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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:56:43 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Saudi and Gulf Facebook friends
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From: moderator
Subject: Needs Saudi and Gulf Facebook friends

I have received the following appeal from Dr. John Myhill of the University of Haifa who is working with an Israeil-Arab MA student on a sociolinguistic project involving the use of Arabic in Facebook in various Arab countries.  If you have ideas about how this problem can be solved, you can email him directly, or email me <dil at byu.edu> and I will pass it on to him.
dil

Dear Dr. Parkinson,
My name is John Myhill, I'm a sociolinguist at the University of Haifa. I have a
student, Dua'a Abu Elhija Mahajna, who is doing her MA thesis research on how
Arabic is used in Facebook in different countries. She's been able to get data
from almost everywhere, but she's having serious problems with Saudi Arabia and
the Gulf because people there don't want to be Facebook friends with her. What
she is doing is just basic sociolinguistic research on language usage. Any help
in finding Facebook friends for her in these countries would be much
appreciated.
Thanks,
John Myhill
Professor of Linguistics
Dept. of English Language and Literature
University of Haifa
Mt. Carmel, Haifa 31905
Israel
john at research.haifa.ac.il

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Tue Jul  5 17:56:41 2011
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:56:41 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Algerian Arabic DLPT Test review job
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Date: 05 Jul 2011
From: Michelle Paradies <mparadies at ACTFL.ORG>
Subject: Algerian Arabic DLPT Test review job

Algerian Arabic Language Experts Needed

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is seeking Teachers, Translators, Interpreters and Scholars of Algerian Arabic interested in working as consultant external reviewers. 

External Reviewer Position Description
Consultants selected to work as consultant (freelance) external reviewers will critique materials being developed for use on the US Government’s test of Algerian Arabic listening and reading proficiency, the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT). The work will involve assessment of factors such as ILR level, cultural appropriateness, authenticity, linguistic correctness as well as other factors as requested. Review work will be conducted online from the reviewer’s home. Reviewers will receive access to a secure website from which to view and assess items. Reviewers will be responsible for evaluating the items as requested, creating a written report (in English) and returning the reviewed items within a strict timeframe.  Most reviewers will receive work periodically for three to six months. There is no guarantee of minimum number of hours or amount of income to be generated from this project. All external reviewers are required to attend a three day in person training session to be held on July 19-21, 2011 or August 16-18, 2011 (accepted candidates may select their preferred date) at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA. All travel and accommodation expenses will be paid. The rate of pay for this assignment is approximately $30/hour for online review and $320/day for the training. 

Ideal Qualifications: Candidates for consultant test item reviewers should be native speakers of Algerian with L4 proficiency. Candidates should have superior (L3) writing and verbal ability in English. Candidates should have an M.A. degree (or the foreign equivalent) in the language field and significant professional experience in the language field such as in interpretation, translation, language education, or language assessment. Candidates with post-childhood experience living/working in a country where the language is spoken as well as those who received their university education in a country where the language is spoken are strongly preferred. Likewise, candidates with PhDs and nationally recognized translator/interpreter certification are strongly preferred. 

Please note that candidates for these assignments may not be currently teaching members of the US military/Government. In addition, candidates may not have previously worked as developers of the test items to be used on the DLPT.  

To apply:  To begin the application process, please send your resume/CV electronically to  Michelle Paradies, Project Manager, ACTFL, 3 Barker Avenue, Suite 300, White Plains, NY 10601, mparadies at actfl.org. All resumes must be received by July 1, 2011. Please apply promptly if you are interested. For more information, please call 914-963-8830 ext. 217

 

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Tue Jul  5 17:56:39 2011
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:56:39 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Article:Syrian Christian Arabic phonology
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1) Subject: Syrian Christian Arabic phonology

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From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: Syrian Christian Arabic phonology

Journal Title:  Journal of Historical Linguistics 
Volume Number:  1 
Issue Number:  1 
Issue Date:  2011 

Frequency effects and lexical split in the use of [t] and [s] and [d] and [z] in
the Syrian Arabic of Christian rural migrants
Rania Habib 77-105

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Tue Jul  5 17:56:45 2011
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:56:45 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Another arabiCorpus feature
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1) Subject: Another arabiCorpus feature

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Date: 05 Jul 2011
From: Dil Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject: Another arabiCorpus feature

I have added a 'collocates' feature to the results on arabiCorpus.byu.edu.  This will give you an ordered list of the most common words found in the space between four words before and four words after the search term.  Note that this is not comparable to the collocates feature on tagged corpora; since this is an untagged and unlemmatized corpus, the 'collocates' list deals with word forms, not 'words' or 'lemmas' (i.e. kitaab would be listed separately from Alkitaab, and separately again from kitaabuhu), but it could still prove useful for checking out the 'neighborhood' of words you are interested in.
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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Jul 14 18:26:29 2011
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:29 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic DLPT prep
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Date: 14 Jul 2011
From: Scott Brown <sgbrow at gmail.com>
Subject: Arabic DLPT prep

Aside from Jabra Ghneim's "Ace My Arabic Language" and a few of the resources from the DLI website, can anyone recommend any materials to assist in studying for the Arabic Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT)? Specifically, I'm looking for either materials which mirror the test structure (short Arabic reading passages, brief audio passages) and/or materials which incorporate common vocabulary/themes which are pertinent for the test.

