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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Palestinian common idioms sources
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1) Subject:Needs Palestinian common idioms sources

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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:"Lior Laks" <liorlaks at zahav.net.il>
Subject:Needs Palestinian common idioms sources

Hello,

I am looking for data of common idioms in Palestinian Arabic (as well  
as other dialects)- websites, data bases, books etc.

Any idea would be graet.

Thanks,
Lior Laks

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:37 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:37 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Onomatopoeia
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1) Subject:Onomatopoeia

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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:"Schub, Michael B." <Michael.Schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:Onomatopoeia


      "[Sibawayhi] can even say of the onomatopoeic word  /ghaaq/   
'caw', 'this is the way the crow speaks'

/qaala  l-ghuraabu  haadhaa  l-naHwa/.  This may explain why  /naHw/   
has become the term for grammar

per se..."  Carter, Michael.  *Sibawayhi* (Oxford  2004).  p.  60   
end.                     --mike schub

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:43 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:43 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs info on Arabic study in Buenos Aires
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:Joseph Lowry <joseph.lowry at verizon.net>
Subject:Needs info on Arabic study in Buenos Aires

Dear Colleagues,

One of our Arabic students plans to spend a semester abroad in Buenos  
Aires, Argentina, at the University of Buenos Aires, and wishes to  
continue the study of Arabic there.  I have not been able to find  
much on the internet about university-level Arabic study there.  And  
I must confess that I am woefully ignorant about Arabic and Islamic  
studies at South American universities.  Does anyone have any helpful  
suggestions or information, or better still, if there are any South  
American colleagues who subscribe to this list, I would be most  
grateful for any information you could provide about Arabic at the  
University of Buenos Aires.  Please feel free to contact me off list.

Thanks and best regards,

Joe Lowry

Dr. Joseph E. Lowry
Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
847 Williams Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 898-7466
elowry at sas.upenn.edu

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:40 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:ITISALAT closing down
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:paul roochnik <proochnikllc at yahoo.com>
Subject:ITISALAT closing down

Dear Friends,

Ahlan wa-sahlan, kull `am wa-antum b'khayr.

Some of you old-timers may remember ITISALAT... "IT  IS  Arabic  
LAnguage  And  Technology"... the first internet forum on Arabic  
computing, begun in the early 1990s.

I have made a momentous decision: The time has come to bid "ITISALAT"  
a fond but final farewell.  Yes, I have unplugged the power cord,  
removed the feeding tube, unhitched the respirator.  Ma'a salama, ya  
ITISALAT.  Many of you probably thought ITISALAT had disappeared at  
the turn of the millennium.  No, IT was just dormant... the long  
sleep.  Now comes the longest sleep, the permanent one: Arabic cyber- 
historians in the future will mark the official death of ITISALAT as  
the first day of winter 2006.

ITISALAT started with a bang in 1993 and made its mark in the Arabic  
computing community.  It served a real purpose for the first 5 years  
of its life, disseminating information about Arabic computing and  
software, and fostering cooperation and collaboration in the field.

By the end of the 1990s, most of the problems associated with Arabic  
computing were already being handled by the big guys -- Microsoft et  
al.  Competing code pages vanished in favor of the MS Windows Arabic  
code page; right-to-left issues were resolved, etc. etc.  The traffic  
on ITISALAT slowed to a trickle.  Sometimes, months would go by  
without a single message or exchange.

I feel a certain sadness that I am no longer part of that pioneering  
adventure.  In the 1980s, Arabic computing was so new, so  
problematic, and such fun!  Now we just do Arabic on the computer  
with nary a thought, nary a worry.

In any case, we have an even better outlet for discussion of Arabic  
computing issues on Arabic-L, Dil Parkinson's forum associated with  
the American Association of Teachers of Arabic.  The conversation  
continues and it is in the best of hands.

So may the Good Lord grant ITISALAT that eternal rest that it has  
earned, out of the cybersphere, up into digital heaven.  Amen.

Cheers,
Abu Sammy

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:46 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Updated edition of Elementary Arabic: An Integrated
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:Munther Younes <may2 at cornell.edu>
Subject:Updated edition of Elementary Arabic: An Integrated Approach

Dear Arabic teachers and students,

A revised, updated, and enlarged edition of my book "Elementary  
Arabic: An Integrated Approach" has just been published by the  
Language Resource Center at Cornell University. The new edition,  
under the title of "Living Arabic: A Comprehensive Introductory  
Course"  (Munther Younes) combines the old Student Workbook and  
Teacher's Manual in one volume.  As explained in the text on the back  
cover, reproduced below,  the book is accompanied by a set of CDs and  
a DVD in one package. To order a desk copy, please contact:

Annie Hoff, Administrative Manager
Media Sales
Rm G11 Noyes Lodge
Ithaca, NY 14853
phone:  607-255-7394
email:  ah293 at cornell.edu

If you have any questions about the book, you can write to me  
directly at may2 at cornell.edu.

Munther Younes


Book Description
A comprehensive introductory course for foreign learners, LIVING  
ARABIC presents a unique combination of colloquial Arabic and Modern  
Standard Arabic in a single program. Using the colloquial for  
everyday oral communication and Modern Standard Arabic for reading,  
writing, and formal speech in a way that reflects native use, the  
book capitalizes on the shared vocabulary and grammatical structures  
of the two varieties. The colloquial variety introduced is Levantine,  
the Arabic spoken in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan, and one  
of the major Arabic dialect groups understood throughout the Arab world.

Using maps, illustrations and photographs, humorous stories and  
dialogues, and other culturally rich materials, the book carefully  
and systematically helps learners build the four language skills of  
listening, speaking, reading and writing, while introducing them to  
Arab culture and the history and geography of the modern Arab world.

The first part of the book introduces the Arabic writing and number  
systems together with a basic working vocabulary. The remaining  
lessons consist of listening selections, reading passages, and  
dialogues, accompanied by a variety of activities and exercises aimed  
at maximizing the acquisition and retention of vocabulary and  
grammatical structures. Vocabulary-building activities include word  
matching, crossword puzzles, Jeopardy-type games, and songs.

The book comes as part of a package along with three CDs and a DVD.  
The CDs include recordings of the listening selections and reading  
passages, while the DVD contains video footage of the dialogues acted  
out by native speakers on location in Jordan.

Although the book and accompanying materials are primarily designed  
for classroom use, they are easily adaptable for independent study.

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Seasons Greetings
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:"Dr. M. Deeb" <muhammaddeeb at gmail.com>
Subject:Seasons Greetings

Season's Greetings to All.


I.  Semitic:


Ø    Arabic:                                                          
أطيب تهانيً بعيد الميلاد ، وبالعام  
الجديد، وكل عام وأنتم بخير.
                                                               
عساكم من عواده.   بعوده الأيام))


Ø          
Hebrew:                                                      חג  
מולד שמח ושנה טובה

                                                           (chag  
molad sameach v’shanah tovah)


II. Sino-Tebetan:


Ø      Chinese (Mandarin):

                                                               聖誕 
快樂 新年快樂 [圣诞快乐 新年快乐]

                                           (shèngdàn kuàilè  
xīnnián kuàilè)



III. Indo-European:


Ø      English:                                    Merry Christmas  
and happy New Year.


Ø      كريسماس مبارك / سال نو  
مبارك                                    :Persian


Ø      German:                Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein gutes  
neues Jahr.





IV.  Romance Languages & Matrix:


Ø      French:                                     Joyeux Noël et  
bonne année.



Ø      Italian:                                      Buon Natale e  
felice anno nuovo.


Ø   
Spanish:                                                                 
                      Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo


Ø      Latin:                                        Natale hilare et  
annum faustum.



                         * MD

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:33 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:K-16:Traning and Materials for K-12 response (AD)
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1) Subject:Traning and Materials for K-12 response

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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:"George N. Hallak, Boston" <GnhBos at aol.com>
Subject:Traning and Materials for K-12 response

For a wide variety of Arabic language learning aides, please,
visit any of our websites, below, particularly the Arabic Tutors':

www.aramedia.com/atutors.htm

Thank you and Happy Holidays.


Best Regards,

George N. Hallak
AramediA
61 Adams Street
Braintree, MA 02184 USA

www.aramedia.com
www.arabicsoftware.net
www.aramediastore.com
www.stores.ebay.com/AramediA
T 1-781-849-0021 F 1-781-849-2922

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:41 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:41 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Workshop on Natural Lang Processing in Arabic
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:nlparabic at dsic.upv.es
Subject:Workshop on Natural Lang Processing in Arabic

Workshop on Natural Language Processing in Arabic
Gathering in the Arab NLP world

CALL FOR PAPERS
Second international Information and Communication Technologies  
International Symposium (ICTIS'07)
March 25-27, 2007 ? Fez, Morocco
http://www.ictis07.org/

Submit the short paper (up to 4 pages) by e-mail by JANUARY 7, 2007 to
nlparabic at dsic.upv.es.

Complete Workshop description in the attached pdf file

Please help forward the pdf CFP file to interested people.


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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:35 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:35 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ELRA Arabic Lexical Resource
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1) Subject:ELRA Arabic Lexical Resource

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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:"Dora Johnson" <dora at cal.org>
Subject:ELRA Arabic Lexical Resource

I have no idea how good this is, but there seems to be an interest on  
the part of some of the Arabic-L subscribers about lexical resources.

ELRA announces new monolingual lexicon and new evaluation packages
The European Language Resource Association (ELRA) has added new  
language resources. Arabic Lexical Resource (ELRA-L0073 DIINAR.1)  
includes a total number of 119,693 lemmas, fully vowelled, and  
distributed as follows: 29,534 nouns and adjectives, 19,457 verbs,  
70,702 deverbals (including 23,274 infinitive forms, 17,904 active  
participles, 13,373 passive participles, 5,781 analogous adjectives  
and 10,370 nouns of place and time). The data is provided in Excel  
files and was generated with inflected forms. Each entry has been  
associated with morpho-syntactic specifiers.

ELRA/ELDA, E-mail: mapelli at elda.org, Web: http://www.elda.org


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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:45 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Preserving Identity Conference
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:"Dora Johnson" <dora at cal.org>
Subject:Preserving Linguistic and Cultural Identity Conference


http://www.minia.edu.eg/con-alusn.htm

The Fourth International Conference of The Faculty of Al-Alsun, Minia
University

"Preserving Linguistic and Cultural Identity in The Age of
Globalization"

4th ICFAMU: PLCIAG

23rd - 25th April, 2007

Welcome to the Fourth International Conference of the Faculty of
Al-Alsun, Minia University to be held Monday through Wednesday, April
23-25/07 at the Suzanne Mubarak Auditorium, Minia University, Egypt. The
conference will be held in collaboration with Hildsheim University, The
Federal Republic of Germany, under the title "Preserving Linguistic and
Cultural Identity in The Age of Globalization".


Deadline for Submitting Papers:

-  Deadline for submitting abstracts is Jan. 31 , 2007.

-  Deadline for submitting the paper in full is Mar. 15, 2007. (A hard
copy
and a floppy disk)



Conference Objectives:

-       Exploring approaches to preserving linguistic identity  in the
age of
globalization.

-       Exploring approaches to preserving cultural identity in the age
of
globalization.

-       Discussing issues of cross-culturalism and pertinent active
exchanges
with the other.

-       Communicating with the bodies and agencies concerned with
regional and
international cultural dialogue.

-       Providing academic and research opportunities to Egyptian, Arab
and
foreign researchers in the area of language teaching and language
learning.

-       Probing new horizons in the area of language teaching and
language
learning.

-       Discussing a variety of issues in linguistics, arts, translation
and
culture.

-       Touching upon the developments in the area of modern technology.

-       Considering ways of maintaining the aspired equilibrium between
cultural and linguistic identity and globalization trends.

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:06:47 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:januub vs. januubiyy responses
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2) Subject:januub vs. januubiyy response

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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:Sana N Hilmi <shilmi at gmu.edu>
Subject:januub vs. januubiyy response

I thought that when we say Januubiyy Baghdad, we are making it dual,  
and we mean that it is the Southern parts: South Eastern and South  
Western. But, I'm almost positive, the area is not in Baghdad, but it  
is south outside of Baghdad. If we say, Januub Baghdad, it is in the  
south part of the city of Baghdad.

Miss Sana Hilmi, M.A.
Arabic Professor and Coordinator
Modern and Classical Languages
George Mason University

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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:"Uhlmann, Allon" <uhlmanna at umsl.edu>
Subject:januub vs. januubiyy response

A question to the Arabic native speakers on the list -- Could it be  
that the difference between جنوب and جنوبي is equivalent to  
the difference between south and southern?  The two in English seem  
generally interchangeable, although not always (eg South Africa vs  
southern Africa), as south (and presumably جنوب) tends to  
foreground an absolute location; while southern (and presumably  
جنوبي) rather highlights the relative location within the lager  
unit.

Cheers,
A.

Allon J. Uhlmann
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of Missouri - St. Louis
http://www.umsl.edu/~uhlmanna/

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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:06:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Where the term naHw comes from
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:"John Joseph Colangelo" <yaacolangelo at hotmail.com>
Subject:Where the term naHw comes from

Actually that is not the reason. The reason it is called علم  
النحو according to the Mauritanian scholar Ibn Bon is that the  
fourth Khalifa, Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him, was  
teaching Abu Aswad Ad-duali أبو أسود الدؤلي what a noun  
(or اسم ), a verb ( or فعل ) and a particle ( or حرف) were.  
He was also teaching him some declinations or شيء من  
الإعراب  and he said to him explicitly: انْحَ هذا  
النحْوَ Take this direction.
John

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:06:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Study of Arabic Root System
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:" "Richard Durkan" <rdurkan at hotmail.com>
Subject:Needs Study of Arabic Root System

A few years ago I tried to find a systematic study of how Arabic  
roots works. (Whilst this theme is touched on in most  of the  
language manuals, the treatment tends to be fairly cursory). I failed  
to find anything at the time and I wonder if anyone knows of any  
study since (or one that I missed then).

Richard Durkan

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:06:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Corpus look at januub vs. januubiyy
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1) Subject:Corpus look at januub vs. januubiyy

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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:Dil Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject:Corpus look at januub vs. januubiyy

I looked up various combinations in a corpus of Arabic newspapers,  
and my impression is that there is nothing in the structure itself  
that tells you whether the meaning is 'in the southern part of' or  
'to the south of', but it is rather in one's knowledge of the nature  
of things and of specific geography.  For example, when the word  
after januub is a large entity filled with sub-entities (like a  
country), the meaning is mostly 'in the southern part of' as in  
januub AlcrAq and januubiyy AlcrAq.  When the word after januub is a  
smaller entity that is not usually thought of as subdivided (a river,  
a border, a bridge) the meaning is almost always 'to the south o  
f'januub AlHdwd AlkynyQ'.  When the entity is in between, say a large  
city which can be subdivided, but in many contexts is thought of as a  
single entity, it depends of the specific context.  Further, the  
addition of prepositions (fii, 'ila, min) seem to push one meaning or  
the other, although not exclusively, and putting a specific distance  
in almost always forces the 'to the south of' meaning: 9ala bu9d 140  
km jnwb bgdAd.  Also, when the phrase feels like a noun (as in: mHkmQ  
jnwb AlqAhrQ) it seems more likely to mean 'in the southern part of'  
then when the usage feels adverbial: tqc AlqryQ jnwb AlqAhrQ.

I have included examples of both januub and januubiyy being used with  
both meanings in the citations below, as well as a cline of examples  
that lie somewhere in between depending on how you interpret the  
geography and political lines (is the settlement Har Homa in  
Jerusalem or not? How about Maaleh Adumim?  Is Maadi in Cairo or  
not?  How about Helwan? (both are in the governorate of Cairo, but  
how do speakers talk and think about them?)  etc.)

I include the examples in a transliteration system here that you may  
or may not be able to figure out.  For those who are getting the  
script, I include the examples with script below.


##################
'to the south of'
##################

JANUUB

mdynQ Alfywm jnwb AlqAhrQ
Lwqct qwAt AljhAd Almqds qAflQ VAlVQ llhAgAnA fy mkmn jnwb Alqds fy  
Alywm vAth
fy mHAfZQ Alkrk jnwb cmAn
mfAcl nAHAl swryk AlwAqc jnwb tl Lbyb
AlcqbQ (400 km jnwb cmAn)
mdynQ AswAn tqc cle bcd 900 kylwmtrA jnwb AlqAhrQ
tqc AlmnyA cle bcd 542 kylwmtrA jnwb AlqAhrQ
mqAm AlAmAm cly fy Alnjf (140 klm jnwb bgdAd)

JANUBIYY

LgArt AlmqAtlAt AlLmrykyQ Lms cle mwqc rAdAr jnwby sd SdAm fy pmAl  
AlcrAq
xzAn cle nhr AlLrdn jnwby AtSAl nhr Alyrmwk bh
wSl Ale mTAr Lwrly jnwby bArys
pml AlqSf Alrwsy LyDA bldQ pAly AlwAqcQ jnwby AlcASmQ
st qnAbl kAnt tsthdf mwAqc cskryQ fy nwfy bAzAr jnwby bljrAd
tqc bAlqrb mn qryQ scyr jnwby Alxlyl
fy gAbQ fy mnTqQ knt jnwby lndn
mHAfZQ bAbl AlwAqcQ cle bcd 200 km jnwby bgdAd
Alkwt AlwAqcQ cle bcd nHw 172 kylwmtrA jnwby bgdAd
hy cle mqrbQ cprQ kylwmtrAt jnwby byrwt
qryQ dnAny (40 kylwmtrA jnwby AlcASmQ mqdypw)


##################
'in the southern part of'
##################

JANUUB

fy mnTqQ AlxlyfQ (jnwb AlqAhrQ)
fy mnTqQ AlmcAdy AljdydQ (jnwb AlqAhrQ)
AHtjzthm fy LHd sjwn jnwb AlqAhrQ
tjhyzh bLjhzQ Algsyl Alklwy lclAj mrde mnATq jnwb AljyzQ
blAd AlnwbQ Alty tqc jnwb mSr
fy mnATq tqc jnwb AlswdAn

JANUUBIYY

TlcAt jwyQ LmrykyQ wbryTAnyQ cle jnwby byrwt
fy mnTqQ AlbSrQ jnwby AlcrAq
knA fy byth bHy pynjAnjwr jnwby jAkrtA
cle LrD ymtlkhA mwATnwn flsTynywn fy rfH jnwby qTAc gzQ
yqtrb mn mstwTnQ yhwdyQ jnwby qTAc gzQ
AlmnATq AlgrbyQ mn jnwby byrwt

#################
Potentially ambiguous depending on how speakers view the geography,  
political boundaries, and their detailed knowledge of the areas
#################

JANUUB

qAmt bpq Tryq sryc jnwb Alqds
jbl Abw gnym - jnwb Alqds AlprqyQ AlmHtlQ
mnTqQ HlwAn jnwb AlqAhrQ
twsyc mstwTnQ mcAlyh Adwmym jnwb Alqds


JANUUBIYY

wlde AljzAYr mfAcl nwwy Sgyr Mxr bnth AlArjntyn jnwby AlcASmQ
jddwA AlVqQ fyh fy AjtmAc cqd jnwby byrwt
fy AlmnTqQ AlSHrAwyQ bAlqrb mn Hy zhrAC AlmcAdy jnwby AlqAhrQ
qrAr AlHkwmQ AlAsrAYylyQ cle mbAprQ AlAstyTAn jnwby Alqds fy AlTryq  
Ale byt lHm
AlbnAC fy jbl Lbw gnym jnwby Alqds
yqc jbl Lbw gnym fy mnTqQ jnwby Alqds
pnt AlTAYrAt AlAsrAYylyQ VlAV gArAt cle tlAl AlnAcmQ jnwby byrwt


##################
with the preposition fy 'to the south of'
##################

JANUUB

mnTqQ sqArQ fy jnwb AlqAhrQ
mHAfZQ bny swyf fy jnwb AlqAhrQ
ltmhyd LrADy jbl Abw gnym fy jnwb Alqds ??


JANUUBIYY

Alcml fy bnAC mHTQ AlpcybQ Alkbre fy jnwby mkQ AlmkrmQ cle AlbHr AlLHmr


##################
with the preposition fy 'in the southern part of'
##################

JANUUB

DAHyQ Almnyl fy jnwb AlqAhrQ
DAHyQ AlmcAdy fy jnwb AlqAhrQ
hAjmwA mcskrhm Altdryby fy jnwb bgdAd
nsf AlmwAqc fy jnwb lbnAn
ltwzyc AlLgvyQ fy jnwb mqdypw
AfttAH mnjm jdyd fy jnwb AswAn ??


JANUUBIYY

LqAmth AlprkQ HdyVA qrb mdxl AlmdynQ AlwrdyQ fy jnwby AlLrdn
AlhjmAt Alty tcrDt lhA AlmnpMt AlAslAmyQ fy jnwby qbrS


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
REPEAT WITH SCRIPT
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##################
'to the south of'
##################

JANUUB

مدينة الفيوم جنوب القاهرة
أوقعت قوات الجهاد المقدس قافلة ثالثة  
للهاغانا في مكمن جنوب القدس في اليوم  
ذاته
في محافظة الكرك جنوب عمان
مفاعل ناحال سوريك الواقع جنوب تل أبيب
العقبة (٤٠٠ كم جنوب عمان)
مدينة اسوان تقع على بعد ٩٠٠ كيلومترا  
جنوب القاهرة
تقع المنيا على بعد ٥٤٢ كيلومترا جنوب  
القاهرة
مقام الامام علي في النجف (١٤٠ كلم جنوب  
بغداد)

JANUBIYY

أغارت المقاتلات الأمريكية أمس على  
موقع رادار جنوبي سد صدام في شمال العراق
خزان على نهر الأردن جنوبي اتصال نهر  
اليرموك به
وصل الى مطار أورلي جنوبي باريس
شمل القصف الروسي أيضا بلدة شالي  
الواقعة جنوبي العاصمة
ست قنابل كانت تستهدف مواقع عسكرية في  
نوفي بازار جنوبي بلجراد
تقع بالقرب من قرية سعير جنوبي الخليل
في غابة في منطقة كنت جنوبي لندن
محافظة بابل الواقعة على بعد ٢٠٠ كم  
جنوبي بغداد
الكوت الواقعة على بعد نحو ١٧٢  
كيلومترا جنوبي بغداد
هي على مقربة عشرة كيلومترات جنوبي بيروت
قرية دناني (٤٠ كيلومترا جنوبي العاصمة  
مقديشو)


##################
'in the southern part of'
##################

JANUUB

في منطقة الخليفة (جنوب القاهرة)
في منطقة المعادي الجديدة (جنوب القاهرة)
احتجزتهم في أحد سجون جنوب القاهرة
محافظة شبوة الواقعة جنوب شرق صنعاء
تجهيزه بأجهزة الغسيل الكلوي لعلاج  
مردى مناطق جنوب الجيزة
بلاد النوبة التي تقع جنوب مصر
في مناطق تقع جنوب السودان

JANUUBIYY

طلعات جوية أمريكية وبريطانية على  
جنوبي بيروت
في منطقة البصرة جنوبي العراق
كنا في بيته بحي شينجانجور جنوبي جاكرتا
على أرض يمتلكها مواطنون فلسطينيون في  
رفح جنوبي قطاع غزة
يقترب من مستوطنة يهودية جنوبي قطاع غزة
المناطق الغربية من جنوبي بيروت

#################
Potentially ambiguous depending on how speakers view the geography,  
political boundaries, and their detailed knowledge of the areas
#################

JANUUB

قامت بشق طريق سريع جنوب القدس
جبل ابو غنيم - جنوب القدس الشرقية  
المحتلة
منطقة حلوان جنوب القاهرة
توسيع مستوطنة معاليه ادوميم جنوب القدس


JANUUBIYY

ولدى الجزائر مفاعل نووي صغير آخر بنته  
الارجنتين جنوبي العاصمة
جددوا الثقة فيه في اجتماع عقد جنوبي  
بيروت
في المنطقة الصحراوية بالقرب من حي  
زهراء المعادي جنوبي القاهرة
قرار الحكومة الاسرائيلية على مباشرة  
الاستيطان جنوبي القدس في الطريق الى  
بيت لحم
البناء في جبل أبو غنيم جنوبي القدس
يقع جبل أبو غنيم في منطقة جنوبي القدس
شنت الطائرات الاسرائيلية ثلاث غارات  
على تلال الناعمة جنوبي بيروت


##################
with the preposition fy 'to the south of'
##################

JANUUB

منطقة سقارة في جنوب القاهرة
محافظة بني سويف في جنوب القاهرة
لتمهيد أراضي جبل ابو غنيم في جنوب  
القدس ؟؟


JANUUBIYY

العمل في بناء محطة الشعيبة الكبرى في  
جنوبي مكة المكرمة على البحر الأحمر


##################
with the preposition fy 'in the southern part of'
##################

JANUUB

ضاحية المنيل في جنوب القاهرة
ضاحية المعادي في جنوب القاهرة
هاجموا معسكرهم التدريبي في جنوب بغداد
نسف المواقع في جنوب لبنان
لتوزيع الأغذية في جنوب مقديشو
افتتاح منجم جديد في جنوب اسوان ؟؟


JANUUBIYY

أقامته الشركة حديثا قرب مدخل المدينة  
الوردية في جنوبي الأردن
الهجمات التي تعرضت لها المنشآت  
الاسلامية في جنوبي قبرص


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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 10 15:57:39 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:39 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Verb Innovation in dialects
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From:"Lior Laks" <liorlaks at zahav.net.il>
Subject:Verb Innovation in dialects

Hello,

I am looking for examples of verb innovation in Aarbic dialects,  
based on borrowing from other languages (e.g. barrak 'brake') and on  
denoninatives. I would be greatful for any information.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 10 15:57:46 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic Root System Responses
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3) Subject:Arabic Root System Response (ad)
4) Subject:Arabic Root System Response (ad)

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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:"John Nawas" <John.Nawas at arts.kuleuven.be>
Subject:Arabic Root System Response

You might try: Pierre Larcher, Le système verbal de l'arabe  
classique. Aix-en-Province: Publications de l'université de Provence,  
2003 -- I hope this is what you want.

John Nawas, MA, MPhil, PhD
Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Catholic University Leuven/Louvain, Belgium

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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From: "John Joseph Colangelo" <yaacolangelo at hotmail.com>
Subject:Arabic Root System Response

Hi Richard,
I would try starting of with the books on علم الصرف which will  
give you the خصوصيات الأوزان . I hope this is what you  
were asking and if it isn´t, it´s not because you didn´t explain  
yourself, it´s because I didn´t understand your predicament. I have  
lots of stuff in my library. I can try to give you a hand.
John Joseph Colangelo
Linguist & translator
Arabic/Spanish/English

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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:"IBCBOOKS.COM" <ibc at ibcbooks.com>
Subject:Arabic Root System Response

In response to your inquiry regarding study of Arabic Root System.   
We can
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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:"Mahmoud Elsayess" <melsayess at socal.rr.com>
Subject:Arabic Root System Response

Dear Mr. Durkan,

This is in reference to your email regarding “Study of Arabic Root  
System“. I have an internet system that can provide you with the  
root of 17,652 words and if you are interested, drop me an email and  
I will send you a link.

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Peace.
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:34 -0700
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Subject:New Article

Journal Title:  Anthropological Linguistics
Volume Number:  48
Issue Number:  2
Issue Date:  2006

Gender Switch in Female Speech of an Urbanized Arabic Dialect in  
Israel, Judith
Rosenhouse and Nisreen Dbayyat

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 10 15:57:32 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:one more januub post
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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:maabdelw at purdue.edu
Subject:one more januub post

[I inadvertently overlooked this post, which was sent a few weeks  
ago, in response to the original query.  Sorry.  Dil]

I think there is a difference between januubiyy and januub Baghdad if  
my mind
does not fail me. Januubiyy Bagdad means in the southern part of  
Baghdad. It
is inside that part of the city, Whereas januub means it is in that  
direction
but outside of the city

  M. abdelwali

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 10 15:57:38 2007
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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:UC Davis Job
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From:Jocelyn Sharlet <jcsharlet at ucdavis.edu>
Subject:UC Davis Job

The Program in Middle East/South Asia Studies at the University of  
California, Davis seeks a lecturer to teach Arabic in a new and  
growing program for the 2007-08 academic year. The lecturer will  
teach nine courses over three quarters, September 24, 2007 - June 19,  
2008, with the possibility of renewal.  Successful candidates will  
also be considered to co-teach an intensive 15-unit course in Arabic  
during the 2007 Summer Session.  Applicant must have an M.A. or a  
Ph.D., or be A.B.D, preferably in Arabic or a related field.   
Applicant should have experience teaching Arabic as a second language  
at the college level.  Salary is contingent upon qualifications and  
experience.  Percent of employment is determined by number of courses  
taught.  Please send a letter of application indicating the texts and  
methods that you have used in Arabic instruction, a C.V., one-two  
sets of student course evaluations, sample tests and quizzes, and  
three letters of reference to:  Professor Suad Joseph, Director,  
Middle East/South Asia Studies Program, 156 Everson Hall, One Shields  
Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.   For more  
information e-mail:  mesastaff at ucdavis.edu  
<mailto:mesastaff at ucdavis.edu>.  The University of California, Davis  
is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.  Review of  
applications will begin on February 10, 2007.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 10 15:57:43 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:43 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Cairo Linguistics Group Lecture
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Subject:Cairo Linguistics Group Lecture

جماعة اللغويين في القاهرة
   و مركز البحوث العربية و الإفريقية

  نتشرف بدعوتكم لحضور محاضرة

مديحة دوس
(جامعة القاهرة)

"ملاحظات حول الترجمان كمترجم"
  ( باللغة العربية و مرافق الملخص)

                  في المقر  الجديد لمركز  
البحوث العربية والأفريقية
5شارع المهندس حسن برادة- متفرع من شارع  
قرة بن شريك -الجيزة الدور الأرضي شقة 5

تليفون: 7744644

يوم السبت 13 يناير 2007 الساعة السادسة  
مساءً
رجاء الحضور في الموعد المحدد


CAIRO LINGUISTS GROUP
and the Arab African Research Center

are inviting you to a lecture (in Arabic) by

Madiha Doss
(Cairo University)

“Reflections on the dragoman as translator”
  (abstract attached)

at the new headquarters of the Arab & African Research Center:
5 Hassan Barada Street, Giza, (side street off the previous address  
Qura Ibn Shureik Street), ground floor, Apt. 5. Tel. 7744644

Saturday, 13th January 2007, 6p.m.

PLEASE COME ON TIME.

الملخص
أخذت شخصية الترجمان صوراً مختلفة عبر  
العصور، ففي الفترة بين القرنين السادس  
والتاسع عشر، اضطلع الترجماب بدور  
دبلوماسي إلى جانب دوره كمترجم. أما في  
القرن التاسع عشر فاشتهر التراجمة  
كمرافقين للرحالة الأوربيين الذين  
قاموا بزيارة بلاد "الشرق" (فلسطين،  
سوريا، مصر، إسطنبول، إلخ).
سأقوم في هذه المحاضرة بتقديم بعض  
الملاحظات حول دور التراجمة كمترجمين،  
سأتعرض لقضية كفاءتهم في اللغات التي  
كانوا يترجمون منها وإليها، وكذلك  
التصورات التي كانوا يحملونها لبعض هذه  
اللغات، وأخيراً التأثير المؤقت الذي  
تركه هؤلاء التراجمة على اللغة.


ABSTRACT
The dragoman took various roles throughout history. From the 16th to  
the end of the 19th century the dragoman besides being an  
interpreter, partly played the role of a diplomat. Similarly, during  
the 19th century the dragoman appears in the travel literature (both  
French and English) as an interpreter accompanying the traveler.
In this presentation I will make some remarks on the role of the  
dragomans  as translators (into Arabic), their competence, the image  
they had of language and the effect they had on it.



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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:HIAS Summer Program 07
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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:nhedayet at yahoo.com
Subject:HIAS Summer Program 07

I am pleased to announce to those who might be interested that the  
intensive summer program at Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies  
(HIAS) will start towards the end of June 2007-you can check exact  
dates of the programs with the administration in two week time. HIAS  
intensive summer program can be either for 7 or 9 weeks. The program  
concentrates on Modern Standard Arabic as well as on Egyptian  
Colloquial Arabic. This program is 20 contact class hours per week;  
i.e., a total of either 140 or 180 hrs. of language/culture instruction.

The language proficiency level will be assessed in a placement test  
after the students arrive in Cairo. Those who are not complete  
beginners can choose one or two elective content courses out of the  
following: Modern or classical Arabic literature, Arab & Islamic  
history, Islamic Architecture, calligraphy, oriental music, tajweed  
al Qur'aan, or Islamic philosophy. Beginners can complete the 20  
hours per week by MSA & ECA.

HIAS organizes three trips- free of charge- to tourist sites in Cairo  
during the study term and may help in finding suitable accommodation  
for its students. Students can still cut down the housing expenses if  
two or three share one apartment. Living in Cairo is not as expensive  
as in US or Europe.

Groups of three or more may get reduced tuition fees. Group prices  
will be a little less than $10 per every contact class hour in the  
program; and tutor tailored individual rates will be around $13.5/hr.  
HIAS tailors/coordinates special courses for student groups from  
different US & European universities.

An application form is attached with this e-mail message so that if  
you decide to join our program you may fill it and send it back at  
this e-mail address before the mid of April 05.

Students from different American & European universities who joined  
HIAS intensive summer program in the past years have been very  
satisfied.  I wish you all the best in your endeavours to study  
Arabic and a very happy new year 2007.

Nagwa Hedayet
HIAS Director

Maadi, Cairo-Egypt

Telfax: (202)5272190

Cell Phone No.:(2012)2261308

Vonage No.:(646)216-8308

E-Mail address:  HYPERLINK "mailto:info at hedayetinstitute.com"  
info at hedayetinstitute.com

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:41 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic NLP Workshop deadline extended
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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:nlparabic at dsic.upv.es
Subject:Arabic NLP Workshop deadline extended

Dear friends,

we already received 15 papers but some colleagues asked for one week  
of extension for the deadline (14th January).

In case you are interested in submitting a paper, please contact us:  
nlparabic at dsic.upv.es

"The Arabic NLP workshop" Secretariat

Paolo


http://www.ictis07.org/

nlparabic at dsic.upv.es



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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:31 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Verb Innovation responses
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2) Subject:Verb Innovation response
3) Subject:Verb Innovation response
4) Subject:Verb Innovation response

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Dan Parvaz <dparvaz at mac.com>
Subject:Verb Innovation response

Off the top of my head, here are a few that I've heard:

Form II ("technological" terms):
fallala (Jordanian) and fawwala (Egyptian): to fill a car with petrol
sayyava: to save a file on a computer disk

Form V "Quadraliterals" (used humorously):
tasambatsha: to call someone an S.O.B.
tadamfala (heard second hand): to call someone a "Damn fool" (as in  
"al-Ingiliiz yatadamfalu huwayya", heard from an Iraqi),

I'm sure there are lots more.

