From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Tue Sep 2 12:33:07 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 15:33:07 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS 29 Milwaukee 2nd Call Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Tue 02 Sep 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: ALS 29 Milwaukee 2nd Call -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 Sep 2014 From: Mushira Eid Subject: ALS 29 Milwaukee 2nd Call CALL FOR PAPERS 29th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee April 9-11, 2015 The Arabic Linguistics Society together with the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Linguistics, College of Letters and Science, are pleased to announce the 29th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (29th ASAL) to be held at The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, April 9-11, 2015. Papers are invited on topics that deal with theoretical and applied issues in Arabic Linguistics. Research in the following areas of Arabic linguistics is encouraged: linguistic analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics), sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, and computational linguistics. Keynote Speakers: Stuart Davis (Indiana University) Peter Hallman (University of Vienna) Persons interested in presenting papers are requested to prepare an abstract following the Arabic Linguistics Society’s guidelines for writing abstracts at this link: http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/linguistics/als/symposia/index.cfm To submit an abstract, please go to http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/ASAL29 and follow the instructions on the link. If you have any questions, please contact the conference organizers at: asal-29 at uwm.edu Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts: midnight (EDT) November 15, 2014 Twenty minutes will be allowed for each presentation followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion. Fees: Arabic Linguistics Society membership: $35 for students and $50 for non-students. Registration fees: --Through March 1, 2015: $40 for students and $70 for non-students --After March 1, 2015: $50 for students and $80 for non-students Online Registration and Payment: Instructions to be announced at the symposium website http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/conferences/asal29/ For further inquiries regarding the Arabic Linguistics Society, please contact the ALS Executive Director Mushira Eid at mushira.eid at utah.edu. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Tue Sep 2 12:33:13 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 15:33:13 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA&LING:Oxford Arabic Dictionary released Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Tue 02 Sep 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: Oxford Arabic Dictionary released -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 Sep 2014 From: Tressy Subject: Oxford Arabic Dictionary released Dear colleagues; It is with immense pride and gratitude that I'd like to announce the official launch of the completely new Oxford Arabic Dictionary: English-Arabic and Arabic-English. Official press release below, in Arabic here: http://cdn.oxwordsblog.wpfuel.co.uk/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/Arabic-press-re lease.pdf I am eager to hear your opinions. Tressy Arts Chief Editor Oxford Arabic Dictionary Oxford University Press publishes ground-breaking new Oxford Arabic Dictionary Press release For immediate distribution 27 August 2014 Oxford University Press publishes ground-breaking new Oxford Arabic Dictionary New Modern Standard Arabic dictionary features over 130,000 words and phrases, 200,000 translations, 70,000 real example phrases On Thursday 28 August 2014, Oxford University Press will celebrate the print and digital publication of the Oxford Arabic Dictionary. Produced by an international team of expert translators and advisors using Oxford’s renowned language research programme, the Oxford Arabic Dictionary is the first of its kind to be based throughout on real modern evidence of both English and Arabic usage. The unique Arabic corpus, developed specially for this project, provides evidence of the latest vocabulary used in computing, business, the media, and the arts, making the resource the most up-to-date bilingual Arabic and English dictionary available. The dictionary focuses on the standardized variant of Arabic used in writing and formal speech, commonly known as Modern Standard Arabic. One of the key strengths of this project is the 70,000 real example phrases that illustrate the dictionary entries. These examples help the user interpret everyday modern meaning and usage accurately, and cement the Oxford Arabic Dictionary as the most pragmatic work of its kind. The dictionary is available in print and is also accessible online via subscription at Oxforddictionaries.com/Arabic . The online edition is fully accessible on mobile and tablet, and, via specially developed search software, enables learners and users of Arabic and English to search more than 330,000 words, phrases, and translations. Regular word and content updates will ensure that the online Oxford Arabic Dictionary continues to reflect the latest vocabulary and trends in language usage. Tressy Arts, chief editor of the Oxford Arabic Dictionary, comments: “When I was a student in the nineties, I used an Arabic-English and an English-Arabic dictionary from the seventies. In 2014, these two were still the best options available. The Oxford Arabic Dictionary finally gives learners and translators a modern dictionary in which they can find the Arabic for ‘blog’ and ‘tweet’ as well as for ‘camel’. The dictionary is clear, with sense indicators and examples showing which translation to choose; comprehensive, with over 26,000 entries on either side; and evidence-based, which is unique for Arabic. It shows both English and Arabic as the vast, dynamic world languages they are, and creates a unique bridge between the two.” Casper Grathwohl, President, Dictionaries Division at OUP adds: “With the rising demand for Arabic language skills in the business world, the media, and public life, the Oxford Arabic Dictionary is a long-awaited and unsurpassed resource, essential for anyone using both Arabic and English.” Key facts * Publication date is 28 August 2014 * More than 130,000 words and phrases * 200,000 translations * Covers Modern Standard Arabic, and British and American English * Extra content including tables of Arabic verbs, numbers, and dates Oxford Arabic Dictionary FAQ:http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/oxford-dictionaries-arabic-faq#m odern-standard-arabic About OxfordDictionaries.com:http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/about-odo About Oxford University Press: http://global.oup.com/uk/about/, or follow us on: twitter.com/OxfordWords & facebook.com/OxfordDictionaries &blog.oxforddictionaries.com For media enquiries or to arrange interviews, please contact: Nathalie Viselé Director Shamal Marketing Communications PO Box 502701 Office 106 I Arjaan Office Tower I Dubai Media City Dubai, United Arab Emirates Office: +971 4 3652711 I Direct : +971 4 3652712 Mobile : +971 50 4576525 Fax:+971 4 4278703 E-mail: nathalie at smc-pr.com Web site: www.smc-pr.com For media enquiries or to arrange interviews in the UK and Europe, please contact: Kate Farquhar-Thomson Head of Publicity Oxford University Press Email: kate.farquhar-thomson at oup.com Mobile: 07967 099456 For media enquiries or to arrange interviews in the Americas, please contact: Molly Grote Oxford University Press, USA Email: Molly.Grote at oup.com Office: + 1212.743.8337 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon Sep 8 04:44:41 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:44:41 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:JOBS:Washington Latin Public Charter School (Wash DC) Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sun 07 Sep 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:Washington Latin Public Charter School (Wash DC) -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 07 Sep 2014 From: Madison Marks Subject: JOBS:Washington Latin Public Charter School (Wash DC) Hello, I wanted to pass on an opening for a part-time Arabic teacher at Washington Latin Public Charter School. Please pass on to your networks! Attached is the actual job description to accompany the following: Washington Latin Public Charter School (www.latinpcs.org) seeks someone who can teach one section of Arabic I to 8th and 9th graders. For five years, the School has had a partnership with the Qatar Foundation International that has provided wonderful opportunities to study Arabic language and culture. Some teaching experience is preferred. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter and resume to Dr. Diana Smith at dsmith at latinpcs.org. See more information by accessing the following document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7JOt14idupSM1pvN0thOVJHNHJXZE1uY3ZSV1pTMjNWUzQ0/edit?usp=sharing Thank you! Madison Marks Program Associate Arabic Language & Culture Program 202-618-3870 (direct line) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 07 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon Sep 8 04:44:36 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:44:36 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:IN MEMORIAM:Nora Abdel Wahab Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sun 07 Sep 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: IN MEMORIUM:Nora Abdel Wahab -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 07 Sep 2014 From: Dalal Aboelseoud Subject: IN MEMORIUM:Nora Abdel Wahab With our deepest sorrow and grief, we in the Arabic Language Instruction (ALI) Department, AUC, announce the death of Arabic Language Senior Instructor Ms. Nora Abdel Wahab last Thursday. Although Ms. Nora had been severely struggling with disease, she had been known for her continuing and outstanding dedication to ALI where she had been working for over 25 years. Her passionate and loving personality along with her professionalism and creativity will always make her remembered among everyone who had known her. May her soul rest in peace and may her family and friends find patience to cope with their grave loss. Condolences can be extended at: b.elrashidi at aucegypt.edu -- Dalal Abo El Seoud, Chair Department of Arabic Language Instruction Academy of Liberal Arts American University in Cairo -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 07 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon Sep 8 04:44:42 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:44:42 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Oxford Dictionary more info Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sun 07 Sep 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: Oxford Dictionary more info -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 07 Sep 2014 From: Brenda Bickett Subject: Oxford Dictionary more info hi all, this is very good news indeed. Just wanted to call everyone's attention to the online version, which is available for a 30-day free trial with best wishes to all for a very successful new academic year, Brenda Brenda E. Bickett Bibliographer for: Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding BMW Center for German & European Studies Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Center for Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies (Eurasian Studies Only) Dept. of Arabic & Islamic Studies Dept. of French Lauinger Library Georgetown University Box 57-1174 Washington DC 20057-1174 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 07 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon Sep 8 04:44:33 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:44:33 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:5th Int Conf on Maltese Linguistics Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sun 07 Sep 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: 5th Int Conf on Maltese Linguistics -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 07 Sep 2014 From: reposted from LINGUIST Subject: 5th Int Conf on Maltese Linguistics Full Title: 5th International Conference on Maltese Linguistics Date: 24-Jun-2015 - 26-Jun-2015 Location: Torino, Italy Contact Person: Benjamin Saade Meeting Email: lingwistika2015 at unito.it Web Site: http://e20.unito.it/Lingwistika_2015/default.aspx Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Subject Language(s): Maltese (mlt) Call Deadline: 31-Dec-2014 Meeting Description: After four successful conferences in Bremen (2007, 2009), Malta (2011) and Lyon (2013) we are happy to announce the 5th International Conference on Maltese Linguistics in Torino on June 24-26, 2015. The conference will be jointly organized by Mauro Tosco (Università di Torino) and Benjamin Saade (Malta Centre, Universität Bremen). Call for Papers: We invite abstracts for oral and poster presentations on all topics related to Maltese linguistics, as well as papers focusing on Maltese in relation to other languages. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Psycholinguistics - Historical approaches to Maltese and related languages - Language contact - Computational approaches to Maltese and Semitic languages - Typological perspectives on Maltese and related languages - Language acquisition in the Maltese context - Variation and dialectology in the Maltese context - Lexicography - Semantics - Pragmatics - Morphology - Syntax - Phonetics and phonology - Maltese in the European context Abstracts for oral presentations should not exceed 300 words. Each presentation should be no longer than 20 minutes; 10 minutes are given for questions and/or discussion. Poster presentations should be in A1 or A0 format. The conference language is English. We especially encourage students (M.A. & B.A level) to participate. Please send abstracts to the following address: lingwistika2015 at unito.it. Abstracts will be reviewed by the Programme Committee: Thomas Stolz (Bremen) Ray Fabri (Malta) Beth Hume (Christchurch) Martine Vanhove (Villejuif) Albert Borg (Malta) Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 31, 2014 Notification of abstract acceptance: March 1, 2014 For more information, visit the conference website: http://e20.unito.it/Lingwistika_2015/default.aspx -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 07 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:39:07 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:39:07 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Wants textbook recommendations for right after alphabet Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: Wants textbook recommendations for right after alphabet -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: Michael Schub Subject: Wants textbook recommendations for right after alphabet What is the best textbook and/or other materials to use for students who have just finished learning the Arabic alphabet? 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:39:03 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:39:03 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXIV-XXV released Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXIV-XXV released -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: Mushira Eid Subject: Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXIV-XXV released The Arabic Linguistics Society is happy to announce the release of Perspectives on Arabic Linguistcis XXIV-XXV. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:39:13 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:39:13 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs recommendations fo Arabic-compatible on-line learning platforms Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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 recommendations fo Arabic-compatible on-line learning platforms -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: Thouria Benferhat Subject: Needs recommendations fo Arabic-compatible on-line learning platforms We are currently exploring different platforms for online or blended courses. We would appreciate your feedback on platforms you are using or have used. We are specifically interested in knowing how such platforms interact with Arabic. Many thanks. Regards, Thouria Benferhat Language and Communications Programme NL-2066-AR United Nations, New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: 917-367-3606 Email: benferhat at un.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:39:17 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:39:17 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Contemporary Written Fusha Workshiop Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: Contemporary Written Fusha Workshiop -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: Manuel Sartori Subject: Contemporary Written Fusha Workshiop Dear Colleagues, A little more than a month ago I sent you an invitation to participate in the workshop that I organize next year with some of my colleagues in Aix-en-Provence. Some of you have already responded positively to me and I am delighted. In case some of you have notreceived it, and on the occasion of the new academic year I send it again. Please note that by now the Scientific Committee is formed : Michael Carter, Joseph Dichy, Antonella Ghersetti, Pierre Larcher and Janet Watson graciously agreed to be the members of that committe. The Organization Committee : Francesco Binaghi, Manuela Giolfo, Alain Girod, Catherine Pinon, Marie Robache, Manuel Sartori. Waiting to hear from you. Sincerely yours, Manuel Sartori [below is an attempt to extract the info from the attached pdf] Materials for the Establishment of Contemporary Written Fuṣḥā (CWF) Descriptive Grammars Between rule(s) and practices over the past 50 years Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30, 2015 in Georges Duby room Maison Méditerrannéenne des Sciences de l’Homme 5, rue Château de l’Horloge 13090 Aix-en-Provence (France) By this international workshop, we propose to open a space for reflection on Contemporary Written Arabic language and, more specifically, on the variety which is renown in the Arab world as to be fuṣḥā. We shall call it then Contemporary Written Fuṣḥā (CWF). The primary aim of our workshop will be to record new data in terms of facts of language over the last half-century, to analyze them, and then to report on significant developments in this language variety. Our ap- proach is resolutely linguistic and not didactic. The collection of data must result from a work on written corpora (literature - novels, short stories, theater, etc. -, news, blogs, etc.) whose supports can be various (paper or internet). These data will form the new work materials to analyse the reality of nowadays practices. These data will also and especially be usefull to as- sess the so-called “recent” grammars of Modern Standard Arabic are descriptively adequate. You will find a non- exhaustive bibliography of these grammars at the end of this call. By restricting its scope to linguistic CWF facts, this workshop will mainly take account of syntactical is- sues without excluding lexical and morphological ones. Our workshop will also address issues relating to spel- ling and punctuation. This may also include practices of AutoCorrection within Word processing, the process of creating grammatical and lexical markers, etc. In our analysis of CWF, we shall exclude “dialects” as an object of study, without excluding its presence in texts and/or its influence on such contemporary Arabic. Our discussions will be held in French, English and Arabic. -1/2- We hope that our meeting will be both an opportunity for stimulating discussions on an object that brings us together and the first step towards further research and meetings to improve our understanding and description of the variety of language that we have chose to name Contemporary Written Fuṣḥā of these past 50 years. No charge will be applied for attending the workshop. Costs of hotel and meals will be supported. Some recent grammars of Contemporary Written Arabic: Alhawary, Mohammad T. 2011. Modern Standard Arabic Grammar. A Learner’s Guide. Chichester: Wiley- Blackwell. Alosh, Mahdi. 