Thanks,
Scott
sgbrow at gmail.com

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Jul 14 18:26:26 2011
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:26 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book: Arabic Verb
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Date: 14 Jul 2011
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Subject: New Book: Arabic Verb

AUTHOR(S): Danks, Warwick
TITLE: The Arabic Verb
SUBTITLE: Form and meaning in the vowel-lengthening patterns
SERIES: Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 63
YEAR: 2011
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-2268.html

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:25 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:New Book: Egyptian Arabic
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Date: 14 Jul 2011
From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: New Book: Egyptian Arabic

AUTHOR(S): Vollers, K.
TRANSLATOR(S): Burkitt, F. C.
TITLE: The Modern Egyptian Dialect of Arabic
SUBTITLE: A Grammar with Exercises, Reading Lessons and Glossaries
YEAR: 2011
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Jul 14 18:26:31 2011
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:31 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic typing research
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Date: 14 Jul 2011
From: Paul Rodrigues <prr at umd.edu>
Subject: Arabic typing research

مسابقة السرعة في الطباعة

انا اقوم ببحث حول دراسة الاختلافات في التهجئة العربية بين الناطقين بها وذلك بصدد تطوير تكنولوجية المعالجة الآلية للغة العربية. ((او: تطوير تكنولوجية آلية اللغة العربية))

هذا الاختبار مبرمج بشكل لعبة حيث يقوم المشارك باستخدام لوحة مفاتيح الكمبيوتر في مسابقة في الطباعة مع آخرين من الناطقين  بالعربية. ان الذين شاركوا سابقا في هذه اللعبة وجدوها ممتعة جداً. اللعبة لا تستغرق اكثر من دقيقتين من وقتك وبمشاركتك هذه ستساهم في هذا البحث العلمي وفي تطوير تكنولوجية اللغة العربية وستكسب بالمقابل دولاراً  واحداً.

كمشارك في هذه اللعبة عليك ان تكون من الناطقين باللغة العربية وعليك أيضا التسجيل وفتح الحساب في ال " Amazon Mechanical Turk 1 "  وبعد ذلك يمكنك الدخول إلى صفحة اللعبة باختيار "مسابقة السرعة في الطباعة!" من القائمة الموجودة في 2.


Links:
[1]  https://www.mturk.com/mturk/requestqualification?qualificationId=1NA0TS2AV58SS6KM8GWKQM6WJ3HPJF

[2] https://www.mturk.com/mturk/sortsearchbar?searchSpec=HITGroupSearch%23T%231%2310%23-1%23T%23!Reward!6!rO0ABXQABDAuMDA-!keyword_list!2!rO0ABXQACXJvZHJpZ3Vlcw--!%23!LastUpdatedTime!0!%23!&selectedSearchType=hitgroups&searchWords=rodrigues&sortType=LastUpdatedTime%3A1&%2Fsort.x=10&%2Fsort.y=15

Paul Rodrigues
University of Maryland

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Jul 14 18:26:27 2011
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:27 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Complete distance learning program
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Date: 14 Jul 2011
From: Enaya Gad <gad at quickdiscover.com>
Subject: Arabic Complete distance learning program

Would be great if you can also add to the distance learning list of courses http://arabiccomplete.com/ The project demonstrated here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWecsKjBFZ8&feature=player_embedded compares Modern Standard Arabic with Egyptian Colloquial using an auditory approach to learning Arabic with color-coded text, up to 7,000 audio clips of high frequency phrases, videos, and podcasts. 

The materials were tested at New York University in the Speaking Freely Program in 2009. And will be further used and tested, starting this September 2011, at Johns Hopkins University and the United Nations. Online courses are offered from beginner to high-intermediate levels. 

Many thanks,
Enaya Gad
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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Jul 14 18:26:28 2011
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:28 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Resident Director CET Jordan Program Job
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1) Subject: Resident Director CET Jordan Program Job

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From: Kala Carruthers Azar <KAzar at academic-travel.com>
Subject: Resident Director CET Jordan Program Job

CET Academic Programs
Resident Director
Intensive Arabic Language & Culture Studies Program in Jordan
 
For more info:
 
http://cetacademicprograms.com/about-cet/work-for-cet/


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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Jul 14 18:26:23 2011
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:23 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book: Syriac Dialects
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From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: New Book: Syriac Dialects

Title: Grammar of the Dialects of the Vernacular Syriac 
Subtitle: As Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the
Plain of Mosul, with Notices of the Vernacular of the Jews of Azerbijan and
of Zakhu Near Mosul

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org
	
Author: Arthur John Maclean

Paperback: ISBN:  9781107648128 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 15.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781107648128 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 23.99

Abstract:

Originally published in 1895, this volume was created to provide a
grammatical guide to the various dialects of the Eastern Syrians
(Nestorians or Chaldeans) inhabiting the mountains of Kurdistan, the plains
of Azerbaijan in north-west Persia, and Mosul in eastern Turkey. Highly
organised and informative, the text provides a practical guide to the
various dialects used in these areas, many of which had only recently begun
to be written down. This is an important book that will be of value to
anyone with an interest in Eastern Syriac and the history of linguistics. 

Introduction

Part I. The Letters
Part II. Accent
Part III. Signs
Part IV. Pronouns
Part V. Substantives
Part VI. Adjectives
Part VII. Verbs
Part VIII. Adverbs
Part IX. Prepositions
Part X. Conjunctions
Part XI. Interjections
Part XII Position of Words. Emphasis. Questions
Part XIII. Idiomatic Phrases
Part XIV Derivation
Part XV. Rules for Aspiration
Part XVI. Vowels and Consonants

Appendix. 

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Jul 14 18:26:32 2011
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:32 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Intonation Research Assistantship-U of York
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From: reposted from CORPORA
Subject: Intonation Research Assistantship-U of York

A Research Assistantship is available on the ESRC-funded project
Intonational Variation in Arabic
http://www.york.ac.uk/res/ivar/

Application Deadline: 11-Aug-2011

The IVAr project will create a corpus of Arabic speech recordings in
which speakers record a parallel set of sentences, stories and conversations.
A basic dataset will be collected with 18-24 year olds in five regions of
the Arab world, and in two of these regions an in-depth survey will collect
additional data with older speakers (50+) and in neighbouring cities.
Prosodic transcription of the intonation patterns observed in the corpus
will provide the basis for publication of descriptions of the typical
intonation patterns in individual dialects, and comparisons among them.

You will conduct fieldwork, undertake both quantitative
auditory/acoustic phonetic and qualitative data analysis (to include prosodic
transcription in the Autosegmental- Metrical framework), and participate in the
dissemination of findings. You will hold or will have submitted (prior
to commencement of employment) a PhD in phonetics and/or phonology and you
will be a native speaker of Arabic. Previous experience of fieldwork
and/or prosodic transcription is also advantageous. Relevant training will be
provided where necessary. Excellent IT proficiency and time management
skills are required.