-Dan.

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:"Srpko Lestaric" <srpkole at EUnet.yu>
Subject:Verb Innovation response

Dear :"Lior Laks",

There is many nice examples. My first two are pretty classical, yet  
quite colloquial or even dialectal. Here you are:

1. heard in Libya in the eighties, later on used throughout Levant,  
Iraq and Kuwait:

tbeznes -- yitbeznes -- mitbeznis = to be in [dirty] business


2. successfully used with delegations from different Arab countries  
during visits to a car factory in Europe:

tyebben -- yityebben -- mityebbin = to get somewhat japanese look  
[shuuf el-yoom kullu-s-seyyaaraat tyebbenet]

For the next one, quite everyday word in Iraq, I've never found out  
the exact etimology (it might have something to do with chief - - -?):

3. jeffet - yjeffit - tejfiit = to do general overhaul of an engine

The next is heard mainly in the Gulf:

4. kensel - ykensil - mkensil = [<] cancel

Cheers,
Srpko

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:"Madiha Doss" <madihadoss at yahoo.com>
Subject:Verb Innovation response

There are quite a few forms which developed from the computer  
terminolgy, such as kansil from "cancel", farmat from "to format".  
Also ovwar< over, meaning "to exagerate" , fanyesh "to finish". These  
are some I could think of.
Madiha Doss

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Andrew Dempsey <andrew at kairosit.com>
Subject:Verb Innovation response

You might already have these, but here's a few from Egyptian Arabic:

yisanntar - to center something (like a car in a parking space, etc.)
yisayyif - to save something (like a document) on a computer
yihannig - to "hang" (refers uniquely to a computer hanging)

Regards,
Andrew

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:24 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Handbook for Scholars on Academic Freedom
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Afra Al-Mussawir <afraalmussawir at yahoo.com>
Subject:Handbook for Scholars on Academic Freedom

dear all,
i had posted an announcement of this handbook earlier, but wanted to  
post the revised announcement which has the website listed at the  
bottom (you can download the handbook directly from the website):
************************************************************************ 
*****************
     The Taskforce on Middle East Anthropology is pleased to announce  
a practical handbook for those facing politically motivated  
infringements on their teaching or scholarship:


* * * * * * *
Academic Freedom and Professional Responsibility after 9/11:
A Handbook for Scholars and Teachers
* * * * * * *
Attempts to undermine professors’ abilities to teach and do research  
are increasingly directed at scholars who seek to provide a  
contextualized and critical view of recent international developments  
and their interaction with US foreign policies and practices.
This handbook provides an overview of the range and nature of recent  
challenges to academic freedom.  It provides concrete suggestions for  
how to respond to such attacks and to avoid them in the first place.   
Utilizing research on institutions and interviews with academics, it  
considers the potentials and limitations of internal university  
structures, professional organizations, legal recourse, and media  
outlets.  Finally, it contains useful pedagogical tools for dealing  
with difficulties in the classroom, and an informative bibliography  
of recent writings on academic freedom.

  Please visit www.meanthro.org
  and click on the link to receive a free copy of the handbook.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:03 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:03 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs Dialect learning resources for those who know
 fusha
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Jonathan Lange <jonathanlange at yahoo.com>
Subject:Needs Dialect learning resources for those who know fusha

Does anyone know of good resources for learning Arabic
dialects for those who already have advanced
proficiency in fusha?  I am particularly interested in
learning Moroccan dialect as I have found myself
working with several Moroccans lately, but I would be
curious to know if there are such resources for any
dialect.  I am aware of the books used for Egyptian
'aamiyya in CASA and of the various 'Colloquial' books
and the Iraqi and Moroccan dialect books published by
Georgetown.  However, the latter two groups seem to be
geared toward complete beginners and lack the more
complex structures of the dialects and/or are reprints
of outdated texts.

On s separate dialect query, does anyone know any
decent resources to learn more about Arabic dialects
spoken natively in non-Arab countries (i.e. Mali,
Niger, Chad, Somalia, other parts of Africa, Iran,
Turkey, etc.)?  I'd be interested to know more about
them.

Thanks for any info you might be able to provide!

-Jonathan Lange

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:41:48 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:41:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Wisconsin-Whitewater Job
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From: Lauren Rosen <lrosen at wisc.edu>
Subject:U of Wisconsin-Whitewater Job

=================================================

ANNOUNCEMENT OF LECTURER POSITION IN ARABIC
http://www.uww.edu/adminaff/hr/employmt/ast.htm#Arabic

Description:             The Department of Languages and Literatures  
at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater invites applications for  
one part-time Academic Staff position (Lecturer, not tenure track) in  
Arabic for the 2007-08 academic year.

We seek a dynamic, versatile and innovative instructor to teach a  
first and possibly a second-year Arabic language course via distance  
education.  The ideal candidate will be familiar with 2nd language  
acquisition / instruction and interested in the application of  
technology in foreign language teaching.  Prior experience with  
distance education is desirable; ability to teach another foreign  
language is a plus.  Native or near-native proficiency in Modern  
Standard Arabic is required.


Starting Date:        August 26, 2007

Qualifications:        Ph.D. or ABD preferred, M.A. considered.

Rank:                      Lecturer

Salary:                    Dependent upon qualifications and experience.

University and

Community:            Founded in 1868, UW-Whitewater is the premier  
public regional university with an enrollment of 10,500 students in  
45 undergraduate majors, 13 master's degree programs, and one  
specialist degree program.  It offers high-quality career-oriented  
programs integrated with a model general education curriculum.  UW- 
Whitewater is part of the 26-campus University of Wisconsin System.   
Located in a community of 12,000 residents near the scenic Kettle  
Moraine State Forest in southeastern Wisconsin, Whitewater is within  
convenient driving distance of the metropolitan areas of Milwaukee,  
Madison, and Chicago.


Application:            Interested persons should apply in writing to:


                                           Peter Hoff, Arabic Search  
Committee Chair

                                           Languages and Literatures  
Department                                 FAX:      (262)  472-1037

                                           University of  
Wisconsin‑Whitewater                                     Phone:     
(262)  472-1033

                                           Whitewater, WI 53190‑1790


A complete application consists of a letter of application,  
curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and copies of  
undergraduate and graduate transcripts.


Review of             For full consideration, a complete application  
should be received by February 23, 2007.

Applications:        Review of applications will continue until the  
position is filled.

UW-Whitewater is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.   
We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified  
individuals to apply.  Names of applicants may be disclosed unless  
requested otherwise.  Names of finalists will be released.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:17 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:NACAL 35 in San Antonio
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Charles Haberl <mustashriq at GMAIL.COM>
Subject:NACAL 35 in San Antonio

Dear Colleagues:

The 35th annual meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic
Linguistics (NACAL 35) will take place in San Antonio, Texas, USA, and
will feature several sections on Arabic (Classical Arabic, MSA, and  
spoken
Arabic) and the history of scholarship on the Arabic language.  These  
will
include the following presenters and papers:

Abdelkader Fassi Fehri (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), How  
‘Semitic’
is a Semitic language?

Benjamin Hary (Emory University), The Translation of Prepositions in
Egyptian Judeo-Arabic šurūḥ

Roni Henkin (Ben Gurion University), Peculiarities of Imprecations in
Negev Arabic

Ahmad Al-Jallad (University of South Florida), The Etymology of the
Indicative Augment bi- in Some Neo-Arabic Dialects

Adel Jibali (Université du Québec à Montréal), Are There Subject  
Pronouns
in Standard Arabic? The theory of Pro Revisited

Christopher Lucas (University of Cambridge), The Development of Negation
in Arabic and Berber

Nouman Malkawi (University of Nantes), Reconstruction and Islandhood in
Jordanian Arabic Relative Constructions

Jonathan Owens (University of Maryland), Why There is no History of the
Arabic Language: Part 1, the West

Trent Rockwood and Jonathan Owens (University of Maryland), The  
Discourse
Marker yaˁni: What It (Really) Means

Judith Rosenhouse (Sound Waves Analysis and Technologies, Ltd.), Arabic
Bedouin–Sedentary Dichotomy at the Beginning of the New Millenium

Devin Stewart (Emory University), Cognate and Analogical Curses in
Moroccan Arabic

Thirty-six scholars representing the US and Canada as well as eight  
other
countries will give papers on topics relating to the Afroasiatic  
language
phylum.  In addition to Arabic, sectional topics will include Northwest
Semitic (Hebrew and Aramaic), Amharic, Egyptian, Cushitic and Omotic,
Language Contact, and the History of Scholarship. A full schedule can be
found at the NACAL website:

http://www.nacal.org/

Those wishing to attend NACAL 35 must register. Registration costs $75
dollars ($45 dollars for students and those from soft-currency  
countries).
Registration may be made at any point up to the time of the conference,
but early registrations are eligible for a reduced price of $60 ($30
dollars for students and those from soft-currency countries).  
Registration
must be made on or before January 20th, 2007, in order to qualify for  
the
reduced price.

NACAL 35 will be held at the Holiday Inn at Market Square in downtown  
San
Antonio.  You must make reservations directly with the hotel well in
advance of the meeting, no later than February 12, 2007.  When making  
your
reservation, remember to mention the NACAL Annual Meeting for the
conference rate ($129 + tax for single or double rooms). This rate is in
effect for March 15-20, 2007.

Further information is available at the address given above.  I look
forward to seeing you in San Antonio.

Charles G. Haberl, PhD, NACAL 35 Convener
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:26 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Word Frequency Lists by context
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Andrew Dempsey <andrew at egyptianarabic.com>
Subject:Needs Word Frequency Lists by context

Hi all,

Does anyone know where I might find a simple list of words occurring  
by frequency from various contexts in Arabic?  I am aware of the  
various offerings by the LDC (such as the CallHome Egyptian Arabic  
transcripts, etc.), but am looking for something on a much simpler  
level – just a list of words in Arabic or transliteration - that is  
preferably royalty-free, or reasonably priced.

Thanks in advance.  I spent the better part of yesterday searching  
online for something like this (including archives of this list), and  
was not successful.

Best regards,
andrew
--------------------
Andrew Dempsey
Cairo, Egypt

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:20 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:K-16:Star Academy Intro
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:"Saab, Nada" <nsaab at Starpsa.org>
Subject:Star Academy Intro

[moderator's note: Nada sent this when she joined the list, and I  
thought other K-12 subscribers might be interested in her  
introduction of herself.--dil]

Dear Sir or Madam;

My name is Dr. Nada Saab.  I would like to join your organization and
become a member of the listserv. I am the director of the
Arabic-Language department at a charter high school (k-12) in Detroit.
The name of the school is Star International Academy.  I am interested
in knowing about Arabic-Language curriculum, financial support and
funds, student's scholarships, teacher training workshops.  Thank you.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 20:06:03 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:06:03 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS Provo local arrangements
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From: Dilworth Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject:ALS Provo Local Arrangements

Local arrangements for the Arabic Linguistics Society Conference,  
March 2-3, 2007, Provo, UT.

Provo is a smallish city about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City on  
I-15.  Attendees who will be flying in to Salt Lake City Airport may  
either rent a car (recommended), or take a shuttle (Express 375-5533,  
$30 each way per person, reservations should be made at least 24  
hours ahead).  (A less likely alternative, Freedom Charter 372-4297  
is $70 each way for one or two people with rates going down per  
person for additional people.)

The closest hotels/motels to Brigham Young University, where the  
conference will be held, are:

Courtyard by Marriot (1600 N. Freedom Blvd, Provo, UT 801-373-2222)

Days Inn (1675 N. 200 West, Provo, UT  801-375-8600)

Super 8 Motel (1555 North Canyoon  Road, Provo, UT 801-374-6020)

(They are within walking distance, but not 'easy' walking distance;  
they are several blocks away from campus, up to a mile walking.)

Slightly further, but with a shuttle ($2 per person each way) is:

Marriott (101 W. 100 N., Provo, 801-377-4700 or 800-228-9290)
The Marriot has given us a rate of $89 a room, but it is based on  
availability.
NOTE:  ASK FOR THE 'BYU RATE' RATHER THAN THE 'ALS CONFERENCE RATE'  
WHICH THEY DON'T HAVE.

There are several other hotels and motels in various price ranges  
which you can find by Googling Provo Motels.

The conference will rent a van to act as a shuttle for the  
conference; you will need to let us know a week in advance where you  
will be staying, if you would like to use this service, and also to  
realize that we may need to pick you up fairly early if we have to  
make stops at several motels/hotels.

Obviously if several participants end up renting cars, it will  
facilitate the transportation somewhat.

Parking on BYU campus is 'controlled', but there is a free visitors'  
parking lot near the Museum of Art.  If you stop at the booth they  
will give you a day pass.

The program for the conference will be sent out in a few days.  If  
you have an accepted paper, but will not be able to attend, please  
let us know as soon as possible.

FInally, there is the possibility that I will be able to get a room  
in the mountains, up above the Sundance Ski Resort, for the Saturday  
sessions.  This would be a lovely setting, and would be nice for  
people who have never really experienced Utah's Alpine environment.   
However, transportation is a problem.  I can get two vans that day to  
transport some people, and will have a couple of private cars  
available as well.  If there is interest in this option, and if 3 or  
4 of the participants are going to have cars (rented or otherwise)  
here that they could use to help us transport a few people, then I  
will try to make this arrangement.  Otherwise, we'll just have the  
Saturday sessions in Provo.  So please let me know if you are  
interested in this option, and if you are thinking of getting a car.

Since the conference is only Friday and Saturday this year, you might  
consider trying your hand at skiing one of Utah's fine resorts.  At  
least some of Saturday afternoon should be available, as well as Sunday.

Southern Utah parks (Arches, Zions, and others) are within a few  
hours drive.

Either of these options would be easier with a car.

Also, there is a conference Sunday and Monday at the University of  
Utah on the language of Newspapers that you might want to check out.   
I'll try to get Reem Bassiouney to post information on that soon.

Dilworth Parkinson
<dil at byu.edu>

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:41:41 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:41:41 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Macalester College part time Job
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Beth Severy-Hoven <severy at macalester.edu>
Subject:Macalester College part time Job
Part-Time Arabic Language Position

Macalester College is seeking a part-time language instructor to  
initiate a program in Arabic in the fall of 2007.  Applicants should  
be fluent in Modern Standard Arabic and in English. MA in Arabic,  
applied linguistics or an allied field in hand at time of appointment  
is strongly preferred. Responsibilities for the first year include  
teaching one course per semester, possibly supervising a TA and  
working closely with other faculty members to build a cohesive and  
rigorous language and culture program. Pending success of the  
program, the position may be expanded in subsequent years.   
Applications will be accepted immediately and until the position is  
filled.  Send letter of application detailing teaching experience and  
philosophy as well as C.V. with references to:

Beth Severy-Hoven, Chair
Classics Department
Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105

Macalester College is a selective, private liberal arts college in  
the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, whose vital and diverse  
urban communities offer multiple opportunities for faculty and  
student engagement. The College enrolls over 1800 students from all  
50 states plus the District of Columbia and almost 80 countries. As  
an Equal Opportunity employer supportive of affirmative efforts to  
achieve a diverse workforce, the College strongly encourages  
applications from women and members of underrepresented minority  
groups. We are especially interested in applicants dedicated to  
excellence in both teaching and research in a liberal arts setting,  
committed to working with students of diverse backgrounds. All  
faculty members at Macalester are expected to help sustain the  
College’s distinctive mission of educational excellence with a  
special emphasis on internationalism, multiculturalism, and service  
to society.

-- 
Beth Severy-Hoven
Associate Professor and Chair of Classics
Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue, St Paul, MN 55105
651-696-6721

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:18 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Modern Syriac Literature Last Call
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:shafiq.abouzayd at orinst.ox.ac.uk
Subject:Modern Syriac Literature Last Call

Dear Colleague,
I am writing to you about the ARAM Conference on “Modern Syriac  
Literature”, which will be held at the Oriental Institute, University  
of Chicago (USA), 10-12 April 2007.
This our last call for those who have not yet registered for the  
above ARAM conference, and we hope to get your answer before mid- 
February 2007.
Find attached the list of speakers.
Yours sincerely,

Shafiq Abouzayd

ARAM Twenty Third International Conference: List of Speakers

At the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 10-12 April 2007

Rev. Dr. Shafiq Abouzayd (Oxford University):

“Maronite contribution to modern Syriac literature.”

Mr. Youel A. Baaba (Baaba Library):

“The evolution of short story in modern Assyrian literature.”

Mr. Daniel Benjamin (Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies):

“The Assyrian printing presses in Iraq during 20th Century.”

Dr. Sebastian Brock, (Oxford University):

“'The use of Modern Literary Syriac in Qolo Suryoyo over the years.”

Dr. J.F. Coakley, (Harvard University):

“Assyrian printers of Chicago 1915-1940”.

Prof. Rifaat Ebied (Sydney University):

“Subject to be defined.”

Dr. Samuel Fox, (Chicago):

"Some Features of Neo-Aramaic Oral Narrative".

Prof. Amir Harrak (Toronto University):

“The Garshuni inscriptions of Iraq: appearance, style, and development.”

Dr. George Kiraz (Georgias Press):

"Tabetha Syriac: Child Language Acquisition of Classical Syriac-The  
First Five Years."
Mr. David G. Malik, (Chicago):

             "Modern Assyrian Hymns in the Church of the East"
Dr. Alessandro Mengozzi, (University of Bergamo):

“A Neo-Aramaic poem on the Russian-Turkish war (1876-1978): Modern  
Syriac literature from Northern Iraq at the turn of the 20th century.”

Dr. Heleen Murre-van den Berg, (Leiden University):

“Syriac writing in the Church of the East between 1500 and 1800.”

Dr. Robert Paulissian, (Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies):
"The continuity and  maintenance of modern Syriac in Iran, after the  
exodus of Assyrians  from Urmia, in 1918 to the present time."

Dr. Istvan Perczel (Tübingen University & Central European University  
Budapest):

“Classical Syriac as a modern lingua franca in South India between  
1600 and 2006.”
Dr. Bruno Poizat, (University of Claude Bernard – Lyon 1):

“La collection de lettres aux Pères de Mar Yaqo, conservee a la  
Bibliotheque du Saulchoir.”

Dr. Yona Sabar (University of California at Los Angeles):

“The genres and the sources of Jewish Neo-Aramaic literature with  
selected samples.”

Dr. Abdul Masih Sadi, (Notre Dame University):

“The translation of the Bible into modern Aramaic dialect of Tur  
‘Abdin.”

Mr. Zomaya Solomon (USA):

"The use and lack of use of the definite and indefinite article in  
the Assyrian Aramaic language.”

Dr. Shawqi Talia, (Catholic University of America):

“The socio-cultural history of  some Dorekyatha from Northern Iraq .”

Prof. Martin Tamcke, (University of Göttingen):

“The Literature of the so-called Lutheran Nestorians.”

Daniel Wolk, (University of Alabama at Brimingham):

“Qasha Shmoel Yosip bet Kulya”.

Dr. Helen Younansardaroud, (Freie Universität Berlin):

“Assyrian proverbs and idioms”.




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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:15 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Cairo Tutor (ad)
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:"Ahmed Farrag" <ah_farrag at hotmail.com>
Subject:Cairo Tutor (ad)

Hello! My name is Ahmed. I am a qualified and experienced native  
speaker, Arabic tutor. I have been teaching Arabic to non Arabic  
speakers for over 10 years. My private lessons are offered in a  
relaxed and friendly atmosphere. My learners come from all over the  
world, to improve their Arabic language and awareness of the Arabian  
society and its culture. As the lessons are tailor-made for your  
particular needs, you can expect great advancement within a short  
period of time, and focus your study on any aspect of the language.  
For detailed information please go to my website:

http://arabic-private-tutor.faithweb.com

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:12 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs help with Hamza
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:"Haruko SAKAEDANI" <harukos at tufs.ac.jp>
Subject:Needs help with Hamza

Dear Sirs,

i'd like to ask you about the rules to write hamzahs.

CASE 1)
For example, "i did not read the letter." means "lam 'aqra'i r- 
risaalah." in
Arabic.
How do you write this Arabic sentence?

"i did not read" is "lam 'aqra'," which is written as لم أقرأ.
The last hamzah is written ON a 'alif.

"lam 'aqra'i r-risaalah," however, the vowel "i" is added to the last  
hamzah
of أقرأ .
In this case, do we have to write the hamzah UNDER the 'alif?
like لم أقرإ الرسالة ???????

CASE 2)
"i (shall) read" means "'aqra'u" in Arabic and it is written as  
أقرأ.
"i (shall) read it(f.sg.)" means "'aqra'u-haa" but how do you write this
sentence?

i thought that i may write it as أقرأها ,
though i have found one of the Arabic Language Learner's books
in which "'aqra'u-haa" is written as أقرؤها , a hamzah on Waaw.

Please teach me how to write hamzahs.
Thanks a lot in advance.

Haruko

***********************
Haruko SAKAEDANI
harukos at tufs.ac.jp
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:18:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS Provo Tentative Program
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From: Dilworth Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject:ALS tentative program

[This is a tentative program schedule.  Note that all 'slots' and  
times are subject to change.]

Friday

8:30 Ghassan Husseinali: Processability and Development of Syntax and  
Agreement in Interlanguage of Learners of Arabic as a Foreign Language

9:00 Mohammad T. Alhawary: Processability theory: Processing  
prerequisites or L1 transfer

9:30 Khawla Aljenaie: Imperative in Early Kuwaiti Arabic Child  
Language: Experimental Approach

10:00 William C. Young: Stem Vowels and Imperfect Tense Metathesis in  
Levantine and Mesopotamian Dialects



10:15 Samira Farwaneh: Paradigm Uniformity Effects and the Arabic Verb

11:15 Kamel Elsaadany: An LFG Account of Agreement

11:45 Usama Soltan: Structural Opacity and default agreement in  
Standard Arabic

Lunch


1:45 Ahmad Al-Jallad: The Etymology of the Imperfect Indicative  
Augment bi- in some Neo-Arabic dialects

2:15 Dilworth Parkinson: Sentence Subject Agreement Variation in  
Newspaper Arabic

2:45 Tim Buckwalter: A Corpus-based Frequency Count of Spoken and  
Written Modern Arabic



3:30 Bushra Zawaydeh: The LInguistic Properties of Romanized Arabic  
used in Chat rooms

4:00 Arabic Unicode Variations in Natural Language Processing

4:30 Munther Younes: Charging Steeds or Maidens doing good deeds?


Saturday

8:30 Hossam Eldin Ibrahim Ahmed: Same Mode, Different Representation:  
Standard/colloquial code switching in Arabic

9:00 Maher Bahloul: Unveiling the Pragmatics of ya'ni, fil-Haqiqa and  
Tab'an in Formal Conversational Arabic

9:30  Marwa Mohamed Khamis Al-Zouka: Directness and Face Relations in  
Egyptian Arabic Performatives: A Socio-Pragmatic Study

10:00 Ahmad Fakhri: Citations in Arabic Legal Opinion: 'iftaa's  
versus qaDAa'


10:45 Reda A. Mahmoud: A Text Pragmatic Approach to Moot questions in  
Arabic

11:15: Mustafa Mughazy and Nehad Heliel: The pragmatics of dialect  
change: the case of negation in the Arabic dialect of Alexandria.

11:45 Ahmad Shehu Abdussalam: Linguistic Security of Arabic in the  
context of globalization


12:30 Salim Ben Said: The perception of Arab-accented speech by  
American native speakers and non-native speakers from east and south  
east Asia

1:00 Hanada Al-Masri: LInguistic Losses in the Translation of Arabic  
Literary Texts



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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Sat Jan 20 21:32:53 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:32:53 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NMELRC Teacher Training Seminars Austin
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:Maggie Nassif <mnnassif at byu.edu>
Subject:NMELRC Teacher Training Seminars Austin

2007 NMELRC Arabic Teacher Training Seminar in Austin

The National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC) announces  
its fifth Arabic Teacher Training Seminar, to be held August 6-11,  
2007, inclusive, at the University of Texas, Austin. The seminar will  
be led by Professors Kristen Brustad and Mahmoud Al-Batal.

The seminar will address a variety of areas related to teaching,  
including:

• Course syllabus design

• Teaching reading comprehension

• Teaching listening comprehension

• Teaching vocabulary

• Utilizing group work in class

• Testing

The seminar will be conducted entirely in Arabic.

The seminar will allow participants the chance to work on their own  
class syllabi in preparation for teaching in the fall semester 2007.  
In addition, the participants will have the chance to do micro  
teaching and apply the principles learned in the seminar.

For more information email nmelrc_research at byu.edu or call (801)  
422-7192.

Deadline for application is April 1, 2007

To fill out an application go to www.nmelrc.org. Choose Opportunities  
for Teachers and then Professional Development from side menu
Maggie N. Nassif, PhD, MBA
Administrative Director
National Middle East
Language Resource Center
Brigham Young University
212 HRCB, BYU,
Provo, Utah, 84602
mnnassif at byu.edu

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Sat Jan 20 21:31:46 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Dialect Learning Responses
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2) Subject:Dialect Learning Response
3) Subject:Dialect Learning Response
4) Subject:Dialect Learning Response
5) Subject:Dialect Learning Response

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:Dilworth Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject:Dialect Learning Response

Margaret Nydell has a series of books "From Modern Standard Arabic to  
______Dialect" which covers most of the major dialects, including  
Moroccan.  They are listed on her georgetown CV under:

http://explore.georgetown.edu/publications/index.cfm? 
Action=View&DocumentID=13037

Amazon doesn't seem to have them but they must be available somehow.

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2)
Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:Dan Parvaz <dparvaz at mac.com>
Subject:Dialect Learning Response

You might want to check out (if you have access) to the dialect  
materials put out by the Defense Language Institute -- I am aware of  
three: "Syrian", Egyptian, and Iraqi. The materials are dated, but  
well-written, and they were created for those who already had a year  
of intensive MSA to begin with, in that they made a point of showing  
divergences between MSA and the dialects. Dil Parkinson had also  
created a two-volume Egyptian course some time ago, again, I believe  
making the assumption that students already had some facility with  
MSA (do you still have any of those around?).

-Dan.

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Ahmed Slimi, AIIC Conference Interpreter, French, English,  
Arabic" <ahmedslimi at menara.ma>
Subject:Dialect Learning Response


Hi Jonathan,

Try inquiring at this URL : http://www.aui.ma/VPAA/shss/aranas/shss- 
aranas-home.htm

Hope this helps.

-- 
Ahmed SLIMI, Conference Interpreter
Member of A.I.I.C. (A: French - B: English - B: Arabic)
International Association of Conference Interpreters
84, Avenue Lalla Yacout, Casablanca, Morocco
Phone: + 212 61 109222   Fax: +212 22 234119
E-mail: a.slimi at aiic.net
www.angelfire.com/ma/interprete
www.aiic.net/database/datasheet.cfm/int5080.htm

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:Hassan Nitami <nitami at sas.upenn.edu>
Subject:Dialect Learning Response

There is a book you can download online for free. Follow this link:
http://friendsofmorocco.org/learnarabic.htm
Bslama

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Debra Morris Smith" <dlmsmith at gmail.com>
Subject:Dialect Learning Response

I have a Word file of SIL's "Juba Arabic for Beginners" and  
permission to share it, if you're interested in Southern Sudanese  
Colloquial Arabic. It's transliterated, but my impression is that  
that's the custom in the region. I'm replying to the whole list in  
case anyone else wants it -- email me offlist and I'll send you the  
file.

And I'm a relatively advanced MSA student taking a Colloquial  
Egyptian speaking course from Arab Academy via Skype; instruction is  
one-on-one and tailored to my needs and interests. I don't know if  
they have teachers who are native speakers of other colloquials, but  
it might be worth inquiring.

Debra Morris Smith

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Sat Jan 20 21:31:43 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:43 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Transcription query
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Mai Zaki" <maizaki at gmail.com>
Subject:Transcription query

Dear all,

I just wanted to ask about the most commonly used set of phonetic  
transcription symbols for arabic. I find there are different sets  
used in books and articles. Also I would appreciate if anyone can  
tell me the quickest way to download those symbols so I can use them  
in writing on Microsoft Word.

Thanks.

Mai Zaki

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Sat Jan 20 21:31:36 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Computational Approaches to Arabic-script based
 Languages
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Ali Farghaly" <farghaly1 at gmail.com>
Subject:Computational Approaches to Arabic-script based Languages

* SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS*

* *

*
CAASL-2*

*
Second Workshop on*

*Computational Approaches to Arabic Script-based Languages*



July 21-22, 2007


The Linguistic Summer Institute

Stanford University


Workshop description

* *

The first workshop on "Computational Approaches to Arabic Script-based
Languages", held in conjunction with COLING 2004, brought together
researchers working on the computer processing of Arabic script-based
languages such as Arabic, Persian (Farsi and Dari), Pashto, Urdu and
Kurdish. The usage of the Arabic script and the influence of Arabic
vocabulary give rise to certain computational issues that are common  
to all
these languages despite their being of distinct language families,  
such as
right to left direction, encoding variation, absence of capitalization,
complex word structure, and a high degree of ambiguity due to
non-representation of short vowels in the writing system.

The proposed second workshop, three years after the successful first
workshop, will provide a forum for researchers from academia,  
industry, and
government developers, practitioners, and users to share their  
research and
experience. The goal of the workshop is to provide the participants  
with an
opportunity to exchange ideas, approaches and implementations of
computational systems, to highlight the common challenges faced by all
practitioners, to assess the state of the art in the field, and to  
identify
promising areas for future collaborative research in the development  
of NLP
resources and systems for Arabic script languages. This second  
workshop also
provides an opportunity to assess the progress that has been made  
since the
first workshop in 2004.

The invited speaker for this workshop will be Richard Sproat from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The call for papers as well as future information on the workshop can be
found at http://www.zoorna.org/CAASL2


Workshop Topics

Authors of papers in any area of NLP in Arabic script-based languages  
are
invited to apply. We also accept proposals for demonstrations of
computational systems. Preference would be given to papers that  
extend their
results and analyses to other Arabic script-based languages. Papers and
demos could be on - but not limited to - any of the following topics:

   - Knowledge bases, corpora, and development of resources
   - Transliteration, transcription and diacritization
   - Morphological analysis
   - Syntactic ambiguity resolution
   - Shallow and deep parsing
   - Machine translation from and to Arabic script languages
   - Sense disambiguation
   - Homograph resolution
   - Semantic analysis
   - Semantic web and inferences
   - Named entity recognition
   - Information retrieval
   - Text mining
   - Summarization
   - Text-to-speech systems




*Submission Requirements*

Papers should be original, previously unpublished work and should not
identify the author(s). They should emphasize completed work rather
than intended work. Papers that are being submitted to other
conferences must reflect this fact on the title page.

Submissions should be no longer than 8 pages (including figures and
references). Email submissions (ps or pdf) are preferred and should be
sent to both Ali.Farghaly at oracle.com and karinem at mitre.org
<karinem at inxight.com> by midnight of the due date. Submissions should
be in English. The papers should be attached to an email indicating
contact information for the author(s) and paper's title. Formatting
requirements for the final version of accepted papers will be posted
as soon as they become available.

Important dates

Submissions due:
February 26, 2007

Notification of  
acceptance:                                            April
16, 2007

Camera ready submissions:                                             
June
15, 2007

Organizing committee

* *

Ali Farghaly, Oracle USA, Ali.Farghaly at oracle.com

Karine Megerdoomian, MITRE Corporation, karine at mitre.org


Program Committee

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:34 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:More verb innovations
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2) Subject:More verb innovations

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:Anna-Karin Guindy <akguindy at get2net.dk>
Subject:More verb innovations

Heard from an Iraqi:
yishayyik (from "to check")
Anna-Karin Guindy

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Jonathan Owens" <jowens at casl.umd.edu>
Subject:More verb innovations

Waris, a secret language of Arab Koran school students in NE Nigeria has
a number of interesting derivational patterns, including a few with
quadriliterals:

mu-'alfit "married man", which in turn < 'ali fato "ali of the house"
(fato = "house" in Kanuri)
kaskaj "read, recite" comes from Kanuri kiska diya lit. "woods outside",
since the Koran school students traditionally study in isolated rural
areas.

Mifsud, "Loan Verbs in Maltese" (1995) contains a good overview of the
type of morphological adaptations which have been reported in various
Arabic-speaking regions.

Jonathan Owens

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:37 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Hawaii NFLRC Summer workshop
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:National Foreign Language Resource Center <nflrc at hawaii.edu>
Subject:Hawaii NFLRC Summer workshop

Our apologies for any cross-postings . . .


The National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of  
Hawaii
at Manoa is pleased to announce its 2007 Summer Institute workshop:


		"Developing Useful Evaluation Practices
		 in College Foreign Language Programs"

	      University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

			  May 28 - June 6, 2007

		http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/si07d/


SUMMARY:
This NFLRC Summer Institute is designed to help college foreign language
administrators and teachers engage in useful, practical, and effective
program evaluations to meet a variety of purposes. It takes seriously  
the
values, goals, and constraints that characterize college language  
programs
and will provide language educators with a user-oriented approach to
developing evaluations that maximize benefits for language learners and
teachers, while minimizing potential negative consequences. It will also
provide participants with tools and strategies for making program
evaluation a systematic and consistently useful component of their FL
departments.

ACTIVITIES:
The Institute will be run by DR. JOHN M. NORRIS (UH Dept. of Second
Language Studies), an expert in language program evaluation and
assessment.  Activities over the 9-day institute will include  
lectures and
demonstrations, in-depth analyses of practical evaluation examples,
invited guest speakers (language evaluation experts), social events, and
extensive hands-on development and discussion of evaluation plans,
procedures, and instruments for immediate use in the participants  
specific
program settings.

PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY:
This workshop is intended for U.S. foreign language administrators and
teachers who are directly responsible for program evaluations in their
foreign language departments. It assumes no prior grounding in program
evaluation theory or practice, but it requires a willingness to help
increase evaluation capacity in college FL education. In order to  
maximize
the impact of this event across U.S. colleges, participants will be
purposefully selected to represent diverse FL program types, based on
size, languages taught, geography, and institutional status.

PARTIAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT is available to all participants in the NFLRC
Summer Institute, on a competitive and space-limited basis. Summer
Institute participants are also highly encouraged to participate in the
ADFL SUMMER SEMINAR WEST (directly following the Summer Institute in
Hawaii), where they will have opportunities to share their program
evaluation work.