2005. Using Arabic: A Guide to Contemporary Usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Badawi, El-Said et al. 2004. Modern Written Arabic. A Comprehensive Grammar. Londres: Routledge. Beeston, Alfred Felix Landon. 2006[1970]. The Arabic Language Today. Washington D. C.: Georgetown University Press. Buckley, Ronald Paul. 2004. Modern Literary Arabic. A Reference Grammar. Beyrouth: Librairie du Liban. Liban. Corriente, Federico C. 2006 [1988]. Gramaticá árabe. Barcelone: Herder. 2 éd. Hassanein, Azza. 2006. Modern Standard Arabic Grammar: A Concise Guide. Cairo – New York: The American Univesity Press in Cairo. Haywood, J. A. and Nahmad, H. M. 2001[1965]. A new Arabic grammar of written Arabic. Londres: Lund Humphries, 2ème éd. McCarus, Ernest N. 2007. English Grammar for Students of Arabic: The Study Guide for Those Learning Arabic. Ann Arbor: The Olivia and Hill Press. Ryding, Karin C. 2005. A Reference Grammar of Modern Arabic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Schulz, Eckehard et al. 2008[2000], [1996]. Lehrbuch des modernen Arabisch, Berlin-Munich: Langescheidt KG; translated by Cambridge University Press. Standard Arabic. An elementary-intermediate course. New York: Cambridge University Press. -2/2- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:42:38 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:42:38 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:STARTALK Call for Proposals Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: STARTALK Call for Proposals -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: STARTALK Subject: STARTALK Call for Proposals Dear Colleague: The National Foreign Language Center solicits proposals for participation in the STARTALK project, which is part of a federal initiative to enhance the national capacity for critical need languages. The goal of the STARTALK program is to increase the number and expertise of students and teachers in critical languages. For more information on STARTALK, please visit startalk.umd.edu. In 2015, the STARTALK project will provide funding for programs that occur primarily in the summer in the following categories: Teacher programs that offer professional development opportunities for current or prospective teachers of Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and/or Urdu. Teacher programs are strongly encouraged to provide a student component to allow classroom observation, teaching practicum, and/or microteaching. Student programs that offer Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi,Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and/or Urdu language study for K–16 students. Awards for independent and collaborative programs are expected to range from $50,000 to $90,000, based on the number of participants and the type of program being offered; for combination teacher and student programs, awards may be up to $112,500. If funded, programs will be expected to adhere to STARTALK-endorsed “best practice” principles in implementing programs. Specifically, programs will need to follow the requirements below: All instructors and curriculum planners need to review the guides to curriculum development and use the online curriculum planning templates, available at the following URL: https://startalk.umd.edu/curriculum-guide/. Curriculum plans for each level of instruction in student programs and for teacher training programs must be submitted for approval. Porgram directors and lead instructors (and/or other program staff members) must attend the 2015 spring conference (if funding is in place) and the 2015 fall conference. STARTALK Central will provide consultation and support for programs selected for funding. Guidance will also be provided in preparing the documents that will be required prior to program implementation, such as detailed curricula, lesson plans, and descriptions of expected participant outcomes. Representatives from all funded programs are required to attend the spring and fall STARTALK conferences. Budgets should include the cost of sending at least two representatives to the spring conference (May 8–9, 2015, in Denver, Colorado) and fall conference (October 16–17, 2015, in Orlando, Florida). Research is an important part of the STARTALK program. If funded, programs will be required to do the following: Participate in STARTALK Central online surveys for student and teacher participants Participate in LinguaFolio Online for student programs that teach students in middle school and higher Respond promptly to all requests for reports, data, and program information The 2015 STARTALK application is online and located at startalk.umd.edu/proposals. We strongly encourage all applicants to apply online. If you are unable to submit or complete an online application form, please contact us at startalk at nflc.umd.edu. The online proposal application will be available from September 24 to November 4, 2014. However, you may review the application instructions and other support documents starting September 10, 2014. All applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m., November 4, 2014. Information on the STARTALK proposal and selection criteria is available at startalk.umd.edu/proposals. We strongly encourage all applicants to review the following documents before beginning the proposal writing process: Frequently asked questions The appropriate STARTALK proposal applicant guides Student Program Applicant Guide Teacher Program Applicant Guide Instructions for writing your budget If you have additional questions about the online application or the application process itself, please submit them in writing to startalk at nflc.umd.edu no later than Friday, October 10, 2014. Responses will be posted at startalk.umd.edu/proposals/faq on Tuesday, October 21, 2014. Additionally, help desk support for the STARTALK proposal process will be provided during the following times: September 24 to October 24,weekdays, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (eastern standard time) October 27 to November 4, weekdays, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (eastern standard time) For assistance with any technological issues, call 301-405-9832 or email startalk-support at nflc.umd.edu. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:38:56 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:38:56 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Another Comp Ling Job at Google Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: Another Comp Ling Job at Google -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: reposted from LINGUIST Subject: Another Comp Ling Job at Google University or Organization: Employment Agency Contracting for Google Job Location: London, United Kingdom Job Title: Speech Data Evaluator Job Rank: Programmer; Speech Data Evaluator Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb) English (eng) Description: Job description: As a Speech Data Evaluator and a native-level speaker of Arabic or US English, you will be part of a team processing large amounts of linguistic data and carrying out a number of tasks to improve the quality of Google’s speech synthesis. This includes: - Classifying and annotating linguistic data - Audio evaluation - Labeling text for disambiguation, expansion, and text normalization - Providing phonetic transcription of lexicon entries according to given standards and using in-house tools Job requirements: - Native-level speaker of Arabic or US English (with good command of the standard dialect) and fluent in English - Passion for language with good knowledge of orthography and grammar in the target language - A degree in a language-related field such as linguistics, language teaching, translation, editing, writing, proofreading, or similar - Keen interest in technology and computer-literate (should feel comfortable using in-house tools and should have an interest in current speech, mobile and online technology) - Attention to detail and good organizational skills The Arabic positions will be based in London, UK. The US English positions will be based in Mountain View, CA. Project duration: 6-11 months (with potential for extension) **This is not a permanent position but a contract position through an employment agency. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the EU for Arabic and the United States for US English.** For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English (PDF format preferred) with "Speech Data Evaluator " in the subject line. Application Deadline: 31-Oct-2014 (Open until filled) Email Address for Applications: tts_jobs at google.com Contact Information: Dr Caroline Piercy Email: cpiercy at google.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:39:00 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:39:00 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic Comp Ling job at Google Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: Arabic Comp Ling job at Google -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: reposted from LINGUIST Subject: Arabic Comp Ling job at Google University or Organization: Employment Agency Contracting for Google Job Location: California, USA Job Title: Speech Linguistic Project Manager Job Rank: Manager; Speech Linguistic Project Manager Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb) English (eng) Description: As a Linguistic Project Manager and a native-level speaker of Arabic or US English, you will oversee and manage all work related to achieving high data quality for speech projects in your own language. You will be based in London, UK or Mountain View, CA, managing a team of Speech Data Evaluators and working on a number of projects towards TTS synthesis. This includes: - Training, managing and overseeing the work of your team - Creating verbalisation rules, such as expanding URLs, email addresses, numbers - Creating annotation conventions - Evaluating data quality - Providing expertise on pronunciation and phonotactics - Working with QA tools according to given guidelines and using in-house tools Job requirements: - Native-level speaker of Arabic or US English (with good command of the standard dialect) and fluent in English - Must have attended elementary school in the country where the language is spoken - Keen ear for phonetic nuances and attention to detail; knowledge of the language’s phonology - Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts; should have an -interest in current speech, mobile, and online technology - Excellent oral and written communication skills - Good organizational skills - Previous project management and people management experience - Previous experience with speech/NLP-related projects a plus - Advanced degree in Linguistics preferred; experience with Computational Linguistics a plus - Also a plus: proficiency with HTML, XML, and some programming language; previous experience working in a Linux environment Project duration: 6-11 months (with potential for extension) **This is not a permanent position but a contract position through an employment agency. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the EU for Arabic and the US for US English.** For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English (PDF format preferred) with “Speech Linguistic Project Manager ” in the subject line. Application Deadline: 31-Oct-2014 (Open until filled) Email Address for Applications: tts_jobs at google.com Contact Information: Dr Caroline Piercy Email: cpiercy at google.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:38:52 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:38:52 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:1001 Nights Conference CFP Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: 1001 Nights Conference CFP -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: "Flanagan, Elizabeth" Subject: 1001 Nights Conference CFP A Call for Papers Conference The Thousand and One Nights: Sources, Transformations, and Relationship with Literature, the Arts and the Sciences Harvard University (CMES) ~ Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (CERMOM, ANR MSFIMA) Cambridge (Boston) - April 15-17, 2015 Organizing Committee: - Sandra Naddaff (Harvard University) - Aboubakr Chraïbi (INALCO, Paris) - William Granara (Harvard University) Literary works with many textual sources, having been transformed, much translated, and exercising wide influences, such as the Thousand and One Nights, create dense and fluid textual networks. What must we have read, seen or heard to claim to know the Nights? The oldest and most comprehensive Arabic manuscript? The Bulaq or Mahdi edition? Burton or Haddawy’s translations? Poe’s short story? Rabaud’s opera? Mahfouz’s novel? Borges’s essays? Pasolini’s film? Materials related to the Nights continue to emerge from many arts, countries, periods, disciplines, and languages, and their scope continues to widen, making the Nights a universal work from all points of view. Antoine Galland’s French translation published in 1704 had a tremendous impact and was much imitated in French literature, even contributing to the creation of a new literary genre (the oriental tale). It can be argued, by analogy, that the arrival of the Thousand and One Nights in the Arabic-speaking world in the mid-8th century had a similar effect on Arabic literature of the period, and that of following centuries. The book’s interactions with the wider culture would last a thousand years, the longest period in the text’s history. The testimonies of Ibn al-Nadîm and Abu ’Abd Allâh al-Yamanî, who explicitly mention Arabic imitations of the Nights, strongly support this hypothesis. Similarly, the existence of numerous books closely related to the Nights in terms of content, such as Kitâb al-Hikâyât al-’Ajîba wa-l-Akhbâr al-Gharîba and the Hundred and One Nights, shows that this is not a single text but rather a set of texts of a particular genre, which can be called middle literature and which circulated in the Arabic-speaking world at the same time as the Nights. The simultaneous transformations of the Thousand and One Nights and their environment often introduce new forms of interaction and promote the creation of new cultural objects and new research perspectives. From the 19th century, short stories and novels would gradually dominate the various forms of literary production, while the Nights would also be revitalized with new editions (Bûlâq, Calcutta I and II, Breslau, etc.) and new translations (Lane, Burton, Mardrus, etc.). Always a publishing staple, the Nights would gradually enter world literature through the great novelists of the day, from Argentina to Japan, but also other arts, such as music and cinema from its earliest days (Méliès, 1905; Reiniger, 1926). Another remarkable transformation relates to contemporary society, namely the birth of several scientific disciplines, the revival of research tools, and the richness of interdisciplinary approaches such as sociology, history, anthropology, psychoanalysis and political philosophy, which have adopted the Nights as a reference corpus. In light of the above, we ask the following questions: First panel: The manuscripts of the Nights and middle Arabic literature: What could Arabic manuscripts of the Nights represent when compared to their lost Persian model? What changes have taken place? Have they been imitated, and by what? Do other texts of Arabic literature resemble the Nights? What criteria can be used to identify similarities? How do they differ from other genres, such as the sîra, the folktale or the khabar? In what ways might they constitute a middle literature? Second panel: Galland’s translation and the 18th century: How and why were the Nights transformed when they were published in France? What type of literature did they represent in the eyes of French readers? What was their impact on the concept of the “tale”? How was the “oriental tale” constructed? What were the consequences on French literature, or even thought and philosophy, of the time? Third panel: The Nights, world literature and the arts: Do the Nights, which exploit a series of embedded frame stories to act out a drama of literary creation, represent a model for the writer and the artist? Among the Nights’ hundreds of stories which are the most used? Why and how were these stories selected and transformed? What is the effect, in turn, on their original texts? Fourth panel: The Nights, the humanities and the sciences: How can the Nights be used in other disciplines? How can issues concerning medieval societies, religions, or political governance be explored through the Nights? For example, is it possible, in the context of interdisciplinary research, to use the therapeutic aspects of Shahrazad’s stories in medicine? * * * The Center for Middle Eastern Studies’ Working Group on Middle Eastern Literatures, The Department of Comparative Literature, The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, in conjunction with Centre de Recherche Moyen-Orient Méditérranée de l'INALCO (ANR MSFIMA : Les Mille et une nuits : Sources et Fonctions dans l’Islam Médiéval Arabe), welcomes proposals for papers that fall within one of the four panel topics outlined above. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words and should be sent to Professor Aboubakr Chraïbiat: aboubakr.chraibi at inalco.fr by October 15, 2014. Papers maybe presented in Arabic, English or French. Email submissions should be sent in Word format only. Successful proposals should present a compelling case for the paper and its relation to the conference topic[s]. We ask that all participants stick to a strict twenty minute time period to allow time for discussion. Please do not send your entire paper and do not include your personal details on the abstract but rather in a separate cover letter. All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated anonymously. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, does not require any conference registration fees, and will provide participants with food and accommodation while in Cambridge (Boston) USA during the conference. However, it expects participants to arrange and pay for their own travel to and from Boston. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:39:11 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:39:11 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING: Call for Participation - EMNLP 2014 Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: Call for Participation - EMNLP 2014 Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: Wajdi Zaghouani Subject: Call for Participation - EMNLP 2014 Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop ====================Call for Participation==================== Arabic Natural Language Processing Workshop collocated with EMNLP 2014, Doha, Qatar Workshop date: Saturday October 25, 2014 Workshop Website: http://www.emnlp2014.org/workshops/anlp/call.html List of Accepted Papers: http://emnlp2014.org/workshops/anlp/acceptedpapers.