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<div><br></div><div>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</div><div>1)</div><div>Date: 25 Jul 2012</div><div>From:<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Benjamin Hoffiz <<a href="mailto:hoffiz.ben@gmail.com" target="_blank">hoffiz.ben@gmail.com</a>></span></div>
<div>Subject:New Arabic-English Dictionary</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear Interested Friends and Colleagues:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">This is to contact you about the new Arabic dictionary I have written. The</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">reason is to get the word out, and to inquire if you would like to avail</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">yourselves of it. Because of the size and bulk of the printed version,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">inquiries for</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">electronically-delivered sample pages are welcomed. The material I have</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">prepared is shown below for your convenience.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please tell me what you think. Thank you.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">---> Special Note: The title has been changed, as below:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">1. Title: *Arabic-English Concise Research and Translation Dictionary*,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">ISBN:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">9781581528992. Written by: Benjamin T. Hoffiz, III, Assistant</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Professor, Arabic, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> E-mail: </span><a href="mailto:hoffizb@erau.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">hoffizb@erau.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">, </span><a href="mailto:hoffiz.ben@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">hoffiz.ben@gmail.com</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">2. How to Order Sample Pages: Contact the Publisher: Copley Custom</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Textbooks/ XanEdu. Contact</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Information: </span><a href="mailto:cust.serv@xanedu.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">cust.serv@xanedu.com</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">, </span><a href="tel:800-218-5971" value="+18002185971" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">800-218-5971</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">, </span><a href="tel:734-302-6500" value="+17343026500" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">734-302-6500</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">, Also:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dianne Michalek, </span><a href="tel:734-302-6770" value="+17343026770" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">734-302-6770</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">, </span><a href="mailto:dmichalek@xanedu.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">dmichalek@xanedu.com</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">. Or contact me</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">directly, and I can send you a PDF of selected pages.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">3. Abstract:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">This is a new Arabic-English root-based dictionary intended for the</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">current user. In it, most of the vocabulary items an</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">intermediate-advanced student and/or scholar of Arabic will encounter</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">are clearly listed, glossed, and explained. Student demand has called</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">for this new resource. Academic, military and security-related users</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">shall find this an effective and very useful new tool.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">4. Significant Contributions:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">a.About 7,500 Arabic entries are entered by Arabic root. English</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">glosses and definitions are amply provided.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">b.All Arabic entries are fully-vocalized, in 24 point Geeza Pro Arabic</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">font, for maximum clarity and readability.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">c.Clear Listing of each Entry. Each Arabic root is preceded by an</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">asterisk, and is listed in alphabetical order. For convenience and</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">accessibility, transliterated Roman equivalents follow the Arabic root</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">listings in brackets.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">d.More than 2,000 roots are listed.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">e.Derived forms of verbs, participles, nouns, are listed explicitly.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">(I.e., Form 5, Word-Medial Vowel).</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">e.Irregular forms of verbs are listed explicitly. (I.e., Word-Initial</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Glide, Word-Final Geminate).</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">f.For the Arabic entry database, the main sources used are current</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">(web-based), Arabic news media articles and editorials, in addition to</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">classical and religious sources, Arabic novels, current Arabic</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">textbooks, and similar material.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">g.Extensive explanation of the function of case-endings in verbal</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">sentences and in the `IDHaafah construction is also provided. Thank</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">you.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Very truly yours,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Ben Hoffiz, Ph.D.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Assistant Professor, Arabic</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Prescott, Arizona 86301, </span><a href="tel:928-777-6918" value="+19287776918" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">928-777-6918</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">, </span><a href="tel:928-237-5177" value="+19282375177" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">928-237-5177</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<a href="mailto:hoffizb@erau.edu" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">hoffizb@erau.edu</a><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
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