Faculty
Brustad, Kristen
Associate Professor
Office Hours: Spring 2009: Not teaching during spring semester
Phone: 471-9189 (no voicemail)
brustad@mail.utexas.edu
Education: Ph.D., Harvard (1991)
Research interests:
Arabic language, dialects, syntax of spoken Arabic, language ideology, Arabic literature.
Courses taught:
Arabic language (all levels), Arabic dialects, Critiques of Language and Culture, Varieties and Registers in Arabic Past and Present
Recent Publications:
Alif Baa, Introduction to Arabic Sounds and Letters (with DVDs), with Mahmoud al-Batal and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004.
Al-Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Volume I (with DVDs) with Mahmoud al-Batal and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004.
Al-Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Volume II (with DVDs)with Mahmoud al-Batal and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005.
Al- Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Volume III, with Mahmoud al-Batal and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2001.
The Syntax of Spoken Arabic, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2000. Translated into Arabic as Al-Lahajaat al-'Arabiyya al-Haditha by Muhammad al- Sharqawi, al- Majlis al-'Ala li-l-Thaqafa, Cairo, 2003.
Research interests:
Arabic language, dialects, syntax of spoken Arabic, language ideology, Arabic literature.
Courses taught:
Arabic language (all levels), Arabic dialects, Critiques of Language and Culture, Varieties and Registers in Arabic Past and Present
Recent Publications:
Alif Baa, Introduction to Arabic Sounds and Letters (with DVDs), with Mahmoud al-Batal and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004.
Al-Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Volume I (with DVDs) with Mahmoud al-Batal and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2004.
Al-Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Volume II (with DVDs)with Mahmoud al-Batal and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005.
Al- Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Volume III, with Mahmoud al-Batal and Abbas Al-Tonsi. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2001.
The Syntax of Spoken Arabic, Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2000. Translated into Arabic as Al-Lahajaat al-'Arabiyya al-Haditha by Muhammad al- Sharqawi, al- Majlis al-'Ala li-l-Thaqafa, Cairo, 2003.