The starting salary will be £28,893 per annum (GBP). The post is
available on a fixed term basis for up to 36 months.

Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Dr Sam Hellmuth before July
30th, contact information below.

For further information and to apply on-line, please visit the
application URL below. Alternatively contact HR Services on 
+44-1904-324835 or recruitment at york.ac.uk quoting reference number UoY01336.

The University of York is committed to promoting equality and diversity.

Application Deadline: 11-Aug-2011

Web Address for Applications: http://www.york.ac.uk/jobs/
Contact Information:
Dr Sam Hellmuth
Email: sam.hellmuth at york.ac.uk
Phone: +44-1904-322657

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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Jul 14 21:32:42 2011
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:32:42 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic linguist job at Columbia
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1) Subject: Arabic linguist job at Columbia

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Date: 14 Jul 2011
From: Nizar Habash <habash at cs.columbia.edu>
Subject: Arabic linguist job at Columbia

Position available: Arabic Linguist @ Columbia University

We are looking for a person who has a good knowledge of Standard
Arabic and at least one of its dialects, and who is familiar with
contemporary linguistic theory.  The candidate should have at least an
MA in a related field (PhD preferred).  Focus or previous research in
spoken Arabic and or Arabic dialectology is a major plus.  The
candidate should also be comfortable with using a computer, and should
be able to write simple scripts in a language such as Perl or Python,
or should be open to learning this skill.

The linguist will work within the Columbia Arabic Dialect Modeling
(CADIM, http://www1.ccls.columbia.edu/~cadim/) research group at
Columbia University in New York City, which has generated some of the
most used computational tools for Arabic and its dialects.

The specific duties will include:

* Working with computational linguists on the specification of Arabic
 dialect linguistic knowledge for computational tools such as
 morphological analyzers, morphological disambiguators, lemmatizers,
 and dialect identifiers.

* Helping with annotation efforts; specifically, participating in
 creating annotation guidelines intended for human annotators,
 training annotators, and checking human annotations.

* Participating in efforts to publish and distribute resources and
 tools developed at CADIM.

Remuneration will be commensurate with training, experience and
capabilities.

For inquiries and application, please send email to Dr. Nizar Habash
habash at ccls.columbia.edu with subject line “Arabic Linguist @ Columbia
University”. Please include a CV and a list of references. Include
examples of published or unpublished work.

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Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:33:19 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:North African Languages Temp Jobs
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From: Jabs <jabrafghneim at gmail.com>
Subject: North African Languages Temp Jobs

We need linguists who speak the following North African languages and dialects for a short term project in Utah (4-6 weeks). Resumes can be sent to 
jabra at glsnetwork.net

Berber
Tamashek/Tamasheq

Shawia/Chaouia

Darija/Derija (dialect of Maghrebi)

 As always I appreciate your help.

Jabra


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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:38:17 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Egyptian Arabic book NEW?
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Date: 14 Jul 2011
From: brian <bhuebner2 at gmail.com>
Subject: Egyptian Arabic book NEW?

regarding the announced book:
AUTHOR(S): Vollers, K.
TRANSLATOR(S): Burkitt, F. C.
TITLE: The Modern Egyptian Dialect of Arabic
SUBTITLE: A Grammar with Exercises, Reading Lessons and Glossaries
YEAR: 2011
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-2448.html

Why is this book being sold as 'Modern' or 'new' if it was first published in 1895?
I bought a Concise grammar of the Turkish Language on Amazon last year and it was reprint of an old book on Ottoman Turkish in Arabic script.
Brian Huebner
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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:18:17 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Conference on Arabic Studies, Brunei
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From: Adil Elshikh <adil59 at gmail.com>
Subject: Conference on Arabic Studies, Brunei

Here is the URL for the conference:

http://www.unissa.edu.bn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=385&Itemid=98

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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:18:15 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Conference on the Linguistic Situation in Morocco
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Date: 27 Jul 2011
From: fouadbrigui at HOTMAIL.COM
Subject: Conference on the Linguistic Situation in Morocco

The Research Group on Language and Literature- the Laboratory of Cultural Relations between Morocco and the Iberian Countries (Multidisciplinary Faculty of Taza), University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah of  Fez  &
 
the Research Group of linguistic studies (Faculty of Humanities, Dhar El Mehraz - Fez), University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah- Fez
 
organize
An international conference on 
 
"The Linguistic Situation in Morocco: Language Description and Lexical Compilation"

A tribute to honor the memory of the late lexicologist
Professor Abdelaziz Mdibeh (1943 - 1998)
 

Preamble: 
Local languages ​​and dialects in Morocco are facing many changes relative to the social changes and population concentration and movement in urban areas, where significant changes are also very noticeable in terms of language use, including Standard Arabic used in the media. Taking as a premise a deep study on lexical building, the conference should consider these linguistic variations attested at both diachronic and synchronic levels.

This implies, first, that the papers presented as well as the discussion raised provide minute description of regional idioms and variations they are witnessing. Only then the data retrieved could be exploited for the development of appropriate lexical entries.

Moreover, such analysis will lead to significant outcomes for both the linguist- concerning his conception of the structure and the evolution of local languages- and the literary analysts called to integration of dialectal items in literary texts.

This requires an interactive and inter-related perspective on languages revolving basically around three stand points:  that of a morpho-syntactician, of a lexicologist and of a lexicographer, together with other views from various practitioners of linguistic description (sociolinguists, ethno-linguists, human language anthropologists, semioticians, cognitive linguists, etc.).

The proposed themes for this conference include the following four areas:
 
1)   the study of morpho-syntactic, lexical and ethno-semantic features of Moroccan idioms;
2) the use of these characteristics for the development of appropriate lexicons;
3) the presentation of multidisciplinary approaches for the studies on the lexicon;
4) the presentation of similar situations in other languages.
As a corollary, and given that one of the main objectives of this symposium is to honor the late lexicologist Professor Abdelaziz Mdibeh, (1943 – 1998), contributions on traditional crafts lexicons throughout Morocco are welcome.


