Doris Aileen Bartholomew (born December 14, 1930)[1][2] is an American linguist whose published research specialises in the lexicography, historical and descriptive linguistics for indigenous languages in Mexico, in particular for Oto-Manguean languages. Bartholomew's extensive publications on Mesoamerican languages span five decades of active research. She has also published extensively on Zapotecan languages and the Otomi language. She has been editor-in-chief and publications director for the Instituto Lingüístico de Verano (ILV), the affiliate body incorporated in Mexico for SIL International.

Doris Bartholomew
Born (1930-12-14) December 14, 1930 (age 93)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
ThesisThe Reconstruction of Otopamean (Mexico) (1965)

Studies and academic career

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As an undergraduate Bartholomew attended Columbia Bible College[3] in Columbia, South Carolina, from where she graduated in 1952.[4] Her doctorate studies were undertaken at the University of Chicago, obtaining her PhD in 1965. Her doctoral dissertation concerned the reconstruction and historical linguistics of the Oto-Pamean languages.[5]

Bartholomew conducted linguistic fieldwork among several different indigenous Mexican language communities, while working as publications coordinator for ILV's bilingual dictionary unit. She also lectured part-time in linguistics at El Colegio de México.[6]

Partial bibliography

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Bartholomew's published works include:

  • Bartholomew, Doris (1960). "Some revisions of Proto-Otomi consonants". International Journal of American Linguistics. 26 (3): 317–329. doi:10.1086/464591. JSTOR 1263552. S2CID 144874022.
  • Bartholomew, Doris (1968). "Concerning the Elimination of Nasalized Vowels in Mezquital Otomi". International Journal of American Linguistics. 34 (3): 215–217. doi:10.1086/465017. JSTOR 1263568. S2CID 143848950.
  • Bartholomew, Doris (1963). "El limosnero y otros cuentos en otomí". Tlalocan (in Spanish). 4 (2): 120–24. doi:10.19130/iifl.tlalocan.1963.315.
  • Bartholomew, Doris (1979). "Review of Otomi Parables, Folktales, and Jokes by H. Russell Bernard; Jesús Salinas Pedraza". International Journal of American Linguistics. 45 (1): 94–97. doi:10.1086/465579.
  • Bartholomew, Doris (1963). The Reconstruction of Otopamean (Mexico) (PhD dissertation). University of Chicago.

Notes

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  1. ^ For year of birth, see Hartmann (2003:250)
  2. ^ "THE RECONSTRUCTION OF OTOPAMEAN (MEXICO)". ProQuest.
  3. ^ Renamed in 1994 to Columbia International University (CIU).
  4. ^ CIU Alumni Association (2009:8)
  5. ^ See notes on contributors in Hartmann (2003:253, note 2)
  6. ^ Hartmann (2003:253, note 2)

References

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