Case in Semitic

This book reconstructs the Semitic case system, based on a detailed analysis of the expression of grammatical roles and relations in the attested Semitic languages. It brings typological methods to bear on the study of comparative Semitics and includes detailed analyses of a wide range of data. The book will interest Semiticists and typologists.

Rebecca Hasselbach has been Assistant Professor of Comparative Semitics, University of Chicago, since 2005, before which she was Preceptor for Semitic Philology at Harvard. Her publications include Sargonic Akkadian: A Historical and Comparative Study of the Syllabic Texts (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005).