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Dr Ali Yunis Aldahesh

PhD in Translation and Linguistics (University of Western Sydney)
MA by Research in Semitic Studies (University of Sydney)
MA by Coursework in Translation and Linguistics (University of Western Sydney)
Lecturer in Arabic Language, Literature and Culture
740 Brennan-MacCallum Building A18

+61 2 9351 3699

Dr Ali Yunis Aldahesh joined the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies as a Lecturer in Arabic Language, Literature and Culture in February 2011. He worked for the last three years at the Australian National University as a Lecturer in Arabic at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia). Dr Aldahesh received his PhD in Translation and Linguistics from the University of Western Sydney. He has completed an MA by coursework in Translation and Linguistics from UWS and an MA by research in Semitic Studies from the University of Sydney. Dr Aldahesh graduated with a BA in 1986 from Al-Mustansiriyah University in Baghdad. He began lecturing in Arabic in the School of Humanities and Languages, College of Arts at UWS in 2004. Prior to that he was teaching Arabic Language and Literature in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Dr Aldahesh's most recent publications are Translating Idiomatic English Phrasal Verbs into Arabic: A Contrastive Linguistic Study, (VDM: 2009) and The Concept of Taqwa in the Qur'an as Understood by Muslim Commentators, (Ray Publishing: 2010). He has also published a collection of short stories in Arabic entitled, Travelling Towards Water, UWS (2007).

Research areas

  • Translation Theory
  • Comparative Linguistics
  • Contrastive analysis
  • Lexicography
  • Arabic Philology
  • Arabic Language
  • Arabic Literature
  • Arabic Culture

Current projects

  • Context Sensitivity and language specificity of Verb-Preposition Structure: The Case of English Learners of Arabic (Supported by FRSS Grant)
  • Contextual Dictionary of Arabic Phrasal Verbs (Arabic-English)
  • The Concepts of Alghariib and Almushkil in Arabic Literature
  • Pinning Down the Phenomenon of Idiomatic Phrasal Verbs in Arabic

Selected publications

Books

  • Translating Idiomatic English Phrasal Verbs in Arabic: A Contrastive Linguistic Study. (2009) VDM, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-639-209-10-5
  • The Concept of Taqwa in the Holy Qur’an as Understood by Muslim Commentators. (In Arabic) (2010). Ray Publishing , Syria, Aleppo
  • Travelling Towards Water (In Arabic) (2007) Al-rahiil Sawba almaa. A book of short stories. UWS, Sydney

Articles

  • English Structures in Modern Standard Arabic. Conference Proceedings. Arabic Lecturers Association, Indonesia, Jogjakarta. Jul. 14, 2011- Jul. 17, 2011. ISBN: 987-6028-689-335
  • "Information Structure Management and Textual Competence in Translation and Interpreting: Sentence Opining in Translation from Arabic into English as a Second Language". Co-authored with Professor Stuart Campbell, et al. Published in Text and Context: Essays on Translation & Interpreting in Honour of Ian Mason. St. Jerome Publishing. UK. 2010. ISBN: 978-905763-25-2 (pbk).
  • Teaching and Learning Arabic in Australia: The Government and Non-Government Funded Experiences. Conference Proceedings. Al Azhar University, Indonesia, Jakarta. 2010. ISBN: 978-602-95064-2-6
  • Information structure Management and textual competence in translation and Interpreting: Sentence Openings in Translation from Arabic into English as a second language Co-authored with Professor Stuart Campbell, et al
    St. Jerome Publishing. UK. 2010. ISBN: 9781-1-905763-25-2
  • Idiomatic English Phrasal Verbs in Bilingual E–A Dictionaries
    Translation Journal 13 (1) 2009
  • Notes on Western Scholars' Classification of Arabic Prepositions. Conference Proceedings. North Sumatra University, Indonesia, Medan. 2009. ISBN: 978-979-3179-24-7
  • Derivational Mechanisms and Productivity Aspects in English and Arabic: A Contrastive Linguistic Study Translation Watch Quarterly 4 (2) 2008

Areas of teaching

  • ARBC6915 (Advanced Arabic Translation-1)
  • ARBC6916 (Advanced Arabic Translation-2)
  • ARBC3615 (Arabic Language and Literature-5B)
  • ARBC3616 (Arabic Language and Literature-6B)
  • ARBC1611 (Arabic Introductory-1B)
  • ARBC1612 (Arabic Introductory-2B)

Conference activity

  • “The Role of Arabic Language in the Development Civilization”. Arabic Lecturers Association, Indonesia, Jogjakarta. Jul. 14, 2011- Jul. 17, 2011
  • “Arabic Language between Extinction and Development – Challenges and Prospects”. Al Azhar University, Indonesia, Jakarta. Jul. 22, 2010- Jul. 25, 2010
  • “Arabic Language on Perspective of Social and Culture”. North Sumatra University, Indonesia, Medan. Oct. 12, 2009- Oct. 14, 2009

Other professional contributions

  • NAATI Accreditation in Translation at professional level
  • Membership of the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS)
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