Professor Huehnergard has been a member of NELC since 1983, serving as director of graduate studies 1989–91 and 2003–05, and as department chair 1991–95 and 2004. His research interests are focused on the historical and comparative grammar of the Semitic languages, especially their morphology and their dialectology. Among the Semitic languages, he concentrates primarily on Akkadian, and secondarily on Ugaritic, ancient Aramaic dialects, classical Hebrew, and classical Ethiopic (Ge'ez). He is also interested in the study of modern Semitic languages (especially modern Ethiopian Semitic and Neo-Aramaic), in ancient Egyptian, in theoretical aspects of comparative and historical linguistics, and in the history of writing and literacy. He teaches courses on Semitic linguistics and various Semitic languages, and on the world's writing systems.
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