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 invited 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. Associated with the workshop was a shared task on Arabic text error correction. OVERALL SCHEDULE (October 25, 2014) 9:00-10:30 Session #1 Corpora 10:30-11:00 Break / Poster setup 11:00-12:00 Shared Task Session 11:00-11:30 Task description and summary of results 11:30-11:45 1-minute summary for shared task participants 11:45-12:15 Panel / Group Discussion 12:15-12:30 Poster Teaser 1-minute poster summaries 12:30-14:00 Lunch / Poster Session (Main + Shared Task papers) 14:00-15:30 Session #2 Text Mining 15:30-16:00 Break 16:00-17:10 Session #3 Translation & Transliteration 17:10-18:00 Workshop Group Discussion ACCEPTED PAPERS Main Workshop Papers Al-Bayan: An Arabic Question Answering System for the Holy Quran Heba Abdelnasser, Maha Ragab, Reham Mohamed, Alaa Mohamed, Bassant Farouk, Nagwa El-Makky and Marwan Torki Annotating corpus data for a constructional analysis of motion verbs in Modern Standard Arabic Dana Abdulrahim Building a Corpus for Palestinian Arabic: a Preliminary Study Diyam Akra, Nizar Habash, Mustafa Jarrar and Nasser Zalmout Combining strategies for tagging and parsing Arabic Maytham Alabbas and Allan Ramsay The International Corpus of Arabic: Compilation, Analysis and Evaluation Sameh Alansary Uniform Word Segmentation Improves Dialectal Arabic to English Machine Translation Kamla Al-Mannai, Hassan Sajjad, Alaa Khader, Fahad Al Obaidli, Preslav Nakov and Stephan Vogel Automatic Arabic diacritics restoration based on deep nets Ahmad Al Sallab and Mohsen Rashwan A Large Scale Arabic Sentiment Lexicon for Arabic Opinion Mining Gilbert Badaro, Ramy Baly, Hazem Hajj, Nizar Habash and Wassim El-Hajj Transliteration of Arabizi into Arabic Orthography: Developing a Parallel Annotated Arabizi-Arabic Script SMS/Chat Corpus Ann Bies, Stephen Grimes, Haejoong Lee, Mohamed Maamouri, Zhiyi Song, Jonathan Wright, Ramy Nagah Eskander, Nizar Habash and Owen Rambow Tunisian dialect Wordnet : creation and enrichment using web resources and other Wordnets Rihab Bouchlaghem, Aymen Elkhlifi and Rim Faiz Arabizi Detection and Conversion to Arabic Kareem Darwish A Framework for Creating an MWE Computational Lexical Resource for Dialectal Arabic Abdelati Hawwari, Mohammed Attia and Mona Diab Domain and Dialect Adaptation for Machine Translation into Egyptian Arabic Serena Jeblee, Weston Feely, Houda Bouamor, Alon Lavie, Nizar Habash and Kemal Oflazer Semantic Query Expansion for Arabic Information Retrieval Ashraf Y. Mahgoub, Mohsen A. Rashwan, Hazem Rafaat, Mohamed A. Zahran and Magda B. Fayek Arabic Native Language Identification Shervin Malmasi and Mark Dras Using Twitter to Collect a Multi-Dialectal Corpus of Arabic Hamdy Mubarak and Kareem Darwish Evaluating Distant Supervision for Subjectivity and Sentiment Analysis on Arabic Twitter Feeds Eshrag Refaee and Verena Rieser AIDArabic A Named-Entity Disambiguation Framework for Arabic Text Mohamed Amir Yosef, Marc Spaniol and Gerhard Weikum Named Entity Recognition System for Dialectal Arabic Ayah Zirikly and Mona Diab Shared Task Papers The First shared Task on Automatic Text Correction for Arabic Behrang Mohit, Alla Rozovskaya, Nizar Habash, Wajdi Zaghouani and Ossama Obeid GWU-HASP: Hybrid Arabic Spelling and Punctuation Corrector Mona Diab, Mohammed Attia and Mohamed Al-Badrashiny Arabic Spelling Correction using Supervised Learning Youssef Hassan, Mohamed Aly and Amir Atiya CMUQ at The 2014 Automatic Arabic Error Correction Shared Task Serena Jeblee, Houda Bouamor, Wajdi Zaghouani and Kemal Oflazer TECHLIMED system description for the Shared Task on Automatic Arabic Error Correction Djamel Mostefa, Omar Asbayou and Ramzi Abbes Automatic Correction of Arabic Text: a Cascaded Approach Hamdy Mubarak and Kareem Darwish Fast and Robust Arabic Error Correction System Michael Nawar and Moheb Ragheb The Columbia System in the QALB-2014 Shared Task on Arabic Error Correction Alla Rozovskaya, Nizar Habash, Ramy Eskander, Noura Farra and Wael Salloum A Pipeline Approach to Supervised Automatic Error Correction Nadi Tomeh, Nizar Habash, Ramy Eskander and Joseph Le Roux Autocorrection of arabic common errors for large text corpus Taha Zerrouki, Khaled Alhowaity and Amar Balla 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 Smrz, 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 ----------------------------------------------------- Wajdi Zaghouani ​Senior ​ Research Associate Carnegie Mellon University-Qatar, Education City PO Box 24866, Doha, Qatar Office: CMU-Q 1210, Phone: (+974) 4454-8646 Email: wajdiz at qatar.cmu.edu Web: www.qatar.cmu.edu/~wajdiz/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri Sep 19 04:52:52 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:52:52 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Falooka site improvements Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 19 Sep 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: 19 Sep 2014 From: gad at falooka.com Subject: Ahlan to each of you: Falooka underwent a MAJOR Facelift during summer 2014. We wanted to be "The Arabic Viewer." Falooka lectures, for all 9-Levels, now begin with 3 minute videos. 1- Watch video 2- Review lecture 3- Listen to relevant story (podcast) Our comprehensive Arabic learning materials have been tested by you. Get started for ONLY $11.99/year; satisfaction 100% guaranteed. Check-out: Video Syllabus Check-out: What makes us unusual If you have any questions email us at support at falooka.com Reach out for an orientation about our program (15 minutes + Q&A) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri Sep 19 04:52:44 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:52:44 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:GEN:Needs Gully contact info Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 19 Sep 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 Gully contact info -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 Sep 2014 From: Robert Ricks Subject: Needs Gully contact info If anyone has a current email address for Adrian Gully, I'd be grateful if you could send it to me. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri Sep 19 04:52:55 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:52:55 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Textbook recommendations response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 19 Sep 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: Textbook recommendations response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 Sep 2014 From: Mohammad Subject: Textbook recommendations response I highly recommend Munther Younes' et. al. 'Arabiyyat al-Naas (Part One) . The new edition is well revised and very efficient. http://www.routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9780415516938/default.php Best, Mohammad Al-Masri, University of Oklahoma -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri Sep 19 04:52:42 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:52:42 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Dourak online language games site Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 19 Sep 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to theDoura 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: Dourak online language games site -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 Sep 2014 From: Alaina Farabaugh Subject: Dourak online language games site Dourak is an online shop specializing in language games for Arabic speakers and learners. *Dourak games are:* **EDUCATIONAL:* Games are designed using current theories of language teaching and linguistics. **FUN:* We’ve played them many times ourselves. **FOR EVERYONE:* From beginner to native speaker. **MULTIPURPOSE:* Our games can be used in a variety of ways to accommodate any setting. **TESTED AND APPROVED:* By language learners and native speakers. We currently carry five games, and have quite a few more in production. Check out our Etsy shop , and if you like what you see, *please pass this information along to others who might be interested*. Dourak has had an exciting first quarter and we are looking forward to connecting with even more Arabic language educators and learners. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions. Thank you so much for supporting our burgeoning business. Sincerely, Alaina Farabaugh dourak.etsy at gmail.com alaina.farabaugh at gmail.com [image: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Dourak] [image: https://www.facebook.com/dourakgames] [image: http://www.pinterest.com/dourakgames/] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri Sep 19 04:52:49 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:52:49 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book:Pierre Larcher article collection: =?UTF-8?Q?=E1=B8=ABabar/=E2=80=99in=C5=A1=C4=81=E2=80=99?= Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 19 Sep 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 Book:Pierre Larcher article collection: ḫabar/’inšā’ -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 Sep 2014 From: Pierre LARCHER Subject: New Book:Pierre Larcher article collection: ḫabar/’inšā’ I am happy to announce the release of the following book: Pierre Larcher Linguistique arabe et pragmatique, préface de Kees Versteegh, Études arabes médiévales et modernes PIFD 281, Beyrouth, Presses de l’Ifpo, 2014, ISBN : 978-2-35129-401-8, 438 p., 30 €. Table of contents available online at: http://www.ifporient.org/node/1539 Abstract This volume brings together twenty articles published between 1983 and 1997 and drawn, directly or indirectly, from the author’s doctoral dissertation (1980) devoted to the opposition ḫabar/’inšā’ which in the Arabic linguistic tradition is used to classify utterances. The articles are divided into two parts. The first part, entitled “Arabic Linguistic Tradition and Pragmatics” is itself divided into three sections. The first section (“General Framework”) retraces the path of the transdisciplinary category of inšā’ (“performative utterance” vs. ḫabar “assertive utterance”) and the renewal brought by its appearance in the 7th/13th century to the three orders of rhetoric, logic and grammar revealing, for the latter, a great figure: the grammarian Raḍī al-dīn al-Astarābāḏī (d. 688/1289). The second section, after listing the various pragmatic elements found in the work of the grammarian, provides some “detailed analyses” thereof: delocutive verbs; deictics; presuppositions; pragmatic connectives. The third section (“Sources”) presents some modern editions of ancient unpublished texts refining previous analyses. The second part, entitled “Arabic Linguistics and Pragmatics” is symmetrical to the first. It no longer uses modern pragmatics to question the Arabic linguistic tradition, but rather uses the Arabic linguistic tradition to question modern pragmatics. In so doing it considers themes already discussed in the first part, such as delocutive verbs or pragmatic connectives, as well as some new ones: the maf‘ūl muṭlaq with an “enunciative” effect; negation; interrogation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri Sep 19 04:52:30 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:52:30 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:GALE Word Alignment Broadcast Training Part 1 Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 19 Sep 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: GALE Word Alignment Broadcast Training Part 1 -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 Sep 2014 From: reposted from LDC Subject: GALE Word Alignment Broadcast Training Part 1 (2) GALE Arabic-English Word Alignment -- Broadcast Training Part 1 was developed by LDC and contains 267,257 tokens of word aligned Arabic and English parallel text enriched with linguistic tags. This material was used as training data in the DARPA GALE (Global Autonomous Language Exploitation) program. Some approaches to statistical machine translation include the incorporation of linguistic knowledge in word aligned text as a means to improve automatic word alignment and machine translation quality. This is accomplished with two annotation schemes: alignment and tagging. Alignment identifies minimum translation units and translation relations by using minimum-match and attachment annotation approaches. A set of word tags and alignment link tags are designed in the tagging scheme to describe these translation units and relations. Tagging adds contextual, syntactic and language-specific features to the alignment annotation. This release consists of Arabic source broadcast news and broadcast conversation data collected by LDC from 2007-2009. The distribution by genre, words, tokens and segments appears below: Language Genre Files Words Tokens Segments Arabic BC 231 79,485 103,816 4,114 Arabic BN 92 131,789 163,441 7,227 Totals 323 211,274 267,257 11,341 Note that word count is based on the untokenized Arabic source, and token count is based on the tokenized Arabic source. The Arabic word alignment tasks consisted of the following components: Normalizing tokenized tokens as needed Identifying different types of links Identifying sentence segments not suitable for annotation Tagging unmatched words attached to other words or phrases GALE Arabic-English Word Alignment -- Broadcast Training Part 1 is distributed via web download. 2014 Subscription Members will automatically receive two copies of this data on disc. 2014 Standard Members may request a copy as part of their 16 free membership corpora. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri Sep 19 04:52:38 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:52:38 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:JOBS:Baylor University Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 19 Sep 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:Baylor University Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 Sep 2014 From: "Bostic, Heidi L." Subject: JOBS:Baylor University Job Baylor University Regular Lecturer in Arabic The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures seeks a dynamic colleague to fill this position beginning August 2015. Qualifications: M.A., native or near-native proficiency in Arabic and English, and proven excellence in undergraduate teaching. Experience in an Arabic-speaking country preferred. Responsibilities: To teach primarily elementary and intermediate Arabic language courses, as well as occasionally upper-level courses. The successful candidate will be expected to provide leadership in extracurricular activities for students and to participate in other service activities as assigned. Applications will be reviewed beginning immediately and will be accepted until the position is filled. To ensure full consideration, complete applications must be submitted by October 15, 2014. Please submit a letter of application, current curriculum vitae, official transcripts, and three confidential letters of recommendation. Applications should be submitted electronically through Interfolio via the following link: https://apply.interfolio.com/25893 Inquiries about the position may be addressed to Dr. Michael Long, Arabic Lecturer Search Committee Chair, Michael_Long at baylor.edu. Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, consistently listed with highest honors among The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Great Colleges to Work For." The university provides a vibrant campus community for a diverse student body of over 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Baylor is actively recruiting new faculty with a strong commitment to the classroom and an equally strong commitment to discovering new knowledge as we pursue our bold vision, Pro Futuris (http://www.baylor.edu/profuturis). Baylor University is a private not-for-profit university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. As an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, Baylor is committed to compliance with all applicable anti-discrimination laws, including those regarding age, race, color, sex, national origin, marital status, pregnancy status, military service, genetic information, and disability. As a religious educational institution, Baylor is lawfully permitted to consider an applicant's religion as a selection criterion. Baylor encourages women, minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities to apply. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri Sep 19 04:52:46 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:52:46 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Leiden Conference CFP:Globalizing Sociolinguistics Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 19 Sep 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: Leiden Conference CFP:Globalizing Sociolinguistics -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 Sep 2014 From: reem bassiouney Subject: Leiden Conference CFP:Globalizing Sociolinguistics 18-20 June 2015: Globalizing Sociolinguistics From 18 to 20 June 2015 LUCL will host the international conference Globalizing Sociolinguistics.Challenging the Anglo-Western nature of Sociolinguistics and expanding theories. Participants are welcome to challenge mainstream theories, since the conference theme will be 'theoretical mismatches'. Theoretical mismatches This conferences addresses mismatches between mainstream sociolinguistic models and non-Anglo-Western sociolinguistic settings. Papers are invited on sociolinguistic issues, from various areas in the world, which challenge or expand mainstream theories. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome. Papers will explore sociolinguistic settings in various areas, focusing on difficulties in applying common theory in the area in question, or the need to expand theory. In so doing, the conference hopes to lay bare the nature and the mechanisms related to the named bias and arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of sociolinguistic issues around the world. A combined European, American and British dominance is known to exist in sociolinguistic theory-making. This results in difficulties in using several dominant sociolinguistic models outside their ‘western’ geographical domain. Most researchers working outside this domain are keenly aware of this, and hence objections to this dominance are regularly vented by them. However, despite the fact that non-Anglo-Western language settings are described extensively in a multitude of publications, these settings somehow seem to contribute less to mainstream theory, and are implicitly regarded as deviant. Routledge volume 'Globalizing Sociolinguistics' This conference will also celebrate the publication of the Routledge volume ‘Globalizing Sociolinguistics’, which is to appear early 2015. This volume contains 19 chapters – written by 27 authors, from all continents – describing the sociolinguistic situations in various regions and speech communities in the world. Each chapter describes a number of mismatches between mainstream sociolinguistic theory and the situation in the specific region/community. A number of authors will be present at the conference. The organisers aim to publish a number of original conference papers in an international peer reviewed journal, so as to continue the work achieved in the Routledge volume. Programme More information on the programme will appear on this website soon. Confirmed plenary speakers: - Florian Coulmas, Director of the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo. Associate Editor of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language; Author of Sociolinguistics. The Study of Speakers’ Choices (2005). - Maarten Mous, Professor of African Linguistics and Head of the Department of African Languages and Cultures, Leiden University. Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). His research interests include Language & Identity and Cushitic and Bantu languages. Author of The making of a mixed language: The case of Ma’á/Mbugu (2003). - Daming Xu, Professor of Chinese Linguistics at the University of Macau; Co-editor of Industrialization and the Re-structuring of Speech Communities in China and Europe (2010). - Reem Bassiouney, Associate Professor of Linguistics at the American University of Cairo; Author of Functions of Code-Switching in Egypt (2006), Arabic Sociolinguistics (2008), and Arabic and the Media (2010). Her work focusses on Arabic sociolinguistics, including code-switching, language and gender, leveling, register, language policy, and discourse analysis. She is also an award winning novelist; Author of The Pistachio Seller (2009). Organising committee Dick Smakman (Leiden University) Patrick Heinrich (Ca'Foscari University Venice) Scientific Committee Patrich Heinrich (Ca'Foscari University Venice) Maarten Mous (Leiden University) Joachim Scharloth (Dresden University) Dick Smakman (Leiden University) Yuko Sugita (Potsdam University) Contact For more information on the conference and in order to contact the conference organisers, please send an email to: glosoc2015 at hum.leidenuniv.nl. Call for papers Papers are invited on the topic of “Mismatches between mainstream and non-mainstream (non-western) sociolinguistics”. Three main paper types are welcome: 1. Papers taking a certain community or region as a point of departure and directly addressing mismatches regarding theories on issues such as the following: - Politeness - Social networks - Gender - Social class - Languages standardization - Policy - Power - Code-switching 2. Data-driven papers illustrating mismatches between mainstream models and lesser known sociolinguistic settings. 3. Papers taking the general issue of mismatches as its point of departure and discussing future actions. Presentations are 45 minutes, including 15 minutes for discussion. Abstract submission by: 15 December 2014. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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AL- kitab Al-Asasi for El Said Badawy This book focuses mainly on dialogues like : hi my name is ..., at airport, at hotel, at restaurant, at doctor... 2.Al kitaab fii taallum Al Arabiyya for Kristan Brustad This is a wonderful book with DVD But I think that would come in later stage. or Madina book http://www.amazon.com/Madinah-Arabic-Reader-complete-set/dp/B004IF6RTG That focuses mainly on grammar and writing. Nancy Elsobkey -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu Sep 25 03:55:31 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:55:31 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:JOBS:U of Oklahoma tenure track Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 25 Sep 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:U of Oklahoma tenure track Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 Sep 2014 From: Hill, Rhonda D. Subject: JOBS:U of Oklahoma tenure track Job University of Oklahoma Assistant Professor of Arabic (Tenure Track) The University of Oklahoma announces a new tenure-track position in Arabic at the level of Assistant Professor beginning August 2015 as part of its Language Flagship program. The Language Flagship is a national initiative that aims at preparing global professionals and provides extensive resources for the teaching of Arabic language and culture, thus attracting some of the brightest students on campus. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in a relevant field in hand at the time of appointment, native or near-native proficiency in Arabic (MSA and at least one dialect), and a demonstrable commitment to excellence in both teaching and research. Preference will be given to candidates specializing in Arabic linguistics and/or Arabic language pedagogy. The teaching load is four courses per year and includes undergraduate courses in Arabic language as well as Arabic media and culture. Salary is competitive. The University of Oklahoma, a Carnegie Very High Research institution, is home to World Literature Today and the South Central Modern Language Association. The position is a joint appointment in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics and the Department of International and Area Studies (part of the growing College of International Studies, which also houses an active Center for Middle East Studies); for information about the departments visit http://modlang.ou.edu/ and https://www.ou.edu/content/cis/ias.html. To apply, pleas upload a letter of application, statements of teaching and research interests, curriculum vitae, transcripts, complete sets of teaching evaluations, and sample publications (no more than two), and have three recent letters of recommendation submitted directly by references at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/4662. Review of applications will begin October 20, 2014 and will continue until the position is filled. Initial interviews will be conducted by Skype. The University of Oklahoma is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer www.ou.edu/eoo. Protected veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Rhonda Hill Assistant to the Chair Department of International & Area Studies College of International Studies 729 Elm Ave, Room 305, Norman OK 73019 405.325.7520 Rhonda at ou.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The jobs referred to below are Assistant Director, Office Manager and Bilingual (Arabic-Englsh) office manager. More information can be had from the links in the message --dil] Dear Colleagues, The Islamic Manuscript Association have three vacancies. Please find attached, details of the positions as follows: Assistant Director Office Administrator Bilingual Office Administrator We would be very grateful if you could circulate this information to your subscribers. With kind regards, Beau *Beau Brady* *Senior Office Administrator* *The Islamic Manuscript Association* c/o The Lotus Gallery 33 Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1QY UK Telephone: +44 (0)1223 303177 Fax: +44 (0)1223 302218 Mobile: +44 (0)7850 669921 Email: beau at islamicmanuscript.org Website: www.islamicmanuscript.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu Sep 25 03:55:27 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:55:27 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:JOBS:NYU-Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 25 Sep 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:NYU-Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 Sep 2014 From: Susan Heinrich Subject: JOBS:NYU-Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Job FACULTY POSITIONS Arabic Language NYU Abu Dhabi NYU Abu Dhabi is currently inviting applications for a teaching position in Arabic Language. The appointee will join a thriving Arabic language program in an exciting linguistic and cultural context. This is a renewable three-year appointment with a 3/3 teaching load. The terms of employment are competitive and include housing and educational subsidies for children. An M.A. in the Arabic Language or a related field is required; candidates possessing a Ph.D. will be given preference. We seek candidates with primary interest, research, and experience in teaching Arabic (to native or non-native learners) at all levels with ability to teach MSA, at least one Arabic dialect, and specialized content courses in Arabic. The appointment begins September 1, 2015. Review of applications will continue throughout the year. Due to the high volume of applications, only those selected for interview will be contacted. Applicants must submit a curriculum vita, a cover letter which includes a discussion of research and teaching philosophy, representative publications, copies of student evaluations and the names and contact information of three references. Please visit our website at http://nyuad.nyu.edu/about/careers/faculty-positions.html for instructions and other information on how to apply. If you have any questions, please e-mail nyuad.arabiclanguage at nyu.edu. About NYUAD: New York University has established itself as a Global Network University, a multi-site, organically connected network encompassing key global cities and idea capitals. The network has three foundational degree-granting campuses: New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai, complemented by a network of over 15 research and study-away sites across five continents. Faculty and students will circulate within this global network in pursuit of common research interests and the promotion of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary solutions for problems, both local and global. Entering its fourth year, NYU Abu Dhabi has recruited a cohort of faculty who are at once distinguished in their research and teaching. Our students are drawn from around the world and surpass all traditional recruitment benchmarks, both US and global. NYU Abu Dhabi’s highly selective liberal arts enterprise is complemented by an institute for advanced research, sponsoring cutting-edge projects across the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, and Engineering. NYU Abu Dhabi is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu Sep 25 03:55:20 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:55:20 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:JOBS:AUB Job in Modern Arabic Literature and LIterary Theory Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 25 Sep 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:AUB Job in Modern Arabic Literature and LIterary Theory -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 Sep 2014 From: Nadine Rizk Subject: JOBS:AUB Job in Modern Arabic Literature and LIterary Theory Faculty position in Modern Arabic Literature and Literary Theory The Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages at the American University of Beirut seeks applicants in the field of Modern Arabic Literature and Literary Theory (with special emphasis on prose genres) to begin September 1, 2015. The language of instruction in this department (and only in this department) is Modern Standard Arabic, but mastery of English is an essential requirement. Applicants should be well versed in both Arab and Western classical heritages, including Western literary theory. A reading knowledge of French and/or German is highly desirable, as is the ability to teach a second Semitic language or elementary Persian. Applicants must be able to teach, in Arabic, service courses in Arabic grammar and modern Arabic thought to native speakers of Arabic. Solid knowledge of the Arabic language and heritage and training in modern Western methodologies are essential. Appointments are normally for an initial period of four years at the assistant professor level. Visiting scholars will be considered. Candidates must have a PhD in by the time of appointment. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and a CV, and arrange for three letters of reference to be directly sent to: Patrick McGreevy, Dean Faculty of Arts and Sciences American University of Beirut c/o 3 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 8th Floor New York, NY 10017-2303, USA Or Patrick McGreevy, Dean Faculty of Arts and Sciences American University of Beirut P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El-Solh Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon Electronic submissions are highly encouraged and may be sent to: as_dean at aub.edu.lb For best consideration, please submit all required credentials by the early deadline of October 1, 2014 and indicate whether you will be attending MESA. Applications accepted through November 30, 2014. For more information on this position, please visit http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas The American University of Beirut is an Equal Opportunity Employer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu Sep 25 03:55:23 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:55:23 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:JOBS:AUB Job in Medieval Arabic Literature Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 25 Sep 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: AUB Job in Medieval Arabic Literature -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 Sep 2014 From: Nadine Rizk Subject: AUB Job in Medieval Arabic Literature Faculty position in Medieval Arabic Literature The Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages at the American University of Beirut seeks applicants seeks applicants in the field of Medieval Arabic Literature (with special emphasis on prose genres) to begin September 1, 2015. The language of instruction in this department (and only in this department) is Standard Arabic (fuṣḥā), but mastery of English is an essential requirement. Applicants should be well versed in both Arab and Western classical heritages, including Western literary theory. A reading knowledge of French and/or German is highly desirable, as is the ability to teach a second Semitic language or elementary Persian. Applicants must be able to teach, in Arabic, service courses in Arabic grammar and modern Arabic thought to native speakers of Arabic. Solid knowledge of the Arabic language and heritage and training in modern Western methodologies are essential. Appointments are normally for an initial period of four years at the assistant professor level. Visiting scholars will be considered. Candidates must have a PhD by the time of appointment. Applications from scholars with expertise in Medieval Arabic literature in its Islamic theology dimensions, especially its Greco-Arabic background, will also be considered. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and a CV, and arrange for three letters of reference to be directly sent to: Patrick McGreevy, Dean Faculty of Arts and Sciences American University of Beirut c/o 3 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 8th Floor New York, NY 10017-2303, USA Or Patrick McGreevy, Dean Faculty of Arts and Sciences American University of Beirut P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El-Solh Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon Electronic submissions are highly encouraged and may be sent to: as_dean at aub.edu.lb For best consideration, please submit all required credentials by the early deadline of October 1, 2014 and indicate whether you will be attending MESA. Applications accepted through November 30, 2014. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu Sep 25 03:55:35 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:55:35 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Postdoc at NYU-Abu Dhabi in NLP Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 25 Sep 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: Postdoc at NYU-Abu Dhabi in NLP -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 Sep 2014 From: Nizar Habash Subject: Postdoc at NYU-Abu Dhabi in NLP ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------- Postdoc in Natural Language Processing – New York University Abu Dhabi The Division of Sciences at New York University Abu Dhabi seeks to appoint up to two Post-Doctoral Researchers starting January 2015 (in the earliest) in the field of Natural Language Processing. Applicants must have received a Ph.D in computer science or a related discipline, with specialization in any one of the following or closely related fields: natural language processing, computational linguistics, or machine learning in the last three years or be within a few months from completion. Appointment will be for one year and can be renewed conditional on a satisfactory evaluation of performance at the end of the year. We encourage applications from very promising candidates with a capacity to conduct innovative, high-quality scholarly research in any of the following areas: statistical or hybrid machine translation, syntactic parsing, computational morphology, dialect and non-standard language modeling, and speech recognition and synthesis. Previous experience or research on Standard, Classical or Dialectal Arabic natural language processing is a plus. Speaking Arabic is not required but a plus. The post-doctoral researchers will work with Professor Nizar Habash and play key roles in ongoing research at the newly established Computational Approaches to Modeling Language (CAMeL) Lab. Successful candidates are expected to develop a widely recognized research program and to forge productive collaborations with faculty at NYUAD. The terms of employment are competitive and include housing and educational subsidies for children. Applications will be accepted immediately. To be considered, all applicants need to submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, representative publications and three letters of reference, all in PDF format. Please e-mail the materials to Professor Nizar Habash nizar.habash at nyu.edu, with subject line “NYUAD NLP POSTDOC APPLICATION - ”. About NYUAD: New York University has established itself as a Global Network University, a multi-site, organically connected network encompassing key global cities and idea capitals. The network has three foundational degree-granting campuses: New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai, complimented by a network of eleven research and study-away sites across five continents. Faculty and students will circulate within this global network in pursuit of common research interests and the promotion of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary solutions for problems both local and global. Entering its fifth year, NYU Abu Dhabi has recruited a cohort of faculty who are at once distinguished in their research and teaching. Our students are drawn from around the world and surpass all traditional recruitment benchmarks, both US and global. NYU Abu Dhabi’s highly selective liberal arts enterprise is complimented by an institute for advanced research, sponsoring cutting-edge projects across the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, and Engineering. