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Date: 08 Mar 2013
From:Abdellah CHEKAYRI <A.Chekayri at aui.ma>
Subject:6th International Arabic Linguistics Symposium, Ifrane, Morocco

CALL FOR PAPERS
The 6th International Arabic Linguistics Symposium
June 27-28, 2013
Al-Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco

The Arabic Linguistics Society and Al-Akhawayn University are pleased to
announce the 6th International Arabic Linguistics Symposium to be held at
Al-Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, June 27-28, 2013.

Papers are invited on topics that deal with theoretical and applied
issuesof Arabic Linguistics. Research in the following areas of Arabic
linguistics is encouraged:
·       linguistic analysis(phonology,morphology, syntax, semantics),
·       sociolinguistics,
·       psycholinguistics,
·       discourse analysis,
·       historical linguistics,
·       corpus linguistics,
·       computational linguistics,
·       language acquisition,
·       neurolinguistics.

Persons interested in presenting papers are requested to submit a one-page
abstract giving the title of the paper, a brief statement of the topic,
and a summary clearly stating how the topic will be developed (the
reasoning, data, or experimental results to be presented). Authors are
requested to be as specific as possible in describing their topics and to
adhere to the one-page requirement.

Abstract submission:
To submit an abstract, please go to the following link, click Abstract
Submission then follow the instructions to upload a .pdf file of your
abstract. http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/INTALS6
You will receive an e-mail afterwards indicating that your abstract has
been successfully submitted. Please note that, unlike in previous years,
submitting abstracts by e-mail will not be accepted. All abstracts should
be submitted in English. Names are not to appear on the abstracts.
Proposals of studies that have not been conducted are not accepted. You
will be asked to provide this information with your submission.  Should
you face any problem submitting your abstract via the above link, please
contact ALS Organizers Dr. Reem Khamis-dakwar (Khamis-Dakwar @adelphi.edu)
or Dr. Abdellah Chekayri (A.Chekayri at aui.ma)

Twenty minutes will be allowed for each presentation followed by 10
minutes for questions and discussion.

Keynote speakers

1.      Abdelkader Fassi Fihri, Professor Emeritus, Mohamed V University,
Rabat, Morocco
2.      Keith Walters, Professor and Chair in the Department of Applied
Linguistics, Portland State University, Oregon USA,
3.      Professor Yasir Suleiman (To be confirmed), Director of the Centre
of Islamic Studies, His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Sa’id Professor of
Modern Arabic Studies, and a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge.

·       Fees:
o       ALS membership: Students $35; non-students $50.
o       Registration:
Non-residents of Morocco $120;  Residents of Morocco $60.
·       The working languages of the conference are Arabic, French, and
English.
·       Visas are not needed for citizens of US, Canada, and European
Union. For others, please check with the Moroccan Ministry of Tourism
website to see if you need a visa before arrival. Visas are not issued at
the airport or any land border. The conference organizers cannot obtain a
visa for you, but if contacted in enough time, we can provide a letter of
acceptance in the conference for you to use in obtaining your visa from
the Moroccan consulate closest to you.

·       Deadline for Receipt of Abstracts: March 30, 2013

For further inquiries, please contact Dr. Reem Khamis-dakwar
(Khamis-Dakwar @adelphi.edu) or Dr. Abdellah Chekayri (A.Chekayri at aui.ma)

Keynote speakers short biographies

Professor Abdelkader Fassi Fihri
Pr Abdelkader Fassi Fehri was the first to introduce the study of
generative grammar at Mohammed V University in Fes, then Rabat, in 1972,
and he managed to organize the 20th GLOW Conference in Rabat in 1997. As a
Chair of Arabic and Comparative Linguistics and Doctoral Studies, he
supervised a substantial number of PH.D and MA theses, and has contributed
to training many professors in Moroccan and Arab universities. As a
language planner, he was a Director of IERA (the Institute for the Study
and Research on Arabization), a member of the Royal Commission for the
Reform of Education (COSEF), and active member of many leading Arabic
Initiatives (he is a founding member of the AOT, the Arabic Organization
of Translation, member of the Arabic Thought Foundation Inititative
li-nanhad bi-lughatina, member of the Board of the Historical Arabic
Dictionary Project in Doha, and active member of Arabic Academies and
planning centers). Founding and Acting President of the Linguistic Society
of Morocco since 1986, he was awarded the Highest Merit Prize of Science
and Culture of Morocco in 1992, and the King Faisal International Prize in
2006. He published numerous books and articles in Arabic, English, and
French. To name a few, Issues in the Structure of Arabic Clauses and
Words, Kluwer 1993, Key Features and Parameters in Arabic Grammar, John
Benjamins 2002, A trilingual Lexicon of linguistic Terms, Beyruth 2009,
Al-lisaaniyaat wa-llughah l-cArabiyyah, Tubqal 1985 (six editions).

Professor Keith Walters
Keith Walters is currently Professor and Chair in the Department of
Applied Linguistics at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon USA,
where he has taught since 2006. Prior to that time, he taught in the
Linguistics Department of the University of Texas at Austin (1991-2006)
and in the English Department at Ohio State University (1988-2001).  From
2003-2008, he served as treasurer for the American Institute for Maghrib
Studies. Much of Keith's research has focused on issues of language and
identity in the Arab world and more particularly Tunisia, where he served
as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching English as a Foreign Language from
1975-77. His publications on language in the Arab world have appeared in
International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Encyclopedia of Arabic
Language and Linguistics, Language in Society, and Perspectives on Arabic
Linguistics, among others. He is also the co-author of two widely used
college-level writing textbooks.

Professor Yasir Suleiman is the Director of the Centre of Islamic Studies,
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Sa’id Professor of Modern Arabic Studies,
and a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. His research covers the
cultural politics of the Middle East with special focus on identity,
conflict, diaspora studies and modernisation in so far as these issues
relate to language, modern Arabic literature, translation and memory. He
also conducts research in Arabic grammatical theory and the Arabic
intellectual tradition in the pre-modern period.

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Dr. Abdellah CHEKAYRI
Associate Professor
New book: "An Introduction to Moroccan Arabic and Culture" :
http://www.press.georgetown.edu/detail.html?id=9781589016934
Arabic Language and North African Studies Program Coordinator
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
http://citi.aui.ma/shss/abdellah_chekayri
PO. Box. 1848, Ifrane 53000, Morocco
Phone: (212) 535862448

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