Subject: arabic linguistics socitey program

the arabic linguistics society together with the university of illinois at champaign - urbana announce the twelfth annual symposium on arabic linguistics march 6 - 8 , 1998 friday , march 6 morning session 8 : 30 - 8 : 45 registration 8 : 45 - 9 : 00 welcoming remarks 9 : 00 - 9 : 30 hypocoristic formation in ammani - jordanian arabic bushra zawaydeh and stuart davis , indiana university 9 : 30 - 10 : 00 an acoustic - articulatory study of uvularization khalil iskarous , university of illinois 10 : 00-10 : 30 the phonology of emphasis and timbre in moroccan arabic mostafa shoul , mohammed i university 10 : 30-11 : 00 the spreading effect of emphatic consonants on long vowels in modern standard arabic ahmed alioua , universit cadi ayyad 11 : 00-11 : 15 coffee 11 : 15-12 : 15 modes of interrogation guest speaker : joseph aoun university of southern california afternoon session 2 : 00 - 2 : 30 checking and licensing inside dp in arabic m . a . mohammad , university of florida 2 : 30 - 3 : 00 dialect variation in arabic : the case of tetuani arabic and spanish arabic jamal ouhalla , university of london 3 : 00 - 3 : 15 coffee 3 : 15 - 3 : 45 free relatives in lebanese arabic lina choueiri , university of southern california 3 : 45 - 4 : 15 principled concordance peter hallman , ucla 4 : 15 - 4 : 45 arabic morphological causatives : numeration and local economy mark letourneau , weber state university 4 : 45 - 5 : 15 correspondence in arabic morphology ali idrissi , king abdulaziz university 6 : 00 reception , colonial room saturday , march 7 morning session 9 : 00 - 9 : 30 ( 8 ) and ( 9 ) as ternary and binary variables in damascus arabic jamil daher , new york university 9 : 30 - 10 : 00 avoidance behavior in writing arabic : an exploratory study of l1 linguistic insecurity kirk belnap , byu 10 : 00-10 : 30 contact between arabic and arabic : distancing frames in reported speech niloofar haeri , johns hopkins university 10 : 30-11 : 00 code alternations among arabic speakers in america kamel a . elsaadany , university of illinois at urbana - champaign 11 : 00-11 : 15 coffee 11 : 15-12 : 15 traditional arabic grammar and modern functional linguistics : unity in diversity guest speaker : ahmed moutaouakil mohammed v university afternoon session 2 : 00 - 2 : 30 relative clauses in moroccan arabic : a discourse perspective ahmed fakhri , west virginia university 2 : 30 - 3 : 00 on inna , anna , et alia david testen , university of chicago 3 : 00 - 3 : 30 on some phonetic and orthographic phenomenon as attested in an 11th - century judeo - arabic work maria angeles gallego , emory university 3 : 30 - 3 : 45 coffee 3 : 45 - 4 : 15 computational tool for developing morpho - phonological models for arabic george anton kiraz , bell laboratories 4 : 15 - 4 : 45 arabic stem morpho - tactics via finite - state intersection kenneth r . beesley , xerox research centre europe 4 : 45 - 5 : 15 testing lexical differences in regional standard arabics dilworth b . parkinson , brigham young university , and zeinab ibrahim , the american university in cairo sunday , march 8 morning session 9 : 00 - 9 : 30 acquisition of binding in l1 arabic naomi bolotin , university of kansas 9 : 30 - 10 : 00 do we need control theory ? ibtissam kortobi , university of southern california 10 : 00-10 : 30 secondary predication in the syntax of arabic wafaa batran wahba , mansura university 10 : 30-10 : 45 coffee 10 : 45-11 : 15 the construct state in arabic moha ennaji , university of fes 11 : 15-11 : 45 the syntax of small clauses in moroccan arabic fatima sadiqi , university of fes registration form name address city / state zip country affiliation email address amount enclosed : preregistration ( deadline : feb . 16 , 1998 ) $ 15 als 1998 membership dues : at the door $ 20 students $ 10 faculty & students , university of illinois free faculty $ 15 checks , drawn on us banks , or international money orders should be made payable to the arabic linguistics society and sent with registration forms to : tessa hauglid , 759 west 1800 north , west bountiful , ut 84087 , usa ( email : tessa . hauglid @ m . cc . utah . edu ) . the symposium will be held at the illini union , 1401 west green st . , urbana , illinois . the hotel offers symposium participants reduced rates : $ 60 single , $ 68 double . reservations may be made by contacting the hotel directly at ( 217 ) 333-3030 . the lincoln lodge , within a short walking distance of the illini at 403 west university avenue , is also offering a special rate of $ 48 . 89 for symposium participants . reservations may be made by calling ( 217 ) 367-1111 . at both hotels , mention the arabic linguistics society to obtain conference rates . airlines which fly into champaign include : american , usair , united , and twa . for further information regarding arrangements at the university , contact elabbas benmamoun : tel . ( 217 ) 333-7129 ; fax ( 217 ) 333-3466 ; email benmamou @ lees . cogsci . uiuc . edu . check out the als website at http : / / lees . cogsci . uiuc . edu : 80 / linguistics / arabic / index . html . arabic linguistics society 759 west 1800 north west bountiful , ut 84087 usa