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu Sep 25 13:32:27 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:32:27 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:CFP NorthEast MLA Session on Arabic Proficiency-Oriented Curriculum Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 25 Sep 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: CFP NorthEast MLA Session on Arabic Proficiency-Oriented Curriculum -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 Sep 2014 From: "DiMeo, David" Subject: CFP NorthEast MLA Session on Arabic Proficiency-Oriented Curriculum Hello Arabic Colleagues, Proposals for papers or discussions for the panel "Building a Proficiency-Oriented Arabic Curriculum" at the Northeast Modern Language Association conference are welcome. The conference will be April 30-May 3 2015 in Toronto. This panel will consider the challenges and opportunities in building an effective proficiency-oriented Arabic curriculum. The experiences, visions, and concerns of Arabic teachers on integration of social media, online learning, new forms of assessment, integration of Colloquial and Standard Arabic, and selection of course materials are particularly welcome. Abstracts must be submitted by September 30, 2014. Submit directly on the NEMLA website:https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp.html Thanks very much, David DiMeo David F. DiMeo, Ph. D. Assistant Professor of Arabic Department of Modern Languages Western Kentucky University FAC Room 276 (270) 745-6408 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Tue Sep 2 12:33:07 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 15:33:07 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:ALS 29 Milwaukee 2nd Call Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Tue 02 Sep 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: ALS 29 Milwaukee 2nd Call -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 Sep 2014 From: Mushira Eid Subject: ALS 29 Milwaukee 2nd Call CALL FOR PAPERS 29th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee April 9-11, 2015 The Arabic Linguistics Society together with the University of Wisconsin?s Department of Linguistics, College of Letters and Science, are pleased to announce the 29th Annual Symposium on Arabic Linguistics (29th ASAL) to be held at The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, April 9-11, 2015. Papers are invited on topics that deal with theoretical and applied issues in Arabic Linguistics. Research in the following areas of Arabic linguistics is encouraged: linguistic analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics), sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, and computational linguistics. Keynote Speakers: Stuart Davis (Indiana University) Peter Hallman (University of Vienna) Persons interested in presenting papers are requested to prepare an abstract following the Arabic Linguistics Society?s guidelines for writing abstracts at this link: http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/linguistics/als/symposia/index.cfm To submit an abstract, please go to http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/ASAL29 and follow the instructions on the link. If you have any questions, please contact the conference organizers at: asal-29 at uwm.edu Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts: midnight (EDT) November 15, 2014 Twenty minutes will be allowed for each presentation followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion. Fees: Arabic Linguistics Society membership: $35 for students and $50 for non-students. Registration fees: --Through March 1, 2015: $40 for students and $70 for non-students --After March 1, 2015: $50 for students and $80 for non-students Online Registration and Payment: Instructions to be announced at the symposium website http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/conferences/asal29/ For further inquiries regarding the Arabic Linguistics Society, please contact the ALS Executive Director Mushira Eid at mushira.eid at utah.edu. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Tue Sep 2 12:33:10 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 15:33:10 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:New Textbook:Kalima wa Nagham Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Tue 02 Sep 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 Textbook:Kalima wa Nagham -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 Sep 2014 From: ghazi abuhakema Subject: New Textbook:Kalima wa Nagham Kalima wa Nagham A Textbook for Teaching Arabic, Volume 1 By Ghazi Abuhakema, Nasser Isleem and Ra'ed Qasem This introductory level textbook presents an innovative Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (TAFL) curriculum that uses dialogues and songs to enhance language learning and build cultural awareness. Available at: http://www.utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/abukal Kalima wa Nagham: A Textbook for Teaching Arabic, Volume 1 (English and Arabic Edition) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Tue Sep 2 12:33:13 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 15:33:13 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA&LING:Oxford Arabic Dictionary released Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Tue 02 Sep 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: Oxford Arabic Dictionary released -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 02 Sep 2014 From: Tressy Subject: Oxford Arabic Dictionary released Dear colleagues; It is with immense pride and gratitude that I'd like to announce the official launch of the completely new Oxford Arabic Dictionary: English-Arabic and Arabic-English. Official press release below, in Arabic here: http://cdn.oxwordsblog.wpfuel.co.uk/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/Arabic-press-re lease.pdf I am eager to hear your opinions. Tressy Arts Chief Editor Oxford Arabic Dictionary Oxford University Press publishes ground-breaking new Oxford Arabic Dictionary Press release For immediate distribution 27 August 2014 Oxford University Press publishes ground-breaking new Oxford Arabic Dictionary New Modern Standard Arabic dictionary features over 130,000 words and phrases, 200,000 translations, 70,000 real example phrases On Thursday 28 August 2014, Oxford University Press will celebrate the print and digital publication of the Oxford Arabic Dictionary. Produced by an international team of expert translators and advisors using Oxford?s renowned language research programme, the Oxford Arabic Dictionary is the first of its kind to be based throughout on real modern evidence of both English and Arabic usage. The unique Arabic corpus, developed specially for this project, provides evidence of the latest vocabulary used in computing, business, the media, and the arts, making the resource the most up-to-date bilingual Arabic and English dictionary available. The dictionary focuses on the standardized variant of Arabic used in writing and formal speech, commonly known as Modern Standard Arabic. One of the key strengths of this project is the 70,000 real example phrases that illustrate the dictionary entries. These examples help the user interpret everyday modern meaning and usage accurately, and cement the Oxford Arabic Dictionary as the most pragmatic work of its kind. The dictionary is available in print and is also accessible online via subscription at Oxforddictionaries.com/Arabic . The online edition is fully accessible on mobile and tablet, and, via specially developed search software, enables learners and users of Arabic and English to search more than 330,000 words, phrases, and translations. Regular word and content updates will ensure that the online Oxford Arabic Dictionary continues to reflect the latest vocabulary and trends in language usage. Tressy Arts, chief editor of the Oxford Arabic Dictionary, comments: ?When I was a student in the nineties, I used an Arabic-English and an English-Arabic dictionary from the seventies. In 2014, these two were still the best options available. The Oxford Arabic Dictionary finally gives learners and translators a modern dictionary in which they can find the Arabic for ?blog? and ?tweet? as well as for ?camel?. The dictionary is clear, with sense indicators and examples showing which translation to choose; comprehensive, with over 26,000 entries on either side; and evidence-based, which is unique for Arabic. It shows both English and Arabic as the vast, dynamic world languages they are, and creates a unique bridge between the two.? Casper Grathwohl, President, Dictionaries Division at OUP adds: ?With the rising demand for Arabic language skills in the business world, the media, and public life, the Oxford Arabic Dictionary is a long-awaited and unsurpassed resource, essential for anyone using both Arabic and English.? Key facts * Publication date is 28 August 2014 * More than 130,000 words and phrases * 200,000 translations * Covers Modern Standard Arabic, and British and American English * Extra content including tables of Arabic verbs, numbers, and dates Oxford Arabic Dictionary FAQ:http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/oxford-dictionaries-arabic-faq#m odern-standard-arabic About OxfordDictionaries.com:http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/about-odo About Oxford University Press: http://global.oup.com/uk/about/, or follow us on: twitter.com/OxfordWords & facebook.com/OxfordDictionaries &blog.oxforddictionaries.com For media enquiries or to arrange interviews, please contact: Nathalie Visel? Director Shamal Marketing Communications PO Box 502701 Office 106 I Arjaan Office Tower I Dubai Media City Dubai, United Arab Emirates Office: +971 4 3652711 I Direct : +971 4 3652712 Mobile : +971 50 4576525 Fax:+971 4 4278703 E-mail: nathalie at smc-pr.com Web site: www.smc-pr.com For media enquiries or to arrange interviews in the UK and Europe, please contact: Kate Farquhar-Thomson Head of Publicity Oxford University Press Email: kate.farquhar-thomson at oup.com Mobile: 07967 099456 For media enquiries or to arrange interviews in the Americas, please contact: Molly Grote Oxford University Press, USA Email: Molly.Grote at oup.com Office: + 1212.743.8337 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 02 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon Sep 8 04:44:41 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:44:41 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:JOBS:Washington Latin Public Charter School (Wash DC) Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sun 07 Sep 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:Washington Latin Public Charter School (Wash DC) -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 07 Sep 2014 From: Madison Marks Subject: JOBS:Washington Latin Public Charter School (Wash DC) Hello, I wanted to pass on an opening for a part-time Arabic teacher at Washington Latin Public Charter School. Please pass on to your networks! Attached is the actual job description to accompany the following: Washington Latin Public Charter School (www.latinpcs.org) seeks someone who can teach one section of Arabic I to 8th and 9th graders. For five years, the School has had a partnership with the Qatar Foundation International that has provided wonderful opportunities to study Arabic language and culture. Some teaching experience is preferred. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter and resume to Dr. Diana Smith at dsmith at latinpcs.org. See more information by accessing the following document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7JOt14idupSM1pvN0thOVJHNHJXZE1uY3ZSV1pTMjNWUzQ0/edit?usp=sharing Thank you! Madison Marks Program Associate Arabic Language & Culture Program 202-618-3870 (direct line) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 07 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon Sep 8 04:44:36 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:44:36 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:IN MEMORIAM:Nora Abdel Wahab Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sun 07 Sep 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: IN MEMORIUM:Nora Abdel Wahab -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 07 Sep 2014 From: Dalal Aboelseoud Subject: IN MEMORIUM:Nora Abdel Wahab With our deepest sorrow and grief, we in the Arabic Language Instruction (ALI) Department, AUC, announce the death of Arabic Language Senior Instructor Ms. Nora Abdel Wahab last Thursday. Although Ms. Nora had been severely struggling with disease, she had been known for her continuing and outstanding dedication to ALI where she had been working for over 25 years. Her passionate and loving personality along with her professionalism and creativity will always make her remembered among everyone who had known her. May her soul rest in peace and may her family and friends find patience to cope with their grave loss. Condolences can be extended at: b.elrashidi at aucegypt.edu -- Dalal Abo El Seoud, Chair Department of Arabic Language Instruction Academy of Liberal Arts American University in Cairo -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 07 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon Sep 8 04:44:42 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:44:42 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Oxford Dictionary more info Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sun 07 Sep 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: Oxford Dictionary more info -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 07 Sep 2014 From: Brenda Bickett Subject: Oxford Dictionary more info hi all, this is very good news indeed. Just wanted to call everyone's attention to the online version, which is available for a 30-day free trial with best wishes to all for a very successful new academic year, Brenda Brenda E. Bickett Bibliographer for: Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding BMW Center for German & European Studies Center for Contemporary Arab Studies Center for Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies (Eurasian Studies Only) Dept. of Arabic & Islamic Studies Dept. of French Lauinger Library Georgetown University Box 57-1174 Washington DC 20057-1174 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 07 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Mon Sep 8 04:44:33 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 22:44:33 -0600 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:5th Int Conf on Maltese Linguistics Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sun 07 Sep 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: 5th Int Conf on Maltese Linguistics -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 07 Sep 2014 From: reposted from LINGUIST Subject: 5th Int Conf on Maltese Linguistics Full Title: 5th International Conference on Maltese Linguistics Date: 24-Jun-2015 - 26-Jun-2015 Location: Torino, Italy Contact Person: Benjamin Saade Meeting Email: lingwistika2015 at unito.it Web Site: http://e20.unito.it/Lingwistika_2015/default.aspx Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics Subject Language(s): Maltese (mlt) Call Deadline: 31-Dec-2014 Meeting Description: After four successful conferences in Bremen (2007, 2009), Malta (2011) and Lyon (2013) we are happy to announce the 5th International Conference on Maltese Linguistics in Torino on June 24-26, 2015. The conference will be jointly organized by Mauro Tosco (Universit? di Torino) and Benjamin Saade (Malta Centre, Universit?t Bremen). Call for Papers: We invite abstracts for oral and poster presentations on all topics related to Maltese linguistics, as well as papers focusing on Maltese in relation to other languages. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Psycholinguistics - Historical approaches to Maltese and related languages - Language contact - Computational approaches to Maltese and Semitic languages - Typological perspectives on Maltese and related languages - Language acquisition in the Maltese context - Variation and dialectology in the Maltese context - Lexicography - Semantics - Pragmatics - Morphology - Syntax - Phonetics and phonology - Maltese in the European context Abstracts for oral presentations should not exceed 300 words. Each presentation should be no longer than 20 minutes; 10 minutes are given for questions and/or discussion. Poster presentations should be in A1 or A0 format. The conference language is English. We especially encourage students (M.A. & B.A level) to participate. Please send abstracts to the following address: lingwistika2015 at unito.it. Abstracts will be reviewed by the Programme Committee: Thomas Stolz (Bremen) Ray Fabri (Malta) Beth Hume (Christchurch) Martine Vanhove (Villejuif) Albert Borg (Malta) Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 31, 2014 Notification of abstract acceptance: March 1, 2014 For more information, visit the conference website: http://e20.unito.it/Lingwistika_2015/default.aspx -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 07 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:39:07 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:39:07 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Wants textbook recommendations for right after alphabet Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: Wants textbook recommendations for right after alphabet -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: Michael Schub Subject: Wants textbook recommendations for right after alphabet What is the best textbook and/or other materials to use for students who have just finished learning the Arabic alphabet? 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:39:03 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:39:03 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXIV-XXV released Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXIV-XXV released -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: Mushira Eid Subject: Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXIV-XXV released The Arabic Linguistics Society is happy to announce the release of Perspectives on Arabic Linguistcis XXIV-XXV. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:39:13 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:39:13 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Needs recommendations fo Arabic-compatible on-line learning platforms Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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 recommendations fo Arabic-compatible on-line learning platforms -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: Thouria Benferhat Subject: Needs recommendations fo Arabic-compatible on-line learning platforms We are currently exploring different platforms for online or blended courses. We would appreciate your feedback on platforms you are using or have used. We are specifically interested in knowing how such platforms interact with Arabic. Many thanks. Regards, Thouria Benferhat Language and Communications Programme NL-2066-AR United Nations, New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: 917-367-3606 Email: benferhat at un.