Doris Bartholomew | |
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Born | December 14, 1930 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Thesis | The Reconstruction of Otopamean (Mexico) (1965) |
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.
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]
Bartholomew's published works include: