EntityQ363158· pop 6· linked from 59 articlesLionel BenderSign in to saveAmerican linguist (1934–2008)ConnectionsUnited StatesCountryEthiopiaCountrySudanCountrychessEntitylinguisticsEntityPennsylvaniaEntityMissouriEntityverbEntityAmharicEntitystrokeEntityAfroasiaticEntityNilo-SaharanEntitylanguages of AfricaEntityUniversity of Texas at AustinEntityCape GirardeauEntitycerebral hemorrhageDiseasegenerative grammarEntityNational Science FoundationEntityMechanicsburgEntityFord FoundationEntityCategories1934 births2008 deaths20th-century American linguistsAmerican AfricanistsEthiopianistsHistorical linguistsLinguists of Afroasiatic languagesLinguists of Nilo-Saharan languagesPeople from Mechanicsburg, PennsylvaniaSemiticists