APPLY TODAY!
For more details about the Summer Institute (including information about
affordable lodging options, fees, and more) or for the online  
application
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ONLINE APPLICATION DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 15, 2007


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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS Conference Registration Info
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From:Dilworth Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject:ALS Conference Registration Info

Conference fees for the ALS Provo conference are $50.  ALS membership  
dues are $25 (for a total of $75).  Although we will accept payment  
at the door, it makes it very difficult to plan refreshments and  
other arrangements if we don't have a good idea of how many are going  
to come.  We therefore strongly encourage you to preregister, even if  
you don't pay until you arrive.  (We assume, of course, that all  
presenters will be attending, so we are counting on you.)

To preregister, fill out the following form and send to:

Tessa Hauglid
tessa at sfcn.org

Name:
Address:
City/State:
Zip:
Country
Affiliation:
email address:

Payment arrangements:
(indicate whether you will send a check, made out to the Arabic  
Linguistics Society, or pay at the door)


If you send a check, send to:
Tessa Hauglid
1346 South 2950 East
Spanish Fork, UT  84660

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:30 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:George Washington U. Jobs
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Mohssen Esseesy" <esseesym at gwu.edu>
Subject:George Washington U. Jobs


LANGUAGE SPECIAL SERVICE FACULTY POSITIONS

The George Washington University is seeking applications for 15
full-time renewable contract positions in the following languages:
Arabic (3), American Sign Language (1), Chinese (2), French (1),
Hebrew (1), Japanese (1), Korean (1), and Spanish (5). Basic
Qualifications: A Master's degree in the language or a related field
is required (Ph.D. preferred) as is fluency or near native fluency in
English and the target language, evidence of excellence in teaching
all levels of language, knowledge of a variety of contemporary
teaching approaches and language learning technologies.  Review of
applications begins February 26, 2007 and will continue until the
positions are filled.  To apply: To be considered send letter of
application specifying position(s) of interest together with
curriculum vita, teaching portfolio (which should include statement of
teaching philosophy, sample syllabi, evaluations of teaching, samples
of teaching materials; a video of teaching is preferred but optional),
and at least 3 letters of reference to:
Maxine Cogar
The George Washington University
Phillips Hall Room 212
801 22nd Street, NW
Washington, DC  20052
Only complete applications will be reviewed.  The George Washington
University is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action
Employer.  Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.


--  
Mohssen Esseesy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Coordinator
Arabic Program
Department of Classical and Semitic Languages and Literatures
The George Washington University
202-994-6179
www.gwu.edu/~arabic

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:K-16:Arab Academy K-12 offerings (ad)
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:sanaa.ghanem at gmail.com
Subject:Arab Academy K-12 offerings (ad)

Dear Nada
The Arab Academy offers online courses supposted by workbooks for  
K-12 school children.  For more information on our course offerings  
visit:
http://www.arabacademy.com/kouki

I would also like to tell you that Ïqra" is sponsoring some schools  
who wish to use the Arab Academy's curriculum.  To subscribe for  
sponsorship, fill the form below:
http://www.arabacademy.com/scholarships_institutions.htm?2

Feel free to contact me directly if you needed more information.
Best regards,
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President
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Hamza responses
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:Jonathan Rodgers <jrodgers at umich.edu>
Subject:Hamza response

See Wright, A Grammar of the Arabic Language, v. 1, p. 75, paragraph  
133, rem.

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From: "Waheed Samy" <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject:Hamza response

Haruko, you can use either one of the two methods below:

I-  The strength-O-meter method
Under this method the strongest wins!
Here is ‘the order of strength’, from strongest to weakest: ئـ,  
ؤ, أ.
So in your example, أقرأها VS أقرؤها, the second wins  
because ؤ is stronger than أ:

Here’s another example:
تقرأين or تقرئين?
According to the strength-O-meter above, ئـ is stronger than أ.   
Therefore تقرئين wins.

II- The syllable method
If you syllabify the indicative أقرأها or أقرَؤها you get  
the following four syllables:
‘aq + ra + ’u + ha.
The third syllable -‘u - tells you that the seat of the hamza is /w/.

For تقرأين and تقرئين, if you syllabify you get the  
following four syllables:
taq + ra+ ‘ii+ na.
The third syllable –‘ii- tells you that the seat of the hamza is / 
y/.

Waheed

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Marco Hamam" <marco.hamam at poste.it>
Subject:Hamza response

Hello Haruko. First, in arabic, it is always important to distinguish  
between the rule and the practice. Your examples belong to what is  
called "qawa'id al-hamza al-mutatarrifa", the hamza at the end of words.
The imla' rule says exactly what it follows:
يكون حكم الهمزة المتطرفة حكم الحرف  
الساكن لأنها في موضع الوقف من الكلمات .  
(Khalil Ibrahim, al-Mughni fi qawa'id al-'imla', Amman, al-Ahliyya,  
2002, p.15)
That means that this hamza is treated like a "voweless consonant" at  
the end of a syllabe. So final short inflectional vowels do not count  
unless it is -an so that hamza is considered middle.
Al-hamza al-mutatarrifa provides two cases:
1. it is preceeded by a mute consonant: the hamza is written alone  
like in المرء ، الشيء ، الوضوء
2. it is preceeded by a voweled consonat: the hamza is written on the  
consonant (alif, waw, ya') that corrisponds to the short vowel of the  
consonant before like in الخطأ ، التواطؤ ، قارئ
So, coming to your cases we can say that the right solutions are:

CASE (1)
لم أقرأِ الرسالة

CASE (2)
أقرأُها
(because hamza is considered a final syllabe consonant and it is  
preceed by a fatha)
(have a look also at the case of قرأوا . Here it is a good  
explanation http://www.rezgar.com/debat/show.art.asp?aid=10449)

As for practice, things change.

CASE (1)
you can find this sentence written:
لم أقرأِ الرسالة
لم أقرإِ الرسالة
لم أقرَئِ الرسالة
the last two do not respect the rule, though.

CASE (2)
أقرأُها
أقرؤُها

Best,

Marco Hamam

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Dr. M. Deeb" <muhammaddeeb at gmail.com>
Subject:Hamza response


     Our Japanese colleague, Haruko Sakaedani, raises the interesting  
question of al-Hamza in Arabic orthography.  My comments and  
suggestions are inserted after his two given cases, respectively.

Case  (1):

For example, "i did not read the letter." means "lam 'aqra'i r- 
risaalah." In Arabic.  How do you write this Arabic sentence?  "I did  
not read" is "lam 'aqra'," which is written as لم أقرأ.  The  
last hamzah is written on a 'alif.  "lam 'aqra'i r-risaalah,"  
however, the vowel "i" is added to the last hamzah of أقرأ .  In  
this case, do we have to write the hamzah UNDER the 'alif? like لم  
أقرإ الرسالة ???????


<> The hamza should be placed on the “alif.”   The sukuun of the  
jussive is changed to a kasra as it is followed by hamzat ‘al-waSl.

  Case (2):

"I (shall) read" means "'aqra'u" in Arabic and it is written as  
أقرأ."I (shall) read it (f.sg.)" means "'aqra'u-haa" but how do  
you write this sentence?  I thought that i may write it as  
أقرأها, though I have found one of the Arabic Language Learner's  
books in which  "'aqra'u-haa" is written as أقرؤها, a hamzah on  
Waaw.


<> The right form is أقرؤها  .    The verb is in the indicative  
mood and is thus voweled with a Damma.   In line with Arabic  
orthography, the medial hamza following a letter with a fatHa and  
falling between two consonants is written on a waaw.

The medial hamza has been a source of headaches and heartaches for  
Arabs and Arabists alike.  As it is difficult to go into details  
here, I’d like to suggest a brief and reliable reference on the  
rules of Arabic orthography, written by the late eminent Arab  
grammarian and editor, ‘Abdul as-Salaam Muhammad Haaruun,   
قواعد الأملاء, Cairo, 1985.  I hope this would prove of  
some assistance.

* M. Deeb

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"t.milo at chello.nl
Subject:Hamza response

Your transcriptions are flawless, just type them into AE

lam 'aqra'
lam 'aqra'i r-risaalah (better: r-risaala+ to get the dots; there is  
a well-written help file)

And get the correct Arabic orthography in real time on screen.

Enjoy,

Thomas Milo

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:""JL" <mm221 at op.pl>
Subject:Hamza response

          In this case, do we have to write the hamzah UNDER the 'alif?
like لم أقرإ الرسالة ???????

No. At the end of the word the "kursiyy" depends on the vowel  
preceding the hamza.
The kursiyy cannot be other than أ (alif and hamza above it). A damma  
or kasra occuring after the alif brings no change, because the fatha  
before the alif remains still the same fatha, and the kursiyy depends  
on it.
So you should write only: لم أقرأ الرسالة


CASE 2)
"i (shall) read" means "'aqra'u" in Arabic and it is written as  
أقرأ.
"i (shall) read it(f.sg.)" means "'aqra'u-haa" but how do you write this
sentence?
i thought that i may write it as أقرأها ,
though i have found one of the Arabic Language Learner's books
in which "'aqra'u-haa" is written as أقرؤها , a hamzah on Waaw.
Please teach me how to write hamzahs.


The rule is that at the end of the word the "kursiyy" depends on the  
vowel preceding the hamza.
The problem however is what we mean by the "word".
Similar problems occur when we conjugate an "ultimae hamza" verb.

Many grammars pretend that the يقرؤون is correct, but many  
famous Arabic writers use the يقرأون
believing that the kursiyy depends on the wowel preceding the "stem- 
ending" hamza.

I am a descriptive and not normative linguist and from my point of  
wiev the both forms are correct,
but I believe that يقرأون is better because there is much more  
easy to state when is the end of the stem, and
much more difficult when is the end of the word.
But this is only my personal opinion and I cannot say anymore that  
such a opinion should be in any degree a normative one.


Best regards,
Jerzy Lacina
Adam Mickiewicz University
Department of Oriental Studies
   
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:"Yafit Marom" <gamilam at gmail.com>
Subject:hadruum etymology query

Hello everybody,
I'm dealing with a Bedouin Dialect from Sinai, and I've heard there  
the word
"hadroum" (هضروم (ج) هضارم) in the meaning of "cloth". Does  
anybody know
something about this word and its source?
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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:47:17 -0700
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:"Marco Hamam" <marco.hamam at poste.it>
Subject:Gibali's development of Badawi's 5 levels query

Hello everybody. I have read somewhere that Prof. Alaa Elgibali has  
developped Badawi's 5 levels system of the Egyptian Arabic continuum.  
He added two more levels making distinction between formal/informal  
language, so that they become:
1. informal literary arabic
2. formal well-educated colloquial arabic
3. informal well-educated colloquial arabic
4. formal educated colloquial arabic
5. informal educated colloquial arabic
6. formal uneducated colloquial arabic
7. informal uneducated colloquial arabic.

Does anyone know where can I find this distinction?
Thank you very much indeed.

Marco Hamam

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:47:05 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Looking for Arabic Tutor in Northern VA, DC area
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:evesdad at gmail.com
Subject:Looking for Arabic Tutor in Northern VA, DC area

Hello, I'm looking for an experienced Arabic tutor to help me improve  
our Palestinian colloquial and Modern Standard Arabic.  I tested 2+  
on the DLPT and would like to get up to level 3; my wife would like  
to get from beginning to intermediate level Arabic and we are also  
interested in exposing our 2 year old daughter to the language. If  
you think you know someone who fits the bill, please e-mail me at  
evesdad at gmail.com
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:"Safiyyah Saleem" <ssaleem98 at gmail.com>
Subject:Arabic Language Proficiency Tests query

Hello,

I am a graduate student in an applied linguistics program.  I am  
about to
begin a project looking at a language proficiency test for a course on
second language assessment and testing.  I wanted to use an Arabic
proficiency test that is widely used in universities.  Unfortunately,  
the
Arabic department at the university I am attending is quite young and  
does
not use or have access to any proficiency tests.  Does anyone know how I
could obtain a sample copy of test along with statistics on the usual  
test
takers and their results?  I am thinking that the Arabic Proficiency  
Test
published by the Center for Applied Linguistics would be appropriate but
would appreciate suggestions on other tests as well.

Thanks in advance for you help.


Safiyyah Saleem

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:46:56 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Transcription Responses
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2) Subject:Transcription Response
3) Subject:Transcription Response

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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:Gerhard Wedel <gwedel at zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Subject:Transcription Response

Dear Mai Zaki and all interested in umschrift and transliteration codes,

all transliteration / transcription characters are included in character
sets that are based  on UniCode, e.g. Arial Unicode MS which is part  
of MS
Office. But this set is a Helvetica set which not all people like and  
which
is not usable for printing in books.

I will give some hints and useful internet addresses for alternative
solutions.

Other sets of characters looking like Times (= serif script) are  
Thryomanes
and Gentium. Both are available on the internet.
Thryomanes: http://www.io.com/~hmiller/lang/
Gentium:
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium

All these characters sets have in common that special characters that we
need for transliteration are not accessible directly. So you have to use
the function INSERT Symbol or better - for fast access - to build a WORD
makro including all transliteration characters in one list using e.g.  
the
ALT GR as additional key for fast access.

A better way is that to use the KLM = keyboard layout manager. With  
help of
this tool you can to map all useful characters on ALT GR key. Load  
down the
KLM and install. The usage for mapping is relatively simple.
KLM: http://solair.eunet.yu/~minya/Programs/klm/

Please comment and answer if anyone has better proposals and sources for
free ware tools!

best wishes and success,
Gerhard Wedel, Berlin

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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:Joseph.Bell at msk.uib.no
Subject:Transcription Response

The simplest way:

Buy Vista when it is released, install the Times New Roman that comes  
with
it on your system (to install it on Windows 2000 uninstall the old TNR
first), then download and install Uniqoder from the Net free, to access
the different glyphs.

Joseph Bell

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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:adil at hum.ku.dk
Subject:Transcription Response

Dear Dr. Adel,
You may check this link:
http://www.wataonli ne.net/site/ modules/newbb/ viewtopic. php?topic_
id=1648&post_id=9500# forumpost9500
I copyrighted this in 1998 while I was working on my PhD. It is as  
good a
way as some others. The only good difference is that the sounds do  
not get
confused when they appear in certain sequences.
Have a look and see.

Ahmed Al=Laithy

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:47:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:BRISMES Graduate Conference CFP
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:"John L. Knight" <johnlknight at gmail.com>
Subject:BRISMES Graduate Conference


CALL FOR PAPERS

The Third Annual BRISMES Graduate Conference

6-7 July 2007
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) Graduate
Section seeks submissions from graduate students of all levels from
all universities in the United Kingdom, exploring any Middle
East-related subject from the Arab League to Zand painting.


Highlights of the Conference:

•	Gain conference experience in a comfortable and supportive environment
•	Participate in a poster exhibition to learn about other students'  
projects
•	Take part in panels on academic and non-academic careers
•	Join a session on overseas fieldwork
•	Get involved with the BRISMES Graduate Section
•	Socialize with colleagues while enjoying one of Britain's most
beautiful universities

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we are able to offer modest
travel grants to speakers coming from universities in the UK, and
meals during the conference to all those giving papers.

Please submit a 250 word abstract on any Middle East-related topic by
31 March 2007
to the conference committee at john.knight at sant.ox.ac.uk

Abstracts will be judged anonymously and those selected to speak will
be notified by 15 April 2007.

Please check www.brismes.ac.uk/graduatesection.htm for more
information and updates; specific enquiries may be addressed to the
email listed above.


To keep up to date with the BRISMES Graduate Section, subscribe to its
discussion group. Email: brismesgrad-subscribe at yahoogroups.com

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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:47:08 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Conference on Typology of Modern Arabic Dialects
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:"Barkat-Defradas" <melissa.barkat at univ-montp3.fr>
Subject:Conference on Typology of Modern Arabic Dialects

International Conference on
Typology of Modern Arabic Dialects:
“Features, Methods and Models of Classification”
May 14-15, 2007 – Montpellier (FRANCE)

organized by
laboratory Praxiling UMR 5267 CNRS – University of Montpellier 3 –  
France
laboratory Dynamique du Langage UMR 5596 – University of  Lyon 2 –  
France


The Arabic speaking world constitutes a field of choice for  
comparative linguistics as it is a linguistic continuum which covers  
a vast territory (from Mauritania to the borders of the Persian  
region, with some projections in Europe, in Malta and Cyprus).  
Nevertheless, in the field of Arabic linguistics, studies dealing  
with dialectology still occupy a marginal place as compared to the  
huge amount of dialectal works conducted on French and/or English.

Contradictorily, the interest for speech in Arabic is very old: many  
works produced by the old Arab grammarians of the traditional period  
(8th – 10th century) testify the interest of philologists for Arabic  
grammar and lexicography. In their enterprise of standardization of  
the Arabic language, they had mainly adopted the same methodological  
approach for the evaluation of linguistic features. Three operational  
criteria prevailed for the classification of the linguistic features  
encountered on the field (i) eloquent Arabic to imitate, (ii)  
acceptable Arabic but which cannot be used as a model and (iii)  
incorrect Arabic to be avoided and condemned.

The traditional conception of what should be The Arabic Language   
(i.e. Al'Arabiyya) resulted in the emergence of a model built around  
a set of linguistic characteristics present in the pre-Islamic poetic  
koine. This model attributed a certain tolerance to bedouin features  
and rejected quasi systematically sedentary ones. The formidable  
effervescence of the times of standardization focused the interest on  
the linguistic features of that “ideal” language called fusha, a  
language purified from regional characteristics which lead the Arabic  
dialects to be regarded as distorted linguistic forms not worth  
studying. This uncommon situation prevailed for more than one  
thousand years. At the end of the 19th century, following the  
development of comparative Semitic grammar, a prompt renewed interest  
for Arabic dialectal studies occurred. Many major contributions made  
it possible to have an overall picture of the dialectal Arabic  
speaking world and some proposals for regional regroupings based on  
linguistic features (i.e. mainly morpho-phonological) emerged. The  
suggestion which collects the adhesion of the specialists of the  
domain consists in classifying all the different Arabic dialects into  
five principal groups : (1) dialects of Arabian type (i.e. Saudi  
Arabia, country of the Gulf, Yemen);  (2) dialects of Levantine type  
(i.e. Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine);  (3) dialects of  
Mesopotamian type (i.e. Iraq);  (4) dialects of Egyptian type (i.e.  
Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Nigeria);  (5) dialects of Maghrebi type (i.e.  
Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya).

In addition to a certain geographical coherence, these five dialectal  
areas were defined on the basis of some reliable phonological  
features like (i) the maintenance vs. the loss of the three  
interdental fricatives /T D D³/ (ث ذ ض) and (ii) the nature of the  
realization of the uvular stop /q/  (ق ) (i.e. voiced vs. unvoiced).  
These phonological features seem to transcend the regional borders as  
they also allow a sociological division of dialects into three  
categories: (1) dialects of nomadic bedouin type, (2) dialects of  
sedentary bedouin type ; (3) dialects of urban type. To this double  
discrimination of geographical and sociological nature, a third one,  
more specific, is determined by the nature of the local substrate  
(i.e. Aramaic, Coptic and/or Berber).

But, with the deep social and demographic changes the Arabic  
countries have known in the course the 20th  century, many important  
urban centres mushroomed. These are undoubtedly important places for  
language contacts. What linguistic impacts these centres have had —  
and still have — on the nature of Arabic koines? What is the present  
value of the phonological features that previously enabled the  
geographical and sociological classification? What is their role in  
the processes of linguistic accommodation and dialectal levelling?  
Does the centrifugal force of the sedentary urban centres reach the  
surrounding sedentary rural areas ? Does the language of urban  
sedentary type used and conveyed by the media exert any influence on  
bedouin nomadic linguistic varieties? If such  an influence is  
conceivable, any classification based on the phonological units  
quoted above becomes extremely delicate, even inoperable since the  
same linguistic object could be interpreted as typical of sedentary  
bedouin dialects by the ones, or as specifically nomadic by the  
others and eventually, as the product of the integration (conscious  
or unconscious)  of a prestigious feature at a local, regional,  
national or cross national level? Did the ancient Arabic dialects  
that were not worth studying by traditional philologists simply  
ceased to exist after the establishment of the linguistic norm? Was  
their use reduced to local minorities and specific situations of  
communication or did these vernacular forms evolved to become the  
modern dialects that are spoken nowadays? We attend here or there in  
particular thanks to the process of koinization which develops itself  
in the great urban centres, to the resurgence of linguistic features  
with strong diachronic value that are interpreted — sometimes  
wrongly — like the results of linguistic accommodation and/or  
levelling. These features — though they entirely belong to the  
subjects’ competence — deeply  modify the structural organization  
of the regional linguistic systems. What is our knowledge about the  
systems of these dialects? What methodological tools the researchers  
can use to distinguish between what should be considered as a  
linguistic fossil from what is a recent element of urban koinization?  
How old and new features should be arranged in any work of  
classification?

The speakers invited to participate to the Congress on “Typology of  
Modern Arabic Dialects” are all specialists of Arabic dialectology.  
They will debate the questions raised before and confront their views  
and opinions on the question of the geographical and sociological  
classification of the Arabic dialects. Finally, a set of new  
classification features will be proposed at the segmental (i.e.  
consonants, vowels, diphthongs), and the prosodic levels (i.e.  
stress, rate, rhythm, intonation). These new elements will be  
explored in isolation or in relation with other linguistic domains  
(morphology, lexicology, syntax).

Poster submission

Apart from invited oral communications (see program below) a poster  
session is scheduled. Studies dealing with Arabic dialects’  
classification, methods of sociolinguistic investigations, phonetic  
and phonological descriptions of regional, rural, urban and/or  
peripheral varieties, use and/or perception of specific linguistic  
features….etc, will be submitted under the form of an abstract which  
should not exceed 1 page, Times New Roman 11, line space 1,5). Note  
that according to the French law, we have to include a French summary  
in any published document. We therefore have to ask you TO INCLUDE A  
SHORT SUMMARY OF YOUR ABSTRACT IN FRENCH (no more than 5 lines).  
Without this summary we are not authorised to publish your abstract.  
This document will also include the authors’ last and first names,  
academic affiliations, postal and e-mail addresses.

Please submit 2 versions of your abstract, one in PDF format **AND**  
one in WORD, RTF format. The name of these two files should be:  
TMAD_abstract_lastname (e.g. TMAD_abstract_barkat.pdf and  
TMAD_abstract_barkat.doc or TMAD_abstract_barkat.rtf) Your abstract  
should be sent electronically by MARCH 15th 2007 to the following  
address : melissa.barkat at univ-montp3.fr. Languages of presentation  
are French and English. Format for posters is A0 landscape ( height  
84cm*length 119 cm).

Registration fees

Registration fees to attend the conference are 60 € (normal) 45 €  
(normal AFCP); 30 € (students); 15 € (AFCP students) to be paid by  
APRIL 15  2007 by postal / bank cheque or bank transfer to:

¨By bank transfer (please precise the name of the : Typologie des  
Parlers Arabes Modernes) ) to : Monsieur L'Agent Comptable Secondaire  
du  CNRS Délégation Régionale Languedoc Roussillon.

- National bank transfer :
TP Montpellier  10071  34000  00001003417 34

- International bank transfer
IBAN : FR76  1007  1340  0000  0010  0341  734
Code BIC            BDFEFRPPXXX

¨By cheque to:
Monsieur L'Agent Comptable Secondaire du  CNRS Délégation  
Régionale  Languedoc Roussillon.
(Precise the name of the conference at the back of the cheque)

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COLLOQUE
Typologie des parlers arabes modernes – 14 et 15 mai 2007 -  
Montpellier

Registration Form
To be sent on April 15th toghether w/ your paiement to
Mr. Sébastien PICARD
CNRS Languedoc Roussillon
Colloque Typologie des Parlers Arabes Modernes
1919 route de Mende — 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 (France)

NOM  
……………………………………………………………… 
………………………….
PRENOM  
………………………………………........................... 
............................................
STATUT (chercheur, professeur, étudiant, ...)  
………………………………………..............
ORGANISME DE RATTACHEMENT :  
………………………………………………………
(CNRS, Université, entreprise, ...)  
……………………………………………………………...
ADRESSE PROFESSIONNELLE :  
……………………………………………………………
ADRESSE PERSONNELLE :  
……………………………………………………………… 
….
E-mail :  
……………………………………………………………… 
………………………….

Registration fees

Normal :
60 €
Normal AFCP (precise  membership n°)
45 €
Student :
30 €
Student : AFCP (precise  membership n°)
15 €
Extra

Reception dinner (May 14th evening) :
+ 20 € / Person
TOTAL



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Registration fees include the participation at the conference, coffee  
breaks, aperitif and the booklet of the abstracts.  The proceedings  
of the conference “Typology of the modern Arabic Dialects: Features,  
methods and models of classification ” will be published.

Grants

With the support of the AFCP a certain number of grants (for  
participants presenting a poster only) can be delivered to foreign  
students and/or researchers. The number and the amount of these  
grants will be established according to the number of demands.  
Applicants are invited to send by APRIL 1st 2007, in electronic form  
preferably, a file of request including a CV ; a letter of motivation  
(indicating the awaited benefit of the participation of the applicant  
at the conference) and an estimate of the amount of the expenses  
(travelling, accommodation, registration fees…) to:  
melissa.barkat at univ-montp3.fr, or by snail mail to :
Dr. Melissa Barkat-Defradas
Laboratoire Praxiling UMR 5191
17, rue Abée de l’Epée - 34090 Montpellier — FRANCE

The conference will be held at the Delegation Regionale of the CNRS
1919, route de Mende 34090 Montpellier —  France

Schedule


May 14th 2007

09:00–09:15 : Opening of the Conference (M.Barkat-Defradas &  
M.Embarki)
09:15–10:15 : Kees Versteegh (University of Nijmegen – The  
Netherlands) :
10:15–10:30 : Break
10:30–11:30 :  Jérôme Lentin (INALCO – Paris – France)
11:30–12:30 : Alexander Borg (University Ben Gourion of Jerusalem  
– Israel)
12h30–14h00 : Lunch
14:00–15:00 : Salem Ghazali (Université of Tunis – Tunisia
15:00–16:00  : Enam El-Wer (University of Essex – Great Britain)
16 :00–16 :15 : Break
16 :15–17 :15 : Mohamed Embarki (Université of Montpellier –   
France)
17h15–18h15 : Poster session
18:30 – 19:00 : Aperitif
20:00 : Dinner

May 15th 2007

09:00–10:00 : Moha Ennaji (University Mohamed Ben Abdallah  of Fez  
– Morocco)
10:00–10:15 : Break
10:15–11:15 : Gilbert Puech  (University of Lyon 2 – France)
11:15–12:15 :  Martine Vanhove (LLACAN & Inalco – France)

12:15–14:00 : Lunch

14:00–15:00 : Amr Ibrahim (University of Franche-Comté & Paris IV)
15:00–16:00 : Melissa Barkat-Defradas (Praxiling UMR CNRS 5191–  
University of Montpellier - France)
16:00–16:15 : Break
16:30-17:00 : Closing of the Conference — Gérard Ghersi, Director  
of the MSH-M


__________________________________
Dr. Melissa Barkat-Defradas (CR-CNRS)
Laboratoire Praxiling UMR 5191
17, rue Abée de l'Epée
34090 Montpellier - France
Tel : + 00 33 (0)4 67 14 58 63 ou 28 (secrétariat)
Fax : + 00 33 (0)4 67 14 58 68
web : http://praxiling.univ-montp3.fr
e-mail : melissa.barkat at univ-montp3.fr


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Date: 23 Jan 2007
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Subject:LDC New Arabic Resources

Preview of Membership Year 2007

LDC Collaborating with IRCAM

LDC2007T02
English Chinese Translation Treebank v 1.0

LDC2007S01
Levantine Arabic Conversational Telephone Speech

LDC2007T01
Levantine Arabic Conversational Telephone Speech, Transcripts

In this month's newsletter, the Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC)  
would like to provide a preview of Membership Year 2007, note a  
recent collaboration, and announce the availability of three new  
publications.




Preview of Membership Year 2007

Membership Year (MY) 2007 is gearing up to be an exciting one for the  
LDC.   First and foremost, MY 2007 marks the LDC's 15th Anniversary!   
As we reflect on the past fifteen years, it is essential to note how  
greatly the LDC has evolved while still adhering to our goal to share  
language-technology resources.  A quick review of our online catalog  
underscores the LDC's growing role in data collection and creation.   
In 1993, all corpora the LDC distributed were externally provided,  
while last year almost 40% of our publications were produced in-house  
and authored by LDC Staff.  By creating data that we distribute, the  
LDC remains responsive to the changing needs of the research  
community that it has supported for fifteen years.

As in previous years, MY 2007 will offer a substantial selection of  
corpora.  A few of the corpora in the pipeline are updates to our  
Gigaword corpora and data used in the GALE evaluation including  
OntoNotes and parallel web text.  Brief descriptions of our proposed  
releases will be provided in our February newsletter.

Additionally, to ensure that the processing of our customer's credit  
card information is as speedy and secure as possible, we will  
transition to online credit card processing this year.  Stay tuned  
for future announcements regarding our online payment center.

Why not help us celebrate our 15th anniversary and sustain our  
operations by becoming a member of the LDC?  It's easier than  
generative syntax! Click here for further information. Members of the  
LDC are more popular, funnier and taller than their fellow non- 
members-- so what are you waiting for?


LDC Collaborating with IRCAM

LDC is pleased to announce that it has entered into a collaboration  
with Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe (IRCAM), Rabat, Morocco, a  
organization devoted to the preservation and promotion of the Amazigh  
language and culture. Two Amazigh scholars from IRCAM, Aïcha Bouhjar  
and Rachid Laabdelaoui, just completed a month-long stay at LDC  
during which they worked with LDC’s team on the Less Commonly Taught  
Languages (LCTL) project to develop language resources for Amazigh.  
LDC looks forward to future joint projects and to a long and  
successful collaboration with IRCAM.


New Publications

English Chinese Translation Treebank v 1.0 consists of 146,300 words  
in 325 files of individual news stories from Xinhua News Agency  
(corresponding to the Xinhua data in the Chinese Treebank 5.0, LDC  
Catalog No.: LDC2005T01) that are translated into English, part-of- 
speech tagged and treebanked. The files were compressed using gzip.

The source files for the treebank annotation contain the final  
updated translation of these files. Translation errors that prevented  
complete treebank annotation have been corrected. This translation  
and annotation were completed in October 2004, and this supersedes  
any earlier translation.  English Chinese Translation Treebank v 1.0  
is distributed via web download.

2007 Subscription Members will automatically receive two copies of  
this corpus on disc. 2007 Standard Members may request a copy as part  
of their 16 free membership corpora. Nonmembers may license this data  
for US$500.

*

Levantine Arabic Conversational Telephone Speech contains 982  
Levantine Arabic speakers taking part in spontaneous telephone  
conversations in Colloquial Levantine Arabic. A total of 985  
conversation sides are provided (there are three speakers who each  
appear in two disctinct conversations). The average duration per side  
is between 5 and 6 minutes.  Levantine Arabic Conversational  
Telephone Speech is distributed on one DVD-ROM.

2007 Subscription Members will automatically receive two copies of  
this corpus on disc. 2007 Standard Members may request a copy as part  
of their 16 free membership corpora. Nonmembers may license this data  
for US$400.

*

Levantine Arabic Conversational Telephone Speech, Transcripts  
contains 982 Levantine Arabic speakers taking part in spontaneous  
telephone conversations in Colloquial Levantine Arabic. A total of  
985 conversation sides are provided (there are three speakers who  
each appear in two disctinct conversations). The average duration per  
side is between 5 and 6 minutes.

Each transcript file is a flat, plain-text table, where each line  
contains information for a single contiguous utterance, presented via  
the following tab-delimited fields:

1. beginning and ending time stamps, in seconds; each time stamp is  
in square brackets, and the two values are separated by a space (e.g.  
"[5.7189] [9.2135]" -- here, duration is about 3.5 sec)

2. channel/speaker-ID ("A:" or "B:")

3. MSA-based "consonant skeleton" orthography for the utterance,  
using Arabic script characters in UTF-8 encoding

4. Fully "diacritized" orthography for the utterance, reflecting the  
actual pronunciation, using Arabic characters in Buckwalter (ASCII)  
transliteration

Levantine Arabic Conversational Telephone Speech, Transcripts is  
distributed via web download.

2007 Subscription Members will automatically receive two copies of  
this corpus on disc. 2007 Standard Members may request a copy as part  
of their 16 free membership corpora. Nonmembers may license this data  
for US$200.




Ilya Ahtaridis
Membership Coordinator
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1) Subject:more on Verb Innovations
2) Subject:more on Verb Innovations

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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:"John Joseph Colangelo" <yaacolangelo at hotmail.com>
Subject:more on Verb Innovations

I have heard ????????? /yushayyiku/ in the UAE among many Arabs from  
different backgrounds.

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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From: "Srpko Lestaric" <srpkole at EUnet.yu>
Subject:more on Verb Innovations

In Iraq it is normally pronounced ychayyik/yichayyik, having only one  
meaning: to examine, look into, inspect. All over Iraq the verb is  
such, i.e. chayyak-ychayyik-tachyiik. In Kuwait and UAE it is usually  
but not obligatorily of the same form. An Iraqi must be long out of  
Iraq, his/her personal pronunciation influenced by another dialect,  
to utter it shayyak. However, shayyak can be heard in Sirya and  
generally at all Arab airports.

Srpko Lestaric

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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:46:52 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs experienced advice on Jordan programs
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From: "dwilmsen" <dwilmsen at aucegypt.edu>
Subject:Needs experienced advice on Jordan programs

I have a student who is thinking of constructing for himself an  
intensive year-long study
abroad programme in Jordan.  The two places he is considering are the  
Qasid Institute and
the University of Jordan.  Not knowing much about the Arabic  
programmes in either, I have
given him the general advice, based on what I know of programmes in  
Egypt, that at a
language institute he would probably get better second language  
instruction but his
classmates would all be non-native learners of Arabic, whereas at an  
Arab university the
second language instruction may leave something to be desired but he  
would have the
benefit of Arab students as his peers.  Does anyone on the list have  
any specific knowledge
of the programmes at either of those two venues?

David Wilmsen
Visiting Associate Professor of Arabic
The Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Georgetown University

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:40:56 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRAN:McNeil Technologies job
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:reposted from LINGUIST
Subject:McNeil Technologies job

Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:07:58
From: Marleigh Hentz < mhentz at mcneiltech.com >
Subject: Arabic, Standard & Translation: Translator, McNeil Technologies


Organization: McNeil Technologies
Web Address: http://www.mcneiltech.com
Job Rank: Translator
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Translation
Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)

Description:
McNeil Technologies, Inc. is seeking cleared Arabic Linguist (SECRET  
or above,
Interim Secret Acceptable) to be deployed overseas.