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:39:17 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:39:17 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Contemporary Written Fusha Workshiop Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: Contemporary Written Fusha Workshiop -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: Manuel Sartori Subject: Contemporary Written Fusha Workshiop Dear Colleagues, A little more than a month ago I sent you an invitation to participate in the workshop that I organize next year with some of my colleagues in Aix-en-Provence. Some of you have already responded positively to me and I am delighted. In case some of you have notreceived it, and on the occasion of the new academic year I send it again. Please note that by now the Scientific Committee is formed : Michael Carter, Joseph Dichy, Antonella Ghersetti, Pierre Larcher and Janet Watson graciously agreed to be the members of that committe. The Organization Committee : Francesco Binaghi, Manuela Giolfo, Alain Girod, Catherine Pinon, Marie Robache, Manuel Sartori. Waiting to hear from you. Sincerely yours, Manuel Sartori [below is an attempt to extract the info from the attached pdf] ?Materials for the Establishment of Contemporary Written Fus?h?a? (CWF) Descriptive Grammars Between rule(s) and practices over the past 50 years Friday, May 29 and Saturday, May 30, 2015 in Georges Duby room Maison Me?diterranne?enne des Sciences de l?Homme 5, rue Cha?teau de l?Horloge 13090 Aix-en-Provence (France) By this international workshop, we propose to open a space for reflection on Contemporary Written Arabic language and, more specifically, on the variety which is renown in the Arab world as to be fus?h?a?. We shall call it then Contemporary Written Fus?h?a? (CWF). The primary aim of our workshop will be to record new data in terms of facts of language over the last half-century, to analyze them, and then to report on significant developments in this language variety. Our ap- proach is resolutely linguistic and not didactic. The collection of data must result from a work on written corpora (literature - novels, short stories, theater, etc. -, news, blogs, etc.) whose supports can be various (paper or internet). These data will form the new work materials to analyse the reality of nowadays practices. These data will also and especially be usefull to as- sess the so-called ?recent? grammars of Modern Standard Arabic are descriptively adequate. You will find a non- exhaustive bibliography of these grammars at the end of this call. By restricting its scope to linguistic CWF facts, this workshop will mainly take account of syntactical is- sues without excluding lexical and morphological ones. Our workshop will also address issues relating to spel- ling and punctuation. This may also include practices of AutoCorrection within Word processing, the process of creating grammatical and lexical markers, etc. In our analysis of CWF, we shall exclude ?dialects? as an object of study, without excluding its presence in texts and/or its influence on such contemporary Arabic. Our discussions will be held in French, English and Arabic. -1/2- ?We hope that our meeting will be both an opportunity for stimulating discussions on an object that brings us together and the first step towards further research and meetings to improve our understanding and description of the variety of language that we have chose to name Contemporary Written Fus?h?a? of these past 50 years. No charge will be applied for attending the workshop. Costs of hotel and meals will be supported. Some recent grammars of Contemporary Written Arabic: Alhawary, Mohammad T. 2011. Modern Standard Arabic Grammar. A Learner?s Guide. Chichester: Wiley- Blackwell. Alosh, Mahdi. 2005. Using Arabic: A Guide to Contemporary Usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Badawi, El-Said et al. 2004. Modern Written Arabic. A Comprehensive Grammar. Londres: Routledge. Beeston, Alfred Felix Landon. 2006[1970]. The Arabic Language Today. Washington D. C.: Georgetown University Press. Buckley, Ronald Paul. 2004. Modern Literary Arabic. A Reference Grammar. Beyrouth: Librairie du Liban. Liban. Corriente, Federico C. 2006 [1988]. Gramatica? a?rabe. Barcelone: Herder. 2 e?d. Hassanein, Azza. 2006. Modern Standard Arabic Grammar: A Concise Guide. Cairo ? New York: The American Univesity Press in Cairo. Haywood, J. A. and Nahmad, H. M. 2001[1965]. A new Arabic grammar of written Arabic. Londres: Lund Humphries, 2e?me e?d. McCarus, Ernest N. 2007. English Grammar for Students of Arabic: The Study Guide for Those Learning Arabic. Ann Arbor: The Olivia and Hill Press. Ryding, Karin C. 2005. A Reference Grammar of Modern Arabic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Schulz, Eckehard et al. 2008[2000], [1996]. Lehrbuch des modernen Arabisch, Berlin-Munich: Langescheidt KG; translated by Cambridge University Press. Standard Arabic. An elementary-intermediate course. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:42:38 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:42:38 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:STARTALK Call for Proposals Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: STARTALK Call for Proposals -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: STARTALK Subject: STARTALK Call for Proposals Dear Colleague: The National Foreign Language Center solicits proposals for participation in the STARTALK project, which is part of a federal initiative to enhance the national capacity for critical need languages. The goal of the STARTALK program is to increase the number and expertise of students and teachers in critical languages. For more information on STARTALK, please visit startalk.umd.edu. In 2015, the STARTALK project will provide funding for programs that occur primarily in the summer in the following categories: Teacher programs that offer professional development opportunities for current or prospective teachers of Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and/or Urdu. Teacher programs are strongly encouraged to provide a student component to allow classroom observation, teaching practicum, and/or microteaching. Student programs that offer Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Hindi,Korean, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and/or Urdu language study for K?16 students. Awards for independent and collaborative programs are expected to range from $50,000 to $90,000, based on the number of participants and the type of program being offered; for combination teacher and student programs, awards may be up to $112,500. If funded, programs will be expected to adhere to STARTALK-endorsed ?best practice? principles in implementing programs. Specifically, programs will need to follow the requirements below: All instructors and curriculum planners need to review the guides to curriculum development and use the online curriculum planning templates, available at the following URL: https://startalk.umd.edu/curriculum-guide/. Curriculum plans for each level of instruction in student programs and for teacher training programs must be submitted for approval. Porgram directors and lead instructors (and/or other program staff members) must attend the 2015 spring conference (if funding is in place) and the 2015 fall conference. STARTALK Central will provide consultation and support for programs selected for funding. Guidance will also be provided in preparing the documents that will be required prior to program implementation, such as detailed curricula, lesson plans, and descriptions of expected participant outcomes. Representatives from all funded programs are required to attend the spring and fall STARTALK conferences. Budgets should include the cost of sending at least two representatives to the spring conference (May 8?9, 2015, in Denver, Colorado) and fall conference (October 16?17, 2015, in Orlando, Florida). Research is an important part of the STARTALK program. If funded, programs will be required to do the following: Participate in STARTALK Central online surveys for student and teacher participants Participate in LinguaFolio Online for student programs that teach students in middle school and higher Respond promptly to all requests for reports, data, and program information The 2015 STARTALK application is online and located at startalk.umd.edu/proposals. We strongly encourage all applicants to apply online. If you are unable to submit or complete an online application form, please contact us at startalk at nflc.umd.edu. The online proposal application will be available from September 24 to November 4, 2014. However, you may review the application instructions and other support documents starting September 10, 2014. All applications must be submitted by 11:59 p.m., November 4, 2014. Information on the STARTALK proposal and selection criteria is available at startalk.umd.edu/proposals. We strongly encourage all applicants to review the following documents before beginning the proposal writing process: Frequently asked questions The appropriate STARTALK proposal applicant guides Student Program Applicant Guide Teacher Program Applicant Guide Instructions for writing your budget If you have additional questions about the online application or the application process itself, please submit them in writing to startalk at nflc.umd.edu no later than Friday, October 10, 2014. Responses will be posted at startalk.umd.edu/proposals/faq on Tuesday, October 21, 2014. Additionally, help desk support for the STARTALK proposal process will be provided during the following times: September 24 to October 24,weekdays, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (eastern standard time) October 27 to November 4, weekdays, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (eastern standard time) For assistance with any technological issues, call 301-405-9832 or email startalk-support at nflc.umd.edu. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:38:56 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:38:56 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Another Comp Ling Job at Google Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: Another Comp Ling Job at Google -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: reposted from LINGUIST Subject: Another Comp Ling Job at Google University or Organization: Employment Agency Contracting for Google Job Location: London, United Kingdom Job Title: Speech Data Evaluator Job Rank: Programmer; Speech Data Evaluator Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb) English (eng) Description: Job description: As a Speech Data Evaluator and a native-level speaker of Arabic or US English, you will be part of a team processing large amounts of linguistic data and carrying out a number of tasks to improve the quality of Google?s speech synthesis. This includes: - Classifying and annotating linguistic data - Audio evaluation - Labeling text for disambiguation, expansion, and text normalization - Providing phonetic transcription of lexicon entries according to given standards and using in-house tools Job requirements: - Native-level speaker of Arabic or US English (with good command of the standard dialect) and fluent in English - Passion for language with good knowledge of orthography and grammar in the target language - A degree in a language-related field such as linguistics, language teaching, translation, editing, writing, proofreading, or similar - Keen interest in technology and computer-literate (should feel comfortable using in-house tools and should have an interest in current speech, mobile and online technology) - Attention to detail and good organizational skills The Arabic positions will be based in London, UK. The US English positions will be based in Mountain View, CA. Project duration: 6-11 months (with potential for extension) **This is not a permanent position but a contract position through an employment agency. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the EU for Arabic and the United States for US English.** For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English (PDF format preferred) with "Speech Data Evaluator " in the subject line. Application Deadline: 31-Oct-2014 (Open until filled) Email Address for Applications: tts_jobs at google.com Contact Information: Dr Caroline Piercy Email: cpiercy at google.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:39:00 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:39:00 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Arabic Comp Ling job at Google Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: Arabic Comp Ling job at Google -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: reposted from LINGUIST Subject: Arabic Comp Ling job at Google University or Organization: Employment Agency Contracting for Google Job Location: California, USA Job Title: Speech Linguistic Project Manager Job Rank: Manager; Speech Linguistic Project Manager Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics Required Language(s): Arabic, Standard (arb) English (eng) Description: As a Linguistic Project Manager and a native-level speaker of Arabic or US English, you will oversee and manage all work related to achieving high data quality for speech projects in your own language. You will be based in London, UK or Mountain View, CA, managing a team of Speech Data Evaluators and working on a number of projects towards TTS synthesis. This includes: - Training, managing and overseeing the work of your team - Creating verbalisation rules, such as expanding URLs, email addresses, numbers - Creating annotation conventions - Evaluating data quality - Providing expertise on pronunciation and phonotactics - Working with QA tools according to given guidelines and using in-house tools Job requirements: - Native-level speaker of Arabic or US English (with good command of the standard dialect) and fluent in English - Must have attended elementary school in the country where the language is spoken - Keen ear for phonetic nuances and attention to detail; knowledge of the language?s phonology - Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts; should have an -interest in current speech, mobile, and online technology - Excellent oral and written communication skills - Good organizational skills - Previous project management and people management experience - Previous experience with speech/NLP-related projects a plus - Advanced degree in Linguistics preferred; experience with Computational Linguistics a plus - Also a plus: proficiency with HTML, XML, and some programming language; previous experience working in a Linux environment Project duration: 6-11 months (with potential for extension) **This is not a permanent position but a contract position through an employment agency. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the EU for Arabic and the US for US English.** For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English (PDF format preferred) with ?Speech Linguistic Project Manager ? in the subject line. Application Deadline: 31-Oct-2014 (Open until filled) Email Address for Applications: tts_jobs at google.com Contact Information: Dr Caroline Piercy Email: cpiercy at google.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Sat Sep 13 04:38:52 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 07:38:52 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:1001 Nights Conference CFP Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Sat 13 Sep 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: 1001 Nights Conference CFP -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 13 Sep 2014 From: "Flanagan, Elizabeth" Subject: 1001 Nights Conference CFP A Call for Papers Conference The Thousand and One Nights: Sources, Transformations, and Relationship with Literature, the Arts and the Sciences Harvard University (CMES) ~ Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (CERMOM, ANR MSFIMA) Cambridge (Boston) - April 15-17, 2015 Organizing Committee: - Sandra Naddaff (Harvard University) - Aboubakr Chra?bi (INALCO, Paris) - William Granara (Harvard University) Literary works with many textual sources, having been transformed, much translated, and exercising wide influences, such as the Thousand and One Nights, create dense and fluid textual networks. What must we have read, seen or heard to claim to know the Nights? The oldest and most comprehensive Arabic manuscript? The Bulaq or Mahdi edition? Burton or Haddawy?s translations? Poe?s short story? Rabaud?s opera? Mahfouz?s novel? Borges?s essays? Pasolini?s film? Materials related to the Nights continue to emerge from many arts, countries, periods, disciplines, and languages, and their scope continues to widen, making the Nights a universal work from all points of view. Antoine Galland?s French translation published in 1704 had a tremendous impact and was much imitated in French literature, even contributing to the creation of a new literary genre (the oriental tale). It can be argued, by analogy, that the arrival of the Thousand and One Nights in the Arabic-speaking world in the mid-8th century had a similar effect on Arabic literature of the period, and that of following centuries. The book?s interactions with the wider culture would last a thousand years, the longest period in the text?s history. The testimonies of Ibn al-Nad?m and Abu ?Abd All?h al-Yaman?, who explicitly mention Arabic imitations of the Nights, strongly support this hypothesis. Similarly, the existence of numerous books closely related to the Nights in terms of content, such as Kit?b al-Hik?y?t al-?Aj?ba wa-l-Akhb?r al-Ghar?ba and the Hundred and One Nights, shows that this is not a single text but rather a set of texts of a particular genre, which can be called middle literature and which circulated in the Arabic-speaking world at the same time as the Nights. The simultaneous transformations of the Thousand and One Nights and their environment often introduce new forms of interaction and promote the creation of new cultural objects and new research perspectives. From the 19th century, short stories and novels would gradually dominate the various forms of literary production, while the Nights would also be revitalized with new editions (B?l?q, Calcutta I and II, Breslau, etc.) and new translations (Lane, Burton, Mardrus, etc.). Always a publishing staple, the Nights would gradually enter world literature through the great novelists of the day, from Argentina to Japan, but also other arts, such as music and cinema from its earliest days (M?li?s, 1905; Reiniger, 1926). Another remarkable transformation relates to contemporary society, namely the birth of several scientific disciplines, the revival of research tools, and the richness of interdisciplinary approaches such as sociology, history, anthropology, psychoanalysis and political philosophy, which have adopted the Nights as a reference corpus. In light of the above, we ask the following questions: First panel: The manuscripts of the Nights and middle Arabic literature: What could Arabic manuscripts of the Nights represent when compared to their lost Persian model? What changes have taken place? Have they been imitated, and by what? Do other texts of Arabic literature resemble the Nights? What criteria can be used to identify similarities? How do they differ from other genres, such as the s?ra, the folktale or the khabar? In what ways might they constitute a middle literature? Second panel: Galland?s translation and the 18th century: How and why were the Nights transformed when they were published in France? What type of literature did they represent in the eyes of French readers? What was their impact on the concept of the ?tale?? How was the ?oriental tale? constructed? What were the consequences on French literature, or even thought and philosophy, of the time? Third panel: The Nights, world literature and the arts: Do the Nights, which exploit a series of embedded frame stories to act out a drama of literary creation, represent a model for the writer and the artist? Among the Nights? hundreds of stories which are the most used? Why and how were these stories selected and transformed? What is the effect, in turn, on their original texts? Fourth panel: The Nights, the humanities and the sciences: How can the Nights be used in other disciplines? How can issues concerning medieval societies, religions, or political governance be explored through the Nights? For example, is it possible, in the context of interdisciplinary research, to use the therapeutic aspects of Shahrazad?s stories in medicine? * * * The Center for Middle Eastern Studies? Working Group on Middle Eastern Literatures, The Department of Comparative Literature, The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, in conjunction with Centre de Recherche Moyen-Orient M?dit?rran?e de l'INALCO (ANR MSFIMA : Les Mille et une nuits : Sources et Fonctions dans l?Islam M?di?val Arabe), welcomes proposals for papers that fall within one of the four panel topics outlined above. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words and should be sent to Professor Aboubakr Chra?biat: aboubakr.chraibi at inalco.fr by October 15, 2014. Papers maybe presented in Arabic, English or French. Email submissions should be sent in Word format only. Successful proposals should present a compelling case for the paper and its relation to the conference topic[s]. We ask that all participants stick to a strict twenty minute time period to allow time for discussion. Please do not send your entire paper and do not include your personal details on the abstract but rather in a separate cover letter. All papers will be peer-reviewed and evaluated anonymously. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, does not require any conference registration fees, and will provide participants with food and accommodation while in Cambridge (Boston) USA during the conference. However, it expects participants to arrange and pay for their own travel to and from Boston. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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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 invited 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. Associated with the workshop was a shared task on Arabic text error correction. OVERALL SCHEDULE (October 25, 2014) 9:00-10:30 Session #1 Corpora 10:30-11:00 Break / Poster setup 11:00-12:00 Shared Task Session 11:00-11:30 Task description and summary of results 11:30-11:45 1-minute summary for shared task participants 11:45-12:15 Panel / Group Discussion 12:15-12:30 Poster Teaser 1-minute poster summaries 12:30-14:00 Lunch / Poster Session (Main + Shared Task papers) 14:00-15:30 Session #2 Text Mining 15:30-16:00 Break 16:00-17:10 Session #3 Translation & Transliteration 17:10-18:00 Workshop Group Discussion ACCEPTED PAPERS Main Workshop Papers Al-Bayan: An Arabic Question Answering System for the Holy Quran Heba Abdelnasser, Maha Ragab, Reham Mohamed, Alaa Mohamed, Bassant Farouk, Nagwa El-Makky and Marwan Torki Annotating corpus data for a constructional analysis of motion verbs in Modern Standard Arabic Dana Abdulrahim Building a Corpus for Palestinian Arabic: a Preliminary Study Diyam Akra, Nizar Habash, Mustafa Jarrar and Nasser Zalmout Combining strategies for tagging and parsing Arabic Maytham Alabbas and Allan Ramsay The International Corpus of Arabic: Compilation, Analysis and Evaluation Sameh Alansary Uniform Word Segmentation Improves Dialectal Arabic to English Machine Translation Kamla Al-Mannai, Hassan Sajjad, Alaa Khader, Fahad Al Obaidli, Preslav Nakov and Stephan Vogel Automatic Arabic diacritics restoration based on deep nets Ahmad Al Sallab and Mohsen Rashwan A Large Scale Arabic Sentiment Lexicon for Arabic Opinion Mining Gilbert Badaro, Ramy Baly, Hazem Hajj, Nizar Habash and Wassim El-Hajj Transliteration of Arabizi into Arabic Orthography: Developing a Parallel Annotated Arabizi-Arabic Script SMS/Chat Corpus Ann Bies, Stephen Grimes, Haejoong Lee, Mohamed Maamouri, Zhiyi Song, Jonathan Wright, Ramy Nagah Eskander, Nizar Habash and Owen Rambow Tunisian dialect Wordnet : creation and enrichment using web resources and other Wordnets Rihab Bouchlaghem, Aymen Elkhlifi and Rim Faiz Arabizi Detection and Conversion to Arabic Kareem Darwish A Framework for Creating an MWE Computational Lexical Resource for Dialectal Arabic Abdelati Hawwari, Mohammed Attia and Mona Diab Domain and Dialect Adaptation for Machine Translation into Egyptian Arabic Serena Jeblee, Weston Feely, Houda Bouamor, Alon Lavie, Nizar Habash and Kemal Oflazer Semantic Query Expansion for Arabic Information Retrieval Ashraf Y. Mahgoub, Mohsen A. Rashwan, Hazem Rafaat, Mohamed A. Zahran and Magda B. Fayek Arabic Native Language Identification Shervin Malmasi and Mark Dras Using Twitter to Collect a Multi-Dialectal Corpus of Arabic Hamdy Mubarak and Kareem Darwish Evaluating Distant Supervision for Subjectivity and Sentiment Analysis on Arabic Twitter Feeds Eshrag Refaee and Verena Rieser AIDArabic A Named-Entity Disambiguation Framework for Arabic Text Mohamed Amir Yosef, Marc Spaniol and Gerhard Weikum Named Entity Recognition System for Dialectal Arabic Ayah Zirikly and Mona Diab Shared Task Papers The First shared Task on Automatic Text Correction for Arabic Behrang Mohit, Alla Rozovskaya, Nizar Habash, Wajdi Zaghouani and Ossama Obeid GWU-HASP: Hybrid Arabic Spelling and Punctuation Corrector Mona Diab, Mohammed Attia and Mohamed Al-Badrashiny Arabic Spelling Correction using Supervised Learning Youssef Hassan, Mohamed Aly and Amir Atiya CMUQ at The 2014 Automatic Arabic Error Correction Shared Task Serena Jeblee, Houda Bouamor, Wajdi Zaghouani and Kemal Oflazer TECHLIMED system description for the Shared Task on Automatic Arabic Error Correction Djamel Mostefa, Omar Asbayou and Ramzi Abbes Automatic Correction of Arabic Text: a Cascaded Approach Hamdy Mubarak and Kareem Darwish Fast and Robust Arabic Error Correction System Michael Nawar and Moheb Ragheb The Columbia System in the QALB-2014 Shared Task on Arabic Error Correction Alla Rozovskaya, Nizar Habash, Ramy Eskander, Noura Farra and Wael Salloum A Pipeline Approach to Supervised Automatic Error Correction Nadi Tomeh, Nizar Habash, Ramy Eskander and Joseph Le Roux Autocorrection of arabic common errors for large text corpus Taha Zerrouki, Khaled Alhowaity and Amar Balla 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 Smrz, 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 ----------------------------------------------------- Wajdi Zaghouani ?Senior ? Research Associate Carnegie Mellon University-Qatar, Education City PO Box 24866, Doha, Qatar Office: CMU-Q 1210, Phone: (+974) 4454-8646 Email: wajdiz at qatar.cmu.edu Web: www.qatar.cmu.edu/~wajdiz/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 13 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri Sep 19 04:52:55 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:52:55 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Textbook recommendations response Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 19 Sep 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: Textbook recommendations response -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 Sep 2014 From: Mohammad Subject: Textbook recommendations response I highly recommend Munther Younes' et. al. 'Arabiyyat al-Naas (Part One) . The new edition is well revised and very efficient. http://www.routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9780415516938/default.php Best, Mohammad Al-Masri, University of Oklahoma -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri Sep 19 04:52:42 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:52:42 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:Dourak online language games site Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 19 Sep 2014 Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson [To post messages to theDoura 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: Dourak online language games site -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 Sep 2014 From: Alaina Farabaugh Subject: Dourak online language games site Dourak is an online shop specializing in language games for Arabic speakers and learners. *Dourak games are:* **EDUCATIONAL:* Games are designed using current theories of language teaching and linguistics. **FUN:* We?ve played them many times ourselves. **FOR EVERYONE:* From beginner to native speaker. **MULTIPURPOSE:* Our games can be used in a variety of ways to accommodate any setting. **TESTED AND APPROVED:* By language learners and native speakers. We currently carry five games, and have quite a few more in production. Check out our Etsy shop , and if you like what you see, *please pass this information along to others who might be interested*. Dourak has had an exciting first quarter and we are looking forward to connecting with even more Arabic language educators and learners. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions. Thank you so much for supporting our burgeoning business. Sincerely, Alaina Farabaugh dourak.etsy at gmail.com alaina.farabaugh at gmail.com [image: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Dourak] [image: https://www.facebook.com/dourakgames] [image: http://www.pinterest.com/dourakgames/] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri Sep 19 04:52:49 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:52:49 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:New Book:Pierre Larcher article collection: =?UTF-8?Q?=E1=B8=ABabar/=E2=80=99in=C5=A1=C4=81=E2=80=99?= Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 19 Sep 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 Book:Pierre Larcher article collection: ?abar/?in??? -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 Sep 2014 From: Pierre LARCHER Subject: New Book:Pierre Larcher article collection: ?abar/?in??? I am happy to announce the release of the following book: Pierre Larcher Linguistique arabe et pragmatique, pr?face de Kees Versteegh, ?tudes arabes m?di?vales et modernes PIFD 281, Beyrouth, Presses de l?Ifpo, 2014, ISBN : 978-2-35129-401-8, 438 p., 30 ?. Table of contents available online at: http://www.ifporient.org/node/1539 Abstract This volume brings together twenty articles published between 1983 and 1997 and drawn, directly or indirectly, from the author?s doctoral dissertation (1980) devoted to the opposition ?abar/?in??? which in the Arabic linguistic tradition is used to classify utterances. The articles are divided into two parts. The first part, entitled ?Arabic Linguistic Tradition and Pragmatics? is itself divided into three sections. The first section (?General Framework?) retraces the path of the transdisciplinary category of in??? (?performative utterance? vs. ?abar ?assertive utterance?) and the renewal brought by its appearance in the 7th/13th century to the three orders of rhetoric, logic and grammar revealing, for the latter, a great figure: the grammarian Ra?? al-d?n al-Astar?b??? (d. 688/1289). The second section, after listing the various pragmatic elements found in the work of the grammarian, provides some ?detailed analyses? thereof: delocutive verbs; deictics; presuppositions; pragmatic connectives. The third section (?Sources?) presents some modern editions of ancient unpublished texts refining previous analyses. The second part, entitled ?Arabic Linguistics and Pragmatics? is symmetrical to the first. It no longer uses modern pragmatics to question the Arabic linguistic tradition, but rather uses the Arabic linguistic tradition to question modern pragmatics. In so doing it considers themes already discussed in the first part, such as delocutive verbs or pragmatic connectives, as well as some new ones: the maf??l mu?laq with an ?enunciative? effect; negation; interrogation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri Sep 19 04:52:30 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:52:30 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:GALE Word Alignment Broadcast Training Part 1 Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 19 Sep 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: GALE Word Alignment Broadcast Training Part 1 -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 Sep 2014 From: reposted from LDC Subject: GALE Word Alignment Broadcast Training Part 1 (2) GALE Arabic-English Word Alignment -- Broadcast Training Part 1 was developed by LDC and contains 267,257 tokens of word aligned Arabic and English parallel text enriched with linguistic tags. This material was used as training data in the DARPA GALE (Global Autonomous Language Exploitation) program. Some approaches to statistical machine translation include the incorporation of linguistic knowledge in word aligned text as a means to improve automatic word alignment and machine translation quality. This is accomplished with two annotation schemes: alignment and tagging. Alignment identifies minimum translation units and translation relations by using minimum-match and attachment annotation approaches. A set of word tags and alignment link tags are designed in the tagging scheme to describe these translation units and relations. Tagging adds contextual, syntactic and language-specific features to the alignment annotation. This release consists of Arabic source broadcast news and broadcast conversation data collected by LDC from 2007-2009. The distribution by genre, words, tokens and segments appears below: Language Genre Files Words Tokens Segments Arabic BC 231 79,485 103,816 4,114 Arabic BN 92 131,789 163,441 7,227 Totals 323 211,274 267,257 11,341 Note that word count is based on the untokenized Arabic source, and token count is based on the tokenized Arabic source. The Arabic word alignment tasks consisted of the following components: Normalizing tokenized tokens as needed Identifying different types of links Identifying sentence segments not suitable for annotation Tagging unmatched words attached to other words or phrases GALE Arabic-English Word Alignment -- Broadcast Training Part 1 is distributed via web download. 2014 Subscription Members will automatically receive two copies of this data on disc. 2014 Standard Members may request a copy as part of their 16 free membership corpora. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Fri Sep 19 04:52:38 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:52:38 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:JOBS:Baylor University Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Fri 19 Sep 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:Baylor University Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 19 Sep 2014 From: "Bostic, Heidi L." Subject: JOBS:Baylor University Job Baylor University Regular Lecturer in Arabic The Department of Modern Languages and Cultures seeks a dynamic colleague to fill this position beginning August 2015. Qualifications: M.A., native or near-native proficiency in Arabic and English, and proven excellence in undergraduate teaching. Experience in an Arabic-speaking country preferred. Responsibilities: To teach primarily elementary and intermediate Arabic language courses, as well as occasionally upper-level courses. The successful candidate will be expected to provide leadership in extracurricular activities for students and to participate in other service activities as assigned. Applications will be reviewed beginning immediately and will be accepted until the position is filled. To ensure full consideration, complete applications must be submitted by October 15, 2014. Please submit a letter of application, current curriculum vitae, official transcripts, and three confidential letters of recommendation. Applications should be submitted electronically through Interfolio via the following link: https://apply.interfolio.com/25893 Inquiries about the position may be addressed to Dr. Michael Long, Arabic Lecturer Search Committee Chair, Michael_Long at baylor.edu. Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, consistently listed with highest honors among The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Great Colleges to Work For." The university provides a vibrant campus community for a diverse student body of over 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Baylor is actively recruiting new faculty with a strong commitment to the classroom and an equally strong commitment to discovering new knowledge as we pursue our bold vision, Pro Futuris (http://www.baylor.edu/profuturis). Baylor University is a private not-for-profit university affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. As an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, Baylor is committed to compliance with all applicable anti-discrimination laws, including those regarding age, race, color, sex, national origin, marital status, pregnancy status, military service, genetic information, and disability. As a religious educational institution, Baylor is lawfully permitted to consider an applicant's religion as a selection criterion. Baylor encourages women, minorities, veterans and individuals with disabilities to apply. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Participants are welcome to challenge mainstream theories, since the conference theme will be 'theoretical mismatches'. Theoretical mismatches This conferences addresses mismatches between mainstream sociolinguistic models and non-Anglo-Western sociolinguistic settings. Papers are invited on sociolinguistic issues, from various areas in the world, which challenge or expand mainstream theories. Both theoretical and empirical contributions are welcome. Papers will explore sociolinguistic settings in various areas, focusing on difficulties in applying common theory in the area in question, or the need to expand theory. In so doing, the conference hopes to lay bare the nature and the mechanisms related to the named bias and arrive at a more comprehensive understanding of sociolinguistic issues around the world. A combined European, American and British dominance is known to exist in sociolinguistic theory-making. This results in difficulties in using several dominant sociolinguistic models outside their ?western? geographical domain. Most researchers working outside this domain are keenly aware of this, and hence objections to this dominance are regularly vented by them. However, despite the fact that non-Anglo-Western language settings are described extensively in a multitude of publications, these settings somehow seem to contribute less to mainstream theory, and are implicitly regarded as deviant. Routledge volume 'Globalizing Sociolinguistics' This conference will also celebrate the publication of the Routledge volume ?Globalizing Sociolinguistics?, which is to appear early 2015. This volume contains 19 chapters ? written by 27 authors, from all continents ? describing the sociolinguistic situations in various regions and speech communities in the world. Each chapter describes a number of mismatches between mainstream sociolinguistic theory and the situation in the specific region/community. A number of authors will be present at the conference. The organisers aim to publish a number of original conference papers in an international peer reviewed journal, so as to continue the work achieved in the Routledge volume. Programme More information on the programme will appear on this website soon. Confirmed plenary speakers: - Florian Coulmas, Director of the German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo. Associate Editor of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language; Author of Sociolinguistics. The Study of Speakers? Choices (2005). - Maarten Mous, Professor of African Linguistics and Head of the Department of African Languages and Cultures, Leiden University. Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). His research interests include Language & Identity and Cushitic and Bantu languages. Author of The making of a mixed language: The case of Ma??