 The overall guidelines of the conference program are as follows (details will be determined later based on stakeholders’ contribution proposals):

First day (Fez), November 10, 2011:

- Testimonials (morning session)
- Inaugural Conference and Key Note Speech (afternoon session)

Day Two (Taza), November 11, 2011:

- First session: Language changes in Morocco
- Second session:         Language changes in Morocco and lexicon building and 
                                   development 
- Third Session:            Multidisciplinary approaches to lexicon
- Fourth session:          Linguistic variation and the lexicon: similar cases from other 
                                   linguistic areas.

 
N.B. The final conference program will be determined after receiving, sorting and finalizing proposed research contributions on a schedule that will be set soon.
For further details, please contact: fouadbrigui at hotmail.com 		 	   		  

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:22:08 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:reaction to 'new' book announcement
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Date: 27 Jul 2011
From: brian <bhuebner2 at gmail.com>
Subject: reaction to 'new' book announcement

Why is this book being sold as 'Modern' or 'new' if it was first published in 1895?
I bought a Concise grammar of the Turkish Language on Amazon last year and it was reprint of an old book on Ottoman Turkish in Arabic script.
Brian Huebner
conference interpreter
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[moderator's note: point taken; part of the 'impression' is probably my fault, since I put the moniker "NEW BOOK" in front of the announcements, even though they may be reprints]

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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:18:19 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS:Conference on Sacred Text Translation
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Date: 27 Jul 2011
From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: Conference on Sacred Text Translation


Third International Sacred Text Translation 
Short Title: STTC3 

Date: 22-May-2012 - 23-May-2012 
Location: Marrakech - Morocco, Morocco 
Contact: Hassane Darir 
Contact Email: Qurantranslation at hotmail.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Translation 

Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)

Meeting Description: 

Dar Al-Hadith Al-Hassania Institute,  Rabat-Morocco 
and The Research Center for the Holy Quran Translation, Marrakech-Morocco Organize The Third International Sacred Text Translation Conference on the following Theme: 'Translation and the Rhetoric of the Holy Quran: On the Interrelationship between Source Identity and Target Culture'

Marrakech 22-23 May 2012
Rhetorical inimitability is unanimously considered by the Umma as one of the manifold facets of the Holy Quran. The latter has repeatedly and directly challenged the Arabic speakers and scholars versed in Arabic eloquence to come up with a single Surah as structurally and eloquently composed as its own. Such a challenge was never met. Because of this inability, the divine rhetoric has compelled many people to embrace Islam; a fact which shows the Quran's great power and eloquence as well as its divine and miraculous nature. This powerful and effective language of the Quran raises significant challenges and unveils major complications in the process of translation for the following reasons:
First, the Quran is a sacred text. It is, in fact, the sacred scripture of Islam and, for all Muslims, it is the very inimitable word of God, which is miraculous not only for what it says but also for its eloquent and refined styles. As such, attempting to transfer its rhetorical features and find any correspondence in the worldly tongues and cultures of man - be it at the phonetic, structural, semantic, lexical, or syntactic level- raises insumountable difficulties and may be doomed to failure.
Second, there is a close relationship between Quranic rhetoric and the specificities of the Arabo-Islamic language and culture, which may be at odds with the target language and culture. Nevertheless, the Holy Quran explicitly declares to be meant for for all human beings despite the large divergence of cultures, customs and conventions.
These two reasons lead us to raise the following questions:
-How can we build a target text that is capable of striking a balance between the specificity of the Arabo-Islamic identity and culture, on the one hand, and the universal and cosmic dimensions of the Quranic Message?
-Do we really need to preserve the eloquence of the Quranic text in the target text?
-What is the role played by the Islamic schools of thought and what are their repercussions on translation?
In an attempt to tackle these questions and similar issues, Dar  Al-Hadith Al-Hassania Institute in Rabat organizes in collaboration with the Research Center for the  Holy Quran Translation and Knowledge Integration the Third International Conference entitled "Translation and the Rhetoric of the Holy Quran: On the Interrelation between Source Identity and Target Culture" on May 21-22, 2012.

Conference themes:
I Quranic Rhetoric and Translation Theory:
-Translation and the large spectrum of rhetorical meanings in the Quran.  
-The translator: between translation of meaning and preserving rhetorical features.
-Translation of Quranic Rhetoric and the concepts of Loss and Gain.
-The dilemma of Source Identity and Target Culture in the translation of Quranic Rhetoric.
-Translation theory and the challenges of Quranic Rhetoric.
II Translation and Specific Issues in Quranic Rhetoric:
-Translation and the "Nadm" theory: some stylistic features of the Quran (deletion, inclusion, ellipsis, etc.) 
-Translation  and the "Bayan" theory: Artistic Depiction in the Quran, Metaphors in the Quran.
-Translation and the "Badi'" theory: translation of assonance, translation of alliteration, etc.
-Translation of various styles in the Quran: argumentative, narrative, conversational, etc. 

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:18:12 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book: Arabic Idioms
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Date: 27 Jul 2011
From: Ashraf Abdou <ashrafma at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: New Book: Arabic Idioms

Title: Arabic Idioms: A corpus based study
 
Publication Year: 2011
 
Publisher: Routledge
http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415603409/
         
Author: Ashraf Abdou
 
Hardback: ISBN 978-0-415-60340-9: Price £70.00
 

Description of the book:
 
Idioms represent a fascinating linguistic phenomenon that has captured the attention of many linguists for decades. The ubiquity of these expressions in language use, the wide range of functions they perform in discourse, the problems they often cause in domains such as foreign language learning and translation, and their typical divergence from the normal rules of grammar and semantic compositionality are among the main reasons for this scholarly interest.
 
This book is a corpus-based study of idioms in Modern Standard Arabic. Examining Arabic idioms with regard to their semantic, discursive, lexical and grammatical properties, the author sheds light on their intricate nature, establishes the major patterns of their linguistic behavior, and provides explanations for these patterns.
 
Adopting a descriptive framework and systemically accounting for major linguistic phenomena, this analysis will be accessible to linguists, translators, lexicographers, translation software developers and language teachers.
 