The candidate will be responsible for translation/interpretations of  
written,
electronic and multi-media documents from Arabic language into the  
English language.

Requirements:
Experience translating or interpreting or 1-2 years of linguistic  
experience and
a thorough knowledge of Arabic culture. Candidates must currently  
possess an
active secret clearance interim or above. Security clearance must be  
verified
prior to submitting candidate's application for employment.

Salary range up to 134K+ with full company benefits included.  McNeil
Technologies offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits  
package. Please
send your resume (in Word Format), and salary requirements to
mhentz at mcneiltech.com. Applicants can also fax resumes and salary  
requirements
to McNeil Technologies at: 703-778-8954.  Attn: MH

Application Deadline: 26-Jul-2007

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:02 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:02 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:SOAS job
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:reposted from LINGUIST
Subject:SOAS job

Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:32:18
From: Barbara Pizziconi < bp3 at soas.ac.uk >
Subject: Language Pedagoy: Lecturer, SOAS, University of London, UK


University or Organization: SOAS, University of London
Department: Japan and Korea
Web Address: http://www.soas.ac.uk
Job Rank: Lecturer
Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Language Pedagoy

Description:

We propose to appoint a Lecturer in Language Pedagogy.

You should have a record of research in this area, including a  
completed or
nearly completed PhD, as well as relevant teaching and supervisory
experience. You will have experience in research and teaching in at  
least
one Asian, Middle Eastern or African language.

You will play a key role in developing and expanding a range of new  
courses
and programmes on the teaching of African, Asian and Middle Eastern
languages, including teacher training, and will be expected in the first
instance to offer a course at MA level on the Theory and Practice of
Language Pedagogy.

You will be a member of the Department of Linguistics, and will be  
required
to work closely with colleagues in other departments, especially the  
SOAS
Language Centre/School of Languages and the SOAS/UCL Languages of the  
Wider
World Centre of Excellence.
	
Application Deadline: 16-Feb-2007

Contact Information:
	professor Michael Hutt
	Email: mh8 at soas.ac.uk
	
Apply on-line at: http://www.soas.ac.uk/jobs

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:04 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Morocco Summer Program
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1)
Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:A.Chekayri at aui.ma
Subject:Morocco Summer Program


Summer 2007 in Morocco

Arabic Language and North African Studies


Arabic Language
One Semester of Arabic in 4 Weeks (June 4 – 29, or July 2 -27, 2007)
One Year of Arabic in 8 Weeks (June 4 – July 27, 2007)
Beginning to advanced levels of Modern Standard (6 to 8 credit hours)
Advanced level Special Topics
Moroccan Colloquial Arabic

Experiential language learning
Weekly cultural activities, Field trips, Immersion experience, Local  
community life

North African Studies
6 Week Summer Session (June 6-July 19, 2007)
4 courses are offered. Each course carries 3 semester credit hours:
Arab Society, Islamic Civilization, History of the Arab World, Issues  
in Contemporary North Africa

Deadline for application: April 22, 2007

For more information: Website: http://www.aui.ma/arabic , E-mail:  
arabic at aui.ma
FAX. (212)35862977, Tel. (212) 35862427
AlAkhawayn University, BP. 104, Ifrane, 53000 Morocco


Sincerely,


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr. Abdellah CHEKAYRI
Arabic Language and North African Studies Program Coordinator
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
PO. Box. 1848, Ifrane 53000, Morocco
Phone: (212) 35862448
Fax: (212) 35862977

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Jordan Study Abroad responses
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2) Subject:Jordan Study Abroad response
3) Subject:Jordan Study Abroad response

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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From: "John Joseph Colangelo" <yaacolangelo at hotmail.com>
Subject:Jordan Study Abroad response

Hi David,
I think Qasid is the best advice for a student for his or her first  
year abroad because the quality of the classes is going to be far  
superior to those in a normal Arab university where 200 students will  
be copying in their notebooks literally everything the teacher says.  
The teacher will be a guy who is not used to the "I have a question  
Ustath". He will probably look at him thinking the unthinkable. Thus,  
a place like Qasid during the first year would be the best solution.
My two cents,
John

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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From: Hassan Ali <hamzah888 at yahoo.com>
Subject:Jordan Study Abroad response

Hi
I would like to recommand Egypt if it is possible, if it is not  
possible I recommand Jordanian university in Amman.

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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From: Nesreen Morris <nesreenmorris at yahoo.com>
Subject:Jordan Study Abroad response

I know that the University of Jordan is the oldest
university in the Country.  My understanding is that
it is recognized in the region for its academic
excellence.  It offers degrees in a variety of
subjects including medicine, engineering, agriculture,
science, education, law, Islamic Studies, business,
languages including English and Arabic, and other
disciplines.

I received my law degree from the University of
Jordan. I personally loved the campus atmosphere and
the experience.  The University is situated in a
pleasant and safe area with easy access to downtown
Amman.

The people of Jordan are hospitable and the Arabic
dialect spoken in close to Modern Standard Arabic.
Amman is also centrally located, which allows students
to easily travel to the numerous historical and
cultural sites in the country.

We are considering organizing a summer study abroad
program in Jordan.  We would be interested and
grateful to hear about the experiences of other
universities who currently have study abroad or
exchange programs with universities in Jordan.

With best regards,

Nesreen Akhtarkhavari, Ph.D.
Professor & Arabic Program Coordinator
DePaul University
nakhtark at depaul.edu

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:16 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:16 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:hadruum responses
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:"Mohammed  Sawaie" <ms at cms.mail.virginia.edu>
Subject:hadruum response

Perhaps you heard the word hduum in the meaning of clothes.  or items  
for house furnishing.  Is that possible?

ms

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:09 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:2007 Pragmatics and Language Learning Conference
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:National Foreign Language Resource Center <nflrc at hawaii.edu>
Subject:2007 Pragmatics and Language Learning Conference

Our apologies for any cross-postings . . .


17th International Conference on Pragmatics & Language Learning (PLL)
        Imin International Conference Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
			    March 26-28, 2007

		  http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/pll/


		 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AVAILABLE ONLINE!

        PRE-REGISTER NOW to enjoy special discount conference rates -
		       DEADLINE FEBRUARY 15, 2007!


The conference will address a broad range of topics in pragmatics,
discourse, interaction and sociolinguistics in their relation to second
and foreign language learning, education, and use, approached from a
variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives.

Conference highlights include . . .

PLENARY TALKS:
* Language in action:  Conversation analytic perspectives on grammar,
interaction, and language learning - Junko Mori (University of
Wisconsin-Madison)
* Reproduction and recursivity in high school ESL:  A critical  
analysis of
classroom language-in-use - Steven Talmy (University of British  
Columbia)

INVITED COLLOQUIA:
* Study abroad experiences from a language socialization perspective
(Convener: Haruko Cook, University of Hawaii)
* Negotiating the self in another language: Discourse approaches to
language learning as cross-cultural adaptation (Convener: Christina
Higgins, University of Hawaii)

INVITED WORKSHOPS:
* Using questionnaires in research on pragmatics - Kenneth Rose (City
University Hong Kong)
* Teaching and learning L2 pragmatics in computer-mediated  
environments -
Julie Belz (Monterey Institute of International Studies)

And over 120 paper and poster presentations! An optional reception at  
the
Waikiki Aquarium!

Register early to get special rates!  The preregistration deadline is
February 15, 2007.  For more information, visit
http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/pll/


Mahalo for your interest,

Jim Yoshioka
Organizing Chair, PLL 2007


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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:15 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:K-16:Proficiency Test for K-12 query
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:"Muhammad Eissa" <eissa at comcast.net>
Subject:Proficiency Test for K-12 query

Salaam All;

	Is anyone aware of the existence of any form of standardized
comprehensive (or partially satisfactory) Arabic language proficiency  
test
for K-12? Is anyone also aware or have knowledge of anyone
(group/organization or others) who is working on developing such a  
test or
tests?

	Your help is highly appreciated.

	salaam

Muhammad Eissa, Ph. D.
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
University of Chicago
5828 South University Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
Ph. +1-773- 834-0123
Fax: +1-773-708-2587
E. MAIL: meissa at uchicago.edu

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:20 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Proficiency Test Responses
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:"raram" <raram at umich.edu>
Subject:Arabic Proficiency Test Response

I recommend using the APT administered by Center for Applied
Linguistics.

Raji Rammuny
University of Michigan

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:07 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:07 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:hamza thanks
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:"Haruko SAKAEDANI" <harukos at tufs.ac.jp>
Subject:hamza thanks

Dear sirs,

Thank you for your Hamza responses.
At last, I, a Japanese donkey, have understood how to write hamzas.

1) 'aqra'u = أقرأ  , but  'aqra'uhaa = أقرؤها  is better  
than أقرأها
2) lam 'aqra'i r-risaalah = لم أقرأ  الرسالة

i have drawn a table to show which may become a Hamza's chair in the  
middle of a word.
http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~harukos/arabic/hamza.gif
The horizontal axis shows vowels before the Hamza.
The vertical axis shows vowels of the Hamza itself.

Thank you.  One thousand thanks for you.

Best wishes,
Haruko
***********************
Haruko SAKAEDANI
harukos at tufs.ac.jp
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:More on Transcription
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:Antonio Giménez <huesteantigua at yahoo.es>
Subject:Transcription

A simple and effective solution for Arabic transliteration/transcription
under MS Windows is freely available from the SEEA (Spanish Society of
Arabic Studies) website and is called Naqhara:
http://www.estudiosarabes.org/naqhara

Naqhara is based on Tavultesoft's keyboard mapping software, Keyman,  
and it
allows typing the most frequently used characters in Arabic  
transcription.

(Please note that currently Naqhara documentation is only available in
Spanish.)

--
Antonio Giménez
huesteantigua at yahoo.es

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:05 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:05 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Middlebury Middle East School (Alex) job
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:masmoudi at Princeton.EDU
Subject:Middlebury Middle East School (Alex) job

Middlebury College seeks an energetic and innovative person to serve  
as Director of the C.V. Starr-Middlebury School in the Middle East,  
located in Alexandria, Egypt. Candidates should have a Ph.D. (or  
equivalent) in a relevant field, native or near-native language  
competency in both Arabic and English, and experience in working with  
students and administration in both cultures.  Computer literacy  
essential.   Candidates with relevant teaching experience, knowledge  
of language pedagogy, and a demonstrated interest in international  
education, as well as strong interpersonal skills and leadership  
ability, will receive the strongest consideration. The successful  
candidate will spend the academic year in residence in Alexandria and  
will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the program.

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:verb innovations
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:Fadia Hamid <fetfet at sbcglobal.net>
Subject:verb innovations

In Egyptian Arabic "mitchayyek" means he looks "chic" as in elegant  
and "mitchayyeka" is the femin. form
fadia hamid

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From:"lailafam" <lailafam at aucegypt.edu>
Subject:verb innovations

In the Egyptian dialect:
1.	/yishayyik/ (followed by the preposition /3alaa/, which is an
interesting phenomenon), “to check”.
2.	/yitshayyik/, “to dress in a chic way”.
3.	/yifannesh/, “to finish”, “to finish off (in carpentry,  
varnishing
etc.). For variations see the Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, by Badawi
& Hinds.
4.	/yi؟avwar/, “to exagerate” (derived from the English “over”)
5.	/yitanshen/, “to become tense” (derived from the English  
“tension”).
6.	/yihartel/, probably derived from the Fusha /harTaqa/, which in
turn derives from the Greek “hairesis” “heretik”. In Egyptian  
it means
“to say nonsense”.
7.	/yiroll/, “to roll a cigarette” (in the drugs field there must be
many other words, like the one mentioned by Badawi & Hinds: /yi؟afyin/
“to take opium”).
8.	/yihaypar/, “to get excited in an exaggerated manner” (derived  
from
“hyper”).
9.	/yibastar/, “to pasterurize” (there must be many words in the
Medical field, as there are in the computer field).
10.	/yimakyej/, “to do make-up to somebody”, /yitmakyej/ “to do
make-up to one’s self” (from the French “maquillage”).
11.	/yitsastem/ + /3alaa/ , “to be used to do something” (derived  
from
“system”).
12.	/yibarmag/, “to program”.

In the Shaam dialects:
1.	/yitalfen/, “to phone” (derived from “telephone”).
2.	/yimassej/ “to send an SMS” (derived from “message”) and  
also “to
give a massage”.

In the Gulf dialects:
1. /chabb/ (mainly used in the imperative form), most probably derived
from the English “shut up”.

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:58:59 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Middlebury Job Correction
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Date: 29 Jan 2007
From:masmoudi at Princeton.EDU
Subject:Middlebury Job Correction

[The earlier message was inadvertently truncated.  Here is the whole  
thing.]

Middlebury College seeks an energetic and innovative person to serve  
as Director of the C.V. Starr-Middlebury School in the Middle East,  
located in Alexandria, Egypt. Candidates should have a Ph.D. (or  
equivalent) in a relevant field, native or near-native language  
competency in both Arabic and English, and experience in working with  
students and administration in both cultures.  Computer literacy  
essential.   Candidates with relevant teaching experience, knowledge  
of language pedagogy, and a demonstrated interest in international  
education, as well as strong interpersonal skills and leadership  
ability, will receive the strongest consideration. The successful  
candidate will spend the academic year in residence in Alexandria and  
will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the program.


For a full description, please see:  http://hostedjobs.openhire.com/ 
epostings/jobs/submit.cfm? 
fuseaction=dspjob&jobid=164355&company_id=15657&version=1&source=ONLINE& 
JobOwner=984773&startflag=1&CFID=26966494&CFTOKEN=53fcc40-847a1d07-1e11- 
485b-888c-4514d9bb4aaf


Please submit a résumé and three references by March 1, 2007 to  
Michael Geisler, Dean of Language Schools and Schools Abroad,  
Middlebury College, Middlebury VT, 05753, USA. Do not apply on-line.   
Interviews will be held in March/April.  The preferred starting date  
is June 1, 2007.  Contracts run for a three-year period with  
possibility for renewal, based on performance.  Middlebury College is  
an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from women  
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:35 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:on Verb Innovations
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:sattar izwaini <sattarumist at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject:on Verb Innovations

It seems that those are not 'verb innovations' as such but rather  
borrowings adapted to Arabic to meet the dialect's need for  
vocabulary to express concepts and processes where the lexical  
resources of the standard language are not resorted to.

As for  /chabb/ in Gulf dialects, it seems it is an abbreviated  
version of /?inchabb/ which is the version used in Iraq. It most  
priobably goes back to standard Arabic /?inkabb/ as in /?inkabba cala  
wajhihi/ to signify the same meaning of shut up.

Regards
Sattar Izwaini

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:24 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Reading Strategies research query
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"lailafam" <lailafam at aucegypt.edu>
Subject:Reading Strategies research query

Hello,

Does anybody know of any research that has been done on reading
strategies used by learners of Arabic as L2 or FL, apart from the
studies of Abu-Rabia?

Many thanks

Laila Hasan Familiar

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:22 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Al-Adab issue on Sectarianism
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:kidriss at cyberia.net.lb
Subject:Al-Adab issue on Sectarianism

Dear Friend, Please forward this announcement:

Al-Adab Magazine: 2 files on Sectarianism in the Arab World

The last two issues of Al-Adab Magazine (in Arabic) feature 13  
articles dealing with several dimensions of Arab SECTARIANISM in  
Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, in particular. A third file on sectarianism  
in Egypt will appear in March. Contributors to the 3 files include:  
Burhan Ghalyoun, 'Umna Al-'Id, Nabil Sulayman, Ziad Hafez, Ussama  
Makdisi, Bashir Nafi', Faleh Abdeljabbar, Daoud Khairallah, Mahmoud  
Said, Jad al-Karim al-Jiba'i, Camille Dagher, Sami 'Ufaysh, Maurice  
'Ayeq, Basem Hasan, and others.

In addition to the aforementioned files, Al-Adab's last two issues  
(Nov-Dec, Jan-Feb) contain many insightful articles and studies, such  
as:
Who Am I in the US? (Rania Masri)
Boycotting Israel (Omar Barghouti)
International Solidarity with Nonviolent Palestinian Resistance (Paul  
Laroudi)
Narrating the July War on Lebanon (Zeina Za'tari)
Israel and the US (Michel Shehadeh)
Spaciocide and Biopolitics (Sari Hanafi)
On the Autobiography of Anis Sayegh (Faysal Darraj)
A Critique of Arab Cultural Pages (Ziad Muna)
Arab Left and Development (Samir Taher)
Credibility: International Rights Organizations vs Arab Authorities  
(Hisham Bustani)
War on my City Walls (Kinda Hasan)

Also included are 12 poems and 5 short stories by leading Arab  
writers (Hameed Sa'id, Sami Mahdi, Shawqi Abd al-Amir,...).

The editorials of Al-Adab's Nov-Dec and Jan-Feb issues by editor  
Samah Idriss address the current situation in Lebanon.  Excerpts from  
the Nov/Dec 2006 issue may be viewed on www.adabmag.com.  In mid- 
February excerpts from the Jan/Feb 2007 issue can be viewed as well.

Your purchase of these issues supports Al-Adab's politically  
independent production.  The Nov/Dec 2006 issue costs$15. The Jan/Feb  
2007 costs $12. Prices include regular airmail and handling fees.

To order, please write to d_aladab at cyberia.net.lb  See below for  
payment information.

Subscription rates are: Lebanon: 30 USD (individual), 60 USD  
(institutional). Arab Countries (except Morocco, Libya, Algeria &  
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(including Morocco, Libya...): 55 USD (ind.) & 95 USD (inst.). All Other
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Note: All institutional subscriptions include registered air mail  
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individual ones include regular mail fees; please add 15 USD to get your
individual subscription through registered mail.

Payment Information: Payment can be made by money order or check made  
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Note to Institutions wishing to subscribe: Institutions may subscribe  
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:32 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:K-16:K-12 Proficiency Test response
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"raram" <raram at umich.edu>
Subject:K-12 Proficiency Test response

Dear Shaykh Mohammad:

Salamaat:

I have prepared several items for a short Proficiency-based Test
consisting of four parts: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. This
test will be mainly designed to measure students' performance from
Novice through Intermediate High. We are in the process of trying sample
items with college students at the end of the fourth semester and high
school students of Arabic at the end of Grade 12.

I'm preparing a proposal to be submitted for USDE for funding to
complete development of the Test and put it on line aftr field testing
and revision.

Raji

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:31 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:bunduqiyya etymology query
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"Schub, Michael B." <Michael.Schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:bunduqiyya etymology query

Why is Venice known as  'Al-Bunduqiyya' in Arabic?  Lane's Dictionary  
has one view, the Encyclopedia of Islam (first ed.) implies another.   
What's the real skinny?
                                                                         
                  Mike Schub

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:33 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:33 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Hamza consolations
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"Marco Hamam" <marco.hamam at poste.it>
Subject:Hamza consolations

Hi Haruko, don't worry, hamza is everybody's problem. Most Arabs  
themselves write hamzas "as they have seen them written before". I  
would like to ask you : is your table referred to the initial, middle  
or final hamza? I felt a bit confused. I think it refers to the  
middle hamza so I did not understand why you put the star next to the  
hamza 'ala alif. In any case it is a great idea, especially for those  
who approach the "hamza question".
Regards,

Marco Hamam

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:36 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:Transcription
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:lionelf <lionelf at ftc-i.net>
Subject:Transcription

If you think Arabic transcription is vexed, try Devanagari sometime!

I have developed for my own use what looks at first like a clunky  
solution, but turns out to be quite elegant. I call it the vruwmiy  
(pronounced "ruwmiy") script, and its main virtues are (1) that it  
can reproduce every nuance of the script used or the Qur'an,  
including things like pauses, in a fairly intuitive way; and (2) it  
can be used on any keyboard, so that you don't have to have  
Tavultesoft or the like. I've been using it for about 2 years now,  
and it facilitated teaching my own children to read Arabic in  
practically no time at all.

If anyone is interested, please write direct to me and I'll send you  
a listing of the system, plus a piece of software that converts  
vruwmiy to standard (but unvowelled) Arabic script.


Lionel Fleetwood

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:14 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:Irina Mihai <ivainov2 at yahoo.com>
Subject:New Book

George Grigore, L’ARABE PARLÉ À MARDIN – MONOGRAPHIE D’UN PARLER  
ARABE « PÉRIPHÉRIQUE », Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti, 2007,  
352 pages, ISBN: (13) 978-973-737-249-9

   The book is the outcome of more than seven years of of activity  
carried out by its author in collecting and researching firsthand  
data on a lesser studied variety of spoken Arabic. George GRIGORE is  
a Professor at the Arabic Department of the University of Bucharest,  
Romania.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:18 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Scholarships for Fall 2007!!
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:Sara Hillman <greeklassie at yahoo.com>
Subject:Arabic Scholarships for Fall 2007!!

The Arabic Language Instruction Flagship (ALIF)
program at Michigan State University has extended its
deadline for accepting applications for its first
cohort of ALIF scholars for fall 2007. ALIF is an
undergraduate program where scholars take specialized
coursework and programming in Arabic language and
culture aimed at developing superior levels of
proficiency in the Arabic language. A unique aspect of
the ALIF program is that scholars have the opportunity
to take regular academic classes taught in Arabic and
can pursue any college major at MSU that is approved
by ALIF and the relevant department. FULL RIDE
SCHOLARSHIPS will be available to qualified
applicants.

Interested applicants should be admitted or in the
process of being admitted to Michigan State
University. ALIF applications can be found on the ALIF
website at http://arabicflagship.msu.edu or by
contacting the program by sending an e-mail to
hillma20 at msu.edu, or calling 517-775-0034. All
application materials should be sent as soon as
possible!


Materials Development Assistant
ALIF (Arabic Language Instruction Flagship)
Wells Hall A-712
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI, 48823
(517) 775-0034

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:20 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Workshop on Mass Media and Arabic, UofUtah
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"reem bassiouney" <reembassiouney at hotmail.com>
Subject:Workshop on Mass Media and Arabic, UofUtah

Dear All,
The workshop on Mass Media and the Arabic Language is scheduled for  
Sunday, March 4th and Monday, March 5th, 2007 at the University of  
Utah. The conference will cover a variety of issues and topics in the  
area of Mass Media (all topics are open for discussion/ 
presentation).  If you are interested in attending please get in  
touch with:
Dr.Reem Bassiouney
reem.bassiouney at languages.utah.edu
presenters include:
 From Egypt:
Dr. Zeinab Taha, Dr. Samir Mahmoud
 From the USA
Dr. Dilworth Parkinson
Dr. Keith Walter
Dr. Naima Omar
Dr. Tom Huccins

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:16 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:16 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:WorldComp07 CFP
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:Hamid R. Arabnia [mailto:hra at pixel.cviog.uga.edu]
Subject:WorldComp07 CFP

Can you please share the announcement below with those who may be
interested?  I would be most grateful.

Thank you in advance,

Hamid R. Arabnia, PhD.
Professor, Computer Science
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer)
University of Georgia, USA
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                   Call  For  Papers

      The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science,
      Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing
                     WORLDCOMP'07
  Date and Location: June 25-28, 2007, Las Vegas, USA

         Academic Sponsors: Research Labs at
   MIT, Harvard, Purdue, Univ. of Texas at Austin, ...

     Paper Submission Deadline: February 20, 2007

Dear Colleagues:

You are invited to submit a draft/full paper for consideration.
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering,
and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'07) is composed of the following
25 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location
and dates: June 25-28, 2007, USA).

o The 2007 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed
   Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Grid Computing and
   Applications (GCA'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Computer Design (CDES'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
   (ICAI'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary
   Methods (GEM'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models,
   Technologies and Applications (MLMTA'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Bioinformatics and
   Computational Biology (BIOCOMP'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Software Engineering Research
   and Practice (SERP'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer
   Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and
   Visualization Methods (MSV'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual
   Reality (CGVR'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Multimedia Systems and
   Applications (MSA'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services
   (SWWS'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Information and Knowledge
   Engineering (IKE'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business,
   Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Embedded Systems and
   Applications (ESA'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer
   Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Foundations of Computer
   Science (FCS'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable
   Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Communications in Computing
   (CIC'7)

(a link to each conference's URL can be found at
http://www.worldacademyofscience.org/worldcomp07)

Coordinator/General Chair:

    H. R. Arabnia, PhD
    Professor, Computer Science
    Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer)
    The University of Georgia
    Department of Computer Science
    415 Graduate Studies Research Center
    Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA
    email: hra at cs.uga.edu

Submission of Papers:

    Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft/full paper
    (about 5 to 8 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to
    H. R. Arabnia by Feb. 20, 2007 (hra at cs.uga.edu). E-mail submissions
    in MS Doc or PDF formats are preferable (postal mail submissions
    are also fine.) All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable
    (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a
    particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for  
publication.)

    The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be  
limited to
    7 (IEEE style) pages.  Papers must not have been previously  
published
    or currently submitted for publication elsewhere.  The first page of
    the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name,  
affiliation,
    postal address, email address, and telephone number for each author.
    The first page should also identify the name of the author who will
    be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 topical
    keywords that would best represent the content of the paper.   
Finally,
    the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to  
must be
    stated on the first page.

    Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity,  
impact,
    and soundness.  Each paper will be refereed by two experts in the  
field
    who are independent of the conference program committee.  The  
referees'
    evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of the program
    committee who will recommend a decision to the chair of the track  
that
    the paper has been submitted to.  The track chair will make the  
final
    decision.  Lastly, the Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one
    member of the program committee.

Members of Program and Organizing Committees:

    The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy
    of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing;  
artificial
    intelligence; imaging science; databases; simulation; software
    engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies;
    communications; computer security; and bioinformatics.) Many members
    of the program committee for individual conferences include renowned
    leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and practitioners of the
    highest ranks; many are directors of large research laboratories,
    IEEE Fellows, heads/chairs of departments, deans and provosts.
    Each committee also includes two Student Members (in their final  
stages
    of their PhD programs) who are identified as such.  Refer to the
    conference web sites for the list of members of program committee.

Co-Sponsors (a partial list):

    Academic Co-Sponsors of WORLDCOMP'07 include:
      - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Laboratory,
        MIT (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
      - Statistical Genomics and Computational Biology Laboratory,
        Department of Statistics, Harvard University (Cambridge,
        Massachusetts)
      - Texas Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at
        Austin (Austin, Texas)
      - Statistical and Computational Intelligence Laboratory of
        Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana)
      - University of Iowa's Medical Imaging HPC Lab (Iowa City, Iowa)
      - Institute for Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of
        Sciences, Moscow, Russia);
    Other Co-sponsors include:
      - HPCwire
      - GRIDtoday
      - STEM Education Society
      - HPCSoft, HPC Software Inc.
      - International Technology Institute (ITI)
      - H2cM - Hodges' Health, UK

Location of Conferences:

    The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las  
Vegas,
    Nevada, USA.  This is a mega hotel with excellent conference  
facilities
    and over 3,000 rooms.  The hotel is minutes from the airport with
    24-hour shuttle service to and from the airport.  This hotel has  
many
    recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning
    decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool, lighted tennis courts,
    health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...),
    nightly shows, snack bars, many restaurants, shopping area,  
bars, ...
    Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and most are  
suitable
    for families and children.  The negotiated room rate for conference
    attendees is very reasonable.  The hotel is within walking distance
    from most other attractions (major shopping areas, night clubs, free
    street shows, Golf courses, ...).

Purpose / History:

    This set of joint conferences is the largest annual gathering of
    researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied
    computing.  Many of the 25 joint conferences in WORLDCOMP are the
    premier conferences for presentation of advances in their respective
    fields.  Most of these conferences have been evaluated and  
determined
    to be top tier research conferences
    (see http://www.cs-conference-ranking.org/index.html for an  
example).
    We anticipate to have 2000 or more attendees from over 75 countries
    participating in the 2007 joint conferences.

    The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research
    conferences into a coordinated research meeting held in a common
    place at a common time.  The main goal is to provide a forum for
    exchange of ideas in a number of research areas that interact.  The
    model used to form these annual conferences facilitates  
communication
    among researchers from all over the world in different fields of
    computer science, computer engineering and applied computing.  Both
    inward research (core areas of computer science and engineering) and
    outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and
    applications) will be covered during the conferences.

Important Dates:

    Feb.  20, 2007:    Submission of full/draft papers (about 5 to 8  
pages)
    March 20, 2007:    Notification of acceptance
    April 20, 2007:    Camera-Ready papers and Registration due
    June 25-28, 2007:  The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science,
                       Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing
                       (WORLDCOMP'07 - 25 joint conferences)

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Lexical Foresight
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"Dr. M. Deeb" <muhammaddeeb at gmail.com>
Subject:Lexical Foresight

Lexical Foresight


             Their richness and diversity notwithstanding, Arabic  
lexicons pay only passing attention to etymology, and when they do,  
the background information is either general or uncertain. Whilst  
much can be said about this unfortunate deficiency which still  
persists despite the efforts of the Arabic academies, I would like  
specifically to point out the conflicting etymology of Iraq.


I.    Al-Qa:mu:s al-MuHi:T traces the (????) entry to its presumed  
Persian origin as (????? ???) which means a country rich in palm-trees.


II.    Lisa:n al-'Arab, on the other hand, suggests that (????) is  
the Arabicized form of the Persian origin (?????).


     III.    The philologist al-ASma'iyy has a different view, quoted  
in al-Muzhir.  Whereas he agrees that (????? ???) is the Persian  
origin, he contends,

              with an uncanny modern foresight, that it means "the  
wasteland."   [my emphasis]



             *MD

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:26 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:on haDruum
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1) Subject:on haDruum
2) Subject:on haDruum

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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:a elsherif <alarish5 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject:on haDruum

هضروم (ج) هضارم
I ASKED ABOUT THIS WORDS AND IT SEEMS NO ONE UNDERSTAND IT, AND AS  
YOU ARE AWARE PEOPLE OF SINAI THEY TRY TO HELP SO THEY CAME WITH THIS  
ANSWEER:
1) IT MAY BE هندوم   as you know some time the bedouin twist the  
worl .
2)هندوم comes from the word mohandam (tress very well) 
موهندم  and Hendam هندام all related to cloth and way of  
good cloth.

something else i would like to mention that the bedouin and all the  
original people born in all sinai (this exclude people came from the  
NILEوادى النيل speak LAVANTINE ARABIC which the Arabic spoken  
by Syrian, Labanon, Palastine and Jordan,so you can ask people from  
those country too.

HOPE THIS HELP YOU.
Ahmed
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"Srpko Lestaric" <srpkole at EUnet.yu>
Subject:on haDruum

The word hduum [=clothes], sing. hidim [=an item of clothes] is  
almost the only word used in that meaning all over Iraq and Kuwait.  
It is widely used in UAE, Levant and even in Egypt, too. You'll find  
it in Badawi's dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Woodhead-Beene's  
(Georgetown U.) dict. of Iraqi Arabic, Matar's "xaSaa'iS al-lahja al- 
kuwaytiyya", Qafisheh's A Glossary of Gulf Arabic and probably in  
other books. I myself can witness it's usage also in Sana'aa/Yemen,  
in Khartoum and even in Libya.

Srpko Lestaric,
Belgrade

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Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Study Abroad in Jordan responses
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2) Subject:Study Abroad in Jordan response
3) Subject:Study Abroad in Jordan response

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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:Dan Parvaz <dparvaz at mac.com>
Subject:Study Abroad in Jordan response

The quality of the program at the U of J was at best uneven. Students  
were largely at the mercy of faculty, only some of whom were aware  
of  the L2 acquisition needs of non-Arab students. Others, while  
clearly great in belles lettres, did not easily meet the needs of the  
students (one guy was never prepared, and had one fallback lesson...  
if I heard yet another rudimentary lecture on "'inna and her  
sisters," I would have gone postal).

The secret to making the program work is to be assertive. There was a  
placement test which placed a lot of emphasis on knowing Arabic  
grammatical terminology: it didn't matter if you knew how to use the  
la' of absolute negation if you didn't know how to refer to it in  
Arabic. Don't be bullied, don't take "no" for an answer, and find  
which of the various levels you're most comfortable at. Some of the  
instructors are quite good and are used to answering questions (some  
even admit it when they have to look something up!). Also quite  
rewarding was meeting Arabic students from all over the world: many  
Europeans, as well as non-Arab Muslim theology students (Turks,  
Indonesians, etc.) take courses at the U of J.

-Dan.

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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:malhawary at ou.edu
Subject:Study Abroad in Jordan response

The Summer program at the Hashemite University has been running  
successfully for four years. Focus is on both culture as well as the  
Arabic language. The program runs daily with cultural activities in  
the weekend. Weekend activities also include trips to most historical  
sites in Jordan: including Petra, Wadi Al-Ramm, Jarash, the Baptism  
Site, and the Dead Sea. The other advantage of the program is that it  
uses _Al-Kitaab_ textbook to avoid curricular gaps between study at  
home and study abroad courses.  Here's the announcement of the  
program that has already been posted on Arabic-L (if you need flyers  
and brochures of the program, I will be willing to email/mail them to  
you):

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

Summer Intensive Arabic Program
in Zarqa, Jordan at
The Hashemite University

6 weeks in Jordan
May 20 – June 29, 2007

The Hashemite University is on the outskirts of the city of Zarqa,  
the second largest city after the capital city Amman, with a  
population of  about 1.000.000 inhabitants.  Zarqa is located in the  
north of  Jordan about 20 miles (25 km) north east of Amman.   With  
its unique location and small size compared to other over-crowded  
cities in the region, the city of Zarqa is a great choice for an  
Arabic study abroad program. The program will begin on Sunday, May  
20, 2007. Students must arrive in Amman/Zarqa on May 29th. Students  
will live in Amman and commute to Zarqa via HU transportation shuttle.

The Summer Arabic program at the Hashemite University (HU) is part  
of  an exchange agreement between The University of Oklahoma (OU) and  
The Hashemite University a (HU) and is open to non-OU students as  
well.  The program provides:

- Intensive Arabic language instruction of 150 hours: 125 of  Modern  
Standard Arabic and 25 hours in survival colloquial Jordanian.

- Small classrooms with individual attention (maximum of 12 students  
in each class) to develop their Arabic language skills at the  
Intermediate and advanced levels and beyond.  The Summer 2007 program  
will be  limited to instruction at the Intermediate (equivalent to  
2nd year Arabic at OU) and advanced (equivalent to 3rd  year Arabic  
at OU) levels.

