Dr. Bill Gardner
Dr. Bill Gardner
Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Biography
Dr. Gardner has spent 19 years working with SIL International in various African countries, including 9 years in Kenya, 7 years in Mozambique and 2 years in Congo-Brazzaville. He has also taught for 4 years with the Canada Institute of Linguistics at Trinity Western University and is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Dr. Gardner and his wife Lori have two sons and three grandsons. Outside of the classroom, he enjoys books, board games, and Spider-Man.
Faculty Publications
- Morphophonemic alternations in the initial consonants of stems in Olunyole, a Luyia Bantu language (2016) (Article)
- Toward transcultural training in phonological processes for Bantu language mother tongue translators (2012) (Book)
- Language use in the Epena District of northern Congo (2006) (Article)
- An introduction to the phonology of New Testament Greek and Old Testament Hebrew (2004) (Article)
- Orthography challenges in Bantu languages (2001) (Article)
- Consonant mutation in Shona languages (2000) (Article)
- Toward a theology of translation (1991) (Article)
Academic Credentials
PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary, 2010
MA, University of North Dakota, 1990
Master of Christian Studies, New College for Advanced Christian Studies (Berkeley), 1985
BSc, University of California – Davis, 1979
Areas of Specialization
Phonology, morphology, orthography, Bantu languages