Ashraf Abdou is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language at the American University in Cairo and Lecturer of Linguistics at Cairo University. His research focuses on Arabic phraseology, Arabic corpus linguistics, spoken discourse analysis, Arabic lexicography and English–Arabic contrastive phraseology.
 
Contents
1. Introduction 2. Methodology and Data 3. The Semantic Structure of Arabic Idioms 4. The Discursive Behavior of Arabic Idioms 5. The Lexical and Grammatical Behavior of Arabic Idioms 6. Conclusions

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:56:43 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs Saudi and Gulf Facebook friends
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Date: 05 Jul 2011
From: moderator
Subject: Needs Saudi and Gulf Facebook friends

I have received the following appeal from Dr. John Myhill of the University of Haifa who is working with an Israeil-Arab MA student on a sociolinguistic project involving the use of Arabic in Facebook in various Arab countries.  If you have ideas about how this problem can be solved, you can email him directly, or email me <dil at byu.edu> and I will pass it on to him.
dil

Dear Dr. Parkinson,
My name is John Myhill, I'm a sociolinguist at the University of Haifa. I have a
student, Dua'a Abu Elhija Mahajna, who is doing her MA thesis research on how
Arabic is used in Facebook in different countries. She's been able to get data
from almost everywhere, but she's having serious problems with Saudi Arabia and
the Gulf because people there don't want to be Facebook friends with her. What
she is doing is just basic sociolinguistic research on language usage. Any help
in finding Facebook friends for her in these countries would be much
appreciated.
Thanks,
John Myhill
Professor of Linguistics
Dept. of English Language and Literature
University of Haifa
Mt. Carmel, Haifa 31905
Israel
john at research.haifa.ac.il

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:56:41 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Algerian Arabic DLPT Test review job
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Date: 05 Jul 2011
From: Michelle Paradies <mparadies at ACTFL.ORG>
Subject: Algerian Arabic DLPT Test review job

Algerian Arabic Language Experts Needed

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) is seeking Teachers, Translators, Interpreters and Scholars of Algerian Arabic interested in working as consultant external reviewers. 

External Reviewer Position Description
Consultants selected to work as consultant (freelance) external reviewers will critique materials being developed for use on the US Government?s test of Algerian Arabic listening and reading proficiency, the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT). The work will involve assessment of factors such as ILR level, cultural appropriateness, authenticity, linguistic correctness as well as other factors as requested. Review work will be conducted online from the reviewer?s home. Reviewers will receive access to a secure website from which to view and assess items. Reviewers will be responsible for evaluating the items as requested, creating a written report (in English) and returning the reviewed items within a strict timeframe.  Most reviewers will receive work periodically for three to six months. There is no guarantee of minimum number of hours or amount of income to be generated from this project. All external reviewers are required to attend a three day in person training session to be held on July 19-21, 2011 or August 16-18, 2011 (accepted candidates may select their preferred date) at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA. All travel and accommodation expenses will be paid. The rate of pay for this assignment is approximately $30/hour for online review and $320/day for the training. 

Ideal Qualifications: Candidates for consultant test item reviewers should be native speakers of Algerian with L4 proficiency. Candidates should have superior (L3) writing and verbal ability in English. Candidates should have an M.A. degree (or the foreign equivalent) in the language field and significant professional experience in the language field such as in interpretation, translation, language education, or language assessment. Candidates with post-childhood experience living/working in a country where the language is spoken as well as those who received their university education in a country where the language is spoken are strongly preferred. Likewise, candidates with PhDs and nationally recognized translator/interpreter certification are strongly preferred. 

Please note that candidates for these assignments may not be currently teaching members of the US military/Government. In addition, candidates may not have previously worked as developers of the test items to be used on the DLPT.  

To apply:  To begin the application process, please send your resume/CV electronically to  Michelle Paradies, Project Manager, ACTFL, 3 Barker Avenue, Suite 300, White Plains, NY 10601, mparadies at actfl.org. All resumes must be received by July 1, 2011. Please apply promptly if you are interested. For more information, please call 914-963-8830 ext. 217

 

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:56:39 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Article:Syrian Christian Arabic phonology
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Subject: Syrian Christian Arabic phonology

Journal Title:  Journal of Historical Linguistics 
Volume Number:  1 
Issue Number:  1 
Issue Date:  2011 

Frequency effects and lexical split in the use of [t] and [s] and [d] and [z] in
the Syrian Arabic of Christian rural migrants
Rania Habib 77-105

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 11:56:45 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Another arabiCorpus feature
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From: Dil Parkinson <dil at byu.edu>
Subject: Another arabiCorpus feature

I have added a 'collocates' feature to the results on arabiCorpus.byu.edu.  This will give you an ordered list of the most common words found in the space between four words before and four words after the search term.  Note that this is not comparable to the collocates feature on tagged corpora; since this is an untagged and unlemmatized corpus, the 'collocates' list deals with word forms, not 'words' or 'lemmas' (i.e. kitaab would be listed separately from Alkitaab, and separately again from kitaabuhu), but it could still prove useful for checking out the 'neighborhood' of words you are interested in.
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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:29 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic DLPT prep
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Date: 14 Jul 2011
From: Scott Brown <sgbrow at gmail.com>
Subject: Arabic DLPT prep

Aside from Jabra Ghneim's "Ace My Arabic Language" and a few of the resources from the DLI website, can anyone recommend any materials to assist in studying for the Arabic Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT)? Specifically, I'm looking for either materials which mirror the test structure (short Arabic reading passages, brief audio passages) and/or materials which incorporate common vocabulary/themes which are pertinent for the test.