- Basic orientation on the country and culture upon arrival

- At least three field trips to historical sites & cultural programs  
arranged by HU

- Off-campus housing in Amman, arranged by HU

The deadline for application is March 15, 2007.

Textbooks used: Al-Kitaab: Parts Two & Three

For further information, please contact the program directors:

Professor Mohammad T. Alhawary (in the US)
malhawary at ou.edu

Professor  Yaser Al-Tamimi (in Jordan)
ytamimi at hu.edu.jo

or visit the program website:
http://www.hu.edu.jo/Inside/Centers/ASIP.asp

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

  With Best Wishes,

Mohammad T. Alhawary, Ph.D.
ConocoPhillips Professor of Arabic Language,
Literature and Culture
Arabic Program Advisor & Coordinator
Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies
Co-editor, JALT http://www.jalt.net
Assoc. Contributing Editor, World Literature Today

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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:nagwa hedayet <nhedayet at yahoo.com>
Subject:Study Abroad in Jordan response

Hi David,
I suggest that you make it clear to your student that the fun part of  
the experience in Amman is relatively limited compared to that in  
Egypt, Syria or Morocco. The learning experience could be a great one  
if the student joined a good language center there, was a very  
focused student and had a good academic supervisor. After reading the  
end of program evaluation forms of 15 Study Abroad Students (SIT in  
Amman) who joined Hedayet Institute short program last Oct.06  for  
ten days- where they had several educational and recreational  
activities in Cairo and Alexandria- I realized how hard it could be  
for a Western student to live there and study intensively! I could  
feel that Egypt blew away their minds ....just the fact that they saw  
shops and resturants opened until very late was a surprise to most of  
them.  Amman and Cairo are pretty close and students can always visit  
one when they are in the other as many times as they want.

Nagwa

Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies
Hadaayeq El Maadi
Cairo-Egypt
www.hedayetinstitute.com
Work Tel.: (202)5272190
Cell Phone: (2012)2261308

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Palestinian common idioms sources
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:"Lior Laks" <liorlaks at zahav.net.il>
Subject:Needs Palestinian common idioms sources

Hello,

I am looking for data of common idioms in Palestinian Arabic (as well  
as other dialects)- websites, data bases, books etc.

Any idea would be graet.

Thanks,
Lior Laks

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:37 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:37 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Onomatopoeia
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1)
Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:"Schub, Michael B." <Michael.Schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:Onomatopoeia


      "[Sibawayhi] can even say of the onomatopoeic word  /ghaaq/   
'caw', 'this is the way the crow speaks'

/qaala  l-ghuraabu  haadhaa  l-naHwa/.  This may explain why  /naHw/   
has become the term for grammar

per se..."  Carter, Michael.  *Sibawayhi* (Oxford  2004).  p.  60   
end.                     --mike schub

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:43 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:43 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs info on Arabic study in Buenos Aires
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:Joseph Lowry <joseph.lowry at verizon.net>
Subject:Needs info on Arabic study in Buenos Aires

Dear Colleagues,

One of our Arabic students plans to spend a semester abroad in Buenos  
Aires, Argentina, at the University of Buenos Aires, and wishes to  
continue the study of Arabic there.  I have not been able to find  
much on the internet about university-level Arabic study there.  And  
I must confess that I am woefully ignorant about Arabic and Islamic  
studies at South American universities.  Does anyone have any helpful  
suggestions or information, or better still, if there are any South  
American colleagues who subscribe to this list, I would be most  
grateful for any information you could provide about Arabic at the  
University of Buenos Aires.  Please feel free to contact me off list.

Thanks and best regards,

Joe Lowry

Dr. Joseph E. Lowry
Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
847 Williams Hall
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 898-7466
elowry at sas.upenn.edu

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:40 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:ITISALAT closing down
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:paul roochnik <proochnikllc at yahoo.com>
Subject:ITISALAT closing down

Dear Friends,

Ahlan wa-sahlan, kull `am wa-antum b'khayr.

Some of you old-timers may remember ITISALAT... "IT  IS  Arabic  
LAnguage  And  Technology"... the first internet forum on Arabic  
computing, begun in the early 1990s.

I have made a momentous decision: The time has come to bid "ITISALAT"  
a fond but final farewell.  Yes, I have unplugged the power cord,  
removed the feeding tube, unhitched the respirator.  Ma'a salama, ya  
ITISALAT.  Many of you probably thought ITISALAT had disappeared at  
the turn of the millennium.  No, IT was just dormant... the long  
sleep.  Now comes the longest sleep, the permanent one: Arabic cyber- 
historians in the future will mark the official death of ITISALAT as  
the first day of winter 2006.

ITISALAT started with a bang in 1993 and made its mark in the Arabic  
computing community.  It served a real purpose for the first 5 years  
of its life, disseminating information about Arabic computing and  
software, and fostering cooperation and collaboration in the field.

By the end of the 1990s, most of the problems associated with Arabic  
computing were already being handled by the big guys -- Microsoft et  
al.  Competing code pages vanished in favor of the MS Windows Arabic  
code page; right-to-left issues were resolved, etc. etc.  The traffic  
on ITISALAT slowed to a trickle.  Sometimes, months would go by  
without a single message or exchange.

I feel a certain sadness that I am no longer part of that pioneering  
adventure.  In the 1980s, Arabic computing was so new, so  
problematic, and such fun!  Now we just do Arabic on the computer  
with nary a thought, nary a worry.

In any case, we have an even better outlet for discussion of Arabic  
computing issues on Arabic-L, Dil Parkinson's forum associated with  
the American Association of Teachers of Arabic.  The conversation  
continues and it is in the best of hands.

So may the Good Lord grant ITISALAT that eternal rest that it has  
earned, out of the cybersphere, up into digital heaven.  Amen.

Cheers,
Abu Sammy

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:46 2007
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Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Updated edition of Elementary Arabic: An Integrated
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:Munther Younes <may2 at cornell.edu>
Subject:Updated edition of Elementary Arabic: An Integrated Approach

Dear Arabic teachers and students,

A revised, updated, and enlarged edition of my book "Elementary  
Arabic: An Integrated Approach" has just been published by the  
Language Resource Center at Cornell University. The new edition,  
under the title of "Living Arabic: A Comprehensive Introductory  
Course"  (Munther Younes) combines the old Student Workbook and  
Teacher's Manual in one volume.  As explained in the text on the back  
cover, reproduced below,  the book is accompanied by a set of CDs and  
a DVD in one package. To order a desk copy, please contact:

Annie Hoff, Administrative Manager
Media Sales
Rm G11 Noyes Lodge
Ithaca, NY 14853
phone:  607-255-7394
email:  ah293 at cornell.edu

If you have any questions about the book, you can write to me  
directly at may2 at cornell.edu.

Munther Younes


Book Description
A comprehensive introductory course for foreign learners, LIVING  
ARABIC presents a unique combination of colloquial Arabic and Modern  
Standard Arabic in a single program. Using the colloquial for  
everyday oral communication and Modern Standard Arabic for reading,  
writing, and formal speech in a way that reflects native use, the  
book capitalizes on the shared vocabulary and grammatical structures  
of the two varieties. The colloquial variety introduced is Levantine,  
the Arabic spoken in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan, and one  
of the major Arabic dialect groups understood throughout the Arab world.

Using maps, illustrations and photographs, humorous stories and  
dialogues, and other culturally rich materials, the book carefully  
and systematically helps learners build the four language skills of  
listening, speaking, reading and writing, while introducing them to  
Arab culture and the history and geography of the modern Arab world.

The first part of the book introduces the Arabic writing and number  
systems together with a basic working vocabulary. The remaining  
lessons consist of listening selections, reading passages, and  
dialogues, accompanied by a variety of activities and exercises aimed  
at maximizing the acquisition and retention of vocabulary and  
grammatical structures. Vocabulary-building activities include word  
matching, crossword puzzles, Jeopardy-type games, and songs.

The book comes as part of a package along with three CDs and a DVD.  
The CDs include recordings of the listening selections and reading  
passages, while the DVD contains video footage of the dialogues acted  
out by native speakers on location in Jordan.

Although the book and accompanying materials are primarily designed  
for classroom use, they are easily adaptable for independent study.

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Seasons Greetings
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:"Dr. M. Deeb" <muhammaddeeb at gmail.com>
Subject:Seasons Greetings

Season's Greetings to All.


I.  Semitic:


?    Arabic:                                                          
???? ?????? ???? ??????? ? ???????  
??????? ??? ??? ????? ????.
                                                               
????? ?? ?????.   ????? ??????))


?          
Hebrew:                                                      ??  
???? ??? ???? ????

                                                           (chag  
molad sameach v?shanah tovah)


II. Sino-Tebetan:


?      Chinese (Mandarin):

                                                               ?? 
?? ???? [???? ????]

                                           (sh?ngd?n ku?il?  
x?nni?n ku?il?)



III. Indo-European:


?      English:                                    Merry Christmas  
and happy New Year.


?      ??????? ????? / ??? ??  
?????                                    :Persian


?      German:                Fr?hliche Weihnachten und ein gutes  
neues Jahr.





IV.  Romance Languages & Matrix:


?      French:                                     Joyeux No?l et  
bonne ann?e.



?      Italian:                                      Buon Natale e  
felice anno nuovo.


?   
Spanish:                                                                 
                      Feliz Navidad y pr?spero a?o nuevo


?      Latin:                                        Natale hilare et  
annum faustum.



                         * MD

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:33 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:K-16:Traning and Materials for K-12 response (AD)
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:"George N. Hallak, Boston" <GnhBos at aol.com>
Subject:Traning and Materials for K-12 response

For a wide variety of Arabic language learning aides, please,
visit any of our websites, below, particularly the Arabic Tutors':

www.aramedia.com/atutors.htm

Thank you and Happy Holidays.


Best Regards,

George N. Hallak
AramediA
61 Adams Street
Braintree, MA 02184 USA

www.aramedia.com
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www.stores.ebay.com/AramediA
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:41 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:41 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Workshop on Natural Lang Processing in Arabic
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:nlparabic at dsic.upv.es
Subject:Workshop on Natural Lang Processing in Arabic

Workshop on Natural Language Processing in Arabic
Gathering in the Arab NLP world

CALL FOR PAPERS
Second international Information and Communication Technologies  
International Symposium (ICTIS'07)
March 25-27, 2007 ? Fez, Morocco
http://www.ictis07.org/

Submit the short paper (up to 4 pages) by e-mail by JANUARY 7, 2007 to
nlparabic at dsic.upv.es.

Complete Workshop description in the attached pdf file

Please help forward the pdf CFP file to interested people.


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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:35 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:35 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ELRA Arabic Lexical Resource
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:"Dora Johnson" <dora at cal.org>
Subject:ELRA Arabic Lexical Resource

I have no idea how good this is, but there seems to be an interest on  
the part of some of the Arabic-L subscribers about lexical resources.

ELRA announces new monolingual lexicon and new evaluation packages
The European Language Resource Association (ELRA) has added new  
language resources. Arabic Lexical Resource (ELRA-L0073 DIINAR.1)  
includes a total number of 119,693 lemmas, fully vowelled, and  
distributed as follows: 29,534 nouns and adjectives, 19,457 verbs,  
70,702 deverbals (including 23,274 infinitive forms, 17,904 active  
participles, 13,373 passive participles, 5,781 analogous adjectives  
and 10,370 nouns of place and time). The data is provided in Excel  
files and was generated with inflected forms. Each entry has been  
associated with morpho-syntactic specifiers.

ELRA/ELDA, E-mail: mapelli at elda.org, Web: http://www.elda.org


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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan  3 23:49:45 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:49:45 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Preserving Identity Conference
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From:"Dora Johnson" <dora at cal.org>
Subject:Preserving Linguistic and Cultural Identity Conference


http://www.minia.edu.eg/con-alusn.htm

The Fourth International Conference of The Faculty of Al-Alsun, Minia
University

"Preserving Linguistic and Cultural Identity in The Age of
Globalization"

4th ICFAMU: PLCIAG

23rd - 25th April, 2007

Welcome to the Fourth International Conference of the Faculty of
Al-Alsun, Minia University to be held Monday through Wednesday, April
23-25/07 at the Suzanne Mubarak Auditorium, Minia University, Egypt. The
conference will be held in collaboration with Hildsheim University, The
Federal Republic of Germany, under the title "Preserving Linguistic and
Cultural Identity in The Age of Globalization".


Deadline for Submitting Papers:

-  Deadline for submitting abstracts is Jan. 31 , 2007.

-  Deadline for submitting the paper in full is Mar. 15, 2007. (A hard
copy
and a floppy disk)



Conference Objectives:

-       Exploring approaches to preserving linguistic identity  in the
age of
globalization.

-       Exploring approaches to preserving cultural identity in the age
of
globalization.

-       Discussing issues of cross-culturalism and pertinent active
exchanges
with the other.

-       Communicating with the bodies and agencies concerned with
regional and
international cultural dialogue.

-       Providing academic and research opportunities to Egyptian, Arab
and
foreign researchers in the area of language teaching and language
learning.

-       Probing new horizons in the area of language teaching and
language
learning.

-       Discussing a variety of issues in linguistics, arts, translation
and
culture.

-       Touching upon the developments in the area of modern technology.

-       Considering ways of maintaining the aspired equilibrium between
cultural and linguistic identity and globalization trends.

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:06:47 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:januub vs. januubiyy responses
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Date: 03 Jan 2007
From:Sana N Hilmi <shilmi at gmu.edu>
Subject:januub vs. januubiyy response

I thought that when we say Januubiyy Baghdad, we are making it dual,  
and we mean that it is the Southern parts: South Eastern and South  
Western. But, I'm almost positive, the area is not in Baghdad, but it  
is south outside of Baghdad. If we say, Januub Baghdad, it is in the  
south part of the city of Baghdad.

Miss Sana Hilmi, M.A.
Arabic Professor and Coordinator
Modern and Classical Languages
George Mason University

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From:"Uhlmann, Allon" <uhlmanna at umsl.edu>
Subject:januub vs. januubiyy response

A question to the Arabic native speakers on the list -- Could it be  
that the difference between ???? and ????? is equivalent to  
the difference between south and southern?  The two in English seem  
generally interchangeable, although not always (eg South Africa vs  
southern Africa), as south (and presumably ????) tends to  
foreground an absolute location; while southern (and presumably  
?????) rather highlights the relative location within the lager  
unit.

Cheers,
A.

Allon J. Uhlmann
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
University of Missouri - St. Louis
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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:06:40 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Where the term naHw comes from
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Subject:Where the term naHw comes from

Actually that is not the reason. The reason it is called ???  
????? according to the Mauritanian scholar Ibn Bon is that the  
fourth Khalifa, Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may God be pleased with him, was  
teaching Abu Aswad Ad-duali ??? ???? ?????? what a noun  
(or ??? ), a verb ( or ??? ) and a particle ( or ???) were.  
He was also teaching him some declinations or ??? ??  
???????  and he said to him explicitly: ????? ???  
??????? Take this direction.
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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:06:38 -0700
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Subject:Needs Study of Arabic Root System

A few years ago I tried to find a systematic study of how Arabic  
roots works. (Whilst this theme is touched on in most  of the  
language manuals, the treatment tends to be fairly cursory). I failed  
to find anything at the time and I wonder if anyone knows of any  
study since (or one that I missed then).

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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 10:06:45 -0700
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From:Dil Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject:Corpus look at januub vs. januubiyy

I looked up various combinations in a corpus of Arabic newspapers,  
and my impression is that there is nothing in the structure itself  
that tells you whether the meaning is 'in the southern part of' or  
'to the south of', but it is rather in one's knowledge of the nature  
of things and of specific geography.  For example, when the word  
after januub is a large entity filled with sub-entities (like a  
country), the meaning is mostly 'in the southern part of' as in  
januub AlcrAq and januubiyy AlcrAq.  When the word after januub is a  
smaller entity that is not usually thought of as subdivided (a river,  
a border, a bridge) the meaning is almost always 'to the south o  
f'januub AlHdwd AlkynyQ'.  When the entity is in between, say a large  
city which can be subdivided, but in many contexts is thought of as a  
single entity, it depends of the specific context.  Further, the  
addition of prepositions (fii, 'ila, min) seem to push one meaning or  
the other, although not exclusively, and putting a specific distance  
in almost always forces the 'to the south of' meaning: 9ala bu9d 140  
km jnwb bgdAd.  Also, when the phrase feels like a noun (as in: mHkmQ  
jnwb AlqAhrQ) it seems more likely to mean 'in the southern part of'  
then when the usage feels adverbial: tqc AlqryQ jnwb AlqAhrQ.

I have included examples of both januub and januubiyy being used with  
both meanings in the citations below, as well as a cline of examples  
that lie somewhere in between depending on how you interpret the  
geography and political lines (is the settlement Har Homa in  
Jerusalem or not? How about Maaleh Adumim?  Is Maadi in Cairo or  
not?  How about Helwan? (both are in the governorate of Cairo, but  
how do speakers talk and think about them?)  etc.)

I include the examples in a transliteration system here that you may  
or may not be able to figure out.  For those who are getting the  
script, I include the examples with script below.


##################
'to the south of'
##################

JANUUB

mdynQ Alfywm jnwb AlqAhrQ
Lwqct qwAt AljhAd Almqds qAflQ VAlVQ llhAgAnA fy mkmn jnwb Alqds fy  
Alywm vAth
fy mHAfZQ Alkrk jnwb cmAn
mfAcl nAHAl swryk AlwAqc jnwb tl Lbyb
AlcqbQ (400 km jnwb cmAn)
mdynQ AswAn tqc cle bcd 900 kylwmtrA jnwb AlqAhrQ
tqc AlmnyA cle bcd 542 kylwmtrA jnwb AlqAhrQ
mqAm AlAmAm cly fy Alnjf (140 klm jnwb bgdAd)

JANUBIYY

LgArt AlmqAtlAt AlLmrykyQ Lms cle mwqc rAdAr jnwby sd SdAm fy pmAl  
AlcrAq
xzAn cle nhr AlLrdn jnwby AtSAl nhr Alyrmwk bh
wSl Ale mTAr Lwrly jnwby bArys
pml AlqSf Alrwsy LyDA bldQ pAly AlwAqcQ jnwby AlcASmQ
st qnAbl kAnt tsthdf mwAqc cskryQ fy nwfy bAzAr jnwby bljrAd
tqc bAlqrb mn qryQ scyr jnwby Alxlyl
fy gAbQ fy mnTqQ knt jnwby lndn
mHAfZQ bAbl AlwAqcQ cle bcd 200 km jnwby bgdAd
Alkwt AlwAqcQ cle bcd nHw 172 kylwmtrA jnwby bgdAd
hy cle mqrbQ cprQ kylwmtrAt jnwby byrwt
qryQ dnAny (40 kylwmtrA jnwby AlcASmQ mqdypw)


##################
'in the southern part of'
##################

JANUUB

fy mnTqQ AlxlyfQ (jnwb AlqAhrQ)
fy mnTqQ AlmcAdy AljdydQ (jnwb AlqAhrQ)
AHtjzthm fy LHd sjwn jnwb AlqAhrQ
tjhyzh bLjhzQ Algsyl Alklwy lclAj mrde mnATq jnwb AljyzQ
blAd AlnwbQ Alty tqc jnwb mSr
fy mnATq tqc jnwb AlswdAn

JANUUBIYY

TlcAt jwyQ LmrykyQ wbryTAnyQ cle jnwby byrwt
fy mnTqQ AlbSrQ jnwby AlcrAq
knA fy byth bHy pynjAnjwr jnwby jAkrtA
cle LrD ymtlkhA mwATnwn flsTynywn fy rfH jnwby qTAc gzQ
yqtrb mn mstwTnQ yhwdyQ jnwby qTAc gzQ
AlmnATq AlgrbyQ mn jnwby byrwt

#################
Potentially ambiguous depending on how speakers view the geography,  
political boundaries, and their detailed knowledge of the areas
#################

JANUUB

qAmt bpq Tryq sryc jnwb Alqds
jbl Abw gnym - jnwb Alqds AlprqyQ AlmHtlQ
mnTqQ HlwAn jnwb AlqAhrQ
twsyc mstwTnQ mcAlyh Adwmym jnwb Alqds


JANUUBIYY

wlde AljzAYr mfAcl nwwy Sgyr Mxr bnth AlArjntyn jnwby AlcASmQ
jddwA AlVqQ fyh fy AjtmAc cqd jnwby byrwt
fy AlmnTqQ AlSHrAwyQ bAlqrb mn Hy zhrAC AlmcAdy jnwby AlqAhrQ
qrAr AlHkwmQ AlAsrAYylyQ cle mbAprQ AlAstyTAn jnwby Alqds fy AlTryq  
Ale byt lHm
AlbnAC fy jbl Lbw gnym jnwby Alqds
yqc jbl Lbw gnym fy mnTqQ jnwby Alqds
pnt AlTAYrAt AlAsrAYylyQ VlAV gArAt cle tlAl AlnAcmQ jnwby byrwt


##################
with the preposition fy 'to the south of'
##################

JANUUB

mnTqQ sqArQ fy jnwb AlqAhrQ
mHAfZQ bny swyf fy jnwb AlqAhrQ
ltmhyd LrADy jbl Abw gnym fy jnwb Alqds ??


JANUUBIYY

Alcml fy bnAC mHTQ AlpcybQ Alkbre fy jnwby mkQ AlmkrmQ cle AlbHr AlLHmr


##################
with the preposition fy 'in the southern part of'
##################

JANUUB

DAHyQ Almnyl fy jnwb AlqAhrQ
DAHyQ AlmcAdy fy jnwb AlqAhrQ
hAjmwA mcskrhm Altdryby fy jnwb bgdAd
nsf AlmwAqc fy jnwb lbnAn
ltwzyc AlLgvyQ fy jnwb mqdypw
AfttAH mnjm jdyd fy jnwb AswAn ??


JANUUBIYY

LqAmth AlprkQ HdyVA qrb mdxl AlmdynQ AlwrdyQ fy jnwby AlLrdn
AlhjmAt Alty tcrDt lhA AlmnpMt AlAslAmyQ fy jnwby qbrS


%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
REPEAT WITH SCRIPT
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%



##################
'to the south of'
##################

JANUUB

????? ?????? ???? ???????
????? ???? ?????? ?????? ????? ?????  
???????? ?? ???? ???? ????? ?? ?????  
????
?? ?????? ????? ???? ????
????? ????? ????? ?????? ???? ?? ????
?????? (??? ?? ???? ????)
????? ????? ??? ??? ??? ??? ????????  
???? ???????
??? ?????? ??? ??? ??? ???????? ????  
???????
???? ?????? ??? ?? ????? (??? ??? ????  
?????)

JANUBIYY

????? ????????? ????????? ??? ???  
???? ????? ????? ?? ???? ?? ???? ??????
???? ??? ??? ?????? ????? ????? ???  
??????? ??
??? ??? ???? ????? ????? ?????
??? ????? ?????? ???? ???? ????  
??????? ????? ???????
?? ????? ???? ?????? ????? ?????? ??  
???? ????? ????? ??????
??? ?????? ?? ???? ???? ????? ??????
?? ???? ?? ????? ??? ????? ????
?????? ???? ??????? ??? ??? ??? ??  
????? ?????
????? ??????? ??? ??? ??? ???  
???????? ????? ?????
?? ??? ????? ???? ????????? ????? ?????
???? ????? (?? ???????? ????? ???????  
??????)


##################
'in the southern part of'
##################

JANUUB

?? ????? ??????? (???? ???????)
?? ????? ??????? ??????? (???? ???????)
???????? ?? ??? ???? ???? ???????
?????? ???? ??????? ???? ??? ?????
?????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?????  
???? ????? ???? ??????
???? ?????? ???? ??? ???? ???
?? ????? ??? ???? ???????

JANUUBIYY

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

#################
Potentially ambiguous depending on how speakers view the geography,  
political boundaries, and their detailed knowledge of the areas
#################

JANUUB

???? ??? ???? ???? ???? ?????
??? ??? ???? - ???? ????? ???????  
???????
????? ????? ???? ???????
????? ??????? ?????? ?????? ???? ?????


JANUUBIYY

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


##################
with the preposition fy 'to the south of'
##################

JANUUB

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


JANUUBIYY

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


##################
with the preposition fy 'in the southern part of'
##################

JANUUB

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


JANUUBIYY

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


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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 10 15:57:39 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:39 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Verb Innovation in dialects
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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:"Lior Laks" <liorlaks at zahav.net.il>
Subject:Verb Innovation in dialects

Hello,

I am looking for examples of verb innovation in Aarbic dialects,  
based on borrowing from other languages (e.g. barrak 'brake') and on  
denoninatives. I would be greatful for any information.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 10 15:57:46 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic Root System Responses
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1) Subject:Arabic Root System Response
2) Subject:Arabic Root System Response
3) Subject:Arabic Root System Response (ad)
4) Subject:Arabic Root System Response (ad)

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1)
Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:"John Nawas" <John.Nawas at arts.kuleuven.be>
Subject:Arabic Root System Response

You might try: Pierre Larcher, Le syst?me verbal de l'arabe  
classique. Aix-en-Province: Publications de l'universit? de Provence,  
2003 -- I hope this is what you want.

John Nawas, MA, MPhil, PhD
Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Catholic University Leuven/Louvain, Belgium

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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From: "John Joseph Colangelo" <yaacolangelo at hotmail.com>
Subject:Arabic Root System Response

Hi Richard,
I would try starting of with the books on ??? ????? which will  
give you the ??????? ??????? . I hope this is what you  
were asking and if it isn?t, it?s not because you didn?t explain  
yourself, it?s because I didn?t understand your predicament. I have  
lots of stuff in my library. I can try to give you a hand.
John Joseph Colangelo
Linguist & translator
Arabic/Spanish/English

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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:"IBCBOOKS.COM" <ibc at ibcbooks.com>
Subject:Arabic Root System Response

In response to your inquiry regarding study of Arabic Root System.   
We can
offer this title: Dictionary of Roots of
Difficult words by Al-sihah ... This is an Librarie du liban  
publcation.  we
are currently out-of-stock but we should have these books in 30 days. .
Price is $29.95 plus shipping costs. . Orders can be placed on our  
website:
www.ibcbooks.com
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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:"Mahmoud Elsayess" <melsayess at socal.rr.com>
Subject:Arabic Root System Response

Dear Mr. Durkan,

This is in reference to your email regarding ?Study of Arabic Root  
System?. I have an internet system that can provide you with the  
root of 17,652 words and if you are interested, drop me an email and  
I will send you a link.

California, USA.
Peace.
Mahmoud Elsayess

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:34 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Article
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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:from LINGUIST
Subject:New Article

Journal Title:  Anthropological Linguistics
Volume Number:  48
Issue Number:  2
Issue Date:  2006

Gender Switch in Female Speech of an Urbanized Arabic Dialect in  
Israel, Judith
Rosenhouse and Nisreen Dbayyat

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 10 15:57:32 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:one more januub post
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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:maabdelw at purdue.edu
Subject:one more januub post

[I inadvertently overlooked this post, which was sent a few weeks  
ago, in response to the original query.  Sorry.  Dil]

I think there is a difference between januubiyy and januub Baghdad if  
my mind
does not fail me. Januubiyy Bagdad means in the southern part of  
Baghdad. It
is inside that part of the city, Whereas januub means it is in that  
direction
but outside of the city

  M. abdelwali

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 10 15:57:38 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:38 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:UC Davis Job
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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:Jocelyn Sharlet <jcsharlet at ucdavis.edu>
Subject:UC Davis Job

The Program in Middle East/South Asia Studies at the University of  
California, Davis seeks a lecturer to teach Arabic in a new and  
growing program for the 2007-08 academic year. The lecturer will  
teach nine courses over three quarters, September 24, 2007 - June 19,  
2008, with the possibility of renewal.  Successful candidates will  
also be considered to co-teach an intensive 15-unit course in Arabic  
during the 2007 Summer Session.  Applicant must have an M.A. or a  
Ph.D., or be A.B.D, preferably in Arabic or a related field.   
Applicant should have experience teaching Arabic as a second language  
at the college level.  Salary is contingent upon qualifications and  
experience.  Percent of employment is determined by number of courses  
taught.  Please send a letter of application indicating the texts and  
methods that you have used in Arabic instruction, a C.V., one-two  
sets of student course evaluations, sample tests and quizzes, and  
three letters of reference to:  Professor Suad Joseph, Director,  
Middle East/South Asia Studies Program, 156 Everson Hall, One Shields  
Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.   For more  
information e-mail:  mesastaff at ucdavis.edu  
<mailto:mesastaff at ucdavis.edu>.  The University of California, Davis  
is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.  Review of  
applications will begin on February 10, 2007.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 10 15:57:43 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:43 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Cairo Linguistics Group Lecture
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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:madihadoss at yahoo.com
Subject:Cairo Linguistics Group Lecture

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

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

????? ???
(????? ???????)

"??????? ??? ???????? ??????"
  ( ?????? ??????? ? ????? ??????)

                  ?? ?????  ?????? ?????  
?????? ??????? ??????????
5???? ??????? ??? ?????- ????? ?? ????  
??? ?? ???? -?????? ????? ?????? ??? 5

??????: 7744644

??? ????? 13 ????? 2007 ?????? ???????  
?????
???? ?????? ?? ?????? ??????


CAIRO LINGUISTS GROUP
and the Arab African Research Center

are inviting you to a lecture (in Arabic) by

Madiha Doss
(Cairo University)

?Reflections on the dragoman as translator?
  (abstract attached)

at the new headquarters of the Arab & African Research Center:
5 Hassan Barada Street, Giza, (side street off the previous address  
Qura Ibn Shureik Street), ground floor, Apt. 5. Tel. 7744644

Saturday, 13th January 2007, 6p.m.

PLEASE COME ON TIME.

??????
???? ????? ???????? ????? ?????? ???  
??????? ??? ?????? ??? ??????? ??????  
??????? ???? ????? ???????? ????  
???????? ??? ???? ???? ??????. ??? ??  
????? ?????? ??? ?????? ????????  
???????? ??????? ????????? ?????  
????? ?????? ???? "?????" (???????  
?????? ???? ???????? ???).
????? ?? ??? ???????? ?????? ???  
????????? ??? ??? ???????? ?????????  
?????? ????? ??????? ?? ?????? ????  
????? ??????? ???? ??????? ?????  
???????? ???? ????? ???????? ???? ???  
??????? ??????? ??????? ?????? ????  
???? ????? ???????? ??? ?????.


ABSTRACT
The dragoman took various roles throughout history. From the 16th to  
the end of the 19th century the dragoman besides being an  
interpreter, partly played the role of a diplomat. Similarly, during  
the 19th century the dragoman appears in the travel literature (both  
French and English) as an interpreter accompanying the traveler.
In this presentation I will make some remarks on the role of the  
dragomans  as translators (into Arabic), their competence, the image  
they had of language and the effect they had on it.



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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:HIAS Summer Program 07
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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:nhedayet at yahoo.com
Subject:HIAS Summer Program 07

I am pleased to announce to those who might be interested that the  
intensive summer program at Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies  
(HIAS) will start towards the end of June 2007-you can check exact  
dates of the programs with the administration in two week time. HIAS  
intensive summer program can be either for 7 or 9 weeks. The program  
concentrates on Modern Standard Arabic as well as on Egyptian  
Colloquial Arabic. This program is 20 contact class hours per week;  
i.e., a total of either 140 or 180 hrs. of language/culture instruction.

The language proficiency level will be assessed in a placement test  
after the students arrive in Cairo. Those who are not complete  
beginners can choose one or two elective content courses out of the  
following: Modern or classical Arabic literature, Arab & Islamic  
history, Islamic Architecture, calligraphy, oriental music, tajweed  
al Qur'aan, or Islamic philosophy. Beginners can complete the 20  
hours per week by MSA & ECA.

HIAS organizes three trips- free of charge- to tourist sites in Cairo  
during the study term and may help in finding suitable accommodation  
for its students. Students can still cut down the housing expenses if  
two or three share one apartment. Living in Cairo is not as expensive  
as in US or Europe.

Groups of three or more may get reduced tuition fees. Group prices  
will be a little less than $10 per every contact class hour in the  
program; and tutor tailored individual rates will be around $13.5/hr.  
HIAS tailors/coordinates special courses for student groups from  
different US & European universities.

An application form is attached with this e-mail message so that if  
you decide to join our program you may fill it and send it back at  
this e-mail address before the mid of April 05.

Students from different American & European universities who joined  
HIAS intensive summer program in the past years have been very  
satisfied.  I wish you all the best in your endeavours to study  
Arabic and a very happy new year 2007.

Nagwa Hedayet
HIAS Director

Maadi, Cairo-Egypt

Telfax: (202)5272190

Cell Phone No.:(2012)2261308

Vonage No.:(646)216-8308

E-Mail address:  HYPERLINK "mailto:info at hedayetinstitute.com"  
info at hedayetinstitute.com

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 10 15:57:41 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:41 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic NLP Workshop deadline extended
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Date: 10 Jan 2007
From:nlparabic at dsic.upv.es
Subject:Arabic NLP Workshop deadline extended

Dear friends,

we already received 15 papers but some colleagues asked for one week  
of extension for the deadline (14th January).

In case you are interested in submitting a paper, please contact us:  
nlparabic at dsic.upv.es

"The Arabic NLP workshop" Secretariat

Paolo


http://www.ictis07.org/

nlparabic at dsic.upv.es



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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:31 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Verb Innovation responses
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2) Subject:Verb Innovation response
3) Subject:Verb Innovation response
4) Subject:Verb Innovation response

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Dan Parvaz <dparvaz at mac.com>
Subject:Verb Innovation response

Off the top of my head, here are a few that I've heard:

Form II ("technological" terms):
fallala (Jordanian) and fawwala (Egyptian): to fill a car with petrol
sayyava: to save a file on a computer disk

Form V "Quadraliterals" (used humorously):
tasambatsha: to call someone an S.O.B.
tadamfala (heard second hand): to call someone a "Damn fool" (as in  
"al-Ingiliiz yatadamfalu huwayya", heard from an Iraqi),

I'm sure there are lots more.

-Dan.

