23.1991, Confs: Standard Arabic, Comp Ling, General Ling/Morocco

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Subject: 23.1991, Confs: Standard Arabic, Comp Ling, General Ling/Morocco

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Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:30:47
From: Mohammed Rahhali [m.rahhali at gmail.com]
Subject: Arabic Comparative Linguistics

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Arabic Comparative Linguistics 
Short Title: ACL 

Date: 10-May-2012 - 11-May-2012 
Location: Kénitra, Morocco 
Contact: Mohammed Rahhali 
Contact Email: arabic.labo at gmail.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics 

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

Meeting Description: 

Arabic Planning Laboratory is pleased to announce that the third 
international conference on Arabic Comparative Linguistics will take place 
on the 10th and 11th of May 2012, at Ibn Tofail University. The 
conference seeks to present current and original comparative studies of 
various syntactic, semantic, phonological and lexical aspects of Arabic 
within both its local and its global environments. A special session will 
be devoted to Arabic computational linguistics. 

Ibn Tofail University                                 
Arabic Planning Laboratory                                     
Faculty of Arts and Humanities                                
Kénitra, Morocco

Program of the Conference
Arabic Comparative Linguistics
10th and 11th May 2012

Thursday, May 10th 2012 

8:30 - 9:00:	   
Registration

9:00 - 9:30:	    
Opening session
The speech of the President of  Ibn Tofail  University
The speech of the Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities
The speech of the Director of Arabic Planning Laboratory

9:30-10:00:	    
Reception 

The first session:  Chair : Abdelkader GONEGAI, Hassan II University

10:00-10:40:	   
Invited Speaker: Jacqueline GUERON, University of Paris III
Temps, Aspect et la Structure du Parfait

10:40-10:55:       
Discussion

11:00-11:20:	    
Mohammed RAHHALI, Ibn Tofail  University, Kénitra
 Phrases Equatives en Arabe Standard

11:20-11:40:	    
Mohamed NAJI, Mly Ismail University, Meknes	
Quelques Remarques sur la Nature des Verbes Psychologiques en 
Arabe

11:40-11:55:	    
Discussion

12:00-12:20:	    
Mohamed OUADI*, Mly Ismail University, Meknes	
The Arabic Metrics: A  Generative Approach 

12:20-12:40:	    
Mehrez BOUDIA*, University of Tunis, Tunisia	
''kaana''-type Auxiliaries

12:40-12:55:        
Discussion

13:00-15:00:        
Lunch

The second session: Chair: Mohamed CHBADA,  Ibn Tofail  University

15:00-15:20:        
Mobarak HANOUNE*, Mohamed V University, Rabat-Agdal	
Towards an Optical Phonology

15:20-15:40:	   
 Sourour LEHIANI*, University of Mannouba, Tunisia	
The Representation of the Grammatical Structure 

15:40-16:00:	    
Bouchra AFRAH*, Ibn Tofail  University, Kénitra	
The Categorical Status of Participles in Standard Arabic

16:00-16:25:       
Discussion

16:30-16:50:        
Mohamed AMINE*, Mly Ismail University, Meknes	
The Alternation of Transitivity and Adverbial Features  

16:50-17:10:       
Ahmed BERRISSOUL*, Institute of Studies and Research for Arabization, 
Rabat	
The Semantics of Iterativity

17:10-17:30:	    
Fatima AL- AZIMI*, The Faculty of Basic Education, Kuwait
Hyper Structure in the Modern Educational Dictionaries:
A Critical Study

17:30-17:55:	    
Discussion

Friday, May 11th 2012 
The third session:  Chair : Boujemaa BOUDALI, Ibn Tofail  University

9:00-9:20:          
Jean Lowenstamm, CNRS-University of Paris 7	
Tow  Mysteries in the Realization of Moroccan Arabic Perfective

9:20-9:40:	    
Mohamed LAHROUCHI, CNRS-University of Paris 8
Some  Possessive NPs in Arabic

