Doris Aileen Bartholomew (born 1930) is an American linguist whose published research specialises in the
lexicography
Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries.
* Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries.
* Theoretica ...
, historical and descriptive linguistics for
indigenous languages in Mexico, in particular for
Oto-Manguean languages
The Oto-Manguean or Otomanguean languages are a large family comprising several subfamilies of indigenous languages of the Americas. All of the Oto-Manguean languages that are now spoken are indigenous to Mexico, but the Manguean branch of the ...
. Bartholomew's extensive publications on
Mesoamerican languages
Mesoamerican languages are the languages indigenous to the Mesoamerican cultural area, which covers southern Mexico, all of Guatemala and Belize and parts of Honduras and El Salvador and Nicaragua. The area is characterized by extensive linguistic ...
span five decades of active research. She has also published extensively on
Zapotecan languages
The Zapotecan languages are a group of related Oto-Manguean languages which descend from the common proto-Zapotecan language spoken by the Zapotec people during the era of the dominance of Monte Albán.
The Zapotecan language group contains the Z ...
and the
Otomi language
Otomi (; ) is an Oto-Pamean languages, Oto-Pamean language family spoken by approximately 240,000 indigenous Otomi people in the Mexican Plateau, central ''altiplano'' region of Mexico. Otomi consists of several closely related languages, many ...
. She has been editor-in-chief and publications director for the
Instituto Lingüístico de Verano (ILV), the affiliate body incorporated in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
for
SIL International
SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics) is an evangelical Christian non-profit organization whose main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, in order to ex ...
.
Studies and academic career
As an undergraduate Bartholomew attended
Columbia Bible College
Columbia Bible College (CBC) is an institution of higher education in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. The college states that its mission is to "equip people for a life of discipleship, ministry and leadership in service to the church an ...
in
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the capital of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 census, it is the second-largest city in South Carolina. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city ...
, from where she graduated in 1952. Her doctorate studies were undertaken at the University of Chicago, obtaining her
PhD in 1965. Her doctoral dissertation concerned the reconstruction and
historical linguistics
Historical linguistics, also termed diachronic linguistics, is the scientific study of language change over time. Principal concerns of historical linguistics include:
# to describe and account for observed changes in particular languages
# ...
of the
Oto-Pamean languages.
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
El Colegio de México, A.C. (commonly known as Colmex, English: The College of Mexico) is a Mexican institute of higher education, specializing in teaching and research in social sciences and humanities.
The college was founded in 1940 by the Mex ...
.
[Hartmann 2003, p.253 ''n.'' 2.]
Partial bibliography
Bartholomew's published works include:
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* Bartholomew, Doris (1963). "The Reconstruction of Otopamean (Mexico)" (Ph.D. diss.,. University of Chicago, 1965)
Notes
References
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External links
List of Bartholomew's works at ''
Ethnologue
''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'' (stylized as ''Ethnoloɠue'') is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It is the world's most comprehensiv ...
'' by
SIL International
SIL International (formerly known as the Summer Institute of Linguistics) is an evangelical Christian non-profit organization whose main purpose is to study, develop and document languages, especially those that are lesser-known, in order to ex ...
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1930 births
Living people
American anthropologists
American women anthropologists
Linguists from the United States
Translators of the Bible into indigenous languages of the Americas
Missionary linguists
American Mesoamericanists
Women Mesoamericanists
20th-century Mesoamericanists
Linguists of Mesoamerican languages
Columbia International University alumni
University of Chicago alumni
El Colegio de México faculty
Women linguists
20th-century translators
20th-century American women writers
20th-century American non-fiction writers
Linguists of Uto-Aztecan languages
Linguists of Oto-Manguean languages
American women non-fiction writers
American women academics
21st-century American women