/Mbugu (2003). - Daming Xu, Professor of Chinese Linguistics at the University of Macau; Co-editor of Industrialization and the Re-structuring of Speech Communities in China and Europe (2010). - Reem Bassiouney, Associate Professor of Linguistics at the American University of Cairo; Author of Functions of Code-Switching in Egypt (2006), Arabic Sociolinguistics (2008), and Arabic and the Media (2010). Her work focusses on Arabic sociolinguistics, including code-switching, language and gender, leveling, register, language policy, and discourse analysis. She is also an award winning novelist; Author of The Pistachio Seller (2009). Organising committee Dick Smakman (Leiden University) Patrick Heinrich (Ca'Foscari University Venice) Scientific Committee Patrich Heinrich (Ca'Foscari University Venice) Maarten Mous (Leiden University) Joachim Scharloth (Dresden University) Dick Smakman (Leiden University) Yuko Sugita (Potsdam University) Contact For more information on the conference and in order to contact the conference organisers, please send an email to: glosoc2015 at hum.leidenuniv.nl. Call for papers Papers are invited on the topic of ?Mismatches between mainstream and non-mainstream (non-western) sociolinguistics?. Three main paper types are welcome: 1. Papers taking a certain community or region as a point of departure and directly addressing mismatches regarding theories on issues such as the following: - Politeness - Social networks - Gender - Social class - Languages standardization - Policy - Power - Code-switching 2. Data-driven papers illustrating mismatches between mainstream models and lesser known sociolinguistic settings. 3. Papers taking the general issue of mismatches as its point of departure and discussing future actions. Presentations are 45 minutes, including 15 minutes for discussion. Abstract submission by: 15 December 2014. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 19 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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AL- kitab Al-Asasi for El Said Badawy This book focuses mainly on dialogues like : hi my name is ..., at airport, at hotel, at restaurant, at doctor... 2.Al kitaab fii taallum Al Arabiyya for Kristan Brustad This is a wonderful book with DVD But I think that would come in later stage. or Madina book http://www.amazon.com/Madinah-Arabic-Reader-complete-set/dp/B004IF6RTG That focuses mainly on grammar and writing. Nancy Elsobkey -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu Sep 25 03:55:31 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:55:31 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:JOBS:U of Oklahoma tenure track Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 25 Sep 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:U of Oklahoma tenure track Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 Sep 2014 From: Hill, Rhonda D. Subject: JOBS:U of Oklahoma tenure track Job University of Oklahoma Assistant Professor of Arabic (Tenure Track) The University of Oklahoma announces a new tenure-track position in Arabic at the level of Assistant Professor beginning August 2015 as part of its Language Flagship program. The Language Flagship is a national initiative that aims at preparing global professionals and provides extensive resources for the teaching of Arabic language and culture, thus attracting some of the brightest students on campus. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in a relevant field in hand at the time of appointment, native or near-native proficiency in Arabic (MSA and at least one dialect), and a demonstrable commitment to excellence in both teaching and research. Preference will be given to candidates specializing in Arabic linguistics and/or Arabic language pedagogy. The teaching load is four courses per year and includes undergraduate courses in Arabic language as well as Arabic media and culture. Salary is competitive. The University of Oklahoma, a Carnegie Very High Research institution, is home to World Literature Today and the South Central Modern Language Association. The position is a joint appointment in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Linguistics and the Department of International and Area Studies (part of the growing College of International Studies, which also houses an active Center for Middle East Studies); for information about the departments visit http://modlang.ou.edu/ and https://www.ou.edu/content/cis/ias.html. To apply, pleas upload a letter of application, statements of teaching and research interests, curriculum vitae, transcripts, complete sets of teaching evaluations, and sample publications (no more than two), and have three recent letters of recommendation submitted directly by references at https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/4662. Review of applications will begin October 20, 2014 and will continue until the position is filled. Initial interviews will be conducted by Skype. The University of Oklahoma is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer www.ou.edu/eoo. Protected veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Rhonda Hill Assistant to the Chair Department of International & Area Studies College of International Studies 729 Elm Ave, Room 305, Norman OK 73019 405.325.7520 Rhonda at ou.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The jobs referred to below are Assistant Director, Office Manager and Bilingual (Arabic-Englsh) office manager. More information can be had from the links in the message --dil] Dear Colleagues, The Islamic Manuscript Association have three vacancies. Please find attached, details of the positions as follows: Assistant Director Office Administrator Bilingual Office Administrator We would be very grateful if you could circulate this information to your subscribers. With kind regards, Beau *Beau Brady* *Senior Office Administrator* *The Islamic Manuscript Association* c/o The Lotus Gallery 33 Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1QY UK Telephone: +44 (0)1223 303177 Fax: +44 (0)1223 302218 Mobile: +44 (0)7850 669921 Email: beau at islamicmanuscript.org Website: www.islamicmanuscript.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu Sep 25 03:55:27 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:55:27 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:JOBS:NYU-Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Job Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 25 Sep 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:NYU-Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Job -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 Sep 2014 From: Susan Heinrich Subject: JOBS:NYU-Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Job FACULTY POSITIONS Arabic Language NYU Abu Dhabi NYU Abu Dhabi is currently inviting applications for a teaching position in Arabic Language. The appointee will join a thriving Arabic language program in an exciting linguistic and cultural context. This is a renewable three-year appointment with a 3/3 teaching load. The terms of employment are competitive and include housing and educational subsidies for children. An M.A. in the Arabic Language or a related field is required; candidates possessing a Ph.D. will be given preference. We seek candidates with primary interest, research, and experience in teaching Arabic (to native or non-native learners) at all levels with ability to teach MSA, at least one Arabic dialect, and specialized content courses in Arabic. The appointment begins September 1, 2015. Review of applications will continue throughout the year. Due to the high volume of applications, only those selected for interview will be contacted. Applicants must submit a curriculum vita, a cover letter which includes a discussion of research and teaching philosophy, representative publications, copies of student evaluations and the names and contact information of three references. Please visit our website at http://nyuad.nyu.edu/about/careers/faculty-positions.html for instructions and other information on how to apply. If you have any questions, please e-mail nyuad.arabiclanguage at nyu.edu. About NYUAD: New York University has established itself as a Global Network University, a multi-site, organically connected network encompassing key global cities and idea capitals. The network has three foundational degree-granting campuses: New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai, complemented by a network of over 15 research and study-away sites across five continents. Faculty and students will circulate within this global network in pursuit of common research interests and the promotion of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary solutions for problems, both local and global. Entering its fourth year, NYU Abu Dhabi has recruited a cohort of faculty who are at once distinguished in their research and teaching. Our students are drawn from around the world and surpass all traditional recruitment benchmarks, both US and global. NYU Abu Dhabi?s highly selective liberal arts enterprise is complemented by an institute for advanced research, sponsoring cutting-edge projects across the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, and Engineering. NYU Abu Dhabi is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu Sep 25 03:55:20 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:55:20 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:JOBS:AUB Job in Modern Arabic Literature and LIterary Theory Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 25 Sep 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:AUB Job in Modern Arabic Literature and LIterary Theory -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 Sep 2014 From: Nadine Rizk Subject: JOBS:AUB Job in Modern Arabic Literature and LIterary Theory Faculty position in Modern Arabic Literature and Literary Theory The Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages at the American University of Beirut seeks applicants in the field of Modern Arabic Literature and Literary Theory (with special emphasis on prose genres) to begin September 1, 2015. The language of instruction in this department (and only in this department) is Modern Standard Arabic, but mastery of English is an essential requirement. Applicants should be well versed in both Arab and Western classical heritages, including Western literary theory. A reading knowledge of French and/or German is highly desirable, as is the ability to teach a second Semitic language or elementary Persian. Applicants must be able to teach, in Arabic, service courses in Arabic grammar and modern Arabic thought to native speakers of Arabic. Solid knowledge of the Arabic language and heritage and training in modern Western methodologies are essential. Appointments are normally for an initial period of four years at the assistant professor level. Visiting scholars will be considered. Candidates must have a PhD in by the time of appointment. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and a CV, and arrange for three letters of reference to be directly sent to: Patrick McGreevy, Dean Faculty of Arts and Sciences American University of Beirut c/o 3 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 8th Floor New York, NY 10017-2303, USA Or Patrick McGreevy, Dean Faculty of Arts and Sciences American University of Beirut P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El-Solh Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon Electronic submissions are highly encouraged and may be sent to: as_dean at aub.edu.lb For best consideration, please submit all required credentials by the early deadline of October 1, 2014 and indicate whether you will be attending MESA. Applications accepted through November 30, 2014. For more information on this position, please visit http://www.aub.edu.lb/fas The American University of Beirut is an Equal Opportunity Employer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu Sep 25 03:55:23 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:55:23 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LIT:JOBS:AUB Job in Medieval Arabic Literature Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 25 Sep 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: AUB Job in Medieval Arabic Literature -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 Sep 2014 From: Nadine Rizk Subject: AUB Job in Medieval Arabic Literature Faculty position in Medieval Arabic Literature The Department of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages at the American University of Beirut seeks applicants seeks applicants in the field of Medieval Arabic Literature (with special emphasis on prose genres) to begin September 1, 2015. The language of instruction in this department (and only in this department) is Standard Arabic (fu???), but mastery of English is an essential requirement. Applicants should be well versed in both Arab and Western classical heritages, including Western literary theory. A reading knowledge of French and/or German is highly desirable, as is the ability to teach a second Semitic language or elementary Persian. Applicants must be able to teach, in Arabic, service courses in Arabic grammar and modern Arabic thought to native speakers of Arabic. Solid knowledge of the Arabic language and heritage and training in modern Western methodologies are essential. Appointments are normally for an initial period of four years at the assistant professor level. Visiting scholars will be considered. Candidates must have a PhD by the time of appointment. Applications from scholars with expertise in Medieval Arabic literature in its Islamic theology dimensions, especially its Greco-Arabic background, will also be considered. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and a CV, and arrange for three letters of reference to be directly sent to: Patrick McGreevy, Dean Faculty of Arts and Sciences American University of Beirut c/o 3 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 8th Floor New York, NY 10017-2303, USA Or Patrick McGreevy, Dean Faculty of Arts and Sciences American University of Beirut P.O. Box 11-0236, Riad El-Solh Beirut 1107 2020, Lebanon Electronic submissions are highly encouraged and may be sent to: as_dean at aub.edu.lb For best consideration, please submit all required credentials by the early deadline of October 1, 2014 and indicate whether you will be attending MESA. Applications accepted through November 30, 2014. 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URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu Sep 25 03:55:35 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 06:55:35 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:LING:Postdoc at NYU-Abu Dhabi in NLP Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 25 Sep 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: Postdoc at NYU-Abu Dhabi in NLP -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 Sep 2014 From: Nizar Habash Subject: Postdoc at NYU-Abu Dhabi in NLP ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------- Postdoc in Natural Language Processing ? New York University Abu Dhabi The Division of Sciences at New York University Abu Dhabi seeks to appoint up to two Post-Doctoral Researchers starting January 2015 (in the earliest) in the field of Natural Language Processing. Applicants must have received a Ph.D in computer science or a related discipline, with specialization in any one of the following or closely related fields: natural language processing, computational linguistics, or machine learning in the last three years or be within a few months from completion. Appointment will be for one year and can be renewed conditional on a satisfactory evaluation of performance at the end of the year. We encourage applications from very promising candidates with a capacity to conduct innovative, high-quality scholarly research in any of the following areas: statistical or hybrid machine translation, syntactic parsing, computational morphology, dialect and non-standard language modeling, and speech recognition and synthesis. Previous experience or research on Standard, Classical or Dialectal Arabic natural language processing is a plus. Speaking Arabic is not required but a plus. The post-doctoral researchers will work with Professor Nizar Habash and play key roles in ongoing research at the newly established Computational Approaches to Modeling Language (CAMeL) Lab. Successful candidates are expected to develop a widely recognized research program and to forge productive collaborations with faculty at NYUAD. The terms of employment are competitive and include housing and educational subsidies for children. Applications will be accepted immediately. To be considered, all applicants need to submit a curriculum vitae, statement of research interests, representative publications and three letters of reference, all in PDF format. Please e-mail the materials to Professor Nizar Habash nizar.habash at nyu.edu, with subject line ?NYUAD NLP POSTDOC APPLICATION - ?. About NYUAD: New York University has established itself as a Global Network University, a multi-site, organically connected network encompassing key global cities and idea capitals. The network has three foundational degree-granting campuses: New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai, complimented by a network of eleven research and study-away sites across five continents. Faculty and students will circulate within this global network in pursuit of common research interests and the promotion of cross-cultural and interdisciplinary solutions for problems both local and global. Entering its fifth year, NYU Abu Dhabi has recruited a cohort of faculty who are at once distinguished in their research and teaching. Our students are drawn from around the world and surpass all traditional recruitment benchmarks, both US and global. NYU Abu Dhabi?s highly selective liberal arts enterprise is complimented by an institute for advanced research, sponsoring cutting-edge projects across the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, and Engineering. NYU Abu Dhabi is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM Thu Sep 25 13:32:27 2014 From: dilworthparkinson at GMAIL.COM (Dilworth Parkinson) Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:32:27 +0300 Subject: Arabic-L:PEDA:CFP NorthEast MLA Session on Arabic Proficiency-Oriented Curriculum Message-ID: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arabic-L: Thu 25 Sep 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: CFP NorthEast MLA Session on Arabic Proficiency-Oriented Curriculum -------------------------Messages----------------------------------- 1) Date: 25 Sep 2014 From: "DiMeo, David" Subject: CFP NorthEast MLA Session on Arabic Proficiency-Oriented Curriculum Hello Arabic Colleagues, Proposals for papers or discussions for the panel "Building a Proficiency-Oriented Arabic Curriculum" at the Northeast Modern Language Association conference are welcome. The conference will be April 30-May 3 2015 in Toronto. This panel will consider the challenges and opportunities in building an effective proficiency-oriented Arabic curriculum. The experiences, visions, and concerns of Arabic teachers on integration of social media, online learning, new forms of assessment, integration of Colloquial and Standard Arabic, and selection of course materials are particularly welcome. Abstracts must be submitted by September 30, 2014. Submit directly on the NEMLA website:https://nemla.org/convention/2015/cfp.html Thanks very much, David DiMeo David F. DiMeo, Ph. D. Assistant Professor of Arabic Department of Modern Languages Western Kentucky University FAC Room 276 (270) 745-6408 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Arabic-L: 25 Sep 2014 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: