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Eleanor Coghill is a Professor of Semitic Languages at Uppsala University, focusing on the study of Aramaic, particularly North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic languages, which are critically endangered. Her research emphasizes the diachronic development of Aramaic and the effects of language contact. She earned her BA in Oriental Studies, followed by an MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge. Her academic career includes positions as a Junior Research Fellow and Research Associate at Cambridge, working on the North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic Database Project, and leading a project on Neo-Aramaic morpho-syntax at the University of Konstanz. In 2015, she served as a Substitute Professor and contributed to research at the University of Zürich. Coghill took the Chair of Semitic Languages at Uppsala University in August 2016. Currently, she is also a visiting researcher in Berlin and Graz for the 2023-24 academic year. Her notable publication is the monograph "Rise and Fall of Ergativity in Aramaic: Cycles of Alignment Change," published by Oxford University Press in 2016. She is also involved in supervising PhD students focusing on various aspects of Neo-Aramaic and has contributed significantly to the field of historical linguistics and dialectology.
Uppsala University • Uppsala, Sweden
Chair of Semitic Languages, focusing on Aramaic and related research.
Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz • Konstanz, Germany
Led a project on Neo-Aramaic morpho-syntax in an areal-linguistic context.
Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge • Cambridge, UK
Worked on the North-Eastern Neo-Aramaic Database Project.
Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge • Cambridge, UK
Undertook research in Oriental Studies.
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