From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu May 1 17:45:11 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 11:45:11 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:JOBS:Asst Director of C.V. Starr-Middlebury School-Jordan Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 01 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: JOBS:Asst Director of C.V. Starr-Middlebury School-Jordan -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 01 May 2014 From: "Wilsch, Kerstin" Subject: JOBS:Asst Director of C.V. Starr-Middlebury School-Jordan Assistant Director of the C.V. Starr-Middlebury School in the Middle East - Jordan Middlebury College is seeking an Assistant Director of the School in the Middle East to work with U.S. college students at its site in Amman, Jordan beginning in August 2014. For a full description of the position and to apply, please visit: https://middlebury.peopleadmin.com/postings/8791 Review of applications will begin May 5, 2014. For further information on the Middlebury School in the Middle East, please visit: http://www.middlebury.edu/sa/middleeast/jordan Middlebury College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from women and members of minorities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 01 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu May 1 17:42:21 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 11:42:21 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Volunteer Opportunities in Arabic Translation Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 01 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Volunteer Opportunities in Arabic Translation -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 01 May 2014 From: Beau Brady beau at islamicmanuscript.org Subject: Volunteer Opportunities in Arabic Translation The Islamic manuscript association VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN ARABIC TRANSLATION TENTH ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT CONFERENCE The Islamic Manuscript Association is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to protecting Islamic manuscript collections and supporting those who work with them. It was formed in response to the urgent need to address the poor preservation and inaccessibility of many Islamic manuscript collections around the world. We are currently seeking volunteers who can help us to prepare for the Tenth Islamic Manuscript Conference: Manuscripts and Conflict, which will take place from 31 August to 2 September 2014 at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. The role can be fulfilled at our office in Cambridge or through distance communication if preferred. Other translation opportunities may also arise in the near future. The role can be somewhat tailored to your interests and time availability but the main focus will be on the translation of texts, both from Arabic into English and from English into Arabic. Therefore, native speakers of both Arabic and English who possess excellent knowledge of the written forms of both languages are encouraged to apply. No previous knowledge or experience of Islamic manuscripts or related subjects is necessary. For volunteers who undertake this opportunity at our Cambridge office, up to £15.00 of daily travel and lunch expenses can be reimbursed. To apply, please send your CV and a brief covering letter demonstrating your relevant experience and abilities, as well as your interest in this field. Applications can be sent via email, post or fax. The Islamic Manuscript Association Ltd c/o 33 Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1QY United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0)1223 303177 Fax: +44 (0) 1223 302 218 Website: www.islamicmanuscript.org Email: admin at islamicmanuscript.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 01 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This blended learning program consists of an online preparation component (starting May 21), a seven-day, on-site component at Penn State University Park (June 21-27), and an online follow-up component (ending July 21). The program provides information about, and practice in, innovative teaching methodologies for Modern Standard Arabic, with a focus on helping instructors remain in the target language and use little or no English in your Arabic classroom. Participants who complete the program successfully will earn Penn State academic credit. Tuition and fees will be paid by the academy. The academy will also provide room and partial board during the on-site workshop component of the program at no cost to participants. For more information please visit us at: http://www.outreach.psu.edu/language-institute/startalk-arabic-academy-for-teachers Interested instructors are encouraged to submit their application promptly or let us know of their intent to apply. -- Riadh Bounatirou Graduate Instructor and Ph.D. Candidate Coordinator of Arabic Language Program Department of Comparative Literature 203 Burrowes Building The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 Telephone: (814) 863-6523 Fax: (814) 863-8882 E-mail: Riadh at psu.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 01 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu May 1 17:42:25 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 11:42:25 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Michigan 2014 Arabic Summer Language Institute Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 01 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: U of Michigan 2014 Arabic Summer Language Institute -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 01 May 2014 From: "Martha Schulte-Nafeh" Subject: U of Michigan 2014 Arabic Summer Language Institute Dear Colleagues, We would very much appreciate your letting your students know that this opportunity for intensive Arabic summer study is still available. We will continue to accept applications until May 15th. The University of Michigan invites you to participate in its 2014 Arabic Summer Language Institute in the relatively cool and pleasant Michigan summer weather in lovely Ann Arbor. This summer we are offering 1st, 2nd and 3rd year Arabic classes. The application deadline has been extend to May 15th. Summer Language Institute courses are offered either for a Program Fee of only $2800 (8 credit class) or $3000 (10 credit class) or for tuition. Students who choose the Program Fee Option do not receive transferrable credit. Instead, they receive a Certificate of Attendance upon successful completion of the course. All classes are FLAS funding eligible. Summer Language Institute Classes: 1. Elementary Arabic (AAPTIS 103): 10 weeks: June 3rd to August 14th (10 credits if taken for credit) The class is designed to take students from zero proficiency to an Intermediate Low level of proficiency in all language skills. The class is a dual register class in which students will learn to communicate with and understand elements of the Egyptian dialect as they also learn to understand, read and write fuSHa. The class will use the 3rd edition of the alKitaab fi ta3allum al3arabiyya series and will cover roughly through lesson 11 of part 1 of that series. The class meets for 4 hours per day for 5 days per week and students will have an additional 6-8 hours of homework each day. The class will have an instructor/student ratio of 1 to 10 or less. 2. Intermediate Arabic (AAPTIS 205): 10 weeks: June 3rd to August 14th (10 credits if taken for credit) The class is designed to take students from an Intermediate Low to an Intermediate High level of proficiency in all language skills. The class is a dual register class in which students will learn to communicate with and understand elements of the Levantine dialect as they also learn to understand, read and write fuSHa. The needs of students with no prior exposure to an Arabic dialect can and will be accommodated. The class will use the 3rd edition of the alKitaab fi ta3allum al3arabiyya series and will begin in lesson 12 of part 1 of that series and finish through lesson 8 of part 2. The class meets for 4 hours per day for 5 days per week and students will have an additional 6-8 hours of homework each day. The class will have an instructor/student ratio of 1 to 10 or less. 3. Advanced Arabic (AAPTIS 403 and 404): Four weeks each from June 26th to July 18th and July 21st to August 12th, respectively. (8 credits if taken for credit) The class is designed to take students from an Intermediate High to an Advanced Low/Mid level of proficiency in all language skills. The class will use part 2 of the 2nd edition of the alKitaab fi ta3allum al3arabiyya series and will cover lessons 3 - 9 of that series. The class meets for 4 hours per day for 5 days per week and students will have an additional 6-8 hours of homework each day. The class will have an instructor/student ratio of 1 to 10 or less. We strive to create an immersion Arabic only environment for the institute and the curriculum includes a conversation partner component for which students meet with and converse with native speakers of Arabic on a regular basis. Additional information and application materials can be found at the < http://www.lsa.umich.edu/summer/summerprograms/summerlanguageinstitute> Summer Language Institute website. Please contact Margaret Casazza cinq at umich.edu with any questions. Martha Schulte-Nafeh Arabic Language Program Supervisor -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 01 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 9 22:28:26 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 16:28:26 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Article:Vowel Variation in Syrian child language Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 09 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: New Article:Vowel Variation in Syrian child language -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2014 From: reposted from LINGUIST Subject: New Article:Vowel Variation in Syrian child language Journal Title: Language Variation and Change Volume Number: 26 Issue Number: 1 Issue Date: 2014 Vowel variation and reverse acquisition in rural Syrian child and adolescent language Rania Habib -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 9 22:28:31 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 16:28:31 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:MEDAR Consortium grants for students Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 09 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: MEDAR Consortium grants for students -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2014 From: ELRA ELDA Information Subject: MEDAR Consortium grants for students The MEDAR Consortium, involved in MEDAR and NEMLAR Projects on “Mediterranean Arabic Language and Speech Technology”, (completed with the support by the European Commission), is perpetuating a tradition established in 2012, in awarding grants for students to attend the International conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'2014, the 9th edition) taking place in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 26-31, 2014. Each grant will cover the registration fees and support part of the travel and accommodation expenses. See application details @ http://lrec2014.lrec-conf.org/en/registration/medar-grants/. Contact: medar-grants at elda.org MEDAR: http://www.medar.info/index.php LREC 2014: http://lrec2014.lrec-conf.org/en -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 9 22:28:33 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 16:28:33 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Al-Mashriq Center for Arabic Instruction summer session Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 09 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2014 From: "Emily Koppelman" Subject: Dear all, Al-Mashriq Center for Arabic Instruction is still accepting applications for our summer session, which begins on June 8. Modeled after the Arabic program at Cornell University, the curriculum at Al-Mashriq differs radically from traditional Arabic-as-a-foreign-language programs through its integration of colloquial Arabic with Modern Standard Arabic in a way that reflects the use of the language by native speakers. In all of our classes, we use Levantine Arabic for ordinary conversation and discussion and MSA for reading, writing and formal speech. The Arabic classes at Al-Mashriq act as a bridge, connecting our students to the Arabic-speaking environment around them - everything learned in the classroom is practiced with native speakers outside of it. For more information about the Center, including how to apply, please visit our website at www.almashriqcenter.com. Please forward this message to any students who might be interested. Thank you! Emily F. Koppelman Communications & Student Affairs Manager Al-Mashriq Center for Arabic Instruction http://www.almashriqcenter.com +962 79 088 6394 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 9 22:28:36 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 16:28:36 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:2nd Call:EMNLP Workshop on Arabic NLP Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 09 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: 2nd Call:EMNLP Workshop on Arabic NLP -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2014 From: Nizar Habash Subject: 2nd Call:EMNLP Workshop on Arabic NLP ======================================================= Second Call for Papers and Participation EMNLP Workshop on Arabic Natural Language Processing Including Shared Task on Automatic Arabic Error Correction Apologies for multiple postings Please distribute to colleagues ======================================================= Second Call for Papers and Participation Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop collocated with EMNLP 2014, Doha, Qatar Workshop date: Saturday October 25, 2014 Paper submission deadline: July 26, 2014 Shared task registration deadline: July 1, 2014 Workshop Website: http://www.emnlp2014.org/workshops/anlp/call.html Shared Task Website: http://www.emnlp2014.org/workshops/anlp/shared_task.html ======================================================= WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION There has been a lot of progress in the last 15 years in the area of Arabic Natural Language Processing (NLP). Many Arabic NLP (or Arabic NLP-related) workshops and conferences have taken place, both in the Arab World and in association with international conferences. This workshop follows in the footsteps of previous efforts to provide a forum for researchers to share and discuss their ongoing work. We invite submissions on topics that include, but are not limited to, the following: * Basic core technologies: morphological analysis, disambiguation, tokenization, POS tagging, named entity detection, chunking, parsing, semantic role labeling, sentiment analysis, Arabic dialect modeling, etc. * Applications: machine translation, speech recognition, speech synthesis, optical character recognition, pedagogy, assistive technologies, social media, etc. * Resources: dictionaries, annotated data, specialized databases etc. Submissions may include work in progress as well as finished work. Submissions must have a clear focus on specific issues pertaining to the Arabic language whether it is standard Arabic, dialectal, or mixed. Descriptions of commercial systems are welcome, but authors should be willing to discuss the details of their work. Submissions are expected to be 8 pages long plus 2 pages for references. Associated with the workshop will be a shared task on Arabic text error correction (details below). SHARED TASK As part of the Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop at EMNLP 2014, we will conduct a shared task on Automatic Arabic Error Correction. We designed this task in the traditions of high profile shared tasks in natural language processing such as CONLL?s grammar/error detection and correction shared tasks in 2011-2013 and numerous machine translation campaigns by NIST/WMT/MEDAR, among others. The task relies on resources created under the Qatar Arabic Language Bank (QALB) project (currently over 1M words of manually corrected Arabic text). A participating system in this shared task will be given Modern Standard Arabic texts, which are to be automatically corrected. The input will be provided in Arabic script, and will be annotated for part-of-speech (in different granularities), inflectional features, clitics (which appear in 20% of Arabic words), lemmas, and English glosses. All of the input text will be preprocessed in a common way to make sure all participants have access to all of these features at no additional overhead novelty cost. We follow the file format and evaluation framework used by the CONLL shared tasks on error correction. The task is focused on correction as opposed to identification. There will not be an error identification task per se. Participants need to register. Once registered, all participating teams will be provided with a common training data set, which includes common preprocessed input and corrected output. Registration link is on the Shared Task Website (see above). A common development set will also be provided. A blind test data set will be used to evaluate the output of the participating teams. An evaluation script will be provided to all the teams. Each participating team can submit up to three systems. Participants are welcome to use additional resources and tools that are not part of the released data set. However, all such additions must be fully disclosed. Participants are expected to author a short paper (4 pages + 2 for references) describing their approach, resources and experiments. The paper needs to follow the standard format of EMNLP conference. IMPORTANT DATES Shared task registration period: April 8, 2014 through July 1, 2014 Shared task test release: July 7, 2014 Shared task system output collection: July 18, 2014 Submission deadline (Workshop and shared task papers): July 26, 2014 Author notification: August 26, 2014 Camera Ready: September 15, 2014 Workshop: October 25, 2014 ORGANIZERS Program Co-chairs Nizar Habash, Columbia University Stephan Vogel, Qatar Computing Research Institute Publication Co-chairs Nadi Tomeh, Paris 13 University Houda Bouamor, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar Website Committee Kareem Darwish, Qatar Computing Research Institute Noura Farra, Columbia University Shared Task Committee Behrang Mohit (co-chair), Carnegie Mellon University Qatar Alla Rozovskaya (co-chair), Columbia University Wajdi Zaghouani, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar Ossama Obeid, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar Nizar Habash (advisor), Columbia University Program Committee Members Abdelmajid Ben-Hamadou, University of Sfax, Tunisia Abdelhadi Soudi, Ecole Nationale de l’Industrie Minérale, Morocco Abdelsalam Nwesri, University of Tripoli, Libya Achraf Chalabi , Microsoft Research, Egypt Ahmed Ali, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar Ahmed Rafea, The American University in Cairo, Egypt Alexis Nasr, University of Marseille, France Ali Farghaly, Monterey Peninsula College, USA Almoataz B. Al-Said, Cairo University, Egypt Alon Lavie, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Aly Fahmy, Cairo University, Egypt Azadeh Shakery, University of Tehran, Iran Azzeddine Mazroui, University Mohamed I, Morocco Bassam Haddad, University of Petra, Jordan Bayan Abu Shawar, Arab Open University, Jordan Behrang Mohit, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Qatar Eric Atwell, University of Leeds, UK Farhad Oroumchian, University of Wollongong, Australia Ghassan Mourad, Université Libanaise, Lebanon Hassan Sawaf, eBay Inc., USA Hazem Hajj, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Hend Alkhalifa, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia Houda Bouamor, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Qatar Imed Zitouni, Microsoft Research, USA Joseph Dichy, Université Lyon 2, France Karim Bouzoubaa , Mohammad V University, Morocco Karine Megerdoomian, The MITRE Corporation, USA Katrin Kirchhoff, University of Washington, USA Kemal Oflazer, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Qatar Khaled Shaalan, The British University in Dubai, UAE Khaled Shaban, Qatar University, Qatar Khalil Sima’an, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands Lamia Hadrich Belguith, University of Sfax, Tunisia Michael Rosner, University of Malta, Malta Mohamed Elmahdy, Qatar University, Qatar Mohsen Rashwan, Cairo University, Egypt Mona Diab, George Washington University, USA Mustafa Jarrar, Bir Zeit University, Palestine Nada Ghneim, Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology, Syria Nadi Tomeh, University Paris 13, France Ossama Emam, IBM, USA Otakar Smrž, Džám-e Džam Language Institute, Czech Republic Owen Rambow, Columbia University, USA Preslav Nakov, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar Ramzi Abbes, TECHLIMED, France Salwa Hamada, Cairo University, Egypt Shahram Khadivi, Tehran Polytechnic, Iran Sherri Condon , The MITRE Corporation, USA Taha Zerrouki, University of Bouira, Algeria Violetta Cavalli-Sforza, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 9 22:28:39 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 16:28:39 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:4th International Conf on Language Documentation and Conservation Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 09 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: 4th International Conf on Language Documentation and Conservation -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2014 From: National Foreign Language Resource Center Subject: 4th International Conf on Language Documentation and Conservation 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION & CONSERVATION CALL FOR PROPOSALS: General papers, posters, electronic posters and NSF-Supported Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation Please read carefully as some information has changed since last year. INTRODUCTION The 4th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), “Enriching Theory, Practice, & Application,” will be held February 26-March 1, 2015, at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. The conference is hosted by the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and is supported in part by the US National Science Foundation. The program for this 3 ½ day conference will feature two keynote talks, an integrated series of Master Classes on the documentation of linguistic structures, and a series of Sponsored Special Sessions on pedagogy in language conservation. An optional Hilo Field Study (on the Big Island of Hawai‘i) to visit Hawaiian language revitalization programs in action will immediately follow the conference. The theme of the 4th ICLDC, “Enriching Theory, Practice, and Application,” highlights the need to strengthen the links between language documentation (practice), deep understanding of grammatical structure (theory), and methods for teaching endangered languages (application). At this conference, we intend to focus on language documentation as the investigation of grammar and linguistic structure on the one hand, and the development of that investigation into sound pedagogy for endangered languages on the other. We hope you will join us. For more information and links to past conferences, visit our conference website: http://icldc-hawaii.org/ 1. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GENERAL CONFERENCE TALKS, POSTERS, AND ELECTRONIC POSTERS Proposal deadline: August 31, 2014 Topics We especially welcome abstracts that address the conference theme, “Enriching Theory, Practice, & Application.” Discipline-wide reflection on the relationship between the documentation of grammatical structure and language pedagogy is crucial if the proper documentation and conservation of endangered languages is to be effective. Our aim here is two-fold: to create citizen scientists who can reflect on their language for the purpose of teaching and documenting without being hindered by metalanguage, and to enrich the contributions of linguists to linguistic theory and description via documentation. We are also seeking abstracts on the science of documentation and revitalization. Documentation is usually portrayed as a means of collecting language data, and revitalization is generally seen primarily as a kind of applied work directly benefiting communities. However, each of those domains is a genuine area of research, and we welcome presentations that treat documentation and revitalization not merely as activities, but also as domains requiring discussion, clarification, and theorization in their own right. In addition to the topics above, we warmly welcome abstracts on other subjects in language documentation and conservation, which may include but are not limited to: - Archiving matters - Community experiences of revitalization - Data management - Ethical issues - Language planning - Lexicography and grammar design - Methods of assessing ethnolinguistic vitality - Orthography design - Teaching/learning small languages - Technology in documentation – methods and pitfalls - Topics in areal language documentation - Training in documentation methods – beyond the university - Assessing success in documentation and revitalization strategies Presentation formats Papers will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation with 10 minutes of question time. Posters will be on display throughout the day of presentation. Poster presentations will run during the early afternoon. Poster presentations are recommended for authors who wish to present smaller, more specific topics, or descriptions of particular projects. Electronic posters (e-posters) are opportunities for presentations of software, websites, and other computer-based projects, in an environment that allows face-to-face interaction with the audience. Similar to a traditional poster session, e-poster presenters will use their own laptop computers to display their projects while the audience walks around, watching demonstrations and asking questions. E-poster sessions will take place in the early afternoon in a room with tables and internet access. 2. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: NSF-SUPPORTED SPECIAL SESSIONS ON PEDAGOGY IN LANGUAGE CONSERVATION Proposal deadline: May 31, 2014 Special Session Topics and Format This year, we are inviting proposals for a series of four Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation. Each session will contain four talks and will be focused on a theme relating to the notion of pedagogy for endangered language teaching. Endangered language teaching in the language community is often informed by only the most generic of language pedagogies, and language teachers are often frustrated by the lack of methodologies that go beyond short conversation, basic vocabulary, and constructions that can be taught by methods like Total Physical Response (e.g., Asher 1969). Compounding the problem, these same trained teachers may not have enough linguistic knowledge of the subject language to develop robust teaching materials and programs, while linguists with command of linguistic structure may not have the teaching training required to properly educate students or inform language teachers. In the past we have followed the “Ken Hale” model of training endangered language speakers in linguistics. We have created reference grammars and pedagogical grammars, and most documentation projects include some component for creating teaching materials. What is still lacking from the discipline is a systematic discussion of how to transform documentary materials like annotated corpora and reference grammars into an effective pedagogical workflow for endangered languages (e.g., reference grammar to pedagogical grammar to teaching materials to pedagogical methods to assessment of teaching programs). There is a disconnect between linguistic theory and pedagogical theory, and we aim to bridge this gap during these Special Sessions. Each Special Session on Pedagogy in Language Conservation will consist of four 20-minute presentation slots, with each slot to be followed by a 10 minute question period. One Special Session will occur each day of the conference in the same room and time. A total of four Special Sessions will be invited to present at the ICLDC. Successful proposals will be thematically unified on a particular aspect of pedagogy in language conservation. These may include, but are not limited to: - Acquisition: What can L1 and L2 acquisition studies teach us that is relevant for developing classroom materials and curricula? - Teaching methods: What language teaching methods and activities can be brought to endangered language teachers to enhance language learning and retention? - Understanding and conveying complex grammar: What specific activities in the classroom could be used to teach higher level constructions (e.g., complex clauses, information structure, or particle use)? - Assessment: How can we properly assess teaching programs for radically less commonly taught languages? NSF Support details Thanks to generous support from the US National Science Foundation Documenting Endangered Languages Program, we are able to offer sponsorship in the form of travel assistance in the amount of US$2400 for each selected Special Session. The organizer of each Session will determine how that sum is to be divided among the speakers and will inform the ICLDC Executive Committee; depending on each circumstance, funds will be provided as (partial) flight reimbursements, hotel nights, or per diem payments (to be determined by the ICLDC Executive Committee). 3. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Rules for submission in all categories: - Abstracts should be submitted in English, but presentations can be in any language. We particularly welcome presentations in languages of the region discussed. - Authors may submit no more than one individual and one co-authored proposal (including participation in a Special Session proposal), or no more than two co-authored proposals. In no case may an author submit more than one individually-authored proposal. - Proposals for the sponsored Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation are due by May 31, 2014, with notification of acceptance by June 30, 2014. - Proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters are due by August 31, 2014, with notification of acceptance by October 1, 2014. - Individual authors whose proposals for the Special Sessions are rejected are welcome to submit their abstracts individually to the call for general proposals. - We will not be accepting any proposals for panel presentations or colloquia beyond the Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation. - Because of limited space, please note that the Abstract Review Committee may ask that some general abstracts submitted as papers be presented as posters or electronic posters instead. - Selected authors will be invited to submit their conference papers to the journal Language Documentation & Conservation for publication. How to prepare your proposal: - For Special Session proposals: Special session organizers must submit their proposal on behalf of the authors included in the session. We ask the organizer to prepare an abstract of no more than 400 words for the Special Session as a whole, and to also submit abstracts of no more than 400 words for each paper in the Session. We also ask for a 50-word summary of the Special Session and of each paper in the session for inclusion in the conference program. All abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review by international experts on the topic. - For proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters: We ask for abstracts of no more than 400 words for online publication so that conference participants will have a good idea of the content of your paper, and a 50-word summary for inclusion in the conference program. All abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review by international experts on the topic. - To facilitate blind peer review, please DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME OR AFFILIATION in your abstract or filename. Your proposal should only include your presentation title, abstract, and list of references (if applicable). - If you are including references/citations to your own work in your abstract, please be sure to replace your name(s) with "Author". For example, if you are Ted Smith and you wrote an article in 2009, which you are citing in your file (i.e., Smith (2009) ), you would change it to "Author (2009)." If you are including a list of references at the end, also make sure to anonymize any of your publications similarly as well. - Please note that your reference list is not counted in your 400-word abstract maximum, only the main abstract text. - Please save your abstract as an MS WORD DOCUMENT or PDF FILE. MS Word is preferred. However, if you are using special fonts, special characters, or diagrams in your abstract, a PDF file is recommended to make sure it displays as you intend. - For a FILE NAME, use an abbreviated version of your title. For example, if your presentation title is "Revitalizing Hawaiian for the next generation: Social media tools," your filename might be "Revitalizing_Hawaiian.doc" or "Revitalizing_Hawaiian_social_media.pdf" To submit an online proposal, visit http://www.icldc4.icldc-hawaii.org and click on "Call For Proposals." Proposal review criteria - Appropriateness of the Topic: Does the paper/poster address the themes of the conference or Special Session? - Presentation: Is the abstract well-written? Does it suggest that the paper/poster will be well organized and clearly presented? - Importance of the Topic: Is this an important topic within the area? Is the paper/poster likely to make an original contribution to knowledge in the field? Will it stimulate discussion? - Contribution to the discipline: For talks, does the presentation make a methodological or theoretical contribution to the discipline? If not (e.g., project descriptions), could the presentation be submitted as a poster or electronic poster? 4. TIMELINE - April 1, 2014: Call for Proposals announced - May 31, 2014: Proposals for Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation deadline - June 30, 2014: Notification of acceptance to Special Sessions - August 31, 2014: Proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters deadline - October 1, 2014: Notification of acceptance for general papers, posters, and electronic posters - October 1, 2014: Early registration opens - January 15, 2015: Early registration deadline - February 26-March 1, 2015: 4th ICLDC 5. SCHOLARSHIPS To help defray travel expenses to come and present at the conference, scholarships of up to US$1,500 will be awarded to the six best abstracts by (i) students and/or (ii) members of an endangered language community who are actively working to document their heritage language and who are not employed by a college or university. If you are eligible and wish to be considered for a scholarship, please select the appropriate "Yes" button on the proposal submission form. This is applicable to regular conference papers only (not to the Special Sessions). NOTE: Please be advised that these scholarships are considered taxable income under U.S. tax laws. U.S. citizens and permanent residents can expect to receive a 1099 form to figure into their annual tax return for 2015. Non-U.S. citizens/residents may have the applicable taxable amount (typically 30%) deducted from the scholarship check prior to receipt. Questions? Feel free to contact us at icldc at hawaii.edu Andrea L. Berez, Victoria Anderson, and Jim Yoshioka 4th ICLDC Executive Committee ************************************************************ *International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC)* Phone: +1-808-956-9424 Email: icldc at hawaii.edu Website: http://www.icldc-hawaii.org ICLDC Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ICLDC/ ICLDC Twitter page: http://www.twitter.com/ICLDC_HI/ ************************************************************ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Apply now to the Summer 2014 Study Abroad Language Programs: Arabic Total Immersion: (7 or 14 weeks, 20 hrs./wk): US $ 2800. Starting Jun.8th and 3rd of Aug. 2014 Intensive Islamic Studies: (7 or 14 weeks, 20 hrs./wk): US $1100 Tailored Programs for professionals, researches and TAFL teachers Special rates for groups of 6 and above. 10%discount for combined terms info at hedayetinstitute.com US:1+646-2168-308 UK:+44203370141 Mobile no.: +201222261308 Check the gallery pls. on: http://www.hedayetinstitute.com and activities on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hedayetinstitute The deadline for on line Application is: *15 May, 2014* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 12 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 12 14:03:47 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 08:03:47 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Michigan Symposium on Arabic Language Teaching Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 12 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Michigan Symposium on Arabic Language Teaching -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 12 May 2014 From: Wafa N Hassan Subject: Michigan Symposium on Arabic Language Teaching “Michigan Symposium on Arabic Language Teaching” Sponsored by Western Michigan University Department of World Languages and Literature Dear K-16 Arabic language teachers in MI and the USA, You are cordially invited to attend the first “Symposium on Teaching Arabic Language” The event is a full day conference that includes many sessions on topics that are vital to the success of teaching Arabic in the United States and the World. Speakers that are well known in the field will address crucial topics such as: When teaching Arabic as a foreign or a second language; is it necessary to teach grammar? When and why? In addition to many presentations on Arabic teaching resources, curriculum, and research based teaching literature. The program also includes cultural activities and multiple opportunities to network and meet colleagues in the field of teaching All in-service and future teachers of Arabic, language coordinators, school principals, and school district administrators are welcome. NO registration fee. All conference activities are covered. Saturday June 21, 2014 from 8:30 to 4:30 Conference guests will have the opportunity to visit the Arab American National Museum from 5:00-7:00 Place: Adobe Hotel Dearborn/Detroit -Address: 600 Town Center Dr, Dearborn, MI 48126 Please confirm your attendance to Dr. Wafa Hassan wafa.hassan at wmich.edu same day registration is available. -- Dr. Wafa Hassan Director of MI Arabic Teachers’ Council Department of World Languages and Literatures 517 Sprau Tower Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (269)387-3399 wafa.hassan at wmich.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 12 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 12 14:03:44 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 08:03:44 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arab Academy in Cairo's Intensive Arabic Summer Abroad Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 12 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Arab Academy in Cairo's Intensive Arabic Summer Abroad -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 12 May 2014 From: Arab Academy Subject: Arab Academy in Cairo's Intensive Arabic Summer Abroad Arab Academy in Cairo is delighted to announce that our intensive ArabicSummer Abroad in Cairo 2014 is now available for enrollment. We welcome all applicants – from those who don’t know Arabic to those at the most advanced levels, we are here to help you achieve proficiency in Arabic. In addition, we are more than happy to accommodate both individual students and groups studying in Cairo as part of a university program. *We offer you:* * Intensive four- or eight-week summer courses. * Orientation session, handbook to life in Cairo, and proficiency test. * All levels of Arabic language taught, including instruction in MSA and colloquial Arabic. * Small classes conducted entirely in Arabic at all levels. * Detailed weekly feedback. * Access to our award-winning online resources. * Cultural excursions and hands-on experiences integrated in the curriculum. * Certificate of studies. * Dedicated, experienced and professional staff. * Help with arrivals and accommodation. * Central location in Garden City in downtown Cairo. * An amazing adventure with Arabic language! *Program Details:* * June 1 - June 26 *(1st session*) and June 29 - July 24, 2014 *(2nd session)*, enroll for one or both. * 20 contact hours per week (4 hours of Arabic classes per day X 5 days a week). * 7 cultural outings with teachers per session allowing you to practice Arabic in real situations. * Competitive Fees: $650 tuition per session + $345 for optional Cultural Outings (Inclusive of transportation expenses and entry tickets.) Arab Academy in Cairo offers intensive Arabic programs to students aiming at attaining higher levels in Arabic in the shortest possible time while engaging with Arab culture. Our varied study abroad programs, offered year-round, include an integrated program of cultural outings accompanied by our Arabic teachers giving students a chance to practice Arabic both inside and outside the classroom. Arab Academy is open year round. Amongst our prestigious clients are the American Embassy, University of Manchester, and Duke University. To apply or to find out more please visit our website: http://www.arabacademy.com/en/arabic-egypt Questions may be directed to: info at arabacademy.com We look forward to receiving you this summer! -- Arab Academy (since 1997) 3 Alif Kamil ElShinnawi Street Garden City 11451, Cairo, Egypt E-mail: info at arabacademy.com Web Site: http://www.arabacademy.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Arab-Academy/291637344900 Telephone Inquiries: - For Registration and Student Support inquiries, call: Hanan Dawah, Administrative Assistant Cell: +20 11 670 4021 - For Study Abroad Program inquiries, call: Amal ElAssal, Study Abroad Program Coordinator cell: +20 11 766 1327 - For Academic inquiries, call: Nicole Hansen, Director of Online and Study Abroad Programs Cell: +20 11 766 1326 - For Partnership or Institutional inquiries, call: Sanaa Ghanem, President Cell: +20 11 218 0305 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 12 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 19 16:28:38 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:28:38 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Doctoral Studentships at Durham University Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 19 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Doctoral Studentships at Durham University -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 May 2014 From: "BELLEM A." Subject: Doctoral Studentships at Durham University Newby Trust-Durham University Doctoral Studentships for 2014 Entry (Deadline 30 May 2014). The School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University is inviting applications for TWO doctoral studentships for 2014 entry (starting October 2014). These awards are administered by Durham University and are offered thanks to support of the Newby Trust Ltd. The studentships cover tuition fees at the home/EU rate (£3,900), a maintenance award of £13,726, and a small research travel fund. Studentships will be awarded initially for the first year of study, with the possibility of renewal for up to two further years, subject to receipt of good progress reports. All applications in fields for which we can provide expertise supervision will be considered, but we particularly welcome high-calibre applications in these areas: the scientific humanities, primary texts, visual culture. For more information please visit https://www.dur.ac.uk/mlac/postgraduate/postgraduatefunding/ Information on the Department of Arabic can be found here: https://www.dur.ac.uk/mlac/arabic/ Please note that candidates must be eligible for UK or EU fees status in order to be eligible to apply for these scholarships. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 19 16:28:16 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:28:16 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Query on 'now' in Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 19 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Query on 'now' in Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 May 2014 From: Dil Parkinson Subject: Query on 'now' in Arabic All languages have discourse level markers that instead of signaling some overt content signal how utterances are to be understood in the current discourse. ‘Now’ is one such marker in English. It can be used adverbially, normally with stress, in which case it is simply a content word referring to the present time, but it can also be used as a marker, typically unstressed, to signal something about how the next utterance is to be understood (see Schourup, Lawrence. “The discourse marker now: A relevance-theoretic approach”. Journal of Pragmatics 43 (2011) pp. 2110-2129.) Examples from English (taken from the above mentioned paper) include: 1- Now, about “The Love Song of Alfred J Profrock”, what is that poem about di you think? 2- Now, let me think. 3- People in housing estates are living on the charity of their neighbors, and whether they like it or not they can’t help it. Now, I do not agree with evicting these people. There are various linguistic characterizations of ‘now’ as a marker. Schourup characterizes it as an instruction to: “process the utterance in a context that is in part significantly (‘noteworthily’) new with respect to assumptions already highly accessible” i.e.it alerts the hearer to something new in the context that will need to be taken into consideration in order to interpret the utterance correctly. My question is two-fold: 1. Is the Arabic word الآن ever used in a like manner, where the ‘at this time’ meaning is backgrounded or totally abandoned and the interpretation is procedural or discourse-pragmatic? Can you give me some clear examples of such use? 2. If the word الآن is not used in this manner, are there discourse markers in Arabic that are somehow more or less equivalent to ‘now’ in English? Thanks you in advance for any insight you can provide! dil parkinson -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 19 16:28:40 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:28:40 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arab Society for English Language Studies Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 19 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Arab Society for English Language Studies -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 May 2014 From: info ASELS info.asels at gmail.com Subject: Arab Society for English Language Studies Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Arab Society of English Language Studies (ASELS). ASELS aims to promote, strengthen and foster cooperation and understanding between English language scholars. It also plans the exchange of information, expertise and materials between ASELS members – including information about events and conferences. Furthermore, ASELS looks to build a wider academic community and related research network. ASELS provides space to publish your professional profile to increase your academic visibility. You are cordially invited to visit the ASELS website, to register there for a free membership, and to upload your professional profile and three selected publications. We also kindly ask you to send any information relevant to the scope of our society and it will be published free (including on behalf of your faculty or department). Send relevant information about new publications, call for papers, conferences, book reviews, job announcements and other academic events. ASELS aims to be an authentic regional platform to link scholars in the field of English language studies relevant to the Arab context in or outside the Arab world. ASELS is opened to all nationalities regardless to race, religion or background. ASELS welcomes your suggestions and comments - please feel free to send to info.asels at gmail.org Finally we would ask you kindly to spread the word to any colleagues of yours who you think might be interested in linking to ASELS. ASELS website can be found at. www.asels.org Steering Committee Arab Society of English Language Studies (ASELS) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 19 16:28:43 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:28:43 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Arabic at American University in DC Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 19 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Summer Arabic at American University in DC -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 May 2014 From: George Berg <>berg at AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Summer Arabic at American University in DC Announcement Summer 2014 Arabic Courses at American University The Department of World Languages and Cultures at American University is offering three levels of Modern Standard Arabic during the summer 2014 sessions. Students will have the opportunity to complete a year of academic study of Arabic in 12 weeks during the two summer 2014 sessions. Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced Arabic courses will be offered three evenings per week for two six-week sessions. For more information please contact the Department of World Languages and Cultures at 202-885-2381 or wlc at american.edu ARAB 102-103 Elementary Arabic I & II Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic covering its phonology and script, its basic morphology and syntax. The focus is on the development of the reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills, while creating a basic vocabulary. This course sequence covers the material taught during the fall and spring semesters. 5 credits per session, MWTH 5:30-9:15pm (each session) May 19-June 26 (Session One), June 30-August 7 (Session Two) ARAB 202-203 Intermediate Arabic I & II The goals of this course is to make students familiar with new elements of Modern Standard Arabic grammar, to further develop their reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills, while expanding the vocabulary. This course sequence covers the material taught during the fall and spring semesters. Prerequisite: ARAB-103 or equivalent 5 credits per session, MWTH 5:30-9:15pm (each session) May 19-June 26 (Session One ), June 30-August 7 (Session Two) ARAB 302-303 Advanced Arabic I & II This course introduces students to more advanced Modern Standard Arabic grammar and significantly expands their vocabulary. The focus is on solidification and improvement of the reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills, while learning about Arab institutions, ideas, and history. This course sequence covers the material taught during the fall and spring semesters. Prerequisite: ARAB-203 or equivalent. 4 credits per session, MWTH 5:30-8:30pm (each session) May 19-June 26 (Session One ), June 30-August 7 (Session Two) Classes beginMonday, May 19, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 19 16:28:24 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:28:24 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:JOBS:Executive Director of CASL at U of Maryland Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 19 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: JOBS:Executive Director of CASL at U of Maryland -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 May 2014 From: reposted from LINGUIST Subject: JOBS:Executive Director of CASL at U of Maryland University or Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Department: Center for the Advanced Study of Language (CASL) Job Location: Maryland, USA Web Address: http://www.umd.edu Job Title: Executive Director Job Rank: Executive Director Specialty Areas: General Linguistics Description: Title: Executive Director Position Number: 120059 Position Description: The University of Maryland is seeking a strategic, forward-thinking, collaborative leader for the position of Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL). Established in 2003, CASL is one of 14 university-affiliated research centers in the nation. Its mission is to conduct state-of-the-science research that results in improved performance on language tasks relevant to the work of government language professionals. Our research focuses on improving knowledge of less commonly taught languages, enhancing the acquisition and maintenance of foreign language capability by government professionals, advancing the capacity to use foreign language skills in government professions, and improving the quality of human language technology. Visit www.casl.umd.edu for more information about CASL. Minimum Qualifications: Candidates must have an advanced degree, preferably a Ph.D., and have a distinguished record of achievement and/or leadership experience with ten (10) or more years of senior-level leadership experience in academia, government or industry. Candidates must have a proven record of - Overseeing complex, interdisciplinary research or development and working collaboratively with a range of institutions and researchers - Developing significant funding opportunities, and extensive knowledge of major funding agencies - Fostering collaborative efforts, and building and leading partnerships with academic, corporate, and US government entities that extend beyond the candidate’s own areas of expertise, Candidates must hold U.S. citizenship and be willing to obtain the appropriate security clearance. To Apply: Applications require a cover letter, curriculum vita and list of references and must be submitted electronically through the University of Maryland, College Park jobs website (below). For best consideration, applications must be received by June 8, 2014. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 19 16:28:19 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:28:19 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:CUP Applied Linguistics Seminar on Right to Left Writing Systems Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 19 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: CUP Applied Linguistics Seminar on Right to Left Writing Systems -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 May 2014 From: reposted from LINGUIST Subject: CUP Applied Linguistics Seminar on Right to Left Writing Systems Full Title: BAAL / Cambridge University Press Applied Linguistics Seminar, Leeds Metropolitan University Date: 14-Jun-2014 - 14-Jun-2014 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Contact Person: Dr Naeema Hann Meeting Email: RTL at leedsmet.ac.uk Web Site: http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/righttoleftscripted Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Writing Systems Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb) Hebrew (heb) Hebrew, Ancient (hbo) Urdu (urd) Call Deadline: 01-Jun-2014 Meeting Description: This seminar aims to start a conversation among researchers, policy writers, practitioners and language users about using, researching and teaching right to left scripted languages. An important aim is to have a voice from learners at the event. The seminar will be an opportunity to explore areas of need for improving access to and quality of teaching and learning of right to left scripted languages. Keynote Speakers: Dr Sharon Handley, Dean of Humanities, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr John Morley, Director University-Wide Language Programmes, University of Manchester Preview of Confirmed Sessions: Saadia Gamir - Adult Arabic learning in the part-time language program: fidelity in adversity. Abdullah Alfaifi and Eric Atwell - Comparative evaluation of tools for Arabic corpora search and analysis. Michael Ingleby - Stress prediction using a CV segment model of Arabic words and gradience measures of suffix binding. Nadia Abdelaal - Languages XP - Arabic: A language and cultural experience by university students for complete beginners in schools. Sheraz Ali and Masood Hashmi - Teaching of Urdu in UK, fact and figures. 2nd Call for Papers: The deadline for abstract submissions for the Seminar has been extended to Sunday, 1 June 2014. The seminar will have three broad themes: - Domains of use for right to left scripted languages with particular attention to UK contexts - Materials for learning and teaching right to left scripted languages - Research related to the learning and teaching of right to left scripted languages Papers are invited on any aspect of the above themes. English will be the working language of the seminar. Please send abstracts proposals to RTLleedsmet.ac.uk Abstracts should be 250 words and indicate clearly which theme they relate to. Further information can be found at www.leedsmet.ac.uk/righttoleftscripted. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 19 16:28:28 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:28:28 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:REMINDER: ICLDC 4 Special Sessions abstract deadline May 31 (General abstract deadline August 31) Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 19 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: REMINDER: ICLDC 4 Special Sessions abstract deadline May 31 (General abstract deadline August 31) -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 May 2014 From: National Foreign Language Resource Center Subject: REMINDER: ICLDC 4 Special Sessions abstract deadline May 31 (General abstract deadline August 31) 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION & CONSERVATION CALL FOR PROPOSALS: General papers, posters, electronic posters and NSF-Supported Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation Please read carefully as some information has changed since last year. INTRODUCTION The 4th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), “Enriching Theory, Practice, & Application,” will be held February 26-March 1, 2015, at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu, Hawai‘i. The conference is hosted by the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa and is supported in part by the US National Science Foundation. The program for this 3 ½ day conference will feature two keynote talks, an integrated series of Master Classes on the documentation of linguistic structures, and a series of Supported Special Sessions on pedagogy in language conservation. An optional Hilo Field Study (on the Big Island of Hawai‘i) to visit Hawaiian language revitalization programs in action will immediately follow the conference. The theme of the 4th ICLDC, “Enriching Theory, Practice, and Application,” highlights the need to strengthen the links between language documentation (practice), deep understanding of grammatical structure (theory), and methods for teaching endangered languages (application). At this conference, we intend to focus on language documentation as the investigation of grammar and linguistic structure on the one hand, and the development of that investigation into sound pedagogy for endangered languages on the other. We hope you will join us. For more information and links to past conferences, visit our conference website: http://icldc-hawaii.org/ 1. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GENERAL CONFERENCE TALKS, POSTERS, AND ELECTRONIC POSTERS Proposal deadline: August 31, 2014 Topics We especially welcome abstracts that address the conference theme, “Enriching Theory, Practice, & Application.” Discipline-wide reflection on the relationship between the documentation of grammatical structure and language pedagogy is crucial if the proper documentation and conservation of endangered languages is to be effective. Our aim here is two-fold: to create citizen scientists who can reflect on their language for the purpose of teaching and documenting without being hindered by metalanguage, and to enrich the contributions of linguists to linguistic theory and description via documentation. We are also seeking abstracts on the science of documentation and revitalization. Documentation is usually portrayed as a means of collecting language data, and revitalization is generally seen primarily as a kind of applied work directly benefiting communities. However, each of those domains is a genuine area of research, and we welcome presentations that treat documentation and revitalization not merely as activities, but also as domains requiring discussion, clarification, and theorization in their own right. In addition to the topics above, we warmly welcome abstracts on other subjects in language documentation and conservation, which may include but are not limited to: - Archiving matters - Community experiences of revitalization - Data management - Ethical issues - Language planning - Lexicography and grammar design - Methods of assessing ethnolinguistic vitality - Orthography design - Teaching/learning small languages - Technology in documentation – methods and pitfalls - Topics in areal language documentation - Training in documentation methods – beyond the university - Assessing success in documentation and revitalization strategies Presentation formats Papers will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation with 10 minutes of question time. Posters will be on display throughout the day of presentation. Poster presentations will run during the early afternoon. Poster presentations are recommended for authors who wish to present smaller, more specific topics, or descriptions of particular projects. Electronic posters (e-posters) are opportunities for presentations of software, websites, and other computer-based projects, in an environment that allows face-to-face interaction with the audience. Similar to a traditional poster session, e-poster presenters will use their own laptop computers to display their projects while the audience walks around, watching demonstrations and asking questions. E-poster sessions will take place in the early afternoon in a room with tables and internet access. 2. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: NSF-SUPPORTED SPECIAL SESSIONS ON PEDAGOGY IN LANGUAGE CONSERVATION Proposal deadline: May 31, 2014 Special Session Topics and Format This year, we are inviting proposals for a series of four Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation. Each session will contain four talks and will be focused on a theme relating to the notion of pedagogy for endangered language teaching. Endangered language teaching in the language community is often informed by only the most generic of language pedagogies, and language teachers are often frustrated by the lack of methodologies that go beyond short conversation, basic vocabulary, and constructions that can be taught by methods like Total Physical Response (e.g., Asher 1969). Compounding the problem, these same trained teachers may not have enough linguistic knowledge of the subject language to develop robust teaching materials and programs, while linguists with command of linguistic structure may not have the teaching training required to properly educate students or inform language teachers. In the past we have followed the “Ken Hale” model of training endangered language speakers in linguistics. We have created reference grammars and pedagogical grammars, and most documentation projects include some component for creating teaching materials. What is still lacking from the discipline is a systematic discussion of how to transform documentary materials like annotated corpora and reference grammars into an effective pedagogical workflow for endangered languages (e.g., reference grammar to pedagogical grammar to teaching materials to pedagogical methods to assessment of teaching programs). There is a disconnect between linguistic theory and pedagogical theory, and we aim to bridge this gap during these Special Sessions. Each Special Session on Pedagogy in Language Conservation will consist of four 20-minute presentation slots, with each slot to be followed by a 10 minute question period. One Special Session will occur each day of the conference in the same room and time. A total of four Special Sessions will be invited to present at the ICLDC. Successful proposals will be thematically unified on a particular aspect of pedagogy in language conservation. These may include, but are not limited to: - Acquisition: What can L1 and L2 acquisition studies teach us that is relevant for developing classroom materials and curricula? - Teaching methods: What language teaching methods and activities can be brought to endangered language teachers to enhance language learning and retention? - Understanding and conveying complex grammar: What specific activities in the classroom could be used to teach higher level constructions (e.g., complex clauses, information structure, or particle use)? - Assessment: How can we properly assess teaching programs for radically less commonly taught languages? NSF Support details Thanks to generous support from the US National Science Foundation Documenting Endangered Languages Program, we are able to offer sponsorship in the form of travel assistance in the amount of US$2400 for each selected Special Session. The organizer of each Session will determine how that sum is to be divided among the speakers and will inform the ICLDC Executive Committee; depending on each circumstance, funds will be provided as (partial) flight reimbursements, hotel nights, or per diem payments (to be determined by the ICLDC Executive Committee). 3. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Rules for submission in all categories: - Abstracts should be submitted in English, but presentations can be in any language. We particularly welcome presentations in languages of the region discussed. - Authors may submit no more than one individual and one co-authored proposal (including participation in a Special Session proposal), or no more than two co-authored proposals. In no case may an author submit more than one individually-authored proposal. - Proposals for the sponsored Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation are due by May 31, 2014, with notification of acceptance by June 30, 2014. - Proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters are due by August 31, 2014, with notification of acceptance by October 1, 2014. - Individual authors whose proposals for the Special Sessions are rejected are welcome to submit their abstracts individually to the call for general proposals. - We will not be accepting any proposals for panel presentations or colloquia beyond the Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation. - Because of limited space, please note that the Abstract Review Committee may ask that some general abstracts submitted as papers be presented as posters or electronic posters instead. - Selected authors will be invited to submit their conference papers to the journal Language Documentation & Conservation for publication. How to prepare your proposal: - For Special Session proposals: Special session organizers must submit their proposal on behalf of the authors included in the session. We ask the organizer to prepare an abstract of no more than 400 words for the Special Session as a whole, and to also submit abstracts of no more than 400 words for each paper in the Session. We also ask for a 50-word summary of the Special Session and of each paper in the session for inclusion in the conference program. All abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review by international experts on the topic. - For proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters: We ask for abstracts of no more than 400 words for online publication so that conference participants will have a good idea of the content of your paper, and a 50-word summary for inclusion in the conference program. All abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review by international experts on the topic. - To facilitate blind peer review, please DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME OR AFFILIATION in your abstract or filename. Your proposal should only include your presentation title, abstract, and list of references (if applicable). - If you are including references/citations to your own work in your abstract, please be sure to replace your name(s) with "Author". For example, if you are Ted Smith and you wrote an article in 2009, which you are citing in your file (i.e., Smith (2009) ), you would change it to "Author (2009)." If you are including a list of references at the end, also make sure to anonymize any of your publications similarly as well. - Please note that your reference list is not counted in your 400-word abstract maximum, only the main abstract text. - Please save your abstract as an MS WORD DOCUMENT or PDF FILE. MS Word is preferred. However, if you are using special fonts, special characters, or diagrams in your abstract, a PDF file is recommended to make sure it displays as you intend. - For a FILE NAME, use an abbreviated version of your title. For example, if your presentation title is "Revitalizing Hawaiian for the next generation: Social media tools," your filename might be "Revitalizing_Hawaiian.doc" or "Revitalizing_Hawaiian_social_media.pdf" To submit an online proposal, visit http://www.icldc4.icldc-hawaii.org and click on "Call For Proposals." Proposal review criteria - Appropriateness of the Topic: Does the paper/poster address the themes of the conference or Special Session? - Presentation: Is the abstract well-written? Does it suggest that the paper/poster will be well organized and clearly presented? - Importance of the Topic: Is this an important topic within the area? Is the paper/poster likely to make an original contribution to knowledge in the field? Will it stimulate discussion? - Contribution to the discipline: For talks, does the presentation make a methodological or theoretical contribution to the discipline? If not (e.g., project descriptions), could the presentation be submitted as a poster or electronic poster? 4. TIMELINE - April 1, 2014: Call for Proposals announced - May 31, 2014: Proposals for Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation deadline - June 30, 2014: Notification of acceptance to Special Sessions - August 31, 2014: Proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters deadline - October 1, 2014: Notification of acceptance for general papers, posters, and electronic posters - October 1, 2014: Early registration opens - January 15, 2015: Early registration deadline - February 26-March 1, 2015: 4th ICLDC 5. SCHOLARSHIPS To help defray travel expenses to come and present at the conference, scholarships of up to US$1,500 will be awarded to the six best abstracts by (i) students and/or (ii) members of an endangered language community who are actively working to document their heritage language and who are not employed by a college or university. If you are eligible and wish to be considered for a scholarship, please select the appropriate "Yes" button on the proposal submission form. This is applicable to regular conference papers only (not to the Special Sessions). NOTE: Please be advised that these scholarships are considered taxable income under U.S. tax laws. U.S. citizens and permanent residents can expect to receive a 1099 form to figure into their annual tax return for 2015. Non-U.S. citizens/residents may have the applicable taxable amount (typically 30%) deducted from the scholarship check prior to receipt. Questions? Feel free to contact us at icldc at hawaii.edu Andrea L. 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If you need any further information please do not hesitate to contact us. To view our 2014/2015 Academic Calendar, please click here. Kind regards, Manal Dabit Jordan Language Academy Tel: +962-6-5820985 Fax: +962-6-5820986 Mobile: +962-779-502220 www.jordanla.com courses at jordanla.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 23May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I don't - but can any of you suggest sources? thanks Eric Eric Atwell, Associate Professor, Computing and Language, I-AIBS Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Biological Systems School of Computing, Faculty of Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Leeds LS2 9JT, England. TEL: +44-113-3435430 FAX: +44-113-3435468 WWW: http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/eric http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/arabic -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 23May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 23 22:40:01 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 16:40:01 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:'now' query responses Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 23 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: now' query response 2) Subject: now' query response 3) Subject: now' query response 4) Subject: now' query response 5) Subject: now' query response 6) Subject: now' query response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 23 May 2014 From: Zaki Haidar Subject: now' query response فَـ seems like the obvious candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) Date: 23 May 2014 From: Jon Forsyth Subject: now' query response The most comprehensive research on discourse connectives that I have found was done my Amal AlSaif. She compiled a comprehensive list of discourse connectives. Details are in her Phd Thesis: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3129/ See the appendix D for a list of discourse connective types and their semantic categories. I don't see الآن on her list, but perhaps there is a functional equivalent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Date: 23 May 2014 From: Zainab Hermes Subject: now' query response Hello! I believe the Levantine هلّأ (meaning now) can be used in a similar manner as described for English 'now' above. For example: هلأ ما باعرِف إذا كان هالحكي مظبوك، بس هو هيك قاللي (now I don't know whether this is correct, but that's what he told me). Zainab Hermes PhD Student of Linguistics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Date: 23 May 2014 From: Magda Subject: now' query response Here are my 2 cents' worth on your 2 q's - I am sure others will have more to say: 1. I can't think of examples in Arabic where الآن is used as a discourse marker the way 'now ' is used in the examples you cited. 2. Drawing on your 3 ex., I think in ex. 1, we could use أما ...and in ex. 3, we could use وفي الواقع or بصراحة. To me, ex. 2 wouldn't use any: دعني أفكر could stand alone. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Date: 23 May 2014 From: Afra Al-Mussawir Subject: now' query response I cannot think of any examples where الآن serves a similar pragmatic function as 'now' in English As for other Arabic words that serve this function, I'd like to suggest "-ف" and "طيّب". Those two were the first to come to mind, though I might think of others given time. "ف" is often translated as "so," but I think it may sometimes be translated as "now" to good effect in the function you describe. Do you have any thoughts about these two suggestions? Afra -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) Date: 23 May 2014 From: Michael Schub Subject: now' query response Is /ya`nii/ too obvious? Best wishes, Mike Schub -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 23May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Al-ʽArabiyya welcomes scholarly and pedagogical articles, and book reviews that contribute to the advancement of study, criticism, research, and teaching in the fields of Arabic language, linguistics, and literature. We also consider responses and comments on articles published in previous issues. To be considered for the next issue, submissions are due August 15, by 8:00PM EST. We consider submissions year round and we may accept a submission for the following issue if received after August 15. We do not accept simultaneous submissions. Please address all correspondence regarding submissions to: Karin C. Ryding, editor Al-Arabiyya Journal c/o Georgetown University Press 3240 Prospect St. NW Washington, D.C. 20007 email: aataeditor at aataweb.org General guidelines Authors are encouraged to present an original, scholarly contribution, a perceptive restructuring of existing knowledge, or a discussion of an idea with information and references on how to learn more about the topic. References should be appropriately and sufficiently extensive, and demonstrative of comprehensive awareness of international scholarship. Conclusions drawn should be accurate, appropriately documented, and soundly argued, without being overextended. The material should be well-organized and the writing style fluent and professional. We respectfully require that authors writing in a language other than their native language have their contribution carefully checked by a native speaker before submission. Previously published pieces or those being considered for publication elsewhere should not be submitted. Authors alone are responsible for the opinions they express and for the accuracy of facts presented in their articles. The journal welcomes translations and bibliographies, provided they meet Al-ʽArabiyya guidelines. Translations should be scholarly and accompanied by an introduction or critical essay, annotations, and commentaries. Bibliographies should also be annotated, critical, and accompanied by an appropriate introduction. Translations and bibliographies are subject to the same review process as articles. Book reviews are 500–1,000 words in length, and are commissioned by the book review editor. If you would like to propose a review, please contact the book review editor, Gregory Bell, directly: aatabookrevieweditor at aataweb.org. Reviews of current and recently published textbooks are particularly welcome. The journal also considers review articles, which are approximately 1,500 words in length, double spaced. Review articles treat a major work or works in the field as judged by the editor and the book review editor. Please propose a review article to the book review editor or the editor prior to submission. Submission procedures The overall length of articles should be appropriate to the material treated and should not exceed 7,000 words (no more than 25 pp. in Times New Roman, 12 pt., double spaced). Articles with examples in transliterated/transcribed Arabic must use Doulos SIL (available free: http://tinyurl.com/AATA-Translit-Font) for those transcriptions/transliterations. It is acceptable to include appropriate tables, figures, and illustrations but, upon acceptance, it is the author’s responsibility to provide high-resolution, digital versions of each, as well as permission (if necessary) for their use. The journal follows the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, and submissions should, too. Cited forms (letters, morphemes, words, phrases, or sentences) should appear in italics, e.g., the prefix bi-, the word dars. Italics are not used for forms marked as being in phonemic or phonetic transcription, e.g., /sabt/, [sapt]. The meaning of cited forms should appear in single quotation marks, with no comma before it, e.g. walad ‘boy.’ Additional formatting requirements may be requested, if preparing for publication. Articles in Arabic will be considered and must be submitted using SIL’s Scheherazade font (available free: http://tinyurl.com/AATA-Arabic-Font). Submissions are only accepted by email attachment. Please attach both a PDF version and an original MS Word document. Number all pages consecutively in the upper right-hand corner. Include an abstract in English of approximately 100 to 150 words at the beginning of the article. To aid the blind review process: Remove author’s name and identifying remarks from the article. Include a cover sheet with: author’s name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, academic affiliation, and title of the article. For submissions with multiple authors, include all authors’ information on the cover sheet. Articles will not be returned to contributors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 23May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 30 21:14:00 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 15:14:00 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Perils of Google Translate, Part II Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 30 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Perils of Google Translate, Part II -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 May 2014 From: Subject: Perils of Google Translate, Part II Some of you may remember a menu I posted a few years ago that had been created with google translate. The following link is somehow wierder, with a hotel wanting to label a dish "Meat Balls", so it writes ميت بول in Arabic, but then above it in English writes what that obviously means: Paul is Dead. If you don't believe me, check out this link. dil https://twitter.com/rabihalameddine/status/471154791570079744/photo/1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 30 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 30 21:11:32 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 15:11:32 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Do you recognize this printed border? Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 30 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Do you recognize this printed border? -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 May 2014 From: "Carl Sandler Berkowitz" Subject: Do you recognize this printed border? With apologies for cross-posting, perhaps someone on this listserv can help answer this question, posted on another listserv. Carl Sandler Berkowitz From: Rob Rulon-Miller Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 5:32 PM Does anyone recognize the border on this little pamphlet, Christ in the Wilderness, in Arabic. I’m trying to discern the place of printing. It’s likely the UK, but the border seems unusual enough so that it might have a specific origin. / Rob R-M Here’s the link: http://rulon.com/images/arabic003.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 30 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 30 21:11:26 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 15:11:26 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:NEW BOOK:Phoneme links for Semitic and Indo-European Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 30 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Phoneme links for Semitic and Indo-European -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 May 2014 From: Matt Ellsworth Subject: Phoneme links for Semitic and Indo-European To my fellow linguists, In my new e-book "A Body of Language: Revealing the Common Mind of Mankind" I describe the findings of more than 25 years of research. Through Arabic I found the meanings of the individual phonemes of that alphabet* and then discovered that they have the same meanings in Indo-European languages. I also found the default syntax for word formation, with a word forming a semantic molecule that is a complete verbal predicate. Along the way I found that the unifying system of the meanings is the attachment to the human body, using its symmetry to express linguistic universal. The book is available at www.Amazon.com . The direct link is http://www.amazon.com/Body-Language-Revealing-Common-Mankind-ebook/dp/B00GQANN98/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395558737&sr=8-1&keywords=Ellsworth+Body+of+Language . - Matt Ellsworth - Kinshasa, DRC * The phenomenon of each phoneme having individual semantic values is called al-ishtiqaq al-akbar by Arab philologists. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 30 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 30 21:11:37 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 15:11:37 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs etymology for place-name Zuweirah Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 30 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Needs etymology for place-name Zuweirah -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 May 2014 From: Daniel Hunt Subject: Needs etymology for place-name Zuweirah Dear Listserv Members: Is there any good etymology for the place-name Zuweirah on the west coast of the southern Dead Sea? I find several early references to this possibly being an Arabic form (ancient or more recent) for the Biblical Zoar. Some weight seems to be attached to the idea, as the place and its wadi are hard by Jebel Usdum or 'Mount Sodom'. I do realize that typically Zoar (or Segor, Zogora) is placed to the SE of the Dead Sea, and that a very controversial case has been made for finding it somewhere to the north. Thank you for any help you may be able to provide. Respectfully, Daniel Hunt -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 30 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 30 21:11:29 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 15:11:29 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs POS tagger Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 30 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Needs POS tagger -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 May 2014 From: "Ahmed Khater" Subject: Needs POS tagger Dear all, I am currently working on my ph.d in Corpus Linguistics and Translation. I am studying Explicitation translation using corpus linguistics as a methodology across Arabic and English. I urgently need to POS (Part-of-speech) tag two Arabic corpus files of approximately 58,000 words each. Could you help me with any information on how and where to POS tag this corpus and open it as a text file on my Windows System. I sent more than one message to the developer of Amira 2.0, Prof. Yassine Bin Ajibah so that he can help me POS tagging these files using his platform, and he didn’t respond at all. I am in an urgent need for this service and I’d highly appreciate it if any of you can direct me to a proper part-of-speech (POS) tagging service for Arabic. Thank you. Ahmed Khater Assistant Lecturer English Department Faculty of Arts Helwan University Cairo / Egypt E-mail ahmed_khater at arts.helwan.edu.eg -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 30 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 30 21:11:34 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 15:11:34 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:JOBS:Arabic NLP in London Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 30 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: JOBS:Arabic NLP in London -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 May 2014 From: reposted from CORPORA Subject: JOBS:Arabic NLP in London +++ Reminder: application deadline 2 June 2014 +++ Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate ============================================== (Arabic Natural Language Processing), 3-year project The University of Essex is looking to recruit a Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate, to lead the design and implementation of a civilian-led monitoring system tracking human rights violations across the world. This exciting opportunity involves a partnership with Minority Rights Group based in Central London. ABOUT THE PROJECT: The Associate will work with Minority Rights Group and academics from the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership project to that will use Natural Language Processing techniques to develop a civilian-led monitoring system in areas of conflict. ABOUT THE ORGANISATION: Minority Rights Group is a charity which seeks to promote the rights of minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide by undertaking human rights research and publishing, training and capacity-building of NGOs on the ground, and international advocacy and litigation. ABOUT THE ROLE: The ideal candidate will have an MSc or preferably a PhD with a focus in Natural Language Processing and experience of an extensive range of Natural Language Engineering techniques. An Arabic speaker with a comprehensive knowledge of evaluation methodologies is preferred but not essential. ABOUT KTP: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships is a UK government funded initiative involving a partnership between a University and a business that supports business growth and innovation by placing graduates on challenging, high profile projects. Further information is available at www.ktponline.org.uk SALARY: £25,000-£30,000 PA inclusive of London Weighting CLOSING DATE: 2 June 2014 Applications must be made online at www.essex.ac.uk/vacancies For further details drop me an email (udo at essex.ac.uk) -- Dr Udo Kruschwitz University of Essex School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ U.K. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 30 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu May 1 17:45:11 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 11:45:11 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:JOBS:Asst Director of C.V. Starr-Middlebury School-Jordan Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 01 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: JOBS:Asst Director of C.V. Starr-Middlebury School-Jordan -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 01 May 2014 From: "Wilsch, Kerstin" Subject: JOBS:Asst Director of C.V. Starr-Middlebury School-Jordan Assistant Director of the C.V. Starr-Middlebury School in the Middle East - Jordan Middlebury College is seeking an Assistant Director of the School in the Middle East to work with U.S. college students at its site in Amman, Jordan beginning in August 2014. For a full description of the position and to apply, please visit: https://middlebury.peopleadmin.com/postings/8791 Review of applications will begin May 5, 2014. For further information on the Middlebury School in the Middle East, please visit: http://www.middlebury.edu/sa/middleeast/jordan Middlebury College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from women and members of minorities. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 01 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu May 1 17:42:21 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 11:42:21 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Volunteer Opportunities in Arabic Translation Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 01 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Volunteer Opportunities in Arabic Translation -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 01 May 2014 From: Beau Brady beau at islamicmanuscript.org Subject: Volunteer Opportunities in Arabic Translation The Islamic manuscript association VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN ARABIC TRANSLATION TENTH ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT CONFERENCE The Islamic Manuscript Association is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to protecting Islamic manuscript collections and supporting those who work with them. It was formed in response to the urgent need to address the poor preservation and inaccessibility of many Islamic manuscript collections around the world. We are currently seeking volunteers who can help us to prepare for the Tenth Islamic Manuscript Conference: Manuscripts and Conflict, which will take place from 31 August to 2 September 2014 at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. The role can be fulfilled at our office in Cambridge or through distance communication if preferred. Other translation opportunities may also arise in the near future. The role can be somewhat tailored to your interests and time availability but the main focus will be on the translation of texts, both from Arabic into English and from English into Arabic. Therefore, native speakers of both Arabic and English who possess excellent knowledge of the written forms of both languages are encouraged to apply. No previous knowledge or experience of Islamic manuscripts or related subjects is necessary. For volunteers who undertake this opportunity at our Cambridge office, up to ?15.00 of daily travel and lunch expenses can be reimbursed. To apply, please send your CV and a brief covering letter demonstrating your relevant experience and abilities, as well as your interest in this field. Applications can be sent via email, post or fax. The Islamic Manuscript Association Ltd c/o 33 Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1QY United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0)1223 303177 Fax: +44 (0) 1223 302 218 Website: www.islamicmanuscript.org Email: admin at islamicmanuscript.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 01 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This blended learning program consists of an online preparation component (starting May 21), a seven-day, on-site component at Penn State University Park (June 21-27), and an online follow-up component (ending July 21). The program provides information about, and practice in, innovative teaching methodologies for Modern Standard Arabic, with a focus on helping instructors remain in the target language and use little or no English in your Arabic classroom. Participants who complete the program successfully will earn Penn State academic credit. Tuition and fees will be paid by the academy. The academy will also provide room and partial board during the on-site workshop component of the program at no cost to participants. For more information please visit us at: http://www.outreach.psu.edu/language-institute/startalk-arabic-academy-for-teachers Interested instructors are encouraged to submit their application promptly or let us know of their intent to apply. -- Riadh Bounatirou Graduate Instructor and Ph.D. Candidate Coordinator of Arabic Language Program Department of Comparative Literature 203 Burrowes Building The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802 Telephone: (814) 863-6523 Fax: (814) 863-8882 E-mail: Riadh at psu.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 01 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu May 1 17:42:25 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 11:42:25 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:U of Michigan 2014 Arabic Summer Language Institute Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 01 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: U of Michigan 2014 Arabic Summer Language Institute -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 01 May 2014 From: "Martha Schulte-Nafeh" Subject: U of Michigan 2014 Arabic Summer Language Institute Dear Colleagues, We would very much appreciate your letting your students know that this opportunity for intensive Arabic summer study is still available. We will continue to accept applications until May 15th. The University of Michigan invites you to participate in its 2014 Arabic Summer Language Institute in the relatively cool and pleasant Michigan summer weather in lovely Ann Arbor. This summer we are offering 1st, 2nd and 3rd year Arabic classes. The application deadline has been extend to May 15th. Summer Language Institute courses are offered either for a Program Fee of only $2800 (8 credit class) or $3000 (10 credit class) or for tuition. Students who choose the Program Fee Option do not receive transferrable credit. Instead, they receive a Certificate of Attendance upon successful completion of the course. All classes are FLAS funding eligible. Summer Language Institute Classes: 1. Elementary Arabic (AAPTIS 103): 10 weeks: June 3rd to August 14th (10 credits if taken for credit) The class is designed to take students from zero proficiency to an Intermediate Low level of proficiency in all language skills. The class is a dual register class in which students will learn to communicate with and understand elements of the Egyptian dialect as they also learn to understand, read and write fuSHa. The class will use the 3rd edition of the alKitaab fi ta3allum al3arabiyya series and will cover roughly through lesson 11 of part 1 of that series. The class meets for 4 hours per day for 5 days per week and students will have an additional 6-8 hours of homework each day. The class will have an instructor/student ratio of 1 to 10 or less. 2. Intermediate Arabic (AAPTIS 205): 10 weeks: June 3rd to August 14th (10 credits if taken for credit) The class is designed to take students from an Intermediate Low to an Intermediate High level of proficiency in all language skills. The class is a dual register class in which students will learn to communicate with and understand elements of the Levantine dialect as they also learn to understand, read and write fuSHa. The needs of students with no prior exposure to an Arabic dialect can and will be accommodated. The class will use the 3rd edition of the alKitaab fi ta3allum al3arabiyya series and will begin in lesson 12 of part 1 of that series and finish through lesson 8 of part 2. The class meets for 4 hours per day for 5 days per week and students will have an additional 6-8 hours of homework each day. The class will have an instructor/student ratio of 1 to 10 or less. 3. Advanced Arabic (AAPTIS 403 and 404): Four weeks each from June 26th to July 18th and July 21st to August 12th, respectively. (8 credits if taken for credit) The class is designed to take students from an Intermediate High to an Advanced Low/Mid level of proficiency in all language skills. The class will use part 2 of the 2nd edition of the alKitaab fi ta3allum al3arabiyya series and will cover lessons 3 - 9 of that series. The class meets for 4 hours per day for 5 days per week and students will have an additional 6-8 hours of homework each day. The class will have an instructor/student ratio of 1 to 10 or less. We strive to create an immersion Arabic only environment for the institute and the curriculum includes a conversation partner component for which students meet with and converse with native speakers of Arabic on a regular basis. Additional information and application materials can be found at the < http://www.lsa.umich.edu/summer/summerprograms/summerlanguageinstitute> Summer Language Institute website. Please contact Margaret Casazza cinq at umich.edu with any questions. Martha Schulte-Nafeh Arabic Language Program Supervisor -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 01 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 9 22:28:26 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 16:28:26 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Article:Vowel Variation in Syrian child language Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 09 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: New Article:Vowel Variation in Syrian child language -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2014 From: reposted from LINGUIST Subject: New Article:Vowel Variation in Syrian child language Journal Title: Language Variation and Change Volume Number: 26 Issue Number: 1 Issue Date: 2014 Vowel variation and reverse acquisition in rural Syrian child and adolescent language Rania Habib -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 9 22:28:31 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 16:28:31 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:MEDAR Consortium grants for students Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 09 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: MEDAR Consortium grants for students -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2014 From: ELRA ELDA Information Subject: MEDAR Consortium grants for students The MEDAR Consortium, involved in MEDAR and NEMLAR Projects on ?Mediterranean Arabic Language and Speech Technology?, (completed with the support by the European Commission), is perpetuating a tradition established in 2012, in awarding grants for students to attend the International conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'2014, the 9th edition) taking place in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 26-31, 2014. Each grant will cover the registration fees and support part of the travel and accommodation expenses. See application details @ http://lrec2014.lrec-conf.org/en/registration/medar-grants/. Contact: medar-grants at elda.org MEDAR: http://www.medar.info/index.php LREC 2014: http://lrec2014.lrec-conf.org/en -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 9 22:28:33 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 16:28:33 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Al-Mashriq Center for Arabic Instruction summer session Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 09 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2014 From: "Emily Koppelman" Subject: Dear all, Al-Mashriq Center for Arabic Instruction is still accepting applications for our summer session, which begins on June 8. Modeled after the Arabic program at Cornell University, the curriculum at Al-Mashriq differs radically from traditional Arabic-as-a-foreign-language programs through its integration of colloquial Arabic with Modern Standard Arabic in a way that reflects the use of the language by native speakers. In all of our classes, we use Levantine Arabic for ordinary conversation and discussion and MSA for reading, writing and formal speech. The Arabic classes at Al-Mashriq act as a bridge, connecting our students to the Arabic-speaking environment around them - everything learned in the classroom is practiced with native speakers outside of it. For more information about the Center, including how to apply, please visit our website at www.almashriqcenter.com. Please forward this message to any students who might be interested. Thank you! Emily F. Koppelman Communications & Student Affairs Manager Al-Mashriq Center for Arabic Instruction http://www.almashriqcenter.com +962 79 088 6394 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 9 22:28:36 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 16:28:36 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:2nd Call:EMNLP Workshop on Arabic NLP Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 09 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: 2nd Call:EMNLP Workshop on Arabic NLP -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2014 From: Nizar Habash Subject: 2nd Call:EMNLP Workshop on Arabic NLP ======================================================= Second Call for Papers and Participation EMNLP Workshop on Arabic Natural Language Processing Including Shared Task on Automatic Arabic Error Correction Apologies for multiple postings Please distribute to colleagues ======================================================= Second Call for Papers and Participation Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop collocated with EMNLP 2014, Doha, Qatar Workshop date: Saturday October 25, 2014 Paper submission deadline: July 26, 2014 Shared task registration deadline: July 1, 2014 Workshop Website: http://www.emnlp2014.org/workshops/anlp/call.html Shared Task Website: http://www.emnlp2014.org/workshops/anlp/shared_task.html ======================================================= WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION There has been a lot of progress in the last 15 years in the area of Arabic Natural Language Processing (NLP). Many Arabic NLP (or Arabic NLP-related) workshops and conferences have taken place, both in the Arab World and in association with international conferences. This workshop follows in the footsteps of previous efforts to provide a forum for researchers to share and discuss their ongoing work. We invite submissions on topics that include, but are not limited to, the following: * Basic core technologies: morphological analysis, disambiguation, tokenization, POS tagging, named entity detection, chunking, parsing, semantic role labeling, sentiment analysis, Arabic dialect modeling, etc. * Applications: machine translation, speech recognition, speech synthesis, optical character recognition, pedagogy, assistive technologies, social media, etc. * Resources: dictionaries, annotated data, specialized databases etc. Submissions may include work in progress as well as finished work. Submissions must have a clear focus on specific issues pertaining to the Arabic language whether it is standard Arabic, dialectal, or mixed. Descriptions of commercial systems are welcome, but authors should be willing to discuss the details of their work. Submissions are expected to be 8 pages long plus 2 pages for references. Associated with the workshop will be a shared task on Arabic text error correction (details below). SHARED TASK As part of the Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop at EMNLP 2014, we will conduct a shared task on Automatic Arabic Error Correction. We designed this task in the traditions of high profile shared tasks in natural language processing such as CONLL?s grammar/error detection and correction shared tasks in 2011-2013 and numerous machine translation campaigns by NIST/WMT/MEDAR, among others. The task relies on resources created under the Qatar Arabic Language Bank (QALB) project (currently over 1M words of manually corrected Arabic text). A participating system in this shared task will be given Modern Standard Arabic texts, which are to be automatically corrected. The input will be provided in Arabic script, and will be annotated for part-of-speech (in different granularities), inflectional features, clitics (which appear in 20% of Arabic words), lemmas, and English glosses. All of the input text will be preprocessed in a common way to make sure all participants have access to all of these features at no additional overhead novelty cost. We follow the file format and evaluation framework used by the CONLL shared tasks on error correction. The task is focused on correction as opposed to identification. There will not be an error identification task per se. Participants need to register. Once registered, all participating teams will be provided with a common training data set, which includes common preprocessed input and corrected output. Registration link is on the Shared Task Website (see above). A common development set will also be provided. A blind test data set will be used to evaluate the output of the participating teams. An evaluation script will be provided to all the teams. Each participating team can submit up to three systems. Participants are welcome to use additional resources and tools that are not part of the released data set. However, all such additions must be fully disclosed. Participants are expected to author a short paper (4 pages + 2 for references) describing their approach, resources and experiments. The paper needs to follow the standard format of EMNLP conference. IMPORTANT DATES Shared task registration period: April 8, 2014 through July 1, 2014 Shared task test release: July 7, 2014 Shared task system output collection: July 18, 2014 Submission deadline (Workshop and shared task papers): July 26, 2014 Author notification: August 26, 2014 Camera Ready: September 15, 2014 Workshop: October 25, 2014 ORGANIZERS Program Co-chairs Nizar Habash, Columbia University Stephan Vogel, Qatar Computing Research Institute Publication Co-chairs Nadi Tomeh, Paris 13 University Houda Bouamor, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar Website Committee Kareem Darwish, Qatar Computing Research Institute Noura Farra, Columbia University Shared Task Committee Behrang Mohit (co-chair), Carnegie Mellon University Qatar Alla Rozovskaya (co-chair), Columbia University Wajdi Zaghouani, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar Ossama Obeid, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar Nizar Habash (advisor), Columbia University Program Committee Members Abdelmajid Ben-Hamadou, University of Sfax, Tunisia Abdelhadi Soudi, Ecole Nationale de l?Industrie Min?rale, Morocco Abdelsalam Nwesri, University of Tripoli, Libya Achraf Chalabi , Microsoft Research, Egypt Ahmed Ali, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar Ahmed Rafea, The American University in Cairo, Egypt Alexis Nasr, University of Marseille, France Ali Farghaly, Monterey Peninsula College, USA Almoataz B. Al-Said, Cairo University, Egypt Alon Lavie, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Aly Fahmy, Cairo University, Egypt Azadeh Shakery, University of Tehran, Iran Azzeddine Mazroui, University Mohamed I, Morocco Bassam Haddad, University of Petra, Jordan Bayan Abu Shawar, Arab Open University, Jordan Behrang Mohit, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Qatar Eric Atwell, University of Leeds, UK Farhad Oroumchian, University of Wollongong, Australia Ghassan Mourad, Universit? Libanaise, Lebanon Hassan Sawaf, eBay Inc., USA Hazem Hajj, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Hend Alkhalifa, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia Houda Bouamor, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Qatar Imed Zitouni, Microsoft Research, USA Joseph Dichy, Universit? Lyon 2, France Karim Bouzoubaa , Mohammad V University, Morocco Karine Megerdoomian, The MITRE Corporation, USA Katrin Kirchhoff, University of Washington, USA Kemal Oflazer, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Qatar Khaled Shaalan, The British University in Dubai, UAE Khaled Shaban, Qatar University, Qatar Khalil Sima?an, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands Lamia Hadrich Belguith, University of Sfax, Tunisia Michael Rosner, University of Malta, Malta Mohamed Elmahdy, Qatar University, Qatar Mohsen Rashwan, Cairo University, Egypt Mona Diab, George Washington University, USA Mustafa Jarrar, Bir Zeit University, Palestine Nada Ghneim, Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology, Syria Nadi Tomeh, University Paris 13, France Ossama Emam, IBM, USA Otakar Smr?, D??m-e D?am Language Institute, Czech Republic Owen Rambow, Columbia University, USA Preslav Nakov, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar Ramzi Abbes, TECHLIMED, France Salwa Hamada, Cairo University, Egypt Shahram Khadivi, Tehran Polytechnic, Iran Sherri Condon , The MITRE Corporation, USA Taha Zerrouki, University of Bouira, Algeria Violetta Cavalli-Sforza, Al Akhawayn University, Morocco -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 9 22:28:39 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 16:28:39 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:4th International Conf on Language Documentation and Conservation Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 09 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: 4th International Conf on Language Documentation and Conservation -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 09 May 2014 From: National Foreign Language Resource Center Subject: 4th International Conf on Language Documentation and Conservation 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATION & CONSERVATION CALL FOR PROPOSALS: General papers, posters, electronic posters and NSF-Supported Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation Please read carefully as some information has changed since last year. INTRODUCTION The 4th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), ?Enriching Theory, Practice, & Application,? will be held February 26-March 1, 2015, at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu, Hawai?i. The conference is hosted by the University of Hawai?i at Manoa and is supported in part by the US National Science Foundation. The program for this 3 ? day conference will feature two keynote talks, an integrated series of Master Classes on the documentation of linguistic structures, and a series of Sponsored Special Sessions on pedagogy in language conservation. An optional Hilo Field Study (on the Big Island of Hawai?i) to visit Hawaiian language revitalization programs in action will immediately follow the conference. The theme of the 4th ICLDC, ?Enriching Theory, Practice, and Application,? highlights the need to strengthen the links between language documentation (practice), deep understanding of grammatical structure (theory), and methods for teaching endangered languages (application). At this conference, we intend to focus on language documentation as the investigation of grammar and linguistic structure on the one hand, and the development of that investigation into sound pedagogy for endangered languages on the other. We hope you will join us. For more information and links to past conferences, visit our conference website: http://icldc-hawaii.org/ 1. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GENERAL CONFERENCE TALKS, POSTERS, AND ELECTRONIC POSTERS Proposal deadline: August 31, 2014 Topics We especially welcome abstracts that address the conference theme, ?Enriching Theory, Practice, & Application.? Discipline-wide reflection on the relationship between the documentation of grammatical structure and language pedagogy is crucial if the proper documentation and conservation of endangered languages is to be effective. Our aim here is two-fold: to create citizen scientists who can reflect on their language for the purpose of teaching and documenting without being hindered by metalanguage, and to enrich the contributions of linguists to linguistic theory and description via documentation. We are also seeking abstracts on the science of documentation and revitalization. Documentation is usually portrayed as a means of collecting language data, and revitalization is generally seen primarily as a kind of applied work directly benefiting communities. However, each of those domains is a genuine area of research, and we welcome presentations that treat documentation and revitalization not merely as activities, but also as domains requiring discussion, clarification, and theorization in their own right. In addition to the topics above, we warmly welcome abstracts on other subjects in language documentation and conservation, which may include but are not limited to: - Archiving matters - Community experiences of revitalization - Data management - Ethical issues - Language planning - Lexicography and grammar design - Methods of assessing ethnolinguistic vitality - Orthography design - Teaching/learning small languages - Technology in documentation ? methods and pitfalls - Topics in areal language documentation - Training in documentation methods ? beyond the university - Assessing success in documentation and revitalization strategies Presentation formats Papers will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation with 10 minutes of question time. Posters will be on display throughout the day of presentation. Poster presentations will run during the early afternoon. Poster presentations are recommended for authors who wish to present smaller, more specific topics, or descriptions of particular projects. Electronic posters (e-posters) are opportunities for presentations of software, websites, and other computer-based projects, in an environment that allows face-to-face interaction with the audience. Similar to a traditional poster session, e-poster presenters will use their own laptop computers to display their projects while the audience walks around, watching demonstrations and asking questions. E-poster sessions will take place in the early afternoon in a room with tables and internet access. 2. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: NSF-SUPPORTED SPECIAL SESSIONS ON PEDAGOGY IN LANGUAGE CONSERVATION Proposal deadline: May 31, 2014 Special Session Topics and Format This year, we are inviting proposals for a series of four Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation. Each session will contain four talks and will be focused on a theme relating to the notion of pedagogy for endangered language teaching. Endangered language teaching in the language community is often informed by only the most generic of language pedagogies, and language teachers are often frustrated by the lack of methodologies that go beyond short conversation, basic vocabulary, and constructions that can be taught by methods like Total Physical Response (e.g., Asher 1969). Compounding the problem, these same trained teachers may not have enough linguistic knowledge of the subject language to develop robust teaching materials and programs, while linguists with command of linguistic structure may not have the teaching training required to properly educate students or inform language teachers. In the past we have followed the ?Ken Hale? model of training endangered language speakers in linguistics. We have created reference grammars and pedagogical grammars, and most documentation projects include some component for creating teaching materials. What is still lacking from the discipline is a systematic discussion of how to transform documentary materials like annotated corpora and reference grammars into an effective pedagogical workflow for endangered languages (e.g., reference grammar to pedagogical grammar to teaching materials to pedagogical methods to assessment of teaching programs). There is a disconnect between linguistic theory and pedagogical theory, and we aim to bridge this gap during these Special Sessions. Each Special Session on Pedagogy in Language Conservation will consist of four 20-minute presentation slots, with each slot to be followed by a 10 minute question period. One Special Session will occur each day of the conference in the same room and time. A total of four Special Sessions will be invited to present at the ICLDC. Successful proposals will be thematically unified on a particular aspect of pedagogy in language conservation. These may include, but are not limited to: - Acquisition: What can L1 and L2 acquisition studies teach us that is relevant for developing classroom materials and curricula? - Teaching methods: What language teaching methods and activities can be brought to endangered language teachers to enhance language learning and retention? - Understanding and conveying complex grammar: What specific activities in the classroom could be used to teach higher level constructions (e.g., complex clauses, information structure, or particle use)? - Assessment: How can we properly assess teaching programs for radically less commonly taught languages? NSF Support details Thanks to generous support from the US National Science Foundation Documenting Endangered Languages Program, we are able to offer sponsorship in the form of travel assistance in the amount of US$2400 for each selected Special Session. The organizer of each Session will determine how that sum is to be divided among the speakers and will inform the ICLDC Executive Committee; depending on each circumstance, funds will be provided as (partial) flight reimbursements, hotel nights, or per diem payments (to be determined by the ICLDC Executive Committee). 3. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Rules for submission in all categories: - Abstracts should be submitted in English, but presentations can be in any language. We particularly welcome presentations in languages of the region discussed. - Authors may submit no more than one individual and one co-authored proposal (including participation in a Special Session proposal), or no more than two co-authored proposals. In no case may an author submit more than one individually-authored proposal. - Proposals for the sponsored Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation are due by May 31, 2014, with notification of acceptance by June 30, 2014. - Proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters are due by August 31, 2014, with notification of acceptance by October 1, 2014. - Individual authors whose proposals for the Special Sessions are rejected are welcome to submit their abstracts individually to the call for general proposals. - We will not be accepting any proposals for panel presentations or colloquia beyond the Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation. - Because of limited space, please note that the Abstract Review Committee may ask that some general abstracts submitted as papers be presented as posters or electronic posters instead. - Selected authors will be invited to submit their conference papers to the journal Language Documentation & Conservation for publication. How to prepare your proposal: - For Special Session proposals: Special session organizers must submit their proposal on behalf of the authors included in the session. We ask the organizer to prepare an abstract of no more than 400 words for the Special Session as a whole, and to also submit abstracts of no more than 400 words for each paper in the Session. We also ask for a 50-word summary of the Special Session and of each paper in the session for inclusion in the conference program. All abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review by international experts on the topic. - For proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters: We ask for abstracts of no more than 400 words for online publication so that conference participants will have a good idea of the content of your paper, and a 50-word summary for inclusion in the conference program. All abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review by international experts on the topic. - To facilitate blind peer review, please DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME OR AFFILIATION in your abstract or filename. Your proposal should only include your presentation title, abstract, and list of references (if applicable). - If you are including references/citations to your own work in your abstract, please be sure to replace your name(s) with "Author". For example, if you are Ted Smith and you wrote an article in 2009, which you are citing in your file (i.e., Smith (2009) ), you would change it to "Author (2009)." If you are including a list of references at the end, also make sure to anonymize any of your publications similarly as well. - Please note that your reference list is not counted in your 400-word abstract maximum, only the main abstract text. - Please save your abstract as an MS WORD DOCUMENT or PDF FILE. MS Word is preferred. However, if you are using special fonts, special characters, or diagrams in your abstract, a PDF file is recommended to make sure it displays as you intend. - For a FILE NAME, use an abbreviated version of your title. For example, if your presentation title is "Revitalizing Hawaiian for the next generation: Social media tools," your filename might be "Revitalizing_Hawaiian.doc" or "Revitalizing_Hawaiian_social_media.pdf" To submit an online proposal, visit http://www.icldc4.icldc-hawaii.org and click on "Call For Proposals." Proposal review criteria - Appropriateness of the Topic: Does the paper/poster address the themes of the conference or Special Session? - Presentation: Is the abstract well-written? Does it suggest that the paper/poster will be well organized and clearly presented? - Importance of the Topic: Is this an important topic within the area? Is the paper/poster likely to make an original contribution to knowledge in the field? Will it stimulate discussion? - Contribution to the discipline: For talks, does the presentation make a methodological or theoretical contribution to the discipline? If not (e.g., project descriptions), could the presentation be submitted as a poster or electronic poster? 4. TIMELINE - April 1, 2014: Call for Proposals announced - May 31, 2014: Proposals for Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation deadline - June 30, 2014: Notification of acceptance to Special Sessions - August 31, 2014: Proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters deadline - October 1, 2014: Notification of acceptance for general papers, posters, and electronic posters - October 1, 2014: Early registration opens - January 15, 2015: Early registration deadline - February 26-March 1, 2015: 4th ICLDC 5. SCHOLARSHIPS To help defray travel expenses to come and present at the conference, scholarships of up to US$1,500 will be awarded to the six best abstracts by (i) students and/or (ii) members of an endangered language community who are actively working to document their heritage language and who are not employed by a college or university. If you are eligible and wish to be considered for a scholarship, please select the appropriate "Yes" button on the proposal submission form. This is applicable to regular conference papers only (not to the Special Sessions). NOTE: Please be advised that these scholarships are considered taxable income under U.S. tax laws. U.S. citizens and permanent residents can expect to receive a 1099 form to figure into their annual tax return for 2015. Non-U.S. citizens/residents may have the applicable taxable amount (typically 30%) deducted from the scholarship check prior to receipt. Questions? Feel free to contact us at icldc at hawaii.edu Andrea L. Berez, Victoria Anderson, and Jim Yoshioka 4th ICLDC Executive Committee ************************************************************ *International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC)* Phone: +1-808-956-9424 Email: icldc at hawaii.edu Website: http://www.icldc-hawaii.org ICLDC Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/ICLDC/ ICLDC Twitter page: http://www.twitter.com/ICLDC_HI/ ************************************************************ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 09 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Apply now to the Summer 2014 Study Abroad Language Programs: Arabic Total Immersion: (7 or 14 weeks, 20 hrs./wk): US $ 2800. Starting Jun.8th and 3rd of Aug. 2014 Intensive Islamic Studies: (7 or 14 weeks, 20 hrs./wk): US $1100 Tailored Programs for professionals, researches and TAFL teachers Special rates for groups of 6 and above. 10%discount for combined terms info at hedayetinstitute.com US:1+646-2168-308 UK:+44203370141 Mobile no.: +201222261308 Check the gallery pls. on: http://www.hedayetinstitute.com and activities on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/hedayetinstitute The deadline for on line Application is: *15 May, 2014* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 12 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 12 14:03:47 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 08:03:47 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Michigan Symposium on Arabic Language Teaching Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 12 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Michigan Symposium on Arabic Language Teaching -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 12 May 2014 From: Wafa N Hassan Subject: Michigan Symposium on Arabic Language Teaching ?Michigan Symposium on Arabic Language Teaching? Sponsored by Western Michigan University Department of World Languages and Literature Dear K-16 Arabic language teachers in MI and the USA, You are cordially invited to attend the first ?Symposium on Teaching Arabic Language? The event is a full day conference that includes many sessions on topics that are vital to the success of teaching Arabic in the United States and the World. Speakers that are well known in the field will address crucial topics such as: When teaching Arabic as a foreign or a second language; is it necessary to teach grammar? When and why? In addition to many presentations on Arabic teaching resources, curriculum, and research based teaching literature. The program also includes cultural activities and multiple opportunities to network and meet colleagues in the field of teaching All in-service and future teachers of Arabic, language coordinators, school principals, and school district administrators are welcome. NO registration fee. All conference activities are covered. Saturday June 21, 2014 from 8:30 to 4:30 Conference guests will have the opportunity to visit the Arab American National Museum from 5:00-7:00 Place: Adobe Hotel Dearborn/Detroit -Address: 600 Town Center Dr, Dearborn, MI 48126 Please confirm your attendance to Dr. Wafa Hassan wafa.hassan at wmich.edu same day registration is available. -- Dr. Wafa Hassan Director of MI Arabic Teachers? Council Department of World Languages and Literatures 517 Sprau Tower Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (269)387-3399 wafa.hassan at wmich.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 12 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 12 14:03:44 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 08:03:44 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Arab Academy in Cairo's Intensive Arabic Summer Abroad Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 12 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Arab Academy in Cairo's Intensive Arabic Summer Abroad -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 12 May 2014 From: Arab Academy Subject: Arab Academy in Cairo's Intensive Arabic Summer Abroad Arab Academy in Cairo is delighted to announce that our intensive ArabicSummer Abroad in Cairo 2014 is now available for enrollment. We welcome all applicants ? from those who don?t know Arabic to those at the most advanced levels, we are here to help you achieve proficiency in Arabic. In addition, we are more than happy to accommodate both individual students and groups studying in Cairo as part of a university program. *We offer you:* * Intensive four- or eight-week summer courses. * Orientation session, handbook to life in Cairo, and proficiency test. * All levels of Arabic language taught, including instruction in MSA and colloquial Arabic. * Small classes conducted entirely in Arabic at all levels. * Detailed weekly feedback. * Access to our award-winning online resources. * Cultural excursions and hands-on experiences integrated in the curriculum. * Certificate of studies. * Dedicated, experienced and professional staff. * Help with arrivals and accommodation. * Central location in Garden City in downtown Cairo. * An amazing adventure with Arabic language! *Program Details:* * June 1 - June 26 *(1st session*) and June 29 - July 24, 2014 *(2nd session)*, enroll for one or both. * 20 contact hours per week (4 hours of Arabic classes per day X 5 days a week). * 7 cultural outings with teachers per session allowing you to practice Arabic in real situations. * Competitive Fees: $650 tuition per session + $345 for optional Cultural Outings (Inclusive of transportation expenses and entry tickets.) Arab Academy in Cairo offers intensive Arabic programs to students aiming at attaining higher levels in Arabic in the shortest possible time while engaging with Arab culture. Our varied study abroad programs, offered year-round, include an integrated program of cultural outings accompanied by our Arabic teachers giving students a chance to practice Arabic both inside and outside the classroom. Arab Academy is open year round. Amongst our prestigious clients are the American Embassy, University of Manchester, and Duke University. To apply or to find out more please visit our website: http://www.arabacademy.com/en/arabic-egypt Questions may be directed to: info at arabacademy.com We look forward to receiving you this summer! -- Arab Academy (since 1997) 3 Alif Kamil ElShinnawi Street Garden City 11451, Cairo, Egypt E-mail: info at arabacademy.com Web Site: http://www.arabacademy.