translator2 Senior Member United States Joined 6918 days ago 848 posts - 1862 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 17 of 49 23 March 2010 at 2:16pm | IP Logged |
Bump
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vikramkr Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6068 days ago 248 posts - 326 votes Speaks: English*, Portuguese
| Message 18 of 49 04 June 2010 at 8:22am | IP Logged |
I'm going to bump this too. Does anyone know where to get this book?!
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Paskwc Pentaglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5676 days ago 450 posts - 624 votes Speaks: Hindi, Urdu*, Arabic (Levantine), French, English Studies: Persian, Spanish
| Message 19 of 49 04 June 2010 at 9:48am | IP Logged |
translator2 wrote:
Any update or information about Jim/James Price? |
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I searched the author's name and the search term "Arabic". There appears to be a man of
that name who comments (as recently as May 11, 2010) on Israel-Palestine issues on a few
news sites. I'm not sure whether this is our author or not, but it seems to me as if
someone with an understanding of Arabic may be interested in the topic.
In one of his posts, our commentator indicates he is from Herndon, Virginia. Google
provides a CV for such a person with corresponding contact information. However, the CV
is for an oceanographer and makes no reference to Arabic.
Edited by Paskwc on 04 June 2010 at 9:49am
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Kubelek Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland chomikuj.pl/Kuba_wal Joined 6851 days ago 415 posts - 528 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishC2, French, Spanish Studies: German
| Message 20 of 49 04 June 2010 at 11:31am | IP Logged |
the internet is a scary place
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abr Groupie Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5479 days ago 40 posts - 62 votes Speaks: Russian* Studies: English, Spanish
| Message 21 of 49 04 June 2010 at 12:48pm | IP Logged |
Don't dig any deeper or you might unmask undercover CIA agent.
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TheGBiBanana Newbie United States Joined 5307 days ago 16 posts - 16 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Arabic (classical), Arabic (Iraqi), Arabic (Written)
| Message 22 of 49 14 June 2010 at 7:06am | IP Logged |
Sounds like an awsome book. I'd be willing to pay hundreds of dollars for a copy.
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robsolete Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5384 days ago 191 posts - 428 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Arabic (Written), Mandarin
| Message 23 of 49 14 June 2010 at 1:36pm | IP Logged |
Seriously. I always come back to this thread, hoping for more information or contact information. I guess it's *possible* to be an Arabic teacher AND an oceanographer, but it seems a bit odd to not list advanced language skills on a CV if you have them.
EDIT: After a quick search, I found a LinkedIn profile under the name Jim Price, who works for the UAE military as an advisor. This sounds a bit more likely than an oceanographer, I'd think. . .
http://ae.linkedin.com/pub/jim-price/19/7a1/34b
Edited by robsolete on 14 June 2010 at 1:43pm
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Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5319 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English
| Message 24 of 49 14 June 2010 at 8:39pm | IP Logged |
I'd like to see the book out of curiosity, too, but I think that the importance of Arabic grammar books is generally overrated. Sure, Arabic Grammar isn't exactly easy, but the Iḍāfa, which is often portrayed as being very complicated, is actually one of the easier concepts of Arabic. Besides, Grammar only gets you so far. I've always found the many synonyms for frequently used verbs more challenging.
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