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Date: 09 Apr 2001
From: zeinabib <zeinabib at aucegypt.edu>
Subject: New Book

Diversity in Language: Contrastive Studies in English and Arabic
Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Edited by Zeinab Ibrahim, Nagwa Kassabgy, and Sabiha Aydelott
U.S. Publication Date: February 2001
ISBN: 977 424 578 4
$ 29.50 (cloth)  256 pp.   6 x 9 

The Arabic and English languages have developed along separate lines
over the centuries.  Thus, it is no surprise that even apart from
purely cultural elements, there are distinctive characteristics of
the two languages that pose particular problems to native speakers
one of one language attempting to learn the other.  Diversity in
Language: Contrastive Studies in English and Arabic Theoretical and
Applied Linguistics ($ 29.50, 256 pp.) offers new views on the
contrasts between Arabic and English and on contemporary theoretical
and applied linguistics as well as sociolinguistics.

Edited by Zeinab Ibrahim, Nagwa Kassabgy, and Sabiha Aydelott,
Egyptian scholars affiliated with the American University in Cairo,
the papers in this volume, focus on four main topics ­ the
distinctive features of the Arabic language, comparative studies
between Arabic and English, style and form, and attitudes and
comprehension ­ of English and Arabic linguistics and teaching.
Written by an international panel of linguists and writers, the
contributors to Diversity in Language were participants in the First
International Conference on Contrastive Rhetoric, held at the
American University in Cairo in 1999.

The book discusses distinctive features that make the Arabic language
especially difficult for English speakers to understand fully and
intuitively.  Comparative studies of English and Arabic, including
research on the acquisition of Arabic or English as a second
language, underscore the concept of diversity.  Contributors also
investigative stylistics, a major source of diversity between the two
languages.  Practical observations and suggestions will help teachers
of Arabic and English as a second language enable students to better
understand their second language and become more persuasive and
effective in using it. 

Diversity in Language is a welcome addition to the bookshelves of
scholars and students of Arabic, contrastive rhetoric, and
lingustics.  Teachers of English as a foreign language, even if their
students are not primarily from an Arab-speaking background, will
likewise benefit from the insights made in these contrastive
students.   

The American University in Cairo Press is celebrating its 40th year
as the Middle East¹s leading English-Language publisher.  Books are
available  through Books International (703) 661-1570 in the U.S. and
via Eurospan in Europe.  For further information on Diversity in
Language and other titles, contact Chris Terry, North American
Marketing Manager at (212) 730-8800, or by fax at (212) 730-1600, or
via
e-mail: ct_aucpress at aucnyo.edu
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ABOUT THE EDITORS:  Sabiha Aydelott teaches in the Freshman Writing
Program at the American Unviersity in Cairo.  She has a doctorate in
education, with specialization in reading and writing, from the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  She has taught in Pakistan,
Iran, Turkey, and the United States.

Zeinab Ibriham is the Executive Director of the Center for Arabic
Study Abroad.  She received her Ph.D. from Georgetown University.
Her research is in the fields of sociolinguistics and comparative
studies.

Nagwa Kassabgy received her M.S. in teaching English as a foreign
language from the American University in Cairo an is English language
instructor at AUC¹s English Language Institute. 

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