Thanks,
Scott
sgbrow at gmail.com

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:26 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book: Arabic Verb
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Date: 14 Jul 2011
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Subject: New Book: Arabic Verb

AUTHOR(S): Danks, Warwick
TITLE: The Arabic Verb
SUBTITLE: Form and meaning in the vowel-lengthening patterns
SERIES: Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 63
YEAR: 2011
PUBLISHER: John Benjamins
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:25 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:New Book: Egyptian Arabic
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Subject: New Book: Egyptian Arabic

AUTHOR(S): Vollers, K.
TRANSLATOR(S): Burkitt, F. C.
TITLE: The Modern Egyptian Dialect of Arabic
SUBTITLE: A Grammar with Exercises, Reading Lessons and Glossaries
YEAR: 2011
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
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Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:31 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic typing research
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From: Paul Rodrigues <prr at umd.edu>
Subject: Arabic typing research

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Links:
[1]  https://www.mturk.com/mturk/requestqualification?qualificationId=1NA0TS2AV58SS6KM8GWKQM6WJ3HPJF

[2] https://www.mturk.com/mturk/sortsearchbar?searchSpec=HITGroupSearch%23T%231%2310%23-1%23T%23!Reward!6!rO0ABXQABDAuMDA-!keyword_list!2!rO0ABXQACXJvZHJpZ3Vlcw--!%23!LastUpdatedTime!0!%23!&selectedSearchType=hitgroups&searchWords=rodrigues&sortType=LastUpdatedTime%3A1&%2Fsort.x=10&%2Fsort.y=15

Paul Rodrigues
University of Maryland

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:27 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arabic Complete distance learning program
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From: Enaya Gad <gad at quickdiscover.com>
Subject: Arabic Complete distance learning program

Would be great if you can also add to the distance learning list of courses http://arabiccomplete.com/ The project demonstrated here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWecsKjBFZ8&feature=player_embedded compares Modern Standard Arabic with Egyptian Colloquial using an auditory approach to learning Arabic with color-coded text, up to 7,000 audio clips of high frequency phrases, videos, and podcasts. 

The materials were tested at New York University in the Speaking Freely Program in 2009. And will be further used and tested, starting this September 2011, at Johns Hopkins University and the United Nations. Online courses are offered from beginner to high-intermediate levels. 

Many thanks,
Enaya Gad
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From dil at BYU.EDU  Thu Jul 14 18:26:28 2011
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:28 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Resident Director CET Jordan Program Job
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From: Kala Carruthers Azar <KAzar at academic-travel.com>
Subject: Resident Director CET Jordan Program Job

CET Academic Programs
Resident Director
Intensive Arabic Language & Culture Studies Program in Jordan
 
For more info:
 
http://cetacademicprograms.com/about-cet/work-for-cet/


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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:23 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book: Syriac Dialects
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1) Subject: New Book: Syriac Dialects

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Date: 14 Jul 2011
From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: New Book: Syriac Dialects

Title: Grammar of the Dialects of the Vernacular Syriac 
Subtitle: As Spoken by the Eastern Syrians of Kurdistan, North-West Persia and the
Plain of Mosul, with Notices of the Vernacular of the Jews of Azerbijan and
of Zakhu Near Mosul

Publication Year: 2011 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org
	
Author: Arthur John Maclean

Paperback: ISBN:  9781107648128 Pages:  Price: U.K. ? 15.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781107648128 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 23.99

Abstract:

Originally published in 1895, this volume was created to provide a
grammatical guide to the various dialects of the Eastern Syrians
(Nestorians or Chaldeans) inhabiting the mountains of Kurdistan, the plains
of Azerbaijan in north-west Persia, and Mosul in eastern Turkey. Highly
organised and informative, the text provides a practical guide to the
various dialects used in these areas, many of which had only recently begun
to be written down. This is an important book that will be of value to
anyone with an interest in Eastern Syriac and the history of linguistics. 

Introduction

Part I. The Letters
Part II. Accent
Part III. Signs
Part IV. Pronouns
Part V. Substantives
Part VI. Adjectives
Part VII. Verbs
Part VIII. Adverbs
Part IX. Prepositions
Part X. Conjunctions
Part XI. Interjections
Part XII Position of Words. Emphasis. Questions
Part XIII. Idiomatic Phrases
Part XIV Derivation
Part XV. Rules for Aspiration
Part XVI. Vowels and Consonants

Appendix. 

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:26:32 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Intonation Research Assistantship-U of York
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Date: 14 Jul 2011
From: reposted from CORPORA
Subject: Intonation Research Assistantship-U of York

A Research Assistantship is available on the ESRC-funded project
Intonational Variation in Arabic
http://www.york.ac.uk/res/ivar/

Application Deadline: 11-Aug-2011

The IVAr project will create a corpus of Arabic speech recordings in
which speakers record a parallel set of sentences, stories and conversations.
A basic dataset will be collected with 18-24 year olds in five regions of
the Arab world, and in two of these regions an in-depth survey will collect
additional data with older speakers (50+) and in neighbouring cities.
Prosodic transcription of the intonation patterns observed in the corpus
will provide the basis for publication of descriptions of the typical
intonation patterns in individual dialects, and comparisons among them.

You will conduct fieldwork, undertake both quantitative
auditory/acoustic phonetic and qualitative data analysis (to include prosodic
transcription in the Autosegmental- Metrical framework), and participate in the
dissemination of findings. You will hold or will have submitted (prior
to commencement of employment) a PhD in phonetics and/or phonology and you
will be a native speaker of Arabic. Previous experience of fieldwork
and/or prosodic transcription is also advantageous. Relevant training will be
provided where necessary. Excellent IT proficiency and time management
skills are required.

The starting salary will be ?28,893 per annum (GBP). The post is
available on a fixed term basis for up to 36 months.

Informal enquiries can be made by contacting Dr Sam Hellmuth before July
30th, contact information below.

For further information and to apply on-line, please visit the
application URL below. Alternatively contact HR Services on 
+44-1904-324835 or recruitment at york.ac.uk quoting reference number UoY01336.

The University of York is committed to promoting equality and diversity.