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Arab-Academy/291637344900 Telephone Inquiries: - For Registration and Student Support inquiries, call: Hanan Dawah, Administrative Assistant Cell: +20 11 670 4021 - For Study Abroad Program inquiries, call: Amal ElAssal, Study Abroad Program Coordinator cell: +20 11 766 1327 - For Academic inquiries, call: Nicole Hansen, Director of Online and Study Abroad Programs Cell: +20 11 766 1326 - For Partnership or Institutional inquiries, call: Sanaa Ghanem, President Cell: +20 11 218 0305 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 12 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 19 16:28:38 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:28:38 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Doctoral Studentships at Durham University Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 19 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Doctoral Studentships at Durham University -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 May 2014 From: "BELLEM A." Subject: Doctoral Studentships at Durham University Newby Trust-Durham University Doctoral Studentships for 2014 Entry (Deadline 30 May 2014). The School of Modern Languages and Cultures at Durham University is inviting applications for TWO doctoral studentships for 2014 entry (starting October 2014). These awards are administered by Durham University and are offered thanks to support of the Newby Trust Ltd. The studentships cover tuition fees at the home/EU rate (?3,900), a maintenance award of ?13,726, and a small research travel fund. Studentships will be awarded initially for the first year of study, with the possibility of renewal for up to two further years, subject to receipt of good progress reports. All applications in fields for which we can provide expertise supervision will be considered, but we particularly welcome high-calibre applications in these areas: the scientific humanities, primary texts, visual culture. For more information please visit https://www.dur.ac.uk/mlac/postgraduate/postgraduatefunding/ Information on the Department of Arabic can be found here: https://www.dur.ac.uk/mlac/arabic/ Please note that candidates must be eligible for UK or EU fees status in order to be eligible to apply for these scholarships. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 19 16:28:16 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:28:16 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Query on 'now' in Arabic Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 19 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Query on 'now' in Arabic -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 May 2014 From: Dil Parkinson Subject: Query on 'now' in Arabic All languages have discourse level markers that instead of signaling some overt content signal how utterances are to be understood in the current discourse. ?Now? is one such marker in English. It can be used adverbially, normally with stress, in which case it is simply a content word referring to the present time, but it can also be used as a marker, typically unstressed, to signal something about how the next utterance is to be understood (see Schourup, Lawrence. ?The discourse marker now: A relevance-theoretic approach?. Journal of Pragmatics 43 (2011) pp. 2110-2129.) Examples from English (taken from the above mentioned paper) include: 1- Now, about ?The Love Song of Alfred J Profrock?, what is that poem about di you think? 2- Now, let me think. 3- People in housing estates are living on the charity of their neighbors, and whether they like it or not they can?t help it. Now, I do not agree with evicting these people. There are various linguistic characterizations of ?now? as a marker. Schourup characterizes it as an instruction to: ?process the utterance in a context that is in part significantly (?noteworthily?) new with respect to assumptions already highly accessible? i.e.it alerts the hearer to something new in the context that will need to be taken into consideration in order to interpret the utterance correctly. My question is two-fold: 1. Is the Arabic word ???? ever used in a like manner, where the ?at this time? meaning is backgrounded or totally abandoned and the interpretation is procedural or discourse-pragmatic? Can you give me some clear examples of such use? 2. If the word ???? is not used in this manner, are there discourse markers in Arabic that are somehow more or less equivalent to ?now? in English? Thanks you in advance for any insight you can provide! dil parkinson -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 19 16:28:40 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:28:40 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arab Society for English Language Studies Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 19 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Arab Society for English Language Studies -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 May 2014 From: info ASELS info.asels at gmail.com Subject: Arab Society for English Language Studies Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Arab Society of English Language Studies (ASELS). ASELS aims to promote, strengthen and foster cooperation and understanding between English language scholars. It also plans the exchange of information, expertise and materials between ASELS members ? including information about events and conferences. Furthermore, ASELS looks to build a wider academic community and related research network. ASELS provides space to publish your professional profile to increase your academic visibility. You are cordially invited to visit the ASELS website, to register there for a free membership, and to upload your professional profile and three selected publications. We also kindly ask you to send any information relevant to the scope of our society and it will be published free (including on behalf of your faculty or department). Send relevant information about new publications, call for papers, conferences, book reviews, job announcements and other academic events. ASELS aims to be an authentic regional platform to link scholars in the field of English language studies relevant to the Arab context in or outside the Arab world. ASELS is opened to all nationalities regardless to race, religion or background. ASELS welcomes your suggestions and comments - please feel free to send to info.asels at gmail.org Finally we would ask you kindly to spread the word to any colleagues of yours who you think might be interested in linking to ASELS. ASELS website can be found at. www.asels.org Steering Committee Arab Society of English Language Studies (ASELS) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 19 16:28:43 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:28:43 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Summer Arabic at American University in DC Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 19 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Summer Arabic at American University in DC -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 May 2014 From: George Berg <>berg at AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Summer Arabic at American University in DC Announcement Summer 2014 Arabic Courses at American University The Department of World Languages and Cultures at American University is offering three levels of Modern Standard Arabic during the summer 2014 sessions. Students will have the opportunity to complete a year of academic study of Arabic in 12 weeks during the two summer 2014 sessions. Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced Arabic courses will be offered three evenings per week for two six-week sessions. For more information please contact the Department of World Languages and Cultures at 202-885-2381 or wlc at american.edu ARAB 102-103 Elementary Arabic I & II Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic covering its phonology and script, its basic morphology and syntax. The focus is on the development of the reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills, while creating a basic vocabulary. This course sequence covers the material taught during the fall and spring semesters. 5 credits per session, MWTH 5:30-9:15pm (each session) May 19-June 26 (Session One), June 30-August 7 (Session Two) ARAB 202-203 Intermediate Arabic I & II The goals of this course is to make students familiar with new elements of Modern Standard Arabic grammar, to further develop their reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills, while expanding the vocabulary. This course sequence covers the material taught during the fall and spring semesters. Prerequisite: ARAB-103 or equivalent 5 credits per session, MWTH 5:30-9:15pm (each session) May 19-June 26 (Session One ), June 30-August 7 (Session Two) ARAB 302-303 Advanced Arabic I & II This course introduces students to more advanced Modern Standard Arabic grammar and significantly expands their vocabulary. The focus is on solidification and improvement of the reading, speaking, listening, and writing skills, while learning about Arab institutions, ideas, and history. This course sequence covers the material taught during the fall and spring semesters. Prerequisite: ARAB-203 or equivalent. 4 credits per session, MWTH 5:30-8:30pm (each session) May 19-June 26 (Session One ), June 30-August 7 (Session Two) Classes beginMonday, May 19, 2014 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 19 16:28:24 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:28:24 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:JOBS:Executive Director of CASL at U of Maryland Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 19 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: JOBS:Executive Director of CASL at U of Maryland -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 May 2014 From: reposted from LINGUIST Subject: JOBS:Executive Director of CASL at U of Maryland University or Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Department: Center for the Advanced Study of Language (CASL) Job Location: Maryland, USA Web Address: http://www.umd.edu Job Title: Executive Director Job Rank: Executive Director Specialty Areas: General Linguistics Description: Title: Executive Director Position Number: 120059 Position Description: The University of Maryland is seeking a strategic, forward-thinking, collaborative leader for the position of Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL). Established in 2003, CASL is one of 14 university-affiliated research centers in the nation. Its mission is to conduct state-of-the-science research that results in improved performance on language tasks relevant to the work of government language professionals. Our research focuses on improving knowledge of less commonly taught languages, enhancing the acquisition and maintenance of foreign language capability by government professionals, advancing the capacity to use foreign language skills in government professions, and improving the quality of human language technology. Visit www.casl.umd.edu for more information about CASL. Minimum Qualifications: Candidates must have an advanced degree, preferably a Ph.D., and have a distinguished record of achievement and/or leadership experience with ten (10) or more years of senior-level leadership experience in academia, government or industry. Candidates must have a proven record of - Overseeing complex, interdisciplinary research or development and working collaboratively with a range of institutions and researchers - Developing significant funding opportunities, and extensive knowledge of major funding agencies - Fostering collaborative efforts, and building and leading partnerships with academic, corporate, and US government entities that extend beyond the candidate?s own areas of expertise, Candidates must hold U.S. citizenship and be willing to obtain the appropriate security clearance. To Apply: Applications require a cover letter, curriculum vita and list of references and must be submitted electronically through the University of Maryland, College Park jobs website (below). For best consideration, applications must be received by June 8, 2014. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon May 19 16:28:19 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 10:28:19 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:CUP Applied Linguistics Seminar on Right to Left Writing Systems Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Mon 19 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: CUP Applied Linguistics Seminar on Right to Left Writing Systems -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 May 2014 From: reposted from LINGUIST Subject: CUP Applied Linguistics Seminar on Right to Left Writing Systems Full Title: BAAL / Cambridge University Press Applied Linguistics Seminar, Leeds Metropolitan University Date: 14-Jun-2014 - 14-Jun-2014 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Contact Person: Dr Naeema Hann Meeting Email: RTL at leedsmet.ac.uk Web Site: http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/righttoleftscripted Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Writing Systems Subject Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb) Hebrew (heb) Hebrew, Ancient (hbo) Urdu (urd) Call Deadline: 01-Jun-2014 Meeting Description: This seminar aims to start a conversation among researchers, policy writers, practitioners and language users about using, researching and teaching right to left scripted languages. An important aim is to have a voice from learners at the event. The seminar will be an opportunity to explore areas of need for improving access to and quality of teaching and learning of right to left scripted languages. Keynote Speakers: Dr Sharon Handley, Dean of Humanities, Manchester Metropolitan University Dr John Morley, Director University-Wide Language Programmes, University of Manchester Preview of Confirmed Sessions: Saadia Gamir - Adult Arabic learning in the part-time language program: fidelity in adversity. Abdullah Alfaifi and Eric Atwell - Comparative evaluation of tools for Arabic corpora search and analysis. Michael Ingleby - Stress prediction using a CV segment model of Arabic words and gradience measures of suffix binding. Nadia Abdelaal - Languages XP - Arabic: A language and cultural experience by university students for complete beginners in schools. Sheraz Ali and Masood Hashmi - Teaching of Urdu in UK, fact and figures. 2nd Call for Papers: The deadline for abstract submissions for the Seminar has been extended to Sunday, 1 June 2014. The seminar will have three broad themes: - Domains of use for right to left scripted languages with particular attention to UK contexts - Materials for learning and teaching right to left scripted languages - Research related to the learning and teaching of right to left scripted languages Papers are invited on any aspect of the above themes. English will be the working language of the seminar. Please send abstracts proposals to RTLleedsmet.ac.uk Abstracts should be 250 words and indicate clearly which theme they relate to. Further information can be found at www.leedsmet.ac.uk/righttoleftscripted. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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INTRODUCTION The 4th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation (ICLDC), ?Enriching Theory, Practice, & Application,? will be held February 26-March 1, 2015, at the Ala Moana Hotel in Honolulu, Hawai?i. The conference is hosted by the University of Hawai?i at Manoa and is supported in part by the US National Science Foundation. The program for this 3 ? day conference will feature two keynote talks, an integrated series of Master Classes on the documentation of linguistic structures, and a series of Supported Special Sessions on pedagogy in language conservation. An optional Hilo Field Study (on the Big Island of Hawai?i) to visit Hawaiian language revitalization programs in action will immediately follow the conference. The theme of the 4th ICLDC, ?Enriching Theory, Practice, and Application,? highlights the need to strengthen the links between language documentation (practice), deep understanding of grammatical structure (theory), and methods for teaching endangered languages (application). At this conference, we intend to focus on language documentation as the investigation of grammar and linguistic structure on the one hand, and the development of that investigation into sound pedagogy for endangered languages on the other. We hope you will join us. For more information and links to past conferences, visit our conference website: http://icldc-hawaii.org/ 1. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GENERAL CONFERENCE TALKS, POSTERS, AND ELECTRONIC POSTERS Proposal deadline: August 31, 2014 Topics We especially welcome abstracts that address the conference theme, ?Enriching Theory, Practice, & Application.? Discipline-wide reflection on the relationship between the documentation of grammatical structure and language pedagogy is crucial if the proper documentation and conservation of endangered languages is to be effective. Our aim here is two-fold: to create citizen scientists who can reflect on their language for the purpose of teaching and documenting without being hindered by metalanguage, and to enrich the contributions of linguists to linguistic theory and description via documentation. We are also seeking abstracts on the science of documentation and revitalization. Documentation is usually portrayed as a means of collecting language data, and revitalization is generally seen primarily as a kind of applied work directly benefiting communities. However, each of those domains is a genuine area of research, and we welcome presentations that treat documentation and revitalization not merely as activities, but also as domains requiring discussion, clarification, and theorization in their own right. In addition to the topics above, we warmly welcome abstracts on other subjects in language documentation and conservation, which may include but are not limited to: - Archiving matters - Community experiences of revitalization - Data management - Ethical issues - Language planning - Lexicography and grammar design - Methods of assessing ethnolinguistic vitality - Orthography design - Teaching/learning small languages - Technology in documentation ? methods and pitfalls - Topics in areal language documentation - Training in documentation methods ? beyond the university - Assessing success in documentation and revitalization strategies Presentation formats Papers will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation with 10 minutes of question time. Posters will be on display throughout the day of presentation. Poster presentations will run during the early afternoon. Poster presentations are recommended for authors who wish to present smaller, more specific topics, or descriptions of particular projects. Electronic posters (e-posters) are opportunities for presentations of software, websites, and other computer-based projects, in an environment that allows face-to-face interaction with the audience. Similar to a traditional poster session, e-poster presenters will use their own laptop computers to display their projects while the audience walks around, watching demonstrations and asking questions. E-poster sessions will take place in the early afternoon in a room with tables and internet access. 2. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: NSF-SUPPORTED SPECIAL SESSIONS ON PEDAGOGY IN LANGUAGE CONSERVATION Proposal deadline: May 31, 2014 Special Session Topics and Format This year, we are inviting proposals for a series of four Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation. Each session will contain four talks and will be focused on a theme relating to the notion of pedagogy for endangered language teaching. Endangered language teaching in the language community is often informed by only the most generic of language pedagogies, and language teachers are often frustrated by the lack of methodologies that go beyond short conversation, basic vocabulary, and constructions that can be taught by methods like Total Physical Response (e.g., Asher 1969). Compounding the problem, these same trained teachers may not have enough linguistic knowledge of the subject language to develop robust teaching materials and programs, while linguists with command of linguistic structure may not have the teaching training required to properly educate students or inform language teachers. In the past we have followed the ?Ken Hale? model of training endangered language speakers in linguistics. We have created reference grammars and pedagogical grammars, and most documentation projects include some component for creating teaching materials. What is still lacking from the discipline is a systematic discussion of how to transform documentary materials like annotated corpora and reference grammars into an effective pedagogical workflow for endangered languages (e.g., reference grammar to pedagogical grammar to teaching materials to pedagogical methods to assessment of teaching programs). There is a disconnect between linguistic theory and pedagogical theory, and we aim to bridge this gap during these Special Sessions. Each Special Session on Pedagogy in Language Conservation will consist of four 20-minute presentation slots, with each slot to be followed by a 10 minute question period. One Special Session will occur each day of the conference in the same room and time. A total of four Special Sessions will be invited to present at the ICLDC. Successful proposals will be thematically unified on a particular aspect of pedagogy in language conservation. These may include, but are not limited to: - Acquisition: What can L1 and L2 acquisition studies teach us that is relevant for developing classroom materials and curricula? - Teaching methods: What language teaching methods and activities can be brought to endangered language teachers to enhance language learning and retention? - Understanding and conveying complex grammar: What specific activities in the classroom could be used to teach higher level constructions (e.g., complex clauses, information structure, or particle use)? - Assessment: How can we properly assess teaching programs for radically less commonly taught languages? NSF Support details Thanks to generous support from the US National Science Foundation Documenting Endangered Languages Program, we are able to offer sponsorship in the form of travel assistance in the amount of US$2400 for each selected Special Session. The organizer of each Session will determine how that sum is to be divided among the speakers and will inform the ICLDC Executive Committee; depending on each circumstance, funds will be provided as (partial) flight reimbursements, hotel nights, or per diem payments (to be determined by the ICLDC Executive Committee). 3. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Rules for submission in all categories: - Abstracts should be submitted in English, but presentations can be in any language. We particularly welcome presentations in languages of the region discussed. - Authors may submit no more than one individual and one co-authored proposal (including participation in a Special Session proposal), or no more than two co-authored proposals. In no case may an author submit more than one individually-authored proposal. - Proposals for the sponsored Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation are due by May 31, 2014, with notification of acceptance by June 30, 2014. - Proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters are due by August 31, 2014, with notification of acceptance by October 1, 2014. - Individual authors whose proposals for the Special Sessions are rejected are welcome to submit their abstracts individually to the call for general proposals. - We will not be accepting any proposals for panel presentations or colloquia beyond the Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation. - Because of limited space, please note that the Abstract Review Committee may ask that some general abstracts submitted as papers be presented as posters or electronic posters instead. - Selected authors will be invited to submit their conference papers to the journal Language Documentation & Conservation for publication. How to prepare your proposal: - For Special Session proposals: Special session organizers must submit their proposal on behalf of the authors included in the session. We ask the organizer to prepare an abstract of no more than 400 words for the Special Session as a whole, and to also submit abstracts of no more than 400 words for each paper in the Session. We also ask for a 50-word summary of the Special Session and of each paper in the session for inclusion in the conference program. All abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review by international experts on the topic. - For proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters: We ask for abstracts of no more than 400 words for online publication so that conference participants will have a good idea of the content of your paper, and a 50-word summary for inclusion in the conference program. All abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review by international experts on the topic. - To facilitate blind peer review, please DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME OR AFFILIATION in your abstract or filename. Your proposal should only include your presentation title, abstract, and list of references (if applicable). - If you are including references/citations to your own work in your abstract, please be sure to replace your name(s) with "Author". For example, if you are Ted Smith and you wrote an article in 2009, which you are citing in your file (i.e., Smith (2009) ), you would change it to "Author (2009)." If you are including a list of references at the end, also make sure to anonymize any of your publications similarly as well. - Please note that your reference list is not counted in your 400-word abstract maximum, only the main abstract text. - Please save your abstract as an MS WORD DOCUMENT or PDF FILE. MS Word is preferred. However, if you are using special fonts, special characters, or diagrams in your abstract, a PDF file is recommended to make sure it displays as you intend. - For a FILE NAME, use an abbreviated version of your title. For example, if your presentation title is "Revitalizing Hawaiian for the next generation: Social media tools," your filename might be "Revitalizing_Hawaiian.doc" or "Revitalizing_Hawaiian_social_media.pdf" To submit an online proposal, visit http://www.icldc4.icldc-hawaii.org and click on "Call For Proposals." Proposal review criteria - Appropriateness of the Topic: Does the paper/poster address the themes of the conference or Special Session? - Presentation: Is the abstract well-written? Does it suggest that the paper/poster will be well organized and clearly presented? - Importance of the Topic: Is this an important topic within the area? Is the paper/poster likely to make an original contribution to knowledge in the field? Will it stimulate discussion? - Contribution to the discipline: For talks, does the presentation make a methodological or theoretical contribution to the discipline? If not (e.g., project descriptions), could the presentation be submitted as a poster or electronic poster? 4. TIMELINE - April 1, 2014: Call for Proposals announced - May 31, 2014: Proposals for Special Sessions on Pedagogy in Language Conservation deadline - June 30, 2014: Notification of acceptance to Special Sessions - August 31, 2014: Proposals for general papers, posters, and electronic posters deadline - October 1, 2014: Notification of acceptance for general papers, posters, and electronic posters - October 1, 2014: Early registration opens - January 15, 2015: Early registration deadline - February 26-March 1, 2015: 4th ICLDC 5. SCHOLARSHIPS To help defray travel expenses to come and present at the conference, scholarships of up to US$1,500 will be awarded to the six best abstracts by (i) students and/or (ii) members of an endangered language community who are actively working to document their heritage language and who are not employed by a college or university. If you are eligible and wish to be considered for a scholarship, please select the appropriate "Yes" button on the proposal submission form. This is applicable to regular conference papers only (not to the Special Sessions). NOTE: Please be advised that these scholarships are considered taxable income under U.S. tax laws. U.S. citizens and permanent residents can expect to receive a 1099 form to figure into their annual tax return for 2015. Non-U.S. citizens/residents may have the applicable taxable amount (typically 30%) deducted from the scholarship check prior to receipt. Questions? Feel free to contact us at icldc at hawaii.edu Andrea L. 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If you need any further information please do not hesitate to contact us. To view our 2014/2015 Academic Calendar, please click here. Kind regards, Manal Dabit Jordan Language Academy Tel: +962-6-5820985 Fax: +962-6-5820986 Mobile: +962-779-502220 www.jordanla.com courses at jordanla.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 23May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I don't - but can any of you suggest sources? thanks Eric Eric Atwell, Associate Professor, Computing and Language, I-AIBS Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Biological Systems School of Computing, Faculty of Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Leeds LS2 9JT, England. TEL: +44-113-3435430 FAX: +44-113-3435468 WWW: http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/eric http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/arabic -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 23May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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She compiled a comprehensive list of discourse connectives. Details are in her Phd Thesis: http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/3129/ See the appendix D for a list of discourse connective types and their semantic categories. I don't see ???? on her list, but perhaps there is a functional equivalent. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3) Date: 23 May 2014 From: Zainab Hermes Subject: now' query response Hello! I believe the Levantine ???? (meaning now) can be used in a similar manner as described for English 'now' above. For example: ??? ?? ?????? ??? ??? ?????? ?????? ?? ?? ??? ????? (now I don't know whether this is correct, but that's what he told me). Zainab Hermes PhD Student of Linguistics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Date: 23 May 2014 From: Magda Subject: now' query response Here are my 2 cents' worth on your 2 q's - I am sure others will have more to say: 1. I can't think of examples in Arabic where ???? is used as a discourse marker the way 'now ' is used in the examples you cited. 2. Drawing on your 3 ex., I think in ex. 1, we could use ??? ...and in ex. 3, we could use ??? ?????? or ??????. To me, ex. 2 wouldn't use any: ???? ???? could stand alone. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5) Date: 23 May 2014 From: Afra Al-Mussawir Subject: now' query response I cannot think of any examples where ???? serves a similar pragmatic function as 'now' in English As for other Arabic words that serve this function, I'd like to suggest "-?" and "????". Those two were the first to come to mind, though I might think of others given time. "?" is often translated as "so," but I think it may sometimes be translated as "now" to good effect in the function you describe. Do you have any thoughts about these two suggestions? Afra -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) Date: 23 May 2014 From: Michael Schub Subject: now' query response Is /ya`nii/ too obvious? Best wishes, Mike Schub -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 23May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Al-?Arabiyya welcomes scholarly and pedagogical articles, and book reviews that contribute to the advancement of study, criticism, research, and teaching in the fields of Arabic language, linguistics, and literature. We also consider responses and comments on articles published in previous issues. To be considered for the next issue, submissions are due August 15, by 8:00PM EST. We consider submissions year round and we may accept a submission for the following issue if received after August 15. We do not accept simultaneous submissions. Please address all correspondence regarding submissions to: Karin C. Ryding, editor Al-Arabiyya Journal c/o Georgetown University Press 3240 Prospect St. NW Washington, D.C. 20007 email: aataeditor at aataweb.org General guidelines Authors are encouraged to present an original, scholarly contribution, a perceptive restructuring of existing knowledge, or a discussion of an idea with information and references on how to learn more about the topic. References should be appropriately and sufficiently extensive, and demonstrative of comprehensive awareness of international scholarship. Conclusions drawn should be accurate, appropriately documented, and soundly argued, without being overextended. The material should be well-organized and the writing style fluent and professional. We respectfully require that authors writing in a language other than their native language have their contribution carefully checked by a native speaker before submission. Previously published pieces or those being considered for publication elsewhere should not be submitted. Authors alone are responsible for the opinions they express and for the accuracy of facts presented in their articles. The journal welcomes translations and bibliographies, provided they meet Al-?Arabiyya guidelines. Translations should be scholarly and accompanied by an introduction or critical essay, annotations, and commentaries. Bibliographies should also be annotated, critical, and accompanied by an appropriate introduction. Translations and bibliographies are subject to the same review process as articles. Book reviews are 500?1,000 words in length, and are commissioned by the book review editor. If you would like to propose a review, please contact the book review editor, Gregory Bell, directly: aatabookrevieweditor at aataweb.org. Reviews of current and recently published textbooks are particularly welcome. The journal also considers review articles, which are approximately 1,500 words in length, double spaced. Review articles treat a major work or works in the field as judged by the editor and the book review editor. Please propose a review article to the book review editor or the editor prior to submission. Submission procedures The overall length of articles should be appropriate to the material treated and should not exceed 7,000 words (no more than 25 pp. in Times New Roman, 12 pt., double spaced). Articles with examples in transliterated/transcribed Arabic must use Doulos SIL (available free: http://tinyurl.com/AATA-Translit-Font) for those transcriptions/transliterations. It is acceptable to include appropriate tables, figures, and illustrations but, upon acceptance, it is the author?s responsibility to provide high-resolution, digital versions of each, as well as permission (if necessary) for their use. The journal follows the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, and submissions should, too. Cited forms (letters, morphemes, words, phrases, or sentences) should appear in italics, e.g., the prefix bi-, the word dars. Italics are not used for forms marked as being in phonemic or phonetic transcription, e.g., /sabt/, [sapt]. The meaning of cited forms should appear in single quotation marks, with no comma before it, e.g. walad ?boy.? Additional formatting requirements may be requested, if preparing for publication. Articles in Arabic will be considered and must be submitted using SIL?s Scheherazade font (available free: http://tinyurl.com/AATA-Arabic-Font). Submissions are only accepted by email attachment. Please attach both a PDF version and an original MS Word document. Number all pages consecutively in the upper right-hand corner. Include an abstract in English of approximately 100 to 150 words at the beginning of the article. To aid the blind review process: Remove author?s name and identifying remarks from the article. Include a cover sheet with: author?s name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, academic affiliation, and title of the article. For submissions with multiple authors, include all authors? information on the cover sheet. Articles will not be returned to contributors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 23May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The following link is somehow wierder, with a hotel wanting to label a dish "Meat Balls", so it writes ??? ??? in Arabic, but then above it in English writes what that obviously means: Paul is Dead. If you don't believe me, check out this link. dil https://twitter.com/rabihalameddine/status/471154791570079744/photo/1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 30 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 30 21:11:32 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 15:11:32 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Do you recognize this printed border? Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 30 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Do you recognize this printed border? -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 May 2014 From: "Carl Sandler Berkowitz" Subject: Do you recognize this printed border? With apologies for cross-posting, perhaps someone on this listserv can help answer this question, posted on another listserv. Carl Sandler Berkowitz From: Rob Rulon-Miller Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 5:32 PM Does anyone recognize the border on this little pamphlet, Christ in the Wilderness, in Arabic. I?m trying to discern the place of printing. It?s likely the UK, but the border seems unusual enough so that it might have a specific origin. / Rob R-M Here?s the link: http://rulon.com/images/arabic003.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 30 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Through Arabic I found the meanings of the individual phonemes of that alphabet* and then discovered that they have the same meanings in Indo-European languages. I also found the default syntax for word formation, with a word forming a semantic molecule that is a complete verbal predicate. Along the way I found that the unifying system of the meanings is the attachment to the human body, using its symmetry to express linguistic universal. The book is available at www.Amazon.com . The direct link is http://www.amazon.com/Body-Language-Revealing-Common-Mankind-ebook/dp/B00GQANN98/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395558737&sr=8-1&keywords=Ellsworth+Body+of+Language . - Matt Ellsworth - Kinshasa, DRC * The phenomenon of each phoneme having individual semantic values is called al-ishtiqaq al-akbar by Arab philologists. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 30 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 30 21:11:37 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 15:11:37 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Needs etymology for place-name Zuweirah Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 30 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: Needs etymology for place-name Zuweirah -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 May 2014 From: Daniel Hunt Subject: Needs etymology for place-name Zuweirah Dear Listserv Members: Is there any good etymology for the place-name Zuweirah on the west coast of the southern Dead Sea? I find several early references to this possibly being an Arabic form (ancient or more recent) for the Biblical Zoar. Some weight seems to be attached to the idea, as the place and its wadi are hard by Jebel Usdum or 'Mount Sodom'. I do realize that typically Zoar (or Segor, Zogora) is placed to the SE of the Dead Sea, and that a very controversial case has been made for finding it somewhere to the north. Thank you for any help you may be able to provide. Respectfully, Daniel Hunt -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 30 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I urgently need to POS (Part-of-speech) tag two Arabic corpus files of approximately 58,000 words each. Could you help me with any information on how and where to POS tag this corpus and open it as a text file on my Windows System. I sent more than one message to the developer of Amira 2.0, Prof. Yassine Bin Ajibah so that he can help me POS tagging these files using his platform, and he didn?t respond at all. I am in an urgent need for this service and I?d highly appreciate it if any of you can direct me to a proper part-of-speech (POS) tagging service for Arabic. Thank you. Ahmed Khater Assistant Lecturer English Department Faculty of Arts Helwan University Cairo / Egypt E-mail ahmed_khater at arts.helwan.edu.eg -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 30 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri May 30 21:11:34 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 15:11:34 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:JOBS:Arabic NLP in London Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 30 May 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l at byu.edu] [To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to listserv at byu.edu with first line reading: unsubscribe arabic-l ] -------------------------Directory------------------------------------ 1) Subject: JOBS:Arabic NLP in London -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 30 May 2014 From: reposted from CORPORA Subject: JOBS:Arabic NLP in London +++ Reminder: application deadline 2 June 2014 +++ Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate ============================================== (Arabic Natural Language Processing), 3-year project The University of Essex is looking to recruit a Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate, to lead the design and implementation of a civilian-led monitoring system tracking human rights violations across the world. This exciting opportunity involves a partnership with Minority Rights Group based in Central London. ABOUT THE PROJECT: The Associate will work with Minority Rights Group and academics from the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership project to that will use Natural Language Processing techniques to develop a civilian-led monitoring system in areas of conflict. ABOUT THE ORGANISATION: Minority Rights Group is a charity which seeks to promote the rights of minorities and indigenous peoples worldwide by undertaking human rights research and publishing, training and capacity-building of NGOs on the ground, and international advocacy and litigation. ABOUT THE ROLE: The ideal candidate will have an MSc or preferably a PhD with a focus in Natural Language Processing and experience of an extensive range of Natural Language Engineering techniques. An Arabic speaker with a comprehensive knowledge of evaluation methodologies is preferred but not essential. ABOUT KTP: Knowledge Transfer Partnerships is a UK government funded initiative involving a partnership between a University and a business that supports business growth and innovation by placing graduates on challenging, high profile projects. Further information is available at www.ktponline.org.uk SALARY: ?25,000-?30,000 PA inclusive of London Weighting CLOSING DATE: 2 June 2014 Applications must be made online at www.essex.ac.uk/vacancies For further details drop me an email (udo at essex.ac.uk) -- Dr Udo Kruschwitz University of Essex School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ U.K. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 30 May 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: