CURRICULUM VITAE
HASSAN RASHID SHUQAIR ABD-EL-JAWAD
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Personal Data
Place of Birth:
Nationality:
Marital Status:
Kufur Thulth
Jordanian
Married with Four Children
2. Address: Dept. of English Language and Literature
College of Arts and Social Sciences, P.O. Box 42
Sultan Qaboos University
Postal Code 123
The Sultanate of Oman
Tel. Home: 00 968-24414099
Office 00968- 244515620.
Mobile: 968-99216071
E-Mail: hshuqair@squ.edu.om
abufiras2003@hotmail.com
3.
Academic Qualifications
a. B.A. English language and lit., University of Jordan 1972.
b. Ph.D. Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1981.*
** In the Department of Linguistics, university of Pennsylvania, a graduate student can
proceed to the PhD program if he/she passes the MA comprehensive exam after taking 8
courses. I passed this exam first semester of 1979 and then I proceeded to my PhD
program. No Thesis required for MA and No degree awarded.
3. PhD Thesis Title
“Lexical and Phonological variation in Spoken Arabic in Amman"
4. Teaching Experience
a. Before the Ph.D.: 1972-1977 Teacher of English Language, The Ministry of
Education, Jordan.
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b. After Ph.D.
i. Assistant Prof., Yarmouk University 1982-1988.
ii. Assistant Prof., King Saud University, College of Education,
Abha, 1988-1989
iii. Associate Prof. King Saud Univ., Abha, 1989-1992.
Iv. Associate Prof., Yarmouk University, 1992-1998
v. Associate Prof. Sultan Qaboos University, 1998-present.
vi. Part time teaching:
a. University of Jordan, Summer 1982.
b. Philadelphia Univ., Jordan, Spring 1996
c. Jordan Univ. of Science and Technology, Jordan, Fall
1996 and fall 1997.
d. Nusayba Al -Maziniyya College for Nursing and Midwifery, Jordan
1997.
e. Arab Open University, OMAN BRANCH 2011-present
Throughout my teaching career in three major Arab universities: Yarmouk University, King
Saud University and Sultan Qaboos university, I have taught the following courses and topics
in language skills, Linguistics, and translation.
a. At undergraduate level:
1. Remedial English
3. Language Skills
5. Lang. through Lit.
7. Writing & Comp.(all levels)
9. TOEFL
11. Phonetics and Pronunciation
13. General Linguistics
15. Vocabulary Development
17. Historical Linguistics
19. Sociolinguistics
21. Spoken English
23. Special Topics in lang. &ling.
25. Morphology and Lexical Semantics.
27. Error/contrastive Analysis
29. Media Translation
31. Legal and Document Translation
2. English for special purposes,
4. Study skills
6. Comprehension (all levels)
8. Grammar (all levels)
10. Translation (all levels and types)
12. Contrastive and Applied Ling.
14, Phonology and Morphology
16. History of the English Lang.
18. Syntax and Semantics
20. Discourse Analysis
22. Speech
24. English for Nurses
26. Pronunciation and Speech
28. Translation I, II, and III
30. Business and Commercial Translation
32. Language in society
b. At Graduate Level:
1. Special Topics in Lang. & Ling.
2. Sociolinguistics
3. Morphology
4. Research Methods
5. Contrastive Rhetoric
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6. Translation for Specific Purposes: Legal and Business Translation
7. Supervisor: 12 M.A. Students in Linguistics and Translation.
8. Member in more than 30 M.A. committees in Yarmouk University, University of Jordan
and University of Bahrain.
C. General Coordinator for The Diploma/MA program in Translation in Sultan Qaboos
University. 2006-2011
D. External examiner in two graduate theses:
 MA in Univ. Of Bahrain
 PhD, Free Univ. of Brussels
5. Research Interests
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Sociolinguistics
General linguistics
Ethno linguistics
Language variation and change,
Historical ling., dialectology,
Discourse analysis,
Pragmatics
Language and ideology and politics,
Critical discourse analysis,
Language and identity,
language death and maintenance,
Language Planning.
Translation
6. Grants and Contracts
a. Grant from the National Science Foundation, USA 1980-81.
b. Grant from Yarmouk Univ. to conduct a research on "classroom
Interaction: A Discourse Analysis Approach".
c. Award: Fulbright Post-Doctoral-Scholar Research Award, 1998
7. Honors and Awards
a. One of the top ten students in Jordan in the General Secondary certificate 1968
b. A scholarship from the Ministry of Education in Jordan to get my B.A
Degree in English Lang. &Lit.
c. A scholarship from Yarmouk Univ. to get my Ph.D. in Linguistics.
8. Committees and Administrative jobs
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a. I served on various department committees, such as the appointment committee, the
student affairs committee, the curriculum and text-book committee, timetabling
committee, course equivalence committee, and higher studies committee. Besides, I
served as the dept. representative to the college council several times
b. Academic advisor
c. Acting chairman of the Dept. of English several times.
d. Currently, I am in charge of the timetable committee and course upgrading
committee, active member in the recruitment committee for 9 years, Scientific
research and higher studies committee in the Department of English, Sultan
Qaboos University
e. Member of the University Academic Promotion Committee 2001- 2003
f. Member in The committee to Develop SQU Strategic Plan for Research
9. Membership in Scientific and Professional Societies
a. Linguistic Society of America (Past for several years)
b. Research Committee on Sociolinguistics (past- for several years)
c. AiDA (past for several years)
d. On the Editorial board of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language.
e. On the Editorial Board of the Journal of Sociolinguistics. (for 10 years 1997-2007)
10. Professional and Scientific Meetings and Conferences
Attended many conferences, seminars, workshops , and scientific meetings locally,
regionally and internationally.
11. . Presentations
1. First Annual Linguistics conference, Yarmouk Univ. 1982.
2. Second Annual Linguistics Conference, Yarmouk Univ. 1983, presented a paper
entitled “Sex Differentiation in Lang.: a case study from Jordanian Arabic."
3. Third Annual Linguistics Conference, Yarmouk Univ., 1984, presented a paper
entitled “A Linguistic Analysis of Spelling Errors made by Jordanian Univ.
Students".
4. The Third International Linguistics Conference, Tunisia, 1985, presented a paper
entitled "Towards an Empirical Approach to the Study of Modern Arabic
Dialects".
5. Fourth Annual Linguistics Conference, Yarmouk Univ. 1985.
6. Fifth Annual Linguistics Conference, Yarmouk Univ. 1986.
7. The 14th International Congress of Linguistics, East Berlin, 1987, presented a paper
entitled "Lexical Conditioning of Phonological Variation: Evidence from
Arabic".
8. The First International Conference in Ling., Lit., and Translation, Yarmouk Univ.
1994.
9. The Second International Conference in Ling., Lit., and Translation, Yarmouk
Univ.1996, presented a paper entitled "Language Conflict and the case of Arabic".
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10. AiDA 3rd International Conference- Malta, March 1998, presented a paper entitled
“Patterns of Sociolinguistic Variation in Arabic.”
11. The Third international conference in Ling., Lit. and Translation, Yarmouk Univ.
April 1998, presented a paper entitled “A Variationist Approach to the Study of
Arabic.”.
12. Fifth International Conference in Linguistics, Literature, and Translation, Yarmouk
University, April 2002, presented a paper entitled: “The Discourse/communicative
functions of terms like OK, Tayyib and Inzeen.”.
13. NWAVE conference, October 2003, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Presented a paper entitled “Language survival, maintenance, death: the case of
minority languages”
14. NWAVE Conference, October 2007, University of Pennsylvania, gave a presentation
about “the sociolinguistic profile of the language situation in Oman”
15. 2nd International Conference, SQU, 2010. Presented a paper entitled “ functions of
linguistic variation “
16. NWAVE40 , 2011. Georgetown University. Presented a paper entitled “Variation In
Arabic and Identity
12. Publications
1. "A Linguistic Analysis of Spelling Errors Made by Jordanian Univ. Students," Abhath
Al- Yarmouk , Vol. 4/1, 1986:19-31.
