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Among other works, his books include ''Amharic Verb Morphology'', ''Language in Ethiopia'' (co-edited with C. Ferguson, C. Bowen, R. Cooper), ''Nilo-Saharan Language Studies'', ''The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia'', ''Preliminary Gaam-English-Gaam Dictionary'', ''Omotic Verb Morphology'', and the ''Berta Lexicon''. For many years, he was been closely involved with NACAL, the annual [[North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics]]. Bender travelled throughout the world, particularly in Northeast Africa, and was an accomplished chess player. Dr. Bender died of complications from a stroke and brain hemorrhage on February 19, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, MO. |
Among other works, his books include ''Amharic Verb Morphology'', ''Language in Ethiopia'' (co-edited with C. Ferguson, C. Bowen, R. Cooper), ''Nilo-Saharan Language Studies'', ''The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia'', ''Preliminary Gaam-English-Gaam Dictionary'', ''Omotic Verb Morphology'', and the ''Berta Lexicon''. For many years, he was been closely involved with NACAL, the annual [[North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics]]. Bender travelled throughout the world, particularly in Northeast Africa, and was an accomplished chess player. Dr. Bender died of complications from a stroke and brain hemorrhage on February 19, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, MO. |
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- M[arvin]. Lionel Bender (1934-2008) was an American author and co-author of several books, publications and essays regarding African languages, particularly from Ethiopia and Sudan. He retired from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He did extensive work in all four language families of Ethiopia: Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic, Nilo-Saharan. He was a participant in the Survey of Language Use and Language Teaching in East Africa, sponsored by the Ford Foundation in 1968-1970, and later performed other research sponsored by the NSF.
Among other works, his books include Amharic Verb Morphology, Language in Ethiopia (co-edited with C. Ferguson, C. Bowen, R. Cooper), Nilo-Saharan Language Studies, The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia, Preliminary Gaam-English-Gaam Dictionary, Omotic Verb Morphology, and the Berta Lexicon. For many years, he was been closely involved with NACAL, the annual North American Conference on Afroasiatic Linguistics. Bender travelled throughout the world, particularly in Northeast Africa, and was an accomplished chess player. Dr. Bender died of complications from a stroke and brain hemorrhage on February 19, 2008 in Cape Girardeau, MO.
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