic, Business Arabic and others. The  
institute provides the syllabi, assessment criteria, and the  
professors' CVs for its content-based area courses.
Cultural Activities: Throughout all intensive study periods (Fall,  
Winter, Spring and Summer- check the exact dates on the web site  
pls.-) there are weekly cultural activities and events, including  
tours, seminars and films. There is also a three week intensive short  
program conducted for the UN headquarter personnel in New York that  
takes place twice a year in December and in July. Pls. check for the  
exact dates at: info at hedayetinstitute.com .
Credits Transfer: Several American and few British universities accept  
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Dec 28 21:39:15 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:39:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Yemeni proverbs
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Date: 28 Dec 2007
From:"Tressy Arts" <tressy.arts at gmail.com>
Subject:Needs Yemeni proverbs

Salaam to all;

The 7th and the 8th of January a symposium will be held by students and
professors at the Radboud Unviersity in Nijmegen about Yemen. I have  
agreed
to hold a short talk about Yemeni proverbs, and am currently researching
those. Does anyone know any Yemeni proverbs, or know of a good source  
for
them?

Shukran,

Tressy AP Arts

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