Sina Tezel

Sina Tezel serves as Senior Lecturer in Semitic Languages at Uppsala University's Department of Linguistics and Philology and concurrently as Acting Pedagogical Developer in the University Administration's Department for Quality Development, Unit for University Pedagogy.

Her research expertise encompasses:

• Comparative Semitic linguistic analysis
• Loanword integration and language contact phenomena
• Phonological evolution of the begadkefat rules
• Neologism development in endangered languages
• Specialized focus on Turoyo (Surayt) Neo-Aramaic

Recent publications demonstrate sustained investigation into Arabic-Turoyo linguistic interactions, diaspora language attrition patterns, and methodological applications of phonological correspondences across Semitic language families. Her work consistently bridges historical linguistics with contemporary sociolinguistic challenges facing Neo-Aramaic communities.

Her scholarly recognition includes:

• Uppsala University Pedagogical Prize (2016) for excellence in theology, humanities, and teacher education

Tezel leads significant research initiatives including a Swedish Research Council-funded project (2014-2017) mapping begadkefat development in Surayt/Turoyo alongside collaborator Aziz Tezel. She pioneered distance-learning pedagogy for Suryoyo/Turoyo instruction since 2010, developing innovative digital teaching resources while maintaining core Arabic language instruction since 2006.