Doris Bartholomew

Doris Aileen Bartholomew (born 1930)^[1] 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.

Studies and academic career[]

As an undergraduate Bartholomew attended Columbia Bible College^[2] in Columbia, South Carolina, from where she graduated in 1952.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Partial bibliography[]

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.
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.
Bartholomew, Doris (1963). "El limosnero y otros cuentos en otomí". Tlalocan (in Spanish). 4: 120–24.
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)" (Ph.D. diss.,. University of Chicago, 1965)

Notes[]

^ For year of birth see Hartmann 2003, p.250.
^ Renamed in 1994 to Columbia International University (CIU).
^ CIU Alumni Association 2009, p.8.
^ See notes on contributors in Hartmann 2003, p.253 n. 2.
^ Hartmann 2003, p.253 n. 2.

References[]

CIU Alumni Association (Summer 2009). "Class Notes" (PDF online facsimile). Upward. Columbia, SC: Alumni Ministries Office, Columbia International University. 4 (3): 8–10. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
Hartmann, Reinhard R.K., ed. (2003). Lexicography: Critical Concepts. Volume II: Reference works across time, space, and languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-25367-5. OCLC 51222235.

External links[]

List of Bartholomew's works, at Ethnologue by SIL International

[1] For year of birth see Hartmann 2003, p.250.

[2] Renamed in 1994 to Columbia International University (CIU).

[3] CIU Alumni Association 2009, p.8.

[4] See notes on contributors in Hartmann 2003, p.253 n. 2.

[5] Hartmann 2003, p.253 n. 2.

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