User:JBalcita/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
 * Connectionism


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article only briefly contextualizes connectionism. There is not a lot of information regarding how the concept is applied in various fields of study (e.g. linguistics).


 * Sources

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Words and Rules


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article lacks information on major opposing views/arguments that have been brought against the model Pinker presents in his book, particularly regarding its application to past-tense verbs.


 * Sources

Option 3

 * Article title
 * David Rumelhart


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article briefly describes Rumelhart's work with McClelland, but it does not include any information on the model that they developed together, which had sparked the so-called "Past-Tense Debate."


 * Sources

Option 4

 * Article title
 * The Past-Tense Debate


 * Article Evaluation
 * A Wikipedia article on this topic does not exist, but it could include information on the aforementioned Rumelhart & McClelland model, Pinker model, etc.


 * Sources

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Cooperative principle


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article could potentially include information on other cultures whose "normal" conversations do not pattern with Western applications of Grice's maxims (e.g. Kilivila and Biga Sopa).


 * Sources