Structure of Semitic Languages

3 Credits · Level: Graduate, Undergraduate

The Semitic language family is one of the oldest attested language families still spoken today. It includes languages spoken in Africa, the Middle East and Western Asia, languages which figure prominently in the religious, political and cultural issues of our time and of history. This course aims at familiarizing students with the grammatical structure of a number of ancient and modern Semitic languages (e.g., Hebrew, Standard Arabic and dialects, Amharic, Akkadian, Aramaic and others).