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Rebecca Hasselbach-Andee is a Professor of Comparative Semitics at the University of Chicago. She specializes in the comparative study of Semitic languages, employing methodologies from Historical Linguistics, Typology, and Sociolinguistics. Her work focuses on reconstructing grammatical features of the Semitic language family, with particular attention to morphology, phonology, and syntax.
- Education: PhD in Semitic Philology from Harvard University (2004)
- Employment: Teaching at the University of Chicago since 2005, promoted to Associate Professor in 2012
Her research incorporates evidence from Akkadian, Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, Classical Ethiopic, and Old South Arabian to analyze Semitic case systems, gender/number marking, pronominal systems, and the use of the perfect tense for performatives. She has authored two major publications in the field.
At the University of Chicago, Hasselbach-Andee teaches courses in Comparative Semitics, Classical Ethiopic (Ge‘ez), Old South Arabian, and Akkadian dialects including Old Akkadian and the Akkadian of the Amarna letters. Her expertise spans the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (ISAC) and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.
