User:Briannahunt/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Daughter Language


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is a stub, and the majority of the article is just listing examples of daughter languages.


 * Sources
 * Matthews, Peter H. The concise Oxford dictionary of linguistics. Oxford University Press (Third ed.). Oxford. ISBN 9780191753060 . OCLC 881847972.
 * ^ Lyle., Campbell (2004). Historical linguistics : an introduction (2nd ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. ISBN 0262532670 . OCLC 54692867.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Gradient Salience Model


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is also a stub, and I also feel like there are a few sentences that could be reworded to be more understandable.


 * Sources
 * Giora, Rachel (2002). "Literal vs. Figurative language: Different or equal?". Journal of Pragmatics. 34 (4): 487–506. doi:10.1016/S0378-2166(01)00045-5.
 * Lai, Vicky Tzuyin; Curran, Tim; Menn, Lise (2009). "Comprehending conventional and novel metaphors: An ERP study" (PDF). Brain Research. 1284: 145–55. doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2009.05.088. PMID 19505446.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Fossilization (linguistics)


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is a stub, and it only lists one source. I feel like this could definitely be expanded upon, although it is listed as low importance.


 * Sources
 * The Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics, by Robert Lawrence Trask, p. 125

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