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:"Srpko Lestaric" <srpkole at EUnet.yu>
Subject:Verb Innovation response

Dear :"Lior Laks",

There is many nice examples. My first two are pretty classical, yet  
quite colloquial or even dialectal. Here you are:

1. heard in Libya in the eighties, later on used throughout Levant,  
Iraq and Kuwait:

tbeznes -- yitbeznes -- mitbeznis = to be in [dirty] business


2. successfully used with delegations from different Arab countries  
during visits to a car factory in Europe:

tyebben -- yityebben -- mityebbin = to get somewhat japanese look  
[shuuf el-yoom kullu-s-seyyaaraat tyebbenet]

For the next one, quite everyday word in Iraq, I've never found out  
the exact etimology (it might have something to do with chief - - -?):

3. jeffet - yjeffit - tejfiit = to do general overhaul of an engine

The next is heard mainly in the Gulf:

4. kensel - ykensil - mkensil = [<] cancel

Cheers,
Srpko

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:"Madiha Doss" <madihadoss at yahoo.com>
Subject:Verb Innovation response

There are quite a few forms which developed from the computer  
terminolgy, such as kansil from "cancel", farmat from "to format".  
Also ovwar< over, meaning "to exagerate" , fanyesh "to finish". These  
are some I could think of.
Madiha Doss

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Andrew Dempsey <andrew at kairosit.com>
Subject:Verb Innovation response

You might already have these, but here's a few from Egyptian Arabic:

yisanntar - to center something (like a car in a parking space, etc.)
yisayyif - to save something (like a document) on a computer
yihannig - to "hang" (refers uniquely to a computer hanging)

Regards,
Andrew

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:24 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Handbook for Scholars on Academic Freedom
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Afra Al-Mussawir <afraalmussawir at yahoo.com>
Subject:Handbook for Scholars on Academic Freedom

dear all,
i had posted an announcement of this handbook earlier, but wanted to  
post the revised announcement which has the website listed at the  
bottom (you can download the handbook directly from the website):
************************************************************************ 
*****************
     The Taskforce on Middle East Anthropology is pleased to announce  
a practical handbook for those facing politically motivated  
infringements on their teaching or scholarship:


* * * * * * *
Academic Freedom and Professional Responsibility after 9/11:
A Handbook for Scholars and Teachers
* * * * * * *
Attempts to undermine professors? abilities to teach and do research  
are increasingly directed at scholars who seek to provide a  
contextualized and critical view of recent international developments  
and their interaction with US foreign policies and practices.
This handbook provides an overview of the range and nature of recent  
challenges to academic freedom.  It provides concrete suggestions for  
how to respond to such attacks and to avoid them in the first place.   
Utilizing research on institutions and interviews with academics, it  
considers the potentials and limitations of internal university  
structures, professional organizations, legal recourse, and media  
outlets.  Finally, it contains useful pedagogical tools for dealing  
with difficulties in the classroom, and an informative bibliography  
of recent writings on academic freedom.

  Please visit www.meanthro.org
  and click on the link to receive a free copy of the handbook.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:03 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:03 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs Dialect learning resources for those who know
 fusha
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Jonathan Lange <jonathanlange at yahoo.com>
Subject:Needs Dialect learning resources for those who know fusha

Does anyone know of good resources for learning Arabic
dialects for those who already have advanced
proficiency in fusha?  I am particularly interested in
learning Moroccan dialect as I have found myself
working with several Moroccans lately, but I would be
curious to know if there are such resources for any
dialect.  I am aware of the books used for Egyptian
'aamiyya in CASA and of the various 'Colloquial' books
and the Iraqi and Moroccan dialect books published by
Georgetown.  However, the latter two groups seem to be
geared toward complete beginners and lack the more
complex structures of the dialects and/or are reprints
of outdated texts.

On s separate dialect query, does anyone know any
decent resources to learn more about Arabic dialects
spoken natively in non-Arab countries (i.e. Mali,
Niger, Chad, Somalia, other parts of Africa, Iran,
Turkey, etc.)?  I'd be interested to know more about
them.

Thanks for any info you might be able to provide!

-Jonathan Lange

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:41:48 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:41:48 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Wisconsin-Whitewater Job
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From: Lauren Rosen <lrosen at wisc.edu>
Subject:U of Wisconsin-Whitewater Job

=================================================

ANNOUNCEMENT OF LECTURER POSITION IN ARABIC
http://www.uww.edu/adminaff/hr/employmt/ast.htm#Arabic

Description:             The Department of Languages and Literatures  
at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater invites applications for  
one part-time Academic Staff position (Lecturer, not tenure track) in  
Arabic for the 2007-08 academic year.

We seek a dynamic, versatile and innovative instructor to teach a  
first and possibly a second-year Arabic language course via distance  
education.  The ideal candidate will be familiar with 2nd language  
acquisition / instruction and interested in the application of  
technology in foreign language teaching.  Prior experience with  
distance education is desirable; ability to teach another foreign  
language is a plus.  Native or near-native proficiency in Modern  
Standard Arabic is required.


Starting Date:        August 26, 2007

Qualifications:        Ph.D. or ABD preferred, M.A. considered.

Rank:                      Lecturer

Salary:                    Dependent upon qualifications and experience.

University and

Community:            Founded in 1868, UW-Whitewater is the premier  
public regional university with an enrollment of 10,500 students in  
45 undergraduate majors, 13 master's degree programs, and one  
specialist degree program.  It offers high-quality career-oriented  
programs integrated with a model general education curriculum.  UW- 
Whitewater is part of the 26-campus University of Wisconsin System.   
Located in a community of 12,000 residents near the scenic Kettle  
Moraine State Forest in southeastern Wisconsin, Whitewater is within  
convenient driving distance of the metropolitan areas of Milwaukee,  
Madison, and Chicago.


Application:            Interested persons should apply in writing to:


                                           Peter Hoff, Arabic Search  
Committee Chair

                                           Languages and Literatures  
Department                                 FAX:      (262)  472-1037

                                           University of  
Wisconsin?Whitewater                                     Phone:     
(262)  472-1033

                                           Whitewater, WI 53190?1790


A complete application consists of a letter of application,  
curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and copies of  
undergraduate and graduate transcripts.


Review of             For full consideration, a complete application  
should be received by February 23, 2007.

Applications:        Review of applications will continue until the  
position is filled.

UW-Whitewater is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.   
We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified  
individuals to apply.  Names of applicants may be disclosed unless  
requested otherwise.  Names of finalists will be released.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:17 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:17 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:NACAL 35 in San Antonio
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1) Subject:NACAL 35 in San Antonio

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Charles Haberl <mustashriq at GMAIL.COM>
Subject:NACAL 35 in San Antonio

Dear Colleagues:

The 35th annual meeting of the North American Conference on Afroasiatic
Linguistics (NACAL 35) will take place in San Antonio, Texas, USA, and
will feature several sections on Arabic (Classical Arabic, MSA, and  
spoken
Arabic) and the history of scholarship on the Arabic language.  These  
will
include the following presenters and papers:

Abdelkader Fassi Fehri (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), How  
?Semitic?
is a Semitic language?

Benjamin Hary (Emory University), The Translation of Prepositions in
Egyptian Judeo-Arabic ?ur??

Roni Henkin (Ben Gurion University), Peculiarities of Imprecations in
Negev Arabic

Ahmad Al-Jallad (University of South Florida), The Etymology of the
Indicative Augment bi- in Some Neo-Arabic Dialects

Adel Jibali (Universit? du Qu?bec ? Montr?al), Are There Subject  
Pronouns
in Standard Arabic? The theory of Pro Revisited

Christopher Lucas (University of Cambridge), The Development of Negation
in Arabic and Berber

Nouman Malkawi (University of Nantes), Reconstruction and Islandhood in
Jordanian Arabic Relative Constructions

Jonathan Owens (University of Maryland), Why There is no History of the
Arabic Language: Part 1, the West

Trent Rockwood and Jonathan Owens (University of Maryland), The  
Discourse
Marker ya?ni: What It (Really) Means

Judith Rosenhouse (Sound Waves Analysis and Technologies, Ltd.), Arabic
Bedouin?Sedentary Dichotomy at the Beginning of the New Millenium

Devin Stewart (Emory University), Cognate and Analogical Curses in
Moroccan Arabic

Thirty-six scholars representing the US and Canada as well as eight  
other
countries will give papers on topics relating to the Afroasiatic  
language
phylum.  In addition to Arabic, sectional topics will include Northwest
Semitic (Hebrew and Aramaic), Amharic, Egyptian, Cushitic and Omotic,
Language Contact, and the History of Scholarship. A full schedule can be
found at the NACAL website:

http://www.nacal.org/

Those wishing to attend NACAL 35 must register. Registration costs $75
dollars ($45 dollars for students and those from soft-currency  
countries).
Registration may be made at any point up to the time of the conference,
but early registrations are eligible for a reduced price of $60 ($30
dollars for students and those from soft-currency countries).  
Registration
must be made on or before January 20th, 2007, in order to qualify for  
the
reduced price.

NACAL 35 will be held at the Holiday Inn at Market Square in downtown  
San
Antonio.  You must make reservations directly with the hotel well in
advance of the meeting, no later than February 12, 2007.  When making  
your
reservation, remember to mention the NACAL Annual Meeting for the
conference rate ($129 + tax for single or double rooms). This rate is in
effect for March 15-20, 2007.

Further information is available at the address given above.  I look
forward to seeing you in San Antonio.

Charles G. Haberl, PhD, NACAL 35 Convener
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:26 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Word Frequency Lists by context
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1) Subject:Needs Word Frequency Lists by context

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Andrew Dempsey <andrew at egyptianarabic.com>
Subject:Needs Word Frequency Lists by context

Hi all,

Does anyone know where I might find a simple list of words occurring  
by frequency from various contexts in Arabic?  I am aware of the  
various offerings by the LDC (such as the CallHome Egyptian Arabic  
transcripts, etc.), but am looking for something on a much simpler  
level ? just a list of words in Arabic or transliteration - that is  
preferably royalty-free, or reasonably priced.

Thanks in advance.  I spent the better part of yesterday searching  
online for something like this (including archives of this list), and  
was not successful.

Best regards,
andrew
--------------------
Andrew Dempsey
Cairo, Egypt

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:20 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:K-16:Star Academy Intro
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1) Subject:Star Academy Intro

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:"Saab, Nada" <nsaab at Starpsa.org>
Subject:Star Academy Intro

[moderator's note: Nada sent this when she joined the list, and I  
thought other K-12 subscribers might be interested in her  
introduction of herself.--dil]

Dear Sir or Madam;

My name is Dr. Nada Saab.  I would like to join your organization and
become a member of the listserv. I am the director of the
Arabic-Language department at a charter high school (k-12) in Detroit.
The name of the school is Star International Academy.  I am interested
in knowing about Arabic-Language curriculum, financial support and
funds, student's scholarships, teacher training workshops.  Thank you.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 20:06:03 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:06:03 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS Provo local arrangements
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1) Subject:ALS Provo Local Arrangements

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From: Dilworth Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject:ALS Provo Local Arrangements

Local arrangements for the Arabic Linguistics Society Conference,  
March 2-3, 2007, Provo, UT.

Provo is a smallish city about 50 miles south of Salt Lake City on  
I-15.  Attendees who will be flying in to Salt Lake City Airport may  
either rent a car (recommended), or take a shuttle (Express 375-5533,  
$30 each way per person, reservations should be made at least 24  
hours ahead).  (A less likely alternative, Freedom Charter 372-4297  
is $70 each way for one or two people with rates going down per  
person for additional people.)

The closest hotels/motels to Brigham Young University, where the  
conference will be held, are:

Courtyard by Marriot (1600 N. Freedom Blvd, Provo, UT 801-373-2222)

Days Inn (1675 N. 200 West, Provo, UT  801-375-8600)

Super 8 Motel (1555 North Canyoon  Road, Provo, UT 801-374-6020)

(They are within walking distance, but not 'easy' walking distance;  
they are several blocks away from campus, up to a mile walking.)

Slightly further, but with a shuttle ($2 per person each way) is:

Marriott (101 W. 100 N., Provo, 801-377-4700 or 800-228-9290)
The Marriot has given us a rate of $89 a room, but it is based on  
availability.
NOTE:  ASK FOR THE 'BYU RATE' RATHER THAN THE 'ALS CONFERENCE RATE'  
WHICH THEY DON'T HAVE.

There are several other hotels and motels in various price ranges  
which you can find by Googling Provo Motels.

The conference will rent a van to act as a shuttle for the  
conference; you will need to let us know a week in advance where you  
will be staying, if you would like to use this service, and also to  
realize that we may need to pick you up fairly early if we have to  
make stops at several motels/hotels.

Obviously if several participants end up renting cars, it will  
facilitate the transportation somewhat.

Parking on BYU campus is 'controlled', but there is a free visitors'  
parking lot near the Museum of Art.  If you stop at the booth they  
will give you a day pass.

The program for the conference will be sent out in a few days.  If  
you have an accepted paper, but will not be able to attend, please  
let us know as soon as possible.

FInally, there is the possibility that I will be able to get a room  
in the mountains, up above the Sundance Ski Resort, for the Saturday  
sessions.  This would be a lovely setting, and would be nice for  
people who have never really experienced Utah's Alpine environment.   
However, transportation is a problem.  I can get two vans that day to  
transport some people, and will have a couple of private cars  
available as well.  If there is interest in this option, and if 3 or  
4 of the participants are going to have cars (rented or otherwise)  
here that they could use to help us transport a few people, then I  
will try to make this arrangement.  Otherwise, we'll just have the  
Saturday sessions in Provo.  So please let me know if you are  
interested in this option, and if you are thinking of getting a car.

Since the conference is only Friday and Saturday this year, you might  
consider trying your hand at skiing one of Utah's fine resorts.  At  
least some of Saturday afternoon should be available, as well as Sunday.

Southern Utah parks (Arches, Zions, and others) are within a few  
hours drive.

Either of these options would be easier with a car.

Also, there is a conference Sunday and Monday at the University of  
Utah on the language of Newspapers that you might want to check out.   
I'll try to get Reem Bassiouney to post information on that soon.

Dilworth Parkinson
<dil at byu.edu>

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:41:41 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:41:41 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Macalester College part time Job
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1) Subject:Macalester College part time Job

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:Beth Severy-Hoven <severy at macalester.edu>
Subject:Macalester College part time Job
Part-Time Arabic Language Position

Macalester College is seeking a part-time language instructor to  
initiate a program in Arabic in the fall of 2007.  Applicants should  
be fluent in Modern Standard Arabic and in English. MA in Arabic,  
applied linguistics or an allied field in hand at time of appointment  
is strongly preferred. Responsibilities for the first year include  
teaching one course per semester, possibly supervising a TA and  
working closely with other faculty members to build a cohesive and  
rigorous language and culture program. Pending success of the  
program, the position may be expanded in subsequent years.   
Applications will be accepted immediately and until the position is  
filled.  Send letter of application detailing teaching experience and  
philosophy as well as C.V. with references to:

Beth Severy-Hoven, Chair
Classics Department
Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55105

Macalester College is a selective, private liberal arts college in  
the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area, whose vital and diverse  
urban communities offer multiple opportunities for faculty and  
student engagement. The College enrolls over 1800 students from all  
50 states plus the District of Columbia and almost 80 countries. As  
an Equal Opportunity employer supportive of affirmative efforts to  
achieve a diverse workforce, the College strongly encourages  
applications from women and members of underrepresented minority  
groups. We are especially interested in applicants dedicated to  
excellence in both teaching and research in a liberal arts setting,  
committed to working with students of diverse backgrounds. All  
faculty members at Macalester are expected to help sustain the  
College?s distinctive mission of educational excellence with a  
special emphasis on internationalism, multiculturalism, and service  
to society.

-- 
Beth Severy-Hoven
Associate Professor and Chair of Classics
Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue, St Paul, MN 55105
651-696-6721

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:18 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Modern Syriac Literature Last Call
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1) Subject:Modern Syriac Literature Last Call

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:shafiq.abouzayd at orinst.ox.ac.uk
Subject:Modern Syriac Literature Last Call

Dear Colleague,
I am writing to you about the ARAM Conference on ?Modern Syriac  
Literature?, which will be held at the Oriental Institute, University  
of Chicago (USA), 10-12 April 2007.
This our last call for those who have not yet registered for the  
above ARAM conference, and we hope to get your answer before mid- 
February 2007.
Find attached the list of speakers.
Yours sincerely,

Shafiq Abouzayd

ARAM Twenty Third International Conference: List of Speakers

At the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 10-12 April 2007

Rev. Dr. Shafiq Abouzayd (Oxford University):

?Maronite contribution to modern Syriac literature.?

Mr. Youel A. Baaba (Baaba Library):

?The evolution of short story in modern Assyrian literature.?

Mr. Daniel Benjamin (Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies):

?The Assyrian printing presses in Iraq during 20th Century.?

Dr. Sebastian Brock, (Oxford University):

?'The use of Modern Literary Syriac in Qolo Suryoyo over the years.?

Dr. J.F. Coakley, (Harvard University):

?Assyrian printers of Chicago 1915-1940?.

Prof. Rifaat Ebied (Sydney University):

?Subject to be defined.?

Dr. Samuel Fox, (Chicago):

"Some Features of Neo-Aramaic Oral Narrative".

Prof. Amir Harrak (Toronto University):

?The Garshuni inscriptions of Iraq: appearance, style, and development.?

Dr. George Kiraz (Georgias Press):

"Tabetha Syriac: Child Language Acquisition of Classical Syriac-The  
First Five Years."
Mr. David G. Malik, (Chicago):

             "Modern Assyrian Hymns in the Church of the East"
Dr. Alessandro Mengozzi, (University of Bergamo):

?A Neo-Aramaic poem on the Russian-Turkish war (1876-1978): Modern  
Syriac literature from Northern Iraq at the turn of the 20th century.?

Dr. Heleen Murre-van den Berg, (Leiden University):

?Syriac writing in the Church of the East between 1500 and 1800.?

Dr. Robert Paulissian, (Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies):
"The continuity and  maintenance of modern Syriac in Iran, after the  
exodus of Assyrians  from Urmia, in 1918 to the present time."

Dr. Istvan Perczel (T?bingen University & Central European University  
Budapest):

?Classical Syriac as a modern lingua franca in South India between  
1600 and 2006.?
Dr. Bruno Poizat, (University of Claude Bernard ? Lyon 1):

?La collection de lettres aux P?res de Mar Yaqo, conservee a la  
Bibliotheque du Saulchoir.?

Dr. Yona Sabar (University of California at Los Angeles):

?The genres and the sources of Jewish Neo-Aramaic literature with  
selected samples.?

Dr. Abdul Masih Sadi, (Notre Dame University):

?The translation of the Bible into modern Aramaic dialect of Tur  
?Abdin.?

Mr. Zomaya Solomon (USA):

"The use and lack of use of the definite and indefinite article in  
the Assyrian Aramaic language.?

Dr. Shawqi Talia, (Catholic University of America):

?The socio-cultural history of  some Dorekyatha from Northern Iraq .?

Prof. Martin Tamcke, (University of G?ttingen):

?The Literature of the so-called Lutheran Nestorians.?

Daniel Wolk, (University of Alabama at Brimingham):

?Qasha Shmoel Yosip bet Kulya?.

Dr. Helen Younansardaroud, (Freie Universit?t Berlin):

?Assyrian proverbs and idioms?.




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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:15 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Cairo Tutor (ad)
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1) Subject:Cairo Tutor (ad)

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:"Ahmed Farrag" <ah_farrag at hotmail.com>
Subject:Cairo Tutor (ad)

Hello! My name is Ahmed. I am a qualified and experienced native  
speaker, Arabic tutor. I have been teaching Arabic to non Arabic  
speakers for over 10 years. My private lessons are offered in a  
relaxed and friendly atmosphere. My learners come from all over the  
world, to improve their Arabic language and awareness of the Arabian  
society and its culture. As the lessons are tailor-made for your  
particular needs, you can expect great advancement within a short  
period of time, and focus your study on any aspect of the language.  
For detailed information please go to my website:

http://arabic-private-tutor.faithweb.com

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 17 19:42:12 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:42:12 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs help with Hamza
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1) Subject:Needs help with Hamza

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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From:"Haruko SAKAEDANI" <harukos at tufs.ac.jp>
Subject:Needs help with Hamza

Dear Sirs,

i'd like to ask you about the rules to write hamzahs.

CASE 1)
For example, "i did not read the letter." means "lam 'aqra'i r- 
risaalah." in
Arabic.
How do you write this Arabic sentence?

"i did not read" is "lam 'aqra'," which is written as ?? ????.
The last hamzah is written ON a 'alif.

"lam 'aqra'i r-risaalah," however, the vowel "i" is added to the last  
hamzah
of ???? .
In this case, do we have to write the hamzah UNDER the 'alif?
like ?? ???? ??????? ???????

CASE 2)
"i (shall) read" means "'aqra'u" in Arabic and it is written as  
????.
"i (shall) read it(f.sg.)" means "'aqra'u-haa" but how do you write this
sentence?

i thought that i may write it as ?????? ,
though i have found one of the Arabic Language Learner's books
in which "'aqra'u-haa" is written as ?????? , a hamzah on Waaw.

Please teach me how to write hamzahs.
Thanks a lot in advance.

Haruko

***********************
Haruko SAKAEDANI
harukos at tufs.ac.jp
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:18:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS Provo Tentative Program
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Date: 17 Jan 2007
From: Dilworth Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject:ALS tentative program

[This is a tentative program schedule.  Note that all 'slots' and  
times are subject to change.]

Friday

8:30 Ghassan Husseinali: Processability and Development of Syntax and  
Agreement in Interlanguage of Learners of Arabic as a Foreign Language

9:00 Mohammad T. Alhawary: Processability theory: Processing  
prerequisites or L1 transfer

9:30 Khawla Aljenaie: Imperative in Early Kuwaiti Arabic Child  
Language: Experimental Approach

10:00 William C. Young: Stem Vowels and Imperfect Tense Metathesis in  
Levantine and Mesopotamian Dialects



10:15 Samira Farwaneh: Paradigm Uniformity Effects and the Arabic Verb

11:15 Kamel Elsaadany: An LFG Account of Agreement

11:45 Usama Soltan: Structural Opacity and default agreement in  
Standard Arabic

Lunch


1:45 Ahmad Al-Jallad: The Etymology of the Imperfect Indicative  
Augment bi- in some Neo-Arabic dialects

2:15 Dilworth Parkinson: Sentence Subject Agreement Variation in  
Newspaper Arabic

2:45 Tim Buckwalter: A Corpus-based Frequency Count of Spoken and  
Written Modern Arabic



3:30 Bushra Zawaydeh: The LInguistic Properties of Romanized Arabic  
used in Chat rooms

4:00 Arabic Unicode Variations in Natural Language Processing

4:30 Munther Younes: Charging Steeds or Maidens doing good deeds?


Saturday

8:30 Hossam Eldin Ibrahim Ahmed: Same Mode, Different Representation:  
Standard/colloquial code switching in Arabic

9:00 Maher Bahloul: Unveiling the Pragmatics of ya'ni, fil-Haqiqa and  
Tab'an in Formal Conversational Arabic

9:30  Marwa Mohamed Khamis Al-Zouka: Directness and Face Relations in  
Egyptian Arabic Performatives: A Socio-Pragmatic Study

10:00 Ahmad Fakhri: Citations in Arabic Legal Opinion: 'iftaa's  
versus qaDAa'


10:45 Reda A. Mahmoud: A Text Pragmatic Approach to Moot questions in  
Arabic

11:15: Mustafa Mughazy and Nehad Heliel: The pragmatics of dialect  
change: the case of negation in the Arabic dialect of Alexandria.

11:45 Ahmad Shehu Abdussalam: Linguistic Security of Arabic in the  
context of globalization


12:30 Salim Ben Said: The perception of Arab-accented speech by  
American native speakers and non-native speakers from east and south  
east Asia

1:00 Hanada Al-Masri: LInguistic Losses in the Translation of Arabic  
Literary Texts



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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Sat Jan 20 21:32:53 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:32:53 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:NMELRC Teacher Training Seminars Austin
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:Maggie Nassif <mnnassif at byu.edu>
Subject:NMELRC Teacher Training Seminars Austin

2007 NMELRC Arabic Teacher Training Seminar in Austin

The National Middle East Language Resource Center (NMELRC) announces  
its fifth Arabic Teacher Training Seminar, to be held August 6-11,  
2007, inclusive, at the University of Texas, Austin. The seminar will  
be led by Professors Kristen Brustad and Mahmoud Al-Batal.

The seminar will address a variety of areas related to teaching,  
including:

? Course syllabus design

? Teaching reading comprehension

? Teaching listening comprehension

? Teaching vocabulary

? Utilizing group work in class

? Testing

The seminar will be conducted entirely in Arabic.

The seminar will allow participants the chance to work on their own  
class syllabi in preparation for teaching in the fall semester 2007.  
In addition, the participants will have the chance to do micro  
teaching and apply the principles learned in the seminar.

For more information email nmelrc_research at byu.edu or call (801)  
422-7192.

Deadline for application is April 1, 2007

To fill out an application go to www.nmelrc.org. Choose Opportunities  
for Teachers and then Professional Development from side menu
Maggie N. Nassif, PhD, MBA
Administrative Director
National Middle East
Language Resource Center
Brigham Young University
212 HRCB, BYU,
Provo, Utah, 84602
mnnassif at byu.edu

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Sat Jan 20 21:31:46 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:46 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Dialect Learning Responses
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2) Subject:Dialect Learning Response
3) Subject:Dialect Learning Response
4) Subject:Dialect Learning Response
5) Subject:Dialect Learning Response

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:Dilworth Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject:Dialect Learning Response

Margaret Nydell has a series of books "From Modern Standard Arabic to  
______Dialect" which covers most of the major dialects, including  
Moroccan.  They are listed on her georgetown CV under:

http://explore.georgetown.edu/publications/index.cfm? 
Action=View&DocumentID=13037

Amazon doesn't seem to have them but they must be available somehow.

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:Dan Parvaz <dparvaz at mac.com>
Subject:Dialect Learning Response

You might want to check out (if you have access) to the dialect  
materials put out by the Defense Language Institute -- I am aware of  
three: "Syrian", Egyptian, and Iraqi. The materials are dated, but  
well-written, and they were created for those who already had a year  
of intensive MSA to begin with, in that they made a point of showing  
divergences between MSA and the dialects. Dil Parkinson had also  
created a two-volume Egyptian course some time ago, again, I believe  
making the assumption that students already had some facility with  
MSA (do you still have any of those around?).

-Dan.

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Ahmed Slimi, AIIC Conference Interpreter, French, English,  
Arabic" <ahmedslimi at menara.ma>
Subject:Dialect Learning Response


Hi Jonathan,

Try inquiring at this URL : http://www.aui.ma/VPAA/shss/aranas/shss- 
aranas-home.htm

Hope this helps.

-- 
Ahmed SLIMI, Conference Interpreter
Member of A.I.I.C. (A: French - B: English - B: Arabic)
International Association of Conference Interpreters
84, Avenue Lalla Yacout, Casablanca, Morocco
Phone: + 212 61 109222   Fax: +212 22 234119
E-mail: a.slimi at aiic.net
www.angelfire.com/ma/interprete
www.aiic.net/database/datasheet.cfm/int5080.htm

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:Hassan Nitami <nitami at sas.upenn.edu>
Subject:Dialect Learning Response

There is a book you can download online for free. Follow this link:
http://friendsofmorocco.org/learnarabic.htm
Bslama

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Debra Morris Smith" <dlmsmith at gmail.com>
Subject:Dialect Learning Response

I have a Word file of SIL's "Juba Arabic for Beginners" and  
permission to share it, if you're interested in Southern Sudanese  
Colloquial Arabic. It's transliterated, but my impression is that  
that's the custom in the region. I'm replying to the whole list in  
case anyone else wants it -- email me offlist and I'll send you the  
file.

And I'm a relatively advanced MSA student taking a Colloquial  
Egyptian speaking course from Arab Academy via Skype; instruction is  
one-on-one and tailored to my needs and interests. I don't know if  
they have teachers who are native speakers of other colloquials, but  
it might be worth inquiring.

Debra Morris Smith

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Sat Jan 20 21:31:43 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:43 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Transcription query
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Mai Zaki" <maizaki at gmail.com>
Subject:Transcription query

Dear all,

I just wanted to ask about the most commonly used set of phonetic  
transcription symbols for arabic. I find there are different sets  
used in books and articles. Also I would appreciate if anyone can  
tell me the quickest way to download those symbols so I can use them  
in writing on Microsoft Word.

Thanks.

Mai Zaki

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Sat Jan 20 21:31:36 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Computational Approaches to Arabic-script based
 Languages
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Ali Farghaly" <farghaly1 at gmail.com>
Subject:Computational Approaches to Arabic-script based Languages

* SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS*

* *

*
CAASL-2*

*
Second Workshop on*

*Computational Approaches to Arabic Script-based Languages*



July 21-22, 2007


The Linguistic Summer Institute

Stanford University


Workshop description

* *

The first workshop on "Computational Approaches to Arabic Script-based
Languages", held in conjunction with COLING 2004, brought together
researchers working on the computer processing of Arabic script-based
languages such as Arabic, Persian (Farsi and Dari), Pashto, Urdu and
Kurdish. The usage of the Arabic script and the influence of Arabic
vocabulary give rise to certain computational issues that are common  
to all
these languages despite their being of distinct language families,  
such as
right to left direction, encoding variation, absence of capitalization,
complex word structure, and a high degree of ambiguity due to
non-representation of short vowels in the writing system.

The proposed second workshop, three years after the successful first
workshop, will provide a forum for researchers from academia,  
industry, and
government developers, practitioners, and users to share their  
research and
experience. The goal of the workshop is to provide the participants  
with an
opportunity to exchange ideas, approaches and implementations of
computational systems, to highlight the common challenges faced by all
practitioners, to assess the state of the art in the field, and to  
identify
promising areas for future collaborative research in the development  
of NLP
resources and systems for Arabic script languages. This second  
workshop also
provides an opportunity to assess the progress that has been made  
since the
first workshop in 2004.

The invited speaker for this workshop will be Richard Sproat from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The call for papers as well as future information on the workshop can be
found at http://www.zoorna.org/CAASL2


Workshop Topics

Authors of papers in any area of NLP in Arabic script-based languages  
are
invited to apply. We also accept proposals for demonstrations of
computational systems. Preference would be given to papers that  
extend their
results and analyses to other Arabic script-based languages. Papers and
demos could be on - but not limited to - any of the following topics:

   - Knowledge bases, corpora, and development of resources
   - Transliteration, transcription and diacritization
   - Morphological analysis
   - Syntactic ambiguity resolution
   - Shallow and deep parsing
   - Machine translation from and to Arabic script languages
   - Sense disambiguation
   - Homograph resolution
   - Semantic analysis
   - Semantic web and inferences
   - Named entity recognition
   - Information retrieval
   - Text mining
   - Summarization
   - Text-to-speech systems




*Submission Requirements*

Papers should be original, previously unpublished work and should not
identify the author(s). They should emphasize completed work rather
than intended work. Papers that are being submitted to other
conferences must reflect this fact on the title page.

Submissions should be no longer than 8 pages (including figures and
references). Email submissions (ps or pdf) are preferred and should be
sent to both Ali.Farghaly at oracle.com and karinem at mitre.org
<karinem at inxight.com> by midnight of the due date. Submissions should
be in English. The papers should be attached to an email indicating
contact information for the author(s) and paper's title. Formatting
requirements for the final version of accepted papers will be posted
as soon as they become available.

Important dates

Submissions due:
February 26, 2007

Notification of  
acceptance:                                            April
16, 2007

Camera ready submissions:                                             
June
15, 2007

Organizing committee

* *

Ali Farghaly, Oracle USA, Ali.Farghaly at oracle.com

Karine Megerdoomian, MITRE Corporation, karine at mitre.org


Program Committee

Jan W. Amtrup                                     Kofax Images
Tim Buckwalter                                     Linguistic Data
Consortium
Miriam Butt                                           Konstanz  
University,
Germany
Violetta Cavalli-Sforza                         Carnegie Mellon  
University
Joseph Dichy                                        Lyon University
Nizar Habash                                        Columbia University
Mona Diab                                            Columbia University
Kevin Knight                                        USC/Information  
Sciences
Institute
Farhad Oroumchian                             University of  
Wollongong in
Dubai
Ahmed Rafea                                        The American  
Universityin
Cairo
Bonnie Glover Stalls                            University of Southern
California
R?mi Zajac                                             Yahoo!, Inc.
Kareem Darweesh                                Cairo University
*Sherri L. Condon*                                The MITRE Corporation
*Mohammad** Haji-Abdolhosseini*  Iowa State University
*Farhad Oroumchian*                       University of Wollongong in  
Dubai
Imed Zitouni                                      IBM
Hany Hassan                                     IBM Cairo

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Sat Jan 20 21:31:34 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:34 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:More verb innovations
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:Anna-Karin Guindy <akguindy at get2net.dk>
Subject:More verb innovations

Heard from an Iraqi:
yishayyik (from "to check")
Anna-Karin Guindy

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Jonathan Owens" <jowens at casl.umd.edu>
Subject:More verb innovations

Waris, a secret language of Arab Koran school students in NE Nigeria has
a number of interesting derivational patterns, including a few with
quadriliterals:

mu-'alfit "married man", which in turn < 'ali fato "ali of the house"
(fato = "house" in Kanuri)
kaskaj "read, recite" comes from Kanuri kiska diya lit. "woods outside",
since the Koran school students traditionally study in isolated rural
areas.

Mifsud, "Loan Verbs in Maltese" (1995) contains a good overview of the
type of morphological adaptations which have been reported in various
Arabic-speaking regions.

Jonathan Owens

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Sat Jan 20 21:31:37 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:37 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Hawaii NFLRC Summer workshop
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:National Foreign Language Resource Center <nflrc at hawaii.edu>
Subject:Hawaii NFLRC Summer workshop

Our apologies for any cross-postings . . .


The National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of  
Hawaii
at Manoa is pleased to announce its 2007 Summer Institute workshop:


		"Developing Useful Evaluation Practices
		 in College Foreign Language Programs"

	      University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI

			  May 28 - June 6, 2007

		http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/si07d/


SUMMARY:
This NFLRC Summer Institute is designed to help college foreign language
administrators and teachers engage in useful, practical, and effective
program evaluations to meet a variety of purposes. It takes seriously  
the
values, goals, and constraints that characterize college language  
programs
and will provide language educators with a user-oriented approach to
developing evaluations that maximize benefits for language learners and
teachers, while minimizing potential negative consequences. It will also
provide participants with tools and strategies for making program
evaluation a systematic and consistently useful component of their FL
departments.

ACTIVITIES:
The Institute will be run by DR. JOHN M. NORRIS (UH Dept. of Second
Language Studies), an expert in language program evaluation and
assessment.  Activities over the 9-day institute will include  
lectures and
demonstrations, in-depth analyses of practical evaluation examples,
invited guest speakers (language evaluation experts), social events, and
extensive hands-on development and discussion of evaluation plans,
procedures, and instruments for immediate use in the participants  
specific
program settings.

PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY:
This workshop is intended for U.S. foreign language administrators and
teachers who are directly responsible for program evaluations in their
foreign language departments. It assumes no prior grounding in program
evaluation theory or practice, but it requires a willingness to help
increase evaluation capacity in college FL education. In order to  
maximize
the impact of this event across U.S. colleges, participants will be
purposefully selected to represent diverse FL program types, based on
size, languages taught, geography, and institutional status.

PARTIAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT is available to all participants in the NFLRC
Summer Institute, on a competitive and space-limited basis. Summer
Institute participants are also highly encouraged to participate in the
ADFL SUMMER SEMINAR WEST (directly following the Summer Institute in
Hawaii), where they will have opportunities to share their program
evaluation work.


APPLY TODAY!
For more details about the Summer Institute (including information about
affordable lodging options, fees, and more) or for the online  
application
form, visit our website at http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/si07d/

ONLINE APPLICATION DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 15, 2007


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    F          University of Hawai'i
     L         1859 East-West Road, #106
      R        Honolulu HI 96822
       C       voice: (808) 956-9424, fax: (808) 956-5983
               email: nflrc at hawaii.edu
VISIT OUR WEBSITE!   http://www.nflrc.hawaii.edu
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Sat Jan 20 21:31:26 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS Conference Registration Info
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:Dilworth Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject:ALS Conference Registration Info

Conference fees for the ALS Provo conference are $50.  ALS membership  
dues are $25 (for a total of $75).  Although we will accept payment  
at the door, it makes it very difficult to plan refreshments and  
other arrangements if we don't have a good idea of how many are going  
to come.  We therefore strongly encourage you to preregister, even if  
you don't pay until you arrive.  (We assume, of course, that all  
presenters will be attending, so we are counting on you.)

To preregister, fill out the following form and send to:

Tessa Hauglid
tessa at sfcn.org

Name:
Address:
City/State:
Zip:
Country
Affiliation:
email address:

Payment arrangements:
(indicate whether you will send a check, made out to the Arabic  
Linguistics Society, or pay at the door)


If you send a check, send to:
Tessa Hauglid
1346 South 2950 East
Spanish Fork, UT  84660

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Sat Jan 20 21:31:30 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:30 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:George Washington U. Jobs
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Mohssen Esseesy" <esseesym at gwu.edu>
Subject:George Washington U. Jobs


LANGUAGE SPECIAL SERVICE FACULTY POSITIONS

The George Washington University is seeking applications for 15
full-time renewable contract positions in the following languages:
Arabic (3), American Sign Language (1), Chinese (2), French (1),
Hebrew (1), Japanese (1), Korean (1), and Spanish (5). Basic
Qualifications: A Master's degree in the language or a related field
is required (Ph.D. preferred) as is fluency or near native fluency in
English and the target language, evidence of excellence in teaching
all levels of language, knowledge of a variety of contemporary
teaching approaches and language learning technologies.  Review of
applications begins February 26, 2007 and will continue until the
positions are filled.  To apply: To be considered send letter of
application specifying position(s) of interest together with
curriculum vita, teaching portfolio (which should include statement of
teaching philosophy, sample syllabi, evaluations of teaching, samples
of teaching materials; a video of teaching is preferred but optional),
and at least 3 letters of reference to:
Maxine Cogar
The George Washington University
Phillips Hall Room 212
801 22nd Street, NW
Washington, DC  20052
Only complete applications will be reviewed.  The George Washington
University is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action
Employer.  Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.


--  
Mohssen Esseesy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Coordinator
Arabic Program
Department of Classical and Semitic Languages and Literatures
The George Washington University
202-994-6179
www.gwu.edu/~arabic

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Sat Jan 20 21:31:29 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:K-16:Arab Academy K-12 offerings (ad)
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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:sanaa.ghanem at gmail.com
Subject:Arab Academy K-12 offerings (ad)

Dear Nada
The Arab Academy offers online courses supposted by workbooks for  
K-12 school children.  For more information on our course offerings  
visit:
http://www.arabacademy.com/kouki

I would also like to tell you that ?qra" is sponsoring some schools  
who wish to use the Arab Academy's curriculum.  To subscribe for  
sponsorship, fill the form below:
http://www.arabacademy.com/scholarships_institutions.htm?2

Feel free to contact me directly if you needed more information.
Best regards,
Sanaa Ghanem
President
Arab Academy


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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:31:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Hamza responses
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3) Subject:Hamza response
4) Subject:Hamza response
5) Subject:Hamza response
6) Subject:Hamza response

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:Jonathan Rodgers <jrodgers at umich.edu>
Subject:Hamza response

See Wright, A Grammar of the Arabic Language, v. 1, p. 75, paragraph  
133, rem.

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From: "Waheed Samy" <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject:Hamza response

Haruko, you can use either one of the two methods below:

I-  The strength-O-meter method
Under this method the strongest wins!
Here is ?the order of strength?, from strongest to weakest: ??,  
?, ?.
So in your example, ?????? VS ??????, the second wins  
because ? is stronger than ?:

Here?s another example:
?????? or ???????
According to the strength-O-meter above, ?? is stronger than ?.   
Therefore ?????? wins.

II- The syllable method
If you syllabify the indicative ?????? or ??????? you get  
the following four syllables:
?aq + ra + ?u + ha.
The third syllable -?u - tells you that the seat of the hamza is /w/.

For ?????? and ??????, if you syllabify you get the  
following four syllables:
taq + ra+ ?ii+ na.
The third syllable ??ii- tells you that the seat of the hamza is / 
y/.

Waheed

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Marco Hamam" <marco.hamam at poste.it>
Subject:Hamza response

Hello Haruko. First, in arabic, it is always important to distinguish  
between the rule and the practice. Your examples belong to what is  
called "qawa'id al-hamza al-mutatarrifa", the hamza at the end of words.
The imla' rule says exactly what it follows:
???? ??? ?????? ???????? ??? ?????  
?????? ????? ?? ???? ????? ?? ??????? .  
(Khalil Ibrahim, al-Mughni fi qawa'id al-'imla', Amman, al-Ahliyya,  
2002, p.15)
That means that this hamza is treated like a "voweless consonant" at  
the end of a syllabe. So final short inflectional vowels do not count  
unless it is -an so that hamza is considered middle.
Al-hamza al-mutatarrifa provides two cases:
1. it is preceeded by a mute consonant: the hamza is written alone  
like in ????? ? ????? ? ??????
2. it is preceeded by a voweled consonat: the hamza is written on the  
consonant (alif, waw, ya') that corrisponds to the short vowel of the  
consonant before like in ????? ? ??????? ? ????
So, coming to your cases we can say that the right solutions are:

CASE (1)
?? ????? ???????

CASE (2)
???????
(because hamza is considered a final syllabe consonant and it is  
preceed by a fatha)
(have a look also at the case of ????? . Here it is a good  
explanation http://www.rezgar.com/debat/show.art.asp?aid=10449)

As for practice, things change.

CASE (1)
you can find this sentence written:
?? ????? ???????
?? ????? ???????
?? ?????? ???????
the last two do not respect the rule, though.

CASE (2)
???????
???????

Best,

Marco Hamam

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"Dr. M. Deeb" <muhammaddeeb at gmail.com>
Subject:Hamza response


     Our Japanese colleague, Haruko Sakaedani, raises the interesting  
question of al-Hamza in Arabic orthography.  My comments and  
suggestions are inserted after his two given cases, respectively.

Case  (1):

For example, "i did not read the letter." means "lam 'aqra'i r- 
risaalah." In Arabic.  How do you write this Arabic sentence?  "I did  
not read" is "lam 'aqra'," which is written as ?? ????.  The  
last hamzah is written on a 'alif.  "lam 'aqra'i r-risaalah,"  
however, the vowel "i" is added to the last hamzah of ???? .  In  
this case, do we have to write the hamzah UNDER the 'alif? like ??  
???? ??????? ???????


<> The hamza should be placed on the ?alif.?   The sukuun of the  
jussive is changed to a kasra as it is followed by hamzat ?al-waSl.

  Case (2):

"I (shall) read" means "'aqra'u" in Arabic and it is written as  
????."I (shall) read it (f.sg.)" means "'aqra'u-haa" but how do  
you write this sentence?  I thought that i may write it as  
??????, though I have found one of the Arabic Language Learner's  
books in which  "'aqra'u-haa" is written as ??????, a hamzah on  
Waaw.


<> The right form is ??????  .    The verb is in the indicative  
mood and is thus voweled with a Damma.   In line with Arabic  
orthography, the medial hamza following a letter with a fatHa and  
falling between two consonants is written on a waaw.

The medial hamza has been a source of headaches and heartaches for  
Arabs and Arabists alike.  As it is difficult to go into details  
here, I?d like to suggest a brief and reliable reference on the  
rules of Arabic orthography, written by the late eminent Arab  
grammarian and editor, ?Abdul as-Salaam Muhammad Haaruun,   
????? ???????, Cairo, 1985.  I hope this would prove of  
some assistance.

* M. Deeb

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:"t.milo at chello.nl
Subject:Hamza response

Your transcriptions are flawless, just type them into AE

lam 'aqra'
lam 'aqra'i r-risaalah (better: r-risaala+ to get the dots; there is  
a well-written help file)

And get the correct Arabic orthography in real time on screen.

Enjoy,

Thomas Milo

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Date: 20 Jan 2007
From:""JL" <mm221 at op.pl>
Subject:Hamza response

          In this case, do we have to write the hamzah UNDER the 'alif?
like ?? ???? ??????? ???????

No. At the end of the word the "kursiyy" depends on the vowel  
preceding the hamza.
The kursiyy cannot be other than ? (alif and hamza above it). A damma  
or kasra occuring after the alif brings no change, because the fatha  
before the alif remains still the same fatha, and the kursiyy depends  
on it.
So you should write only: ?? ???? ???????


CASE 2)
"i (shall) read" means "'aqra'u" in Arabic and it is written as  
????.
"i (shall) read it(f.sg.)" means "'aqra'u-haa" but how do you write this
sentence?
i thought that i may write it as ?????? ,
though i have found one of the Arabic Language Learner's books
in which "'aqra'u-haa" is written as ?????? , a hamzah on Waaw.
Please teach me how to write hamzahs.


The rule is that at the end of the word the "kursiyy" depends on the  
vowel preceding the hamza.
The problem however is what we mean by the "word".
Similar problems occur when we conjugate an "ultimae hamza" verb.

Many grammars pretend that the ?????? is correct, but many  
famous Arabic writers use the ??????
believing that the kursiyy depends on the wowel preceding the "stem- 
ending" hamza.

I am a descriptive and not normative linguist and from my point of  
wiev the both forms are correct,
but I believe that ?????? is better because there is much more  
easy to state when is the end of the stem, and
much more difficult when is the end of the word.
But this is only my personal opinion and I cannot say anymore that  
such a opinion should be in any degree a normative one.


Best regards,
Jerzy Lacina
Adam Mickiewicz University
Department of Oriental Studies
   
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:"Yafit Marom" <gamilam at gmail.com>
Subject:hadruum etymology query

Hello everybody,
I'm dealing with a Bedouin Dialect from Sinai, and I've heard there  
the word
"hadroum" (????? (?) ?????) in the meaning of "cloth". Does  
anybody know
something about this word and its source?
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:"Marco Hamam" <marco.hamam at poste.it>
Subject:Gibali's development of Badawi's 5 levels query

Hello everybody. I have read somewhere that Prof. Alaa Elgibali has  
developped Badawi's 5 levels system of the Egyptian Arabic continuum.  
He added two more levels making distinction between formal/informal  
language, so that they become:
1. informal literary arabic
2. formal well-educated colloquial arabic
3. informal well-educated colloquial arabic
4. formal educated colloquial arabic
5. informal educated colloquial arabic
6. formal uneducated colloquial arabic
7. informal uneducated colloquial arabic.

Does anyone know where can I find this distinction?
Thank you very much indeed.

Marco Hamam

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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:47:05 -0700
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:evesdad at gmail.com
Subject:Looking for Arabic Tutor in Northern VA, DC area

Hello, I'm looking for an experienced Arabic tutor to help me improve  
our Palestinian colloquial and Modern Standard Arabic.  I tested 2+  
on the DLPT and would like to get up to level 3; my wife would like  
to get from beginning to intermediate level Arabic and we are also  
interested in exposing our 2 year old daughter to the language. If  
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:"Safiyyah Saleem" <ssaleem98 at gmail.com>
Subject:Arabic Language Proficiency Tests query

Hello,

I am a graduate student in an applied linguistics program.  I am  
about to
begin a project looking at a language proficiency test for a course on
second language assessment and testing.  I wanted to use an Arabic
proficiency test that is widely used in universities.  Unfortunately,  
the
Arabic department at the university I am attending is quite young and  
does
not use or have access to any proficiency tests.  Does anyone know how I
could obtain a sample copy of test along with statistics on the usual  
test
takers and their results?  I am thinking that the Arabic Proficiency  
Test
published by the Center for Applied Linguistics would be appropriate but
would appreciate suggestions on other tests as well.

Thanks in advance for you help.


Safiyyah Saleem

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:46:56 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Transcription Responses
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:Gerhard Wedel <gwedel at zedat.fu-berlin.de>
Subject:Transcription Response

Dear Mai Zaki and all interested in umschrift and transliteration codes,

all transliteration / transcription characters are included in character
sets that are based  on UniCode, e.g. Arial Unicode MS which is part  
of MS
Office. But this set is a Helvetica set which not all people like and  
which
is not usable for printing in books.

I will give some hints and useful internet addresses for alternative
solutions.

Other sets of characters looking like Times (= serif script) are  
Thryomanes
and Gentium. Both are available on the internet.
Thryomanes: http://www.io.com/~hmiller/lang/
Gentium:
http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&item_id=Gentium

All these characters sets have in common that special characters that we
need for transliteration are not accessible directly. So you have to use
the function INSERT Symbol or better - for fast access - to build a WORD
makro including all transliteration characters in one list using e.g.  
the
ALT GR as additional key for fast access.

A better way is that to use the KLM = keyboard layout manager. With  
help of
this tool you can to map all useful characters on ALT GR key. Load  
down the
KLM and install. The usage for mapping is relatively simple.
KLM: http://solair.eunet.yu/~minya/Programs/klm/

Please comment and answer if anyone has better proposals and sources for
free ware tools!

best wishes and success,
Gerhard Wedel, Berlin

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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:Joseph.Bell at msk.uib.no
Subject:Transcription Response

The simplest way:

Buy Vista when it is released, install the Times New Roman that comes  
with
it on your system (to install it on Windows 2000 uninstall the old TNR
first), then download and install Uniqoder from the Net free, to access
the different glyphs.

Joseph Bell

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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:adil at hum.ku.dk
Subject:Transcription Response

Dear Dr. Adel,
You may check this link:
http://www.wataonli ne.net/site/ modules/newbb/ viewtopic. php?topic_
id=1648&post_id=9500# forumpost9500
I copyrighted this in 1998 while I was working on my PhD. It is as  
good a
way as some others. The only good difference is that the sounds do  
not get
confused when they appear in certain sequences.
Have a look and see.

Ahmed Al=Laithy

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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:47:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:BRISMES Graduate Conference CFP
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:"John L. Knight" <johnlknight at gmail.com>
Subject:BRISMES Graduate Conference


CALL FOR PAPERS

The Third Annual BRISMES Graduate Conference

6-7 July 2007
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

The British Society for Middle Eastern Studies (BRISMES) Graduate
Section seeks submissions from graduate students of all levels from
all universities in the United Kingdom, exploring any Middle
East-related subject from the Arab League to Zand painting.


Highlights of the Conference:

?	Gain conference experience in a comfortable and supportive environment
?	Participate in a poster exhibition to learn about other students'  
projects
?	Take part in panels on academic and non-academic careers
?	Join a session on overseas fieldwork
?	Get involved with the BRISMES Graduate Section
?	Socialize with colleagues while enjoying one of Britain's most
beautiful universities

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we are able to offer modest
travel grants to speakers coming from universities in the UK, and
meals during the conference to all those giving papers.

Please submit a 250 word abstract on any Middle East-related topic by
31 March 2007
to the conference committee at john.knight at sant.ox.ac.uk

Abstracts will be judged anonymously and those selected to speak will
be notified by 15 April 2007.

Please check www.brismes.ac.uk/graduatesection.htm for more
information and updates; specific enquiries may be addressed to the
email listed above.


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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:"Barkat-Defradas" <melissa.barkat at univ-montp3.fr>
Subject:Conference on Typology of Modern Arabic Dialects

International Conference on
Typology of Modern Arabic Dialects:
?Features, Methods and Models of Classification?
May 14-15, 2007 ? Montpellier (FRANCE)

organized by
laboratory Praxiling UMR 5267 CNRS ? University of Montpellier 3 ?  
France
laboratory Dynamique du Langage UMR 5596 ? University of  Lyon 2 ?  
France


The Arabic speaking world constitutes a field of choice for  
comparative linguistics as it is a linguistic continuum which covers  
a vast territory (from Mauritania to the borders of the Persian  
region, with some projections in Europe, in Malta and Cyprus).  
Nevertheless, in the field of Arabic linguistics, studies dealing  
with dialectology still occupy a marginal place as compared to the  
huge amount of dialectal works conducted on French and/or English.

Contradictorily, the interest for speech in Arabic is very old: many  
works produced by the old Arab grammarians of the traditional period  
(8th ? 10th century) testify the interest of philologists for Arabic  
grammar and lexicography. In their enterprise of standardization of  
the Arabic language, they had mainly adopted the same methodological  
approach for the evaluation of linguistic features. Three operational  
criteria prevailed for the classification of the linguistic features  
encountered on the field (i) eloquent Arabic to imitate, (ii)  
acceptable Arabic but which cannot be used as a model and (iii)  
incorrect Arabic to be avoided and condemned.

The traditional conception of what should be The Arabic Language   
(i.e. Al'Arabiyya) resulted in the emergence of a model built around  
a set of linguistic characteristics present in the pre-Islamic poetic  
koine. This model attributed a certain tolerance to bedouin features  
and rejected quasi systematically sedentary ones. The formidable  
effervescence of the times of standardization focused the interest on  
the linguistic features of that ?ideal? language called fusha, a  
language purified from regional characteristics which lead the Arabic  
dialects to be regarded as distorted linguistic forms not worth  
studying. This uncommon situation prevailed for more than one  
thousand years. At the end of the 19th century, following the  
development of comparative Semitic grammar, a prompt renewed interest  
for Arabic dialectal studies occurred. Many major contributions made  
it possible to have an overall picture of the dialectal Arabic  
speaking world and some proposals for regional regroupings based on  
linguistic features (i.e. mainly morpho-phonological) emerged. The  
suggestion which collects the adhesion of the specialists of the  
domain consists in classifying all the different Arabic dialects into  
five principal groups : (1) dialects of Arabian type (i.e. Saudi  
Arabia, country of the Gulf, Yemen);  (2) dialects of Levantine type  
(i.e. Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine);  (3) dialects of  
Mesopotamian type (i.e. Iraq);  (4) dialects of Egyptian type (i.e.  
Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Nigeria);  (5) dialects of Maghrebi type (i.e.  
Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya).

In addition to a certain geographical coherence, these five dialectal  
areas were defined on the basis of some reliable phonological  
features like (i) the maintenance vs. the loss of the three  
interdental fricatives /T D D?/ (? ? ?) and (ii) the nature of the  
realization of the uvular stop /q/  (? ) (i.e. voiced vs. unvoiced).  
These phonological features seem to transcend the regional borders as  
they also allow a sociological division of dialects into three  
categories: (1) dialects of nomadic bedouin type, (2) dialects of  
sedentary bedouin type ; (3) dialects of urban type. To this double  
discrimination of geographical and sociological nature, a third one,  
more specific, is determined by the nature of the local substrate  
(i.e. Aramaic, Coptic and/or Berber).

But, with the deep social and demographic changes the Arabic  
countries have known in the course the 20th  century, many important  
urban centres mushroomed. These are undoubtedly important places for  
language contacts. What linguistic impacts these centres have had ?  
and still have ? on the nature of Arabic koines? What is the present  
value of the phonological features that previously enabled the  
geographical and sociological classification? What is their role in  
the processes of linguistic accommodation and dialectal levelling?  
Does the centrifugal force of the sedentary urban centres reach the  
surrounding sedentary rural areas ? Does the language of urban  
sedentary type used and conveyed by the media exert any influence on  
bedouin nomadic linguistic varieties? If such  an influence is  
conceivable, any classification based on the phonological units  
quoted above becomes extremely delicate, even inoperable since the  
same linguistic object could be interpreted as typical of sedentary  
bedouin dialects by the ones, or as specifically nomadic by the  
others and eventually, as the product of the integration (conscious  
or unconscious)  of a prestigious feature at a local, regional,  
national or cross national level? Did the ancient Arabic dialects  
that were not worth studying by traditional philologists simply  
ceased to exist after the establishment of the linguistic norm? Was  
their use reduced to local minorities and specific situations of  
communication or did these vernacular forms evolved to become the  
modern dialects that are spoken nowadays? We attend here or there in  
particular thanks to the process of koinization which develops itself  
in the great urban centres, to the resurgence of linguistic features  
with strong diachronic value that are interpreted ? sometimes  
wrongly ? like the results of linguistic accommodation and/or  
levelling. These features ? though they entirely belong to the  
subjects? competence ? deeply  modify the structural organization  
of the regional linguistic systems. What is our knowledge about the  
systems of these dialects? What methodological tools the researchers  
can use to distinguish between what should be considered as a  
linguistic fossil from what is a recent element of urban koinization?  
How old and new features should be arranged in any work of  
classification?

The speakers invited to participate to the Congress on ?Typology of  
Modern Arabic Dialects? are all specialists of Arabic dialectology.  
They will debate the questions raised before and confront their views  
and opinions on the question of the geographical and sociological  
classification of the Arabic dialects. Finally, a set of new  
classification features will be proposed at the segmental (i.e.  
consonants, vowels, diphthongs), and the prosodic levels (i.e.  
stress, rate, rhythm, intonation). These new elements will be  
explored in isolation or in relation with other linguistic domains  
(morphology, lexicology, syntax).

Poster submission

Apart from invited oral communications (see program below) a poster  
session is scheduled. Studies dealing with Arabic dialects?  
classification, methods of sociolinguistic investigations, phonetic  
and phonological descriptions of regional, rural, urban and/or  
peripheral varieties, use and/or perception of specific linguistic  
features?.etc, will be submitted under the form of an abstract which  
should not exceed 1 page, Times New Roman 11, line space 1,5). Note  
that according to the French law, we have to include a French summary  
in any published document. We therefore have to ask you TO INCLUDE A  
SHORT SUMMARY OF YOUR ABSTRACT IN FRENCH (no more than 5 lines).  
Without this summary we are not authorised to publish your abstract.  
This document will also include the authors? last and first names,  
academic affiliations, postal and e-mail addresses.

Please submit 2 versions of your abstract, one in PDF format **AND**  
one in WORD, RTF format. The name of these two files should be:  
TMAD_abstract_lastname (e.g. TMAD_abstract_barkat.pdf and  
TMAD_abstract_barkat.doc or TMAD_abstract_barkat.rtf) Your abstract  
should be sent electronically by MARCH 15th 2007 to the following  
address : melissa.barkat at univ-montp3.fr. Languages of presentation  
are French and English. Format for posters is A0 landscape ( height  
84cm*length 119 cm).

Registration fees

Registration fees to attend the conference are 60 ? (normal) 45 ?  
(normal AFCP); 30 ? (students); 15 ? (AFCP students) to be paid by  
APRIL 15  2007 by postal / bank cheque or bank transfer to:

?By bank transfer (please precise the name of the : Typologie des  
Parlers Arabes Modernes) ) to : Monsieur L'Agent Comptable Secondaire  
du  CNRS D?l?gation R?gionale Languedoc Roussillon.

- National bank transfer :
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- International bank transfer
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?By cheque to:
Monsieur L'Agent Comptable Secondaire du  CNRS D?l?gation  
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(Precise the name of the conference at the back of the cheque)

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Typologie des parlers arabes modernes ? 14 et 15 mai 2007 -  
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Registration Form
To be sent on April 15th toghether w/ your paiement to
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1919 route de Mende ? 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5 (France)

NOM  
???????????????????????? 
??????????.
PRENOM  
???????????????........................... 
............................................
STATUT (chercheur, professeur, ?tudiant, ...)  
???????????????..............
ORGANISME DE RATTACHEMENT :  
?????????????????????
(CNRS, Universit?, entreprise, ...)  
???????????????????????...
ADRESSE PROFESSIONNELLE :  
???????????????????????
ADRESSE PERSONNELLE :  
???????????????????????? 
?.
E-mail :  
???????????????????????? 
??????????.

Registration fees

Normal :
60 ?
Normal AFCP (precise  membership n?)
45 ?
Student :
30 ?
Student : AFCP (precise  membership n?)
15 ?
Extra

Reception dinner (May 14th evening) :
+ 20 ? / Person
TOTAL



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Registration fees include the participation at the conference, coffee  
breaks, aperitif and the booklet of the abstracts.  The proceedings  
of the conference ?Typology of the modern Arabic Dialects: Features,  
methods and models of classification ? will be published.

Grants

With the support of the AFCP a certain number of grants (for  
participants presenting a poster only) can be delivered to foreign  
students and/or researchers. The number and the amount of these  
grants will be established according to the number of demands.  
Applicants are invited to send by APRIL 1st 2007, in electronic form  
preferably, a file of request including a CV ; a letter of motivation  
(indicating the awaited benefit of the participation of the applicant  
at the conference) and an estimate of the amount of the expenses  
(travelling, accommodation, registration fees?) to:  
melissa.barkat at univ-montp3.fr, or by snail mail to :
Dr. Melissa Barkat-Defradas
Laboratoire Praxiling UMR 5191
17, rue Ab?e de l?Ep?e - 34090 Montpellier ? FRANCE

The conference will be held at the Delegation Regionale of the CNRS
1919, route de Mende 34090 Montpellier ?  France

Schedule


May 14th 2007

09:00?09:15 : Opening of the Conference (M.Barkat-Defradas &  
M.Embarki)
09:15?10:15 : Kees Versteegh (University of Nijmegen ? The  
Netherlands) :
10:15?10:30 : Break
10:30?11:30 :  J?r?me Lentin (INALCO ? Paris ? France)
11:30?12:30 : Alexander Borg (University Ben Gourion of Jerusalem  
? Israel)
12h30?14h00 : Lunch
14:00?15:00 : Salem Ghazali (Universit? of Tunis ? Tunisia
15:00?16:00  : Enam El-Wer (University of Essex ? Great Britain)
16 :00?16 :15 : Break
16 :15?17 :15 : Mohamed Embarki (Universit? of Montpellier ?   
France)
17h15?18h15 : Poster session
18:30 ? 19:00 : Aperitif
20:00 : Dinner

May 15th 2007

09:00?10:00 : Moha Ennaji (University Mohamed Ben Abdallah  of Fez  
? Morocco)
10:00?10:15 : Break
10:15?11:15 : Gilbert Puech  (University of Lyon 2 ? France)
11:15?12:15 :  Martine Vanhove (LLACAN & Inalco ? France)

12:15?14:00 : Lunch

14:00?15:00 : Amr Ibrahim (University of Franche-Comt? & Paris IV)
15:00?16:00 : Melissa Barkat-Defradas (Praxiling UMR CNRS 5191?  
University of Montpellier - France)
16:00?16:15 : Break
16:30-17:00 : Closing of the Conference ? G?rard Ghersi, Director  
of the MSH-M


__________________________________
Dr. Melissa Barkat-Defradas (CR-CNRS)
Laboratoire Praxiling UMR 5191
17, rue Ab?e de l'Ep?e
34090 Montpellier - France
Tel : + 00 33 (0)4 67 14 58 63 ou 28 (secr?tariat)
Fax : + 00 33 (0)4 67 14 58 68
web : http://praxiling.univ-montp3.fr
e-mail : melissa.barkat at univ-montp3.fr


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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:46:59 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:LDC New Arabic Resources
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:ldc at ldc.upenn.edu
Subject:LDC New Arabic Resources

Preview of Membership Year 2007

LDC Collaborating with IRCAM

LDC2007T02
English Chinese Translation Treebank v 1.0

LDC2007S01
Levantine Arabic Conversational Telephone Speech

LDC2007T01
Levantine Arabic Conversational Telephone Speech, Transcripts

In this month's newsletter, the Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC)  
would like to provide a preview of Membership Year 2007, note a  
recent collaboration, and announce the availability of three new  
publications.




Preview of Membership Year 2007

Membership Year (MY) 2007 is gearing up to be an exciting one for the  
LDC.   First and foremost, MY 2007 marks the LDC's 15th Anniversary!   
As we reflect on the past fifteen years, it is essential to note how  
greatly the LDC has evolved while still adhering to our goal to share  
language-technology resources.  A quick review of our online catalog  
underscores the LDC's growing role in data collection and creation.   
In 1993, all corpora the LDC distributed were externally provided,  
while last year almost 40% of our publications were produced in-house  
and authored by LDC Staff.  By creating data that we distribute, the  
LDC remains responsive to the changing needs of the research  
community that it has supported for fifteen years.

As in previous years, MY 2007 will offer a substantial selection of  
corpora.  A few of the corpora in the pipeline are updates to our  
Gigaword corpora and data used in the GALE evaluation including  
OntoNotes and parallel web text.  Brief descriptions of our proposed  
releases will be provided in our February newsletter.

Additionally, to ensure that the processing of our customer's credit  
card information is as speedy and secure as possible, we will  
transition to online credit card processing this year.  Stay tuned  
for future announcements regarding our online payment center.

Why not help us celebrate our 15th anniversary and sustain our  
operations by becoming a member of the LDC?  It's easier than  
generative syntax! Click here for further information. Members of the  
LDC are more popular, funnier and taller than their fellow non- 
members-- so what are you waiting for?


LDC Collaborating with IRCAM

LDC is pleased to announce that it has entered into a collaboration  
with Institut Royal de la Culture Amazighe (IRCAM), Rabat, Morocco, a  
organization devoted to the preservation and promotion of the Amazigh  
language and culture. Two Amazigh scholars from IRCAM, A?cha Bouhjar  
and Rachid Laabdelaoui, just completed a month-long stay at LDC  
during which they worked with LDC?s team on the Less Commonly Taught  
Languages (LCTL) project to develop language resources for Amazigh.  
LDC looks forward to future joint projects and to a long and  
successful collaboration with IRCAM.


New Publications

English Chinese Translation Treebank v 1.0 consists of 146,300 words  
in 325 files of individual news stories from Xinhua News Agency  
(corresponding to the Xinhua data in the Chinese Treebank 5.0, LDC  
Catalog No.: LDC2005T01) that are translated into English, part-of- 
speech tagged and treebanked. The files were compressed using gzip.

The source files for the treebank annotation contain the final  
updated translation of these files. Translation errors that prevented  
complete treebank annotation have been corrected. This translation  
and annotation were completed in October 2004, and this supersedes  
any earlier translation.  English Chinese Translation Treebank v 1.0  
is distributed via web download.

2007 Subscription Members will automatically receive two copies of  
this corpus on disc. 2007 Standard Members may request a copy as part  
of their 16 free membership corpora. Nonmembers may license this data  
for US$500.

*

Levantine Arabic Conversational Telephone Speech contains 982  
Levantine Arabic speakers taking part in spontaneous telephone  
conversations in Colloquial Levantine Arabic. A total of 985  
conversation sides are provided (there are three speakers who each  
appear in two disctinct conversations). The average duration per side  
is between 5 and 6 minutes.  Levantine Arabic Conversational  
Telephone Speech is distributed on one DVD-ROM.

2007 Subscription Members will automatically receive two copies of  
this corpus on disc. 2007 Standard Members may request a copy as part  
of their 16 free membership corpora. Nonmembers may license this data  
for US$400.

*

Levantine Arabic Conversational Telephone Speech, Transcripts  
contains 982 Levantine Arabic speakers taking part in spontaneous  
telephone conversations in Colloquial Levantine Arabic. A total of  
985 conversation sides are provided (there are three speakers who  
each appear in two disctinct conversations). The average duration per  
side is between 5 and 6 minutes.

Each transcript file is a flat, plain-text table, where each line  
contains information for a single contiguous utterance, presented via  
the following tab-delimited fields:

1. beginning and ending time stamps, in seconds; each time stamp is  
in square brackets, and the two values are separated by a space (e.g.  
"[5.7189] [9.2135]" -- here, duration is about 3.5 sec)

2. channel/speaker-ID ("A:" or "B:")

3. MSA-based "consonant skeleton" orthography for the utterance,  
using Arabic script characters in UTF-8 encoding

4. Fully "diacritized" orthography for the utterance, reflecting the  
actual pronunciation, using Arabic characters in Buckwalter (ASCII)  
transliteration

Levantine Arabic Conversational Telephone Speech, Transcripts is  
distributed via web download.

2007 Subscription Members will automatically receive two copies of  
this corpus on disc. 2007 Standard Members may request a copy as part  
of their 16 free membership corpora. Nonmembers may license this data  
for US$200.




Ilya Ahtaridis
Membership Coordinator
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:47:03 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:more on Verb Innovations
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2) Subject:more on Verb Innovations

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1)
Date: 23 Jan 2007
From:"John Joseph Colangelo" <yaacolangelo at hotmail.com>
Subject:more on Verb Innovations

I have heard ????????? /yushayyiku/ in the UAE among many Arabs from  
different backgrounds.

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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From: "Srpko Lestaric" <srpkole at EUnet.yu>
Subject:more on Verb Innovations

In Iraq it is normally pronounced ychayyik/yichayyik, having only one  
meaning: to examine, look into, inspect. All over Iraq the verb is  
such, i.e. chayyak-ychayyik-tachyiik. In Kuwait and UAE it is usually  
but not obligatorily of the same form. An Iraqi must be long out of  
Iraq, his/her personal pronunciation influenced by another dialect,  
to utter it shayyak. However, shayyak can be heard in Sirya and  
generally at all Arab airports.

Srpko Lestaric

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:46:52 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs experienced advice on Jordan programs
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Date: 23 Jan 2007
From: "dwilmsen" <dwilmsen at aucegypt.edu>
Subject:Needs experienced advice on Jordan programs

I have a student who is thinking of constructing for himself an  
intensive year-long study
abroad programme in Jordan.  The two places he is considering are the  
Qasid Institute and
the University of Jordan.  Not knowing much about the Arabic  
programmes in either, I have
given him the general advice, based on what I know of programmes in  
Egypt, that at a
language institute he would probably get better second language  
instruction but his
classmates would all be non-native learners of Arabic, whereas at an  
Arab university the
second language instruction may leave something to be desired but he  
would have the
benefit of Arab students as his peers.  Does anyone on the list have  
any specific knowledge
of the programmes at either of those two venues?

David Wilmsen
Visiting Associate Professor of Arabic
The Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Georgetown University

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:40:56 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:TRAN:McNeil Technologies job
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:reposted from LINGUIST
Subject:McNeil Technologies job

Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:07:58
From: Marleigh Hentz < mhentz at mcneiltech.com >
Subject: Arabic, Standard & Translation: Translator, McNeil Technologies


Organization: McNeil Technologies
Web Address: http://www.mcneiltech.com
Job Rank: Translator
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Translation
Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)

Description:
McNeil Technologies, Inc. is seeking cleared Arabic Linguist (SECRET  
or above,
Interim Secret Acceptable) to be deployed overseas.

The candidate will be responsible for translation/interpretations of  
written,
electronic and multi-media documents from Arabic language into the  
English language.

Requirements:
Experience translating or interpreting or 1-2 years of linguistic  
experience and
a thorough knowledge of Arabic culture. Candidates must currently  
possess an
active secret clearance interim or above. Security clearance must be  
verified
prior to submitting candidate's application for employment.

Salary range up to 134K+ with full company benefits included.  McNeil
Technologies offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits  
package. Please
send your resume (in Word Format), and salary requirements to
mhentz at mcneiltech.com. Applicants can also fax resumes and salary  
requirements
to McNeil Technologies at: 703-778-8954.  Attn: MH

Application Deadline: 26-Jul-2007

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:02 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:02 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:SOAS job
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:reposted from LINGUIST
Subject:SOAS job

Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:32:18
From: Barbara Pizziconi < bp3 at soas.ac.uk >
Subject: Language Pedagoy: Lecturer, SOAS, University of London, UK


University or Organization: SOAS, University of London
Department: Japan and Korea
Web Address: http://www.soas.ac.uk
Job Rank: Lecturer
Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Language Pedagoy

Description:

We propose to appoint a Lecturer in Language Pedagogy.

You should have a record of research in this area, including a  
completed or
nearly completed PhD, as well as relevant teaching and supervisory
experience. You will have experience in research and teaching in at  
least
one Asian, Middle Eastern or African language.

You will play a key role in developing and expanding a range of new  
courses
and programmes on the teaching of African, Asian and Middle Eastern
languages, including teacher training, and will be expected in the first
instance to offer a course at MA level on the Theory and Practice of
Language Pedagogy.

You will be a member of the Department of Linguistics, and will be  
required
to work closely with colleagues in other departments, especially the  
SOAS
Language Centre/School of Languages and the SOAS/UCL Languages of the  
Wider
World Centre of Excellence.
	
Application Deadline: 16-Feb-2007

Contact Information:
	professor Michael Hutt
	Email: mh8 at soas.ac.uk
	
Apply on-line at: http://www.soas.ac.uk/jobs

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:04 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:04 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Morocco Summer Program
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1)
Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:A.Chekayri at aui.ma
Subject:Morocco Summer Program


Summer 2007 in Morocco

Arabic Language and North African Studies


Arabic Language
One Semester of Arabic in 4 Weeks (June 4 ? 29, or July 2 -27, 2007)
One Year of Arabic in 8 Weeks (June 4 ? July 27, 2007)
Beginning to advanced levels of Modern Standard (6 to 8 credit hours)
Advanced level Special Topics
Moroccan Colloquial Arabic

Experiential language learning
Weekly cultural activities, Field trips, Immersion experience, Local  
community life

North African Studies
6 Week Summer Session (June 6-July 19, 2007)
4 courses are offered. Each course carries 3 semester credit hours:
Arab Society, Islamic Civilization, History of the Arab World, Issues  
in Contemporary North Africa

Deadline for application: April 22, 2007

For more information: Website: http://www.aui.ma/arabic , E-mail:  
arabic at aui.ma
FAX. (212)35862977, Tel. (212) 35862427
AlAkhawayn University, BP. 104, Ifrane, 53000 Morocco


Sincerely,


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dr. Abdellah CHEKAYRI
Arabic Language and North African Studies Program Coordinator
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
PO. Box. 1848, Ifrane 53000, Morocco
Phone: (212) 35862448
Fax: (212) 35862977

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:13 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Jordan Study Abroad responses
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2) Subject:Jordan Study Abroad response
3) Subject:Jordan Study Abroad response

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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From: "John Joseph Colangelo" <yaacolangelo at hotmail.com>
Subject:Jordan Study Abroad response

Hi David,
I think Qasid is the best advice for a student for his or her first  
year abroad because the quality of the classes is going to be far  
superior to those in a normal Arab university where 200 students will  
be copying in their notebooks literally everything the teacher says.  
The teacher will be a guy who is not used to the "I have a question  
Ustath". He will probably look at him thinking the unthinkable. Thus,  
a place like Qasid during the first year would be the best solution.
My two cents,
John

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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From: Hassan Ali <hamzah888 at yahoo.com>
Subject:Jordan Study Abroad response

Hi
I would like to recommand Egypt if it is possible, if it is not  
possible I recommand Jordanian university in Amman.

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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From: Nesreen Morris <nesreenmorris at yahoo.com>
Subject:Jordan Study Abroad response

I know that the University of Jordan is the oldest
university in the Country.  My understanding is that
it is recognized in the region for its academic
excellence.  It offers degrees in a variety of
subjects including medicine, engineering, agriculture,
science, education, law, Islamic Studies, business,
languages including English and Arabic, and other
disciplines.

I received my law degree from the University of
Jordan. I personally loved the campus atmosphere and
the experience.  The University is situated in a
pleasant and safe area with easy access to downtown
Amman.

The people of Jordan are hospitable and the Arabic
dialect spoken in close to Modern Standard Arabic.
Amman is also centrally located, which allows students
to easily travel to the numerous historical and
cultural sites in the country.

We are considering organizing a summer study abroad
program in Jordan.  We would be interested and
grateful to hear about the experiences of other
universities who currently have study abroad or
exchange programs with universities in Jordan.

With best regards,

Nesreen Akhtarkhavari, Ph.D.
Professor & Arabic Program Coordinator
DePaul University
nakhtark at depaul.edu

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:16 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:16 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:hadruum responses
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:"Mohammed  Sawaie" <ms at cms.mail.virginia.edu>
Subject:hadruum response

Perhaps you heard the word hduum in the meaning of clothes.  or items  
for house furnishing.  Is that possible?

ms

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:09 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:09 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:2007 Pragmatics and Language Learning Conference
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:National Foreign Language Resource Center <nflrc at hawaii.edu>
Subject:2007 Pragmatics and Language Learning Conference

Our apologies for any cross-postings . . .


17th International Conference on Pragmatics & Language Learning (PLL)
        Imin International Conference Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
			    March 26-28, 2007

		  http://nflrc.hawaii.edu/prodev/pll/


		 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE AVAILABLE ONLINE!

        PRE-REGISTER NOW to enjoy special discount conference rates -
		       DEADLINE FEBRUARY 15, 2007!


The conference will address a broad range of topics in pragmatics,
discourse, interaction and sociolinguistics in their relation to second
and foreign language learning, education, and use, approached from a
variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives.

Conference highlights include . . .

PLENARY TALKS:
* Language in action:  Conversation analytic perspectives on grammar,
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:15 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:K-16:Proficiency Test for K-12 query
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:"Muhammad Eissa" <eissa at comcast.net>
Subject:Proficiency Test for K-12 query

Salaam All;

	Is anyone aware of the existence of any form of standardized
comprehensive (or partially satisfactory) Arabic language proficiency  
test
for K-12? Is anyone also aware or have knowledge of anyone
(group/organization or others) who is working on developing such a  
test or
tests?

	Your help is highly appreciated.

	salaam

Muhammad Eissa, Ph. D.
Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
University of Chicago
5828 South University Ave.
Chicago, IL 60637
Ph. +1-773- 834-0123
Fax: +1-773-708-2587
E. MAIL: meissa at uchicago.edu

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:20 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Proficiency Test Responses
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:"raram" <raram at umich.edu>
Subject:Arabic Proficiency Test Response

I recommend using the APT administered by Center for Applied
Linguistics.

Raji Rammuny
University of Michigan

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:07 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:07 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:hamza thanks
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:"Haruko SAKAEDANI" <harukos at tufs.ac.jp>
Subject:hamza thanks

Dear sirs,

Thank you for your Hamza responses.
At last, I, a Japanese donkey, have understood how to write hamzas.

1) 'aqra'u = ????  , but  'aqra'uhaa = ??????  is better  
than ??????
2) lam 'aqra'i r-risaalah = ?? ????  ???????

i have drawn a table to show which may become a Hamza's chair in the  
middle of a word.
http://www11.ocn.ne.jp/~harukos/arabic/hamza.gif
The horizontal axis shows vowels before the Hamza.
The vertical axis shows vowels of the Hamza itself.

Thank you.  One thousand thanks for you.

Best wishes,
Haruko
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Haruko SAKAEDANI
harukos at tufs.ac.jp
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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:More on Transcription
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:Antonio Gim?nez <huesteantigua at yahoo.es>
Subject:Transcription

A simple and effective solution for Arabic transliteration/transcription
under MS Windows is freely available from the SEEA (Spanish Society of
Arabic Studies) website and is called Naqhara:
http://www.estudiosarabes.org/naqhara

Naqhara is based on Tavultesoft's keyboard mapping software, Keyman,  
and it
allows typing the most frequently used characters in Arabic  
transcription.

(Please note that currently Naqhara documentation is only available in
Spanish.)

--
Antonio Gim?nez
huesteantigua at yahoo.es

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Fri Jan 26 23:41:05 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:05 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Middlebury Middle East School (Alex) job
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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:masmoudi at Princeton.EDU
Subject:Middlebury Middle East School (Alex) job

Middlebury College seeks an energetic and innovative person to serve  
as Director of the C.V. Starr-Middlebury School in the Middle East,  
located in Alexandria, Egypt. Candidates should have a Ph.D. (or  
equivalent) in a relevant field, native or near-native language  
competency in both Arabic and English, and experience in working with  
students and administration in both cultures.  Computer literacy  
essential.   Candidates with relevant teaching experience, knowledge  
of language pedagogy, and a demonstrated interest in international  
education, as well as strong interpersonal skills and leadership  
ability, will receive the strongest consideration. The successful  
candidate will spend the academic year in residence in Alexandria and  
will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the program.

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:41:11 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:verb innovations
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2) Subject:verb innovations

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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:Fadia Hamid <fetfet at sbcglobal.net>
Subject:verb innovations

In Egyptian Arabic "mitchayyek" means he looks "chic" as in elegant  
and "mitchayyeka" is the femin. form
fadia hamid

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Date: 26 Jan 2007
From:"lailafam" <lailafam at aucegypt.edu>
Subject:verb innovations

In the Egyptian dialect:
1.	/yishayyik/ (followed by the preposition /3alaa/, which is an
interesting phenomenon), ?to check?.
2.	/yitshayyik/, ?to dress in a chic way?.
3.	/yifannesh/, ?to finish?, ?to finish off (in carpentry,  
varnishing
etc.). For variations see the Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, by Badawi
& Hinds.
4.	/yi?avwar/, ?to exagerate? (derived from the English ?over?)
5.	/yitanshen/, ?to become tense? (derived from the English  
?tension?).
6.	/yihartel/, probably derived from the Fusha /harTaqa/, which in
turn derives from the Greek ?hairesis? ?heretik?. In Egyptian  
it means
?to say nonsense?.
7.	/yiroll/, ?to roll a cigarette? (in the drugs field there must be
many other words, like the one mentioned by Badawi & Hinds: /yi?afyin/
?to take opium?).
8.	/yihaypar/, ?to get excited in an exaggerated manner? (derived  
from
?hyper?).
9.	/yibastar/, ?to pasterurize? (there must be many words in the
Medical field, as there are in the computer field).
10.	/yimakyej/, ?to do make-up to somebody?, /yitmakyej/ ?to do
make-up to one?s self? (from the French ?maquillage?).
11.	/yitsastem/ + /3alaa/ , ?to be used to do something? (derived  
from
?system?).
12.	/yibarmag/, ?to program?.

In the Shaam dialects:
1.	/yitalfen/, ?to phone? (derived from ?telephone?).
2.	/yimassej/ ?to send an SMS? (derived from ?message?) and  
also ?to
give a massage?.

In the Gulf dialects:
1. /chabb/ (mainly used in the imperative form), most probably derived
from the English ?shut up?.

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:58:59 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Middlebury Job Correction
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Date: 29 Jan 2007
From:masmoudi at Princeton.EDU
Subject:Middlebury Job Correction

[The earlier message was inadvertently truncated.  Here is the whole  
thing.]

Middlebury College seeks an energetic and innovative person to serve  
as Director of the C.V. Starr-Middlebury School in the Middle East,  
located in Alexandria, Egypt. Candidates should have a Ph.D. (or  
equivalent) in a relevant field, native or near-native language  
competency in both Arabic and English, and experience in working with  
students and administration in both cultures.  Computer literacy  
essential.   Candidates with relevant teaching experience, knowledge  
of language pedagogy, and a demonstrated interest in international  
education, as well as strong interpersonal skills and leadership  
ability, will receive the strongest consideration. The successful  
candidate will spend the academic year in residence in Alexandria and  
will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the program.


For a full description, please see:  http://hostedjobs.openhire.com/ 
epostings/jobs/submit.cfm? 
fuseaction=dspjob&jobid=164355&company_id=15657&version=1&source=ONLINE& 
JobOwner=984773&startflag=1&CFID=26966494&CFTOKEN=53fcc40-847a1d07-1e11- 
485b-888c-4514d9bb4aaf


Please submit a r?sum? and three references by March 1, 2007 to  
Michael Geisler, Dean of Language Schools and Schools Abroad,  
Middlebury College, Middlebury VT, 05753, USA. Do not apply on-line.   
Interviews will be held in March/April.  The preferred starting date  
is June 1, 2007.  Contracts run for a three-year period with  
possibility for renewal, based on performance.  Middlebury College is  
an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from women  
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:35 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:35 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:on Verb Innovations
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:sattar izwaini <sattarumist at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject:on Verb Innovations

It seems that those are not 'verb innovations' as such but rather  
borrowings adapted to Arabic to meet the dialect's need for  
vocabulary to express concepts and processes where the lexical  
resources of the standard language are not resorted to.

As for  /chabb/ in Gulf dialects, it seems it is an abbreviated  
version of /?inchabb/ which is the version used in Iraq. It most  
priobably goes back to standard Arabic /?inkabb/ as in /?inkabba cala  
wajhihi/ to signify the same meaning of shut up.

Regards
Sattar Izwaini

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:24 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:24 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Reading Strategies research query
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"lailafam" <lailafam at aucegypt.edu>
Subject:Reading Strategies research query

Hello,

Does anybody know of any research that has been done on reading
strategies used by learners of Arabic as L2 or FL, apart from the
studies of Abu-Rabia?

Many thanks

Laila Hasan Familiar

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:22 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:22 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:Al-Adab issue on Sectarianism
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:kidriss at cyberia.net.lb
Subject:Al-Adab issue on Sectarianism

Dear Friend, Please forward this announcement:

Al-Adab Magazine: 2 files on Sectarianism in the Arab World

The last two issues of Al-Adab Magazine (in Arabic) feature 13  
articles dealing with several dimensions of Arab SECTARIANISM in  
Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, in particular. A third file on sectarianism  
in Egypt will appear in March. Contributors to the 3 files include:  
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Narrating the July War on Lebanon (Zeina Za'tari)
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Spaciocide and Biopolitics (Sari Hanafi)
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A Critique of Arab Cultural Pages (Ziad Muna)
Arab Left and Development (Samir Taher)
Credibility: International Rights Organizations vs Arab Authorities  
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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:32 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:32 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:K-16:K-12 Proficiency Test response
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"raram" <raram at umich.edu>
Subject:K-12 Proficiency Test response

Dear Shaykh Mohammad:

Salamaat:

I have prepared several items for a short Proficiency-based Test
consisting of four parts: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing. This
test will be mainly designed to measure students' performance from
Novice through Intermediate High. We are in the process of trying sample
items with college students at the end of the fourth semester and high
school students of Arabic at the end of Grade 12.

I'm preparing a proposal to be submitted for USDE for funding to
complete development of the Test and put it on line aftr field testing
and revision.

Raji

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:31 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:31 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:bunduqiyya etymology query
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"Schub, Michael B." <Michael.Schub at trincoll.edu>
Subject:bunduqiyya etymology query

Why is Venice known as  'Al-Bunduqiyya' in Arabic?  Lane's Dictionary  
has one view, the Encyclopedia of Islam (first ed.) implies another.   
What's the real skinny?
                                                                         
                  Mike Schub

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:33 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:33 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Hamza consolations
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1)
Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"Marco Hamam" <marco.hamam at poste.it>
Subject:Hamza consolations

Hi Haruko, don't worry, hamza is everybody's problem. Most Arabs  
themselves write hamzas "as they have seen them written before". I  
would like to ask you : is your table referred to the initial, middle  
or final hamza? I felt a bit confused. I think it refers to the  
middle hamza so I did not understand why you put the star next to the  
hamza 'ala alif. In any case it is a great idea, especially for those  
who approach the "hamza question".
Regards,

Marco Hamam

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:36 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:36 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:Transcription
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:lionelf <lionelf at ftc-i.net>
Subject:Transcription

If you think Arabic transcription is vexed, try Devanagari sometime!

I have developed for my own use what looks at first like a clunky  
solution, but turns out to be quite elegant. I call it the vruwmiy  
(pronounced "ruwmiy") script, and its main virtues are (1) that it  
can reproduce every nuance of the script used or the Qur'an,  
including things like pauses, in a fairly intuitive way; and (2) it  
can be used on any keyboard, so that you don't have to have  
Tavultesoft or the like. I've been using it for about 2 years now,  
and it facilitated teaching my own children to read Arabic in  
practically no time at all.

If anyone is interested, please write direct to me and I'll send you  
a listing of the system, plus a piece of software that converts  
vruwmiy to standard (but unvowelled) Arabic script.


Lionel Fleetwood

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:14 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:14 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:Irina Mihai <ivainov2 at yahoo.com>
Subject:New Book

George Grigore, L?ARABE PARL? ? MARDIN ? MONOGRAPHIE D?UN PARLER  
ARABE ? P?RIPH?RIQUE ?, Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti, 2007,  
352 pages, ISBN: (13) 978-973-737-249-9

   The book is the outcome of more than seven years of of activity  
carried out by its author in collecting and researching firsthand  
data on a lesser studied variety of spoken Arabic. George GRIGORE is  
a Professor at the Arabic Department of the University of Bucharest,  
Romania.

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:18 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:18 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Scholarships for Fall 2007!!
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:Sara Hillman <greeklassie at yahoo.com>
Subject:Arabic Scholarships for Fall 2007!!

The Arabic Language Instruction Flagship (ALIF)
program at Michigan State University has extended its
deadline for accepting applications for its first
cohort of ALIF scholars for fall 2007. ALIF is an
undergraduate program where scholars take specialized
coursework and programming in Arabic language and
culture aimed at developing superior levels of
proficiency in the Arabic language. A unique aspect of
the ALIF program is that scholars have the opportunity
to take regular academic classes taught in Arabic and
can pursue any college major at MSU that is approved
by ALIF and the relevant department. FULL RIDE
SCHOLARSHIPS will be available to qualified
applicants.

Interested applicants should be admitted or in the
process of being admitted to Michigan State
University. ALIF applications can be found on the ALIF
website at http://arabicflagship.msu.edu or by
contacting the program by sending an e-mail to
hillma20 at msu.edu, or calling 517-775-0034. All
application materials should be sent as soon as
possible!


Materials Development Assistant
ALIF (Arabic Language Instruction Flagship)
Wells Hall A-712
Michigan State University
East Lansing MI, 48823
(517) 775-0034

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:20 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:20 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Workshop on Mass Media and Arabic, UofUtah
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"reem bassiouney" <reembassiouney at hotmail.com>
Subject:Workshop on Mass Media and Arabic, UofUtah

Dear All,
The workshop on Mass Media and the Arabic Language is scheduled for  
Sunday, March 4th and Monday, March 5th, 2007 at the University of  
Utah. The conference will cover a variety of issues and topics in the  
area of Mass Media (all topics are open for discussion/ 
presentation).  If you are interested in attending please get in  
touch with:
Dr.Reem Bassiouney
reem.bassiouney at languages.utah.edu
presenters include:
 From Egypt:
Dr. Zeinab Taha, Dr. Samir Mahmoud
 From the USA
Dr. Dilworth Parkinson
Dr. Keith Walter
Dr. Naima Omar
Dr. Tom Huccins

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:16 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:16 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:WorldComp07 CFP
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:Hamid R. Arabnia [mailto:hra at pixel.cviog.uga.edu]
Subject:WorldComp07 CFP

Can you please share the announcement below with those who may be
interested?  I would be most grateful.

Thank you in advance,

Hamid R. Arabnia, PhD.
Professor, Computer Science
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer)
University of Georgia, USA
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                   Call  For  Papers

      The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science,
      Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing
                     WORLDCOMP'07
  Date and Location: June 25-28, 2007, Las Vegas, USA

         Academic Sponsors: Research Labs at
   MIT, Harvard, Purdue, Univ. of Texas at Austin, ...

     Paper Submission Deadline: February 20, 2007

Dear Colleagues:

You are invited to submit a draft/full paper for consideration.
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering,
and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'07) is composed of the following
25 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location
and dates: June 25-28, 2007, USA).

o The 2007 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed
   Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Grid Computing and
   Applications (GCA'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Computer Design (CDES'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Scientific Computing (CSC'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
   (ICAI'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary
   Methods (GEM'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models,
   Technologies and Applications (MLMTA'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Bioinformatics and
   Computational Biology (BIOCOMP'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Software Engineering Research
   and Practice (SERP'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer
   Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and
   Visualization Methods (MSV'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual
   Reality (CGVR'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Multimedia Systems and
   Applications (MSA'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Internet Computing (ICOMP'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Semantic Web and Web Services
   (SWWS'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Security and Management (SAM'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Information and Knowledge
   Engineering (IKE'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business,
   Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Embedded Systems and
   Applications (ESA'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer
   Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Foundations of Computer
   Science (FCS'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable
   Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'07)

o The 2007 International Conference on Communications in Computing
   (CIC'7)

(a link to each conference's URL can be found at
http://www.worldacademyofscience.org/worldcomp07)

Coordinator/General Chair:

    H. R. Arabnia, PhD
    Professor, Computer Science
    Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer)
    The University of Georgia
    Department of Computer Science
    415 Graduate Studies Research Center
    Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA
    email: hra at cs.uga.edu

Submission of Papers:

    Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft/full paper
    (about 5 to 8 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to
    H. R. Arabnia by Feb. 20, 2007 (hra at cs.uga.edu). E-mail submissions
    in MS Doc or PDF formats are preferable (postal mail submissions
    are also fine.) All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable
    (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a
    particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for  
publication.)

    The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be  
limited to
    7 (IEEE style) pages.  Papers must not have been previously  
published
    or currently submitted for publication elsewhere.  The first page of
    the draft paper should include: title of the paper, name,  
affiliation,
    postal address, email address, and telephone number for each author.
    The first page should also identify the name of the author who will
    be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 topical
    keywords that would best represent the content of the paper.   
Finally,
    the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to  
must be
    stated on the first page.

    Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity,  
impact,
    and soundness.  Each paper will be refereed by two experts in the  
field
    who are independent of the conference program committee.  The  
referees'
    evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of the program
    committee who will recommend a decision to the chair of the track  
that
    the paper has been submitted to.  The track chair will make the  
final
    decision.  Lastly, the Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one
    member of the program committee.

Members of Program and Organizing Committees:

    The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy
    of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing;  
artificial
    intelligence; imaging science; databases; simulation; software
    engineering; embedded systems; internet and web technologies;
    communications; computer security; and bioinformatics.) Many members
    of the program committee for individual conferences include renowned
    leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and practitioners of the
    highest ranks; many are directors of large research laboratories,
    IEEE Fellows, heads/chairs of departments, deans and provosts.
    Each committee also includes two Student Members (in their final  
stages
    of their PhD programs) who are identified as such.  Refer to the
    conference web sites for the list of members of program committee.

Co-Sponsors (a partial list):

    Academic Co-Sponsors of WORLDCOMP'07 include:
      - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Laboratory,
        MIT (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
      - Statistical Genomics and Computational Biology Laboratory,
        Department of Statistics, Harvard University (Cambridge,
        Massachusetts)
      - Texas Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at
        Austin (Austin, Texas)
      - Statistical and Computational Intelligence Laboratory of
        Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana)
      - University of Iowa's Medical Imaging HPC Lab (Iowa City, Iowa)
      - Institute for Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of
        Sciences, Moscow, Russia);
    Other Co-sponsors include:
      - HPCwire
      - GRIDtoday
      - STEM Education Society
      - HPCSoft, HPC Software Inc.
      - International Technology Institute (ITI)
      - H2cM - Hodges' Health, UK

Location of Conferences:

    The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las  
Vegas,
    Nevada, USA.  This is a mega hotel with excellent conference  
facilities
    and over 3,000 rooms.  The hotel is minutes from the airport with
    24-hour shuttle service to and from the airport.  This hotel has  
many
    recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning
    decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool, lighted tennis courts,
    health spa (with workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...),
    nightly shows, snack bars, many restaurants, shopping area,  
bars, ...
    Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and most are  
suitable
    for families and children.  The negotiated room rate for conference
    attendees is very reasonable.  The hotel is within walking distance
    from most other attractions (major shopping areas, night clubs, free
    street shows, Golf courses, ...).

Purpose / History:

    This set of joint conferences is the largest annual gathering of
    researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied
    computing.  Many of the 25 joint conferences in WORLDCOMP are the
    premier conferences for presentation of advances in their respective
    fields.  Most of these conferences have been evaluated and  
determined
    to be top tier research conferences
    (see http://www.cs-conference-ranking.org/index.html for an  
example).
    We anticipate to have 2000 or more attendees from over 75 countries
    participating in the 2007 joint conferences.

    The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research
    conferences into a coordinated research meeting held in a common
    place at a common time.  The main goal is to provide a forum for
    exchange of ideas in a number of research areas that interact.  The
    model used to form these annual conferences facilitates  
communication
    among researchers from all over the world in different fields of
    computer science, computer engineering and applied computing.  Both
    inward research (core areas of computer science and engineering) and
    outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary, and
    applications) will be covered during the conferences.

Important Dates:

    Feb.  20, 2007:    Submission of full/draft papers (about 5 to 8  
pages)
    March 20, 2007:    Notification of acceptance
    April 20, 2007:    Camera-Ready papers and Registration due
    June 25-28, 2007:  The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science,
                       Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing
                       (WORLDCOMP'07 - 25 joint conferences)

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:29 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:29 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Lexical Foresight
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"Dr. M. Deeb" <muhammaddeeb at gmail.com>
Subject:Lexical Foresight

Lexical Foresight


             Their richness and diversity notwithstanding, Arabic  
lexicons pay only passing attention to etymology, and when they do,  
the background information is either general or uncertain. Whilst  
much can be said about this unfortunate deficiency which still  
persists despite the efforts of the Arabic academies, I would like  
specifically to point out the conflicting etymology of Iraq.


I.    Al-Qa:mu:s al-MuHi:T traces the (????) entry to its presumed  
Persian origin as (????? ???) which means a country rich in palm-trees.


II.    Lisa:n al-'Arab, on the other hand, suggests that (????) is  
the Arabicized form of the Persian origin (?????).


     III.    The philologist al-ASma'iyy has a different view, quoted  
in al-Muzhir.  Whereas he agrees that (????? ???) is the Persian  
origin, he contends,

              with an uncanny modern foresight, that it means "the  
wasteland."   [my emphasis]



             *MD

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From dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU  Wed Jan 31 21:00:26 2007
From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:26 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:on haDruum
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2) Subject:on haDruum

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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:a elsherif <alarish5 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject:on haDruum

????? (?) ?????
I ASKED ABOUT THIS WORDS AND IT SEEMS NO ONE UNDERSTAND IT, AND AS  
YOU ARE AWARE PEOPLE OF SINAI THEY TRY TO HELP SO THEY CAME WITH THIS  
ANSWEER:
1) IT MAY BE ?????   as you know some time the bedouin twist the  
worl .
2)????? comes from the word mohandam (tress very well) 
??????  and Hendam ????? all related to cloth and way of  
good cloth.

something else i would like to mention that the bedouin and all the  
original people born in all sinai (this exclude people came from the  
NILE???? ????? speak LAVANTINE ARABIC which the Arabic spoken  
by Syrian, Labanon, Palastine and Jordan,so you can ask people from  
those country too.

HOPE THIS HELP YOU.
Ahmed
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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:"Srpko Lestaric" <srpkole at EUnet.yu>
Subject:on haDruum

The word hduum [=clothes], sing. hidim [=an item of clothes] is  
almost the only word used in that meaning all over Iraq and Kuwait.  
It is widely used in UAE, Levant and even in Egypt, too. You'll find  
it in Badawi's dictionary of Egyptian Arabic, Woodhead-Beene's  
(Georgetown U.) dict. of Iraqi Arabic, Matar's "xaSaa'iS al-lahja al- 
kuwaytiyya", Qafisheh's A Glossary of Gulf Arabic and probably in  
other books. I myself can witness it's usage also in Sana'aa/Yemen,  
in Khartoum and even in Libya.

Srpko Lestaric,
Belgrade

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From: dilworth_parkinson at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:00:28 -0700
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Study Abroad in Jordan responses
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3) Subject:Study Abroad in Jordan response

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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:Dan Parvaz <dparvaz at mac.com>
Subject:Study Abroad in Jordan response

The quality of the program at the U of J was at best uneven. Students  
were largely at the mercy of faculty, only some of whom were aware  
of  the L2 acquisition needs of non-Arab students. Others, while  
clearly great in belles lettres, did not easily meet the needs of the  
students (one guy was never prepared, and had one fallback lesson...  
if I heard yet another rudimentary lecture on "'inna and her  
sisters," I would have gone postal).

The secret to making the program work is to be assertive. There was a  
placement test which placed a lot of emphasis on knowing Arabic  
grammatical terminology: it didn't matter if you knew how to use the  
la' of absolute negation if you didn't know how to refer to it in  
Arabic. Don't be bullied, don't take "no" for an answer, and find  
which of the various levels you're most comfortable at. Some of the  
instructors are quite good and are used to answering questions (some  
even admit it when they have to look something up!). Also quite  
rewarding was meeting Arabic students from all over the world: many  
Europeans, as well as non-Arab Muslim theology students (Turks,  
Indonesians, etc.) take courses at the U of J.

-Dan.

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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:malhawary at ou.edu
Subject:Study Abroad in Jordan response

The Summer program at the Hashemite University has been running  
successfully for four years. Focus is on both culture as well as the  
Arabic language. The program runs daily with cultural activities in  
the weekend. Weekend activities also include trips to most historical  
sites in Jordan: including Petra, Wadi Al-Ramm, Jarash, the Baptism  
Site, and the Dead Sea. The other advantage of the program is that it  
uses _Al-Kitaab_ textbook to avoid curricular gaps between study at  
home and study abroad courses.  Here's the announcement of the  
program that has already been posted on Arabic-L (if you need flyers  
and brochures of the program, I will be willing to email/mail them to  
you):

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

Summer Intensive Arabic Program
in Zarqa, Jordan at
The Hashemite University

6 weeks in Jordan
May 20 ? June 29, 2007

The Hashemite University is on the outskirts of the city of Zarqa,  
the second largest city after the capital city Amman, with a  
population of  about 1.000.000 inhabitants.  Zarqa is located in the  
north of  Jordan about 20 miles (25 km) north east of Amman.   With  
its unique location and small size compared to other over-crowded  
cities in the region, the city of Zarqa is a great choice for an  
Arabic study abroad program. The program will begin on Sunday, May  
20, 2007. Students must arrive in Amman/Zarqa on May 29th. Students  
will live in Amman and commute to Zarqa via HU transportation shuttle.

The Summer Arabic program at the Hashemite University (HU) is part  
of  an exchange agreement between The University of Oklahoma (OU) and  
The Hashemite University a (HU) and is open to non-OU students as  
well.  The program provides:

- Intensive Arabic language instruction of 150 hours: 125 of  Modern  
Standard Arabic and 25 hours in survival colloquial Jordanian.

- Small classrooms with individual attention (maximum of 12 students  
in each class) to develop their Arabic language skills at the  
Intermediate and advanced levels and beyond.  The Summer 2007 program  
will be  limited to instruction at the Intermediate (equivalent to  
2nd year Arabic at OU) and advanced (equivalent to 3rd  year Arabic  
at OU) levels.

- Basic orientation on the country and culture upon arrival

- At least three field trips to historical sites & cultural programs  
arranged by HU

- Off-campus housing in Amman, arranged by HU

The deadline for application is March 15, 2007.

Textbooks used: Al-Kitaab: Parts Two & Three

For further information, please contact the program directors:

Professor Mohammad T. Alhawary (in the US)
malhawary at ou.edu

Professor  Yaser Al-Tamimi (in Jordan)
ytamimi at hu.edu.jo

or visit the program website:
http://www.hu.edu.jo/Inside/Centers/ASIP.asp

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

  With Best Wishes,

Mohammad T. Alhawary, Ph.D.
ConocoPhillips Professor of Arabic Language,
Literature and Culture
Arabic Program Advisor & Coordinator
Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies
Co-editor, JALT http://www.jalt.net
Assoc. Contributing Editor, World Literature Today

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Date: 31 Jan 2007
From:nagwa hedayet <nhedayet at yahoo.com>
Subject:Study Abroad in Jordan response

Hi David,
I suggest that you make it clear to your student that the fun part of  
the experience in Amman is relatively limited compared to that in  
Egypt, Syria or Morocco. The learning experience could be a great one  
if the student joined a good language center there, was a very  
focused student and had a good academic supervisor. After reading the  
end of program evaluation forms of 15 Study Abroad Students (SIT in  
Amman) who joined Hedayet Institute short program last Oct.06  for  
ten days- where they had several educational and recreational  
activities in Cairo and Alexandria- I realized how hard it could be  
for a Western student to live there and study intensively! I could  
feel that Egypt blew away their minds ....just the fact that they saw  
shops and resturants opened until very late was a surprise to most of  
them.  Amman and Cairo are pretty close and students can always visit  
one when they are in the other as many times as they want.

Nagwa

Hedayet Institute for Arabic Studies
Hadaayeq El Maadi
Cairo-Egypt
www.hedayetinstitute.com
Work Tel.: (202)5272190
Cell Phone: (2012)2261308

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