9:40-10:00:	    
Taoufik GOUMA, University of Paris 8	
Vers une Analyse Auto-segmentale de l'Emphase

10:00-10:25:        
Discussion

10:30-10:50:        
Hassan SOUALI, Mohamed V University, Rabat-Agdal	
 A Unified Approach to Feature Geometry in Language and Nature

10:50-11:10:        
Nawal DERRAZ , Abdel Fattah MOUZRI and Sanae TENOUNI,
Mohamed I University, Oujda	
Features of Negation, Aspect and Tense in English and Arabic

11:10-11:30:        
Mohamed MAHYOOB, The Islamic University of Aligarh, India
Stress Syllables and Markedness in Optimality Theory: 
A Case Study of Standard Arabic Syllables

11:30-11:55:        
Discussion

11:55-12:30:        
Break

The forth session:  Chair: Abdelaziz  METTAD, Ibn Tofail  University

12:30-12:50:        
Ibrahim Al-JOURAIBA*, The Islamic University of Mohamed Ben  Saoud, 
Saudi Arabia	
The Semantic Change  in Standard Arabic and in Some Arabic Dialects

12:50-13:10:        
Outhmane AHMIANI*, Ibn Tofail University
Lexical Categories in Moroccan Sign Language: The Derivation of 
Nouns and Verbs 

13:10-13:30:        
Adil  SAHLI*, Ibn Tofail University  
Transitivity Alternations in Standard Arabic

13:30-13:55:        
Discussion

14:00-14:20:        
Abdessamad ROUAI*, University of Chouaib DOUKKALI, El Jedida
Adverbs : Categorization, Classification and Licensing

14:20-14:40:        
Moutassime El KARTOUTI*, University of Al-Qarawiine, Fes
Borrowing in Arabic

14:40-15:00:       
Kevin Thomas SCHLUTER, University of Arizona	
Effects of  Manner of Articulation on the Distribution of Root 
Consonants in Arabic

15:00-15:25:        
Discussion

Lunch

N.B. The names marked with the asterisk (*) will give their speech in 
Arabic.

Members of the Organizing Committee:        

Professors: 
Mohamed CHBADA  
Mohamed DAMIR                            
Mohammed RAHHALI                       

Students: 
Taoufik SAAD EDDINE (PhD) 
Adil SAHLI (PhD)                                  
Assia HBIBALI (MA)
Cherif TEIMI (MA)                         

The Contributing Universities

Moroccan Universities: 
Ibn Tofail University, Kénitra
Mohamed I University, Oujda
Mohamed V University, Rabat - Agdal
Mohamed V University, Rabat - Souissi
University of Al-Qaraouiine, Fes
University of Chouaib DOUKKALI, El-Jedida
University of Mly Ismael, Meknes

Foreign Universities:
Arizona University, USA
CNRS, Paris
The Faculty of Basic Education, Kuwait 
The Islamic University of Imam Mohamed Ben Saoud, Reyad, Saudi 
Arabia
The Islamic University of Aligarh, India
University of La Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, France 
University of Mannouba, Tunisia 
University of Paris 7, France
University of Paris 8, France
University of Tunis, Tunisia

Previous Activities of the Arabic Planning Laboratory:

14th May 2007:		
Conference on ''Conceptual Semantics and Cognitive Sciences''.

7th- 8th May 2008:	
The First International Conference on ''Arabic Comparative Linguistics''.

29th April 2009:
Conference on ''Linguistic Policy in Morocco''.

16th May 2009:		
Study Day on ''Language and Literature: Scientific and Educational 
Experiments''. In Honor of Professors: Hassan CHAHIDI and Mohamed 
HAJOUI.

23th-24th Dec. 2009:	
Conference on ''Terminology in Humanities and Natural Sciences''.

6th-7th May 2010:	
The Second International Conference on ''Arabic Comparative 
Linguistics''.

7th-8th June 2011:	
Conference on ''Language and Culture''

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