Application Deadline: 11-Aug-2011

Web Address for Applications: http://www.york.ac.uk/jobs/
Contact Information:
Dr Sam Hellmuth
Email: sam.hellmuth at york.ac.uk
Phone: +44-1904-322657

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:32:42 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic linguist job at Columbia
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1) Subject: Arabic linguist job at Columbia

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Date: 14 Jul 2011
From: Nizar Habash <habash at cs.columbia.edu>
Subject: Arabic linguist job at Columbia

Position available: Arabic Linguist @ Columbia University

We are looking for a person who has a good knowledge of Standard
Arabic and at least one of its dialects, and who is familiar with
contemporary linguistic theory.  The candidate should have at least an
MA in a related field (PhD preferred).  Focus or previous research in
spoken Arabic and or Arabic dialectology is a major plus.  The
candidate should also be comfortable with using a computer, and should
be able to write simple scripts in a language such as Perl or Python,
or should be open to learning this skill.

The linguist will work within the Columbia Arabic Dialect Modeling
(CADIM, http://www1.ccls.columbia.edu/~cadim/) research group at
Columbia University in New York City, which has generated some of the
most used computational tools for Arabic and its dialects.

The specific duties will include:

* Working with computational linguists on the specification of Arabic
 dialect linguistic knowledge for computational tools such as
 morphological analyzers, morphological disambiguators, lemmatizers,
 and dialect identifiers.

* Helping with annotation efforts; specifically, participating in
 creating annotation guidelines intended for human annotators,
 training annotators, and checking human annotations.

* Participating in efforts to publish and distribute resources and
 tools developed at CADIM.

Remuneration will be commensurate with training, experience and
capabilities.

For inquiries and application, please send email to Dr. Nizar Habash
habash at ccls.columbia.edu with subject line ?Arabic Linguist @ Columbia
University?. Please include a CV and a list of references. Include
examples of published or unpublished work.

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:33:19 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:North African Languages Temp Jobs
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Date: 20 Jul 2011
From: Jabs <jabrafghneim at gmail.com>
Subject: North African Languages Temp Jobs

We need linguists who speak the following North African languages and dialects for a short term project in Utah (4-6 weeks). Resumes can be sent to 
jabra at glsnetwork.net

Berber
Tamashek/Tamasheq

Shawia/Chaouia

Darija/Derija (dialect of Maghrebi)

 As always I appreciate your help.

Jabra


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From dil at BYU.EDU  Wed Jul 20 15:38:17 2011
From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:38:17 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Egyptian Arabic book NEW?
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1) Subject: New Book: Egyptian Arabic book NEW?

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Date: 14 Jul 2011
From: brian <bhuebner2 at gmail.com>
Subject: Egyptian Arabic book NEW?

regarding the announced book:
AUTHOR(S): Vollers, K.
TRANSLATOR(S): Burkitt, F. C.
TITLE: The Modern Egyptian Dialect of Arabic
SUBTITLE: A Grammar with Exercises, Reading Lessons and Glossaries
YEAR: 2011
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
ANNOUNCED IN: http://linguistlist.org/issues/22/22-2448.html

Why is this book being sold as 'Modern' or 'new' if it was first published in 1895?
I bought a Concise grammar of the Turkish Language on Amazon last year and it was reprint of an old book on Ottoman Turkish in Arabic script.
Brian Huebner
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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:18:17 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Conference on Arabic Studies, Brunei
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From: Adil Elshikh <adil59 at gmail.com>
Subject: Conference on Arabic Studies, Brunei

Here is the URL for the conference:

http://www.unissa.edu.bn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=385&Itemid=98

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:18:15 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Conference on the Linguistic Situation in Morocco
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Date: 27 Jul 2011
From: fouadbrigui at HOTMAIL.COM
Subject: Conference on the Linguistic Situation in Morocco

The Research Group on Language and Literature- the Laboratory of Cultural Relations between Morocco and the Iberian Countries (Multidisciplinary Faculty of Taza), University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah of  Fez  &
 
the Research Group of linguistic studies (Faculty of Humanities, Dhar El Mehraz - Fez), University Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah- Fez
 
organize
An international conference on 
 
"The Linguistic Situation in Morocco: Language Description and Lexical Compilation"

A tribute to honor the memory of the late lexicologist
Professor Abdelaziz Mdibeh (1943 - 1998)
 

Preamble: 
Local languages ??and dialects in Morocco are facing many changes relative to the social changes and population concentration and movement in urban areas, where significant changes are also very noticeable in terms of language use, including Standard Arabic used in the media. Taking as a premise a deep study on lexical building, the conference should consider these linguistic variations attested at both diachronic and synchronic levels.

This implies, first, that the papers presented as well as the discussion raised provide minute description of regional idioms and variations they are witnessing. Only then the data retrieved could be exploited for the development of appropriate lexical entries.

Moreover, such analysis will lead to significant outcomes for both the linguist- concerning his conception of the structure and the evolution of local languages- and the literary analysts called to integration of dialectal items in literary texts.

This requires an interactive and inter-related perspective on languages revolving basically around three stand points:  that of a morpho-syntactician, of a lexicologist and of a lexicographer, together with other views from various practitioners of linguistic description (sociolinguists, ethno-linguists, human language anthropologists, semioticians, cognitive linguists, etc.).

The proposed themes for this conference include the following four areas:
 
1)   the study of morpho-syntactic, lexical and ethno-semantic features of Moroccan idioms;
2) the use of these characteristics for the development of appropriate lexicons;
3) the presentation of multidisciplinary approaches for the studies on the lexicon;
4) the presentation of similar situations in other languages.
As a corollary, and given that one of the main objectives of this symposium is to honor the late lexicologist Professor Abdelaziz Mdibeh, (1943 ? 1998), contributions on traditional crafts lexicons throughout Morocco are welcome.


 The overall guidelines of the conference program are as follows (details will be determined later based on stakeholders? contribution proposals):

First day (Fez), November 10, 2011:

- Testimonials (morning session)
- Inaugural Conference and Key Note Speech (afternoon session)

Day Two (Taza), November 11, 2011:

- First session: Language changes in Morocco
- Second session:         Language changes in Morocco and lexicon building and 
                                   development 
- Third Session:            Multidisciplinary approaches to lexicon
- Fourth session:          Linguistic variation and the lexicon: similar cases from other 
                                   linguistic areas.

 
N.B. The final conference program will be determined after receiving, sorting and finalizing proposed research contributions on a schedule that will be set soon.
For further details, please contact: fouadbrigui at hotmail.com 		 	   		  

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:22:08 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:LING:reaction to 'new' book announcement
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Date: 27 Jul 2011
From: brian <bhuebner2 at gmail.com>
Subject: reaction to 'new' book announcement

Why is this book being sold as 'Modern' or 'new' if it was first published in 1895?
I bought a Concise grammar of the Turkish Language on Amazon last year and it was reprint of an old book on Ottoman Turkish in Arabic script.
Brian Huebner
conference interpreter
AIIC - Brussels
www.langsites.com

[moderator's note: point taken; part of the 'impression' is probably my fault, since I put the moniker "NEW BOOK" in front of the announcements, even though they may be reprints]

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From: dil at BYU.EDU (Dilworth Parkinson)
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:18:19 -0600
Subject: Arabic-L:TRANS:Conference on Sacred Text Translation
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1) Subject: Conference on Sacred Text Translation

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Date: 27 Jul 2011
From: reposted from LINGUIST
Subject: Conference on Sacred Text Translation


Third International Sacred Text Translation 
Short Title: STTC3 

Date: 22-May-2012 - 23-May-2012 
Location: Marrakech - Morocco, Morocco 
Contact: Hassane Darir 
Contact Email: Qurantranslation at hotmail.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Translation 

Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb)

Meeting Description: 

Dar Al-Hadith Al-Hassania Institute,  Rabat-Morocco 
and The Research Center for the Holy Quran Translation, Marrakech-Morocco Organize The Third International Sacred Text Translation Conference on the following Theme: 'Translation and the Rhetoric of the Holy Quran: On the Interrelationship between Source Identity and Target Culture'

Marrakech 22-23 May 2012
Rhetorical inimitability is unanimously considered by the Umma as one of the manifold facets of the Holy Quran. The latter has repeatedly and directly challenged the Arabic speakers and scholars versed in Arabic eloquence to come up with a single Surah as structurally and eloquently composed as its own. Such a challenge was never met. Because of this inability, the divine rhetoric has compelled many people to embrace Islam; a fact which shows the Quran's great power and eloquence as well as its divine and miraculous nature. This powerful and effective language of the Quran raises significant challenges and unveils major complications in the process of translation for the following reasons:
First, the Quran is a sacred text. It is, in fact, the sacred scripture of Islam and, for all Muslims, it is the very inimitable word of God, which is miraculous not only for what it says but also for its eloquent and refined styles. As such, attempting to transfer its rhetorical features and find any correspondence in the worldly tongues and cultures of man - be it at the phonetic, structural, semantic, lexical, or syntactic level- raises insumountable difficulties and may be doomed to failure.
Second, there is a close relationship between Quranic rhetoric and the specificities of the Arabo-Islamic language and culture, which may be at odds with the target language and culture. Nevertheless, the Holy Quran explicitly declares to be meant for for all human beings despite the large divergence of cultures, customs and conventions.
These two reasons lead us to raise the following questions:
-How can we build a target text that is capable of striking a balance between the specificity of the Arabo-Islamic identity and culture, on the one hand, and the universal and cosmic dimensions of the Quranic Message?
-Do we really need to preserve the eloquence of the Quranic text in the target text?
-What is the role played by the Islamic schools of thought and what are their repercussions on translation?
In an attempt to tackle these questions and similar issues, Dar  Al-Hadith Al-Hassania Institute in Rabat organizes in collaboration with the Research Center for the  Holy Quran Translation and Knowledge Integration the Third International Conference entitled "Translation and the Rhetoric of the Holy Quran: On the Interrelation between Source Identity and Target Culture" on May 21-22, 2012.

Conference themes:
I Quranic Rhetoric and Translation Theory:
-Translation and the large spectrum of rhetorical meanings in the Quran.  
-The translator: between translation of meaning and preserving rhetorical features.
-Translation of Quranic Rhetoric and the concepts of Loss and Gain.
-The dilemma of Source Identity and Target Culture in the translation of Quranic Rhetoric.
-Translation theory and the challenges of Quranic Rhetoric.
II Translation and Specific Issues in Quranic Rhetoric:
-Translation and the "Nadm" theory: some stylistic features of the Quran (deletion, inclusion, ellipsis, etc.) 
-Translation  and the "Bayan" theory: Artistic Depiction in the Quran, Metaphors in the Quran.
-Translation and the "Badi'" theory: translation of assonance, translation of alliteration, etc.
-Translation of various styles in the Quran: argumentative, narrative, conversational, etc. 

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Date: 27 Jul 2011
From: Ashraf Abdou <ashrafma at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: New Book: Arabic Idioms

Title: Arabic Idioms: A corpus based study
 
Publication Year: 2011
 
Publisher: Routledge
http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415603409/
         
Author: Ashraf Abdou
 
Hardback: ISBN 978-0-415-60340-9: Price ?70.00
 

Description of the book:
 
Idioms represent a fascinating linguistic phenomenon that has captured the attention of many linguists for decades. The ubiquity of these expressions in language use, the wide range of functions they perform in discourse, the problems they often cause in domains such as foreign language learning and translation, and their typical divergence from the normal rules of grammar and semantic compositionality are among the main reasons for this scholarly interest.
 
This book is a corpus-based study of idioms in Modern Standard Arabic. Examining Arabic idioms with regard to their semantic, discursive, lexical and grammatical properties, the author sheds light on their intricate nature, establishes the major patterns of their linguistic behavior, and provides explanations for these patterns.
 
Adopting a descriptive framework and systemically accounting for major linguistic phenomena, this analysis will be accessible to linguists, translators, lexicographers, translation software developers and language teachers.
 
Ashraf Abdou is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language at the American University in Cairo and Lecturer of Linguistics at Cairo University. His research focuses on Arabic phraseology, Arabic corpus linguistics, spoken discourse analysis, Arabic lexicography and English?Arabic contrastive phraseology.
 
Contents
1. Introduction 2. Methodology and Data 3. The Semantic Structure of Arabic Idioms 4. The Discursive Behavior of Arabic Idioms 5. The Lexical and Grammatical Behavior of Arabic Idioms 6. Conclusions

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