2. “A Linguistic and Sociocultural Study of Personal Names in Jordan," Anthropological
Linguistics, Vol. 28/1, 1986:80-94.
3. "The Emergence of an Urban Dialect in the Jordanian Urban Centers” International
Journal of the Sociology of Language ( IJSL), 61.1986:
53-63.
4. "The Social Functions of Language Variation," Al-Abhath, Vol.XXXIV, 1986:21-37.
5. "Towards an Empirical Approach to the Study of Modern Arabic Dialects, The Arab
Journal Of Linguistic Studies, Vol.5/1, 1986: 63-94.
6. "Crossdialectal Variation In Arabic: Competing Prestigious Forms," Language In
Society, 16/3, 1987:359-368.
7. "Slips of the Tongue in Arabic and their Theoretical implications,” Language Sciences,
Vol. 9/2, 1987:145-171. (Joint)
8. "Reflexes of Classical Arabic Interdentals: a Study in Historical Sociolinguistics,:"
Linguitische Berichte , 122, 1989: 259-82, (Joint).
9. "Language and Woman's Place: with reference to Arabic, “Language Sciences, Vol.
11/3, 1989:305-324.
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10. "Syllable Patterns in Levantine Arabic," Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, Vol. 18/2,
1988:1-22. (Joint).
11. "Lexical Conditioning of Phonological Variation," Language Sciences, Vol. 12/4.
1990:291-330. (Joint).
12. "Is Arabic a Pluricentric Language?" in Clyne, M. (ed.) Pluricentric Languages:
Differing Norms in Different Nations. The Hague: Mouton 1991:261-305.
13. "Pronominal Distribution in Jordanian Arabic: A GB Account,” Al-Abhath Vol. XLIV,
1996:89-112. (Joint)
14. "The unfolding of Suprasegmental representations: a Cross-linguistic Perspective,”
Journal of Linguistics, 32, 1996:291-324.(Joint)
15. "The Impact of the Peace Process in the Middle-East on Arabic," in Clyne, M.(ed.)
Undoing and Redoing Corpus Planning, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 1996:415-443.
16. Book Review of Nathalie Mazraani, Aspects of Language Variation in Arabic Political
Speech-making. Journal of Sociolinguistics 3/4, 1999:583-584
17. Book Review of Y.Suleiman (ed.) Language and identity in the Middle East and North
Africa, Journal of Sociolinguistics. 4/2,2000:300-302
18. “ A Linguistic and sociopragmatic and cultural study of swearing in Arabic”.
Language, Culture and Curriculum 13/ 2000.
19. “Why do minority languages persist? The case of Circassian in Jordan,”
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Vol9:1:
2006:51-76.
20. “ The Status of English in Institutions of Higher Studies in Oman: Sultan Qaboos
University as a Model”. In A., Al-Issa & L.S. Dahan (Eds.) 2011, Global English And
Arabic.(pp. 123-153). Oxford: Peter Lang
21. "Sociolinguistic variation in Arabic: A new theoretical approach" to appear in
Dialectology. 2012-2013.
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14. Current Research
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Classroom interaction: A Discourse Analysis Approach.
Patterns of Sociolinguistic Variation In Arabic.
Language, Gender and Society: Evidence from Arabic.
Language Death, Change, and Maintenance: the case of
languages of smaller groups in Oman
5. Discourse markers in Arabic and English: A comparative Study.
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6. Narrative analysis: Dramatization Techniques.
7. Language conflict, Nationalism, Imperialism. Globalization, Invasion and related issues.
8 . Language and politics.
9. Language and ethnicity
10. Language and identity.
11. Pidgin Arabic in the Gulf
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