User:Darr320/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Linguistic determinism

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose to evaluate this article as it is relevant to our course, showing the significance of the language we learn and how it shapes the way we think. From a brief glance, I think the article was well structured, explaining the different theories and evidence regarding linguistic determinism through time.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The article starts very well with an introductory sentence that clearly and concisely explains the definition of linguistic determinism. It does not provide a brief description of upcoming sections but the article ends the introduction with a perfect link into the overview with the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis.

I think the content in the article is very relevant to the topic and all explains the evidence and criticisms regarding the topic. One problem I have with the article is that the content is not up to date. As we learned in class, Lera Boroditsky's ted talks and articles regarding this topic could have been added to as they are recent. The article does address topics that are underrepresented. Some of these include representing the languages of natives and tribes in southwestern North America, Australia and South America.

I think the article is overall neutral. It does not take any sides or persuades the reader in any way.

The sources all look relevant and reliable. Many research papers and books are used, some being from reliable sources such as MIT.