User:LEXIBAUM/Linguistics in the United States/Makel Taylor Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

LEXIBAUM, gabrielledrakes, DKY01, Torisantiago


 * Link to draft you're reviewing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_611O_QVrQbMGuPWJvCUZfILsSsUYS_Ke6jPQupwnZE/edit?usp=sharing
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Linguistics in the United States
 * Linguistics in the United States

Evaluate the drafted changes (Google Document)
Ginetta:


 * “William Dwight Whitney (1827 - 1894) was born on February 9 in Northampton, Massachusetts”.
 * “Mr. Whitney entered Williams College at the young age of 15. During his college years he studied natural science and accompanied his brother on a geological survey.”

-How was William Dwight Whitney’s childhood?

-How did this contribute to his early admission into Williams College at 15?

-How was William Dwight Whitney’s college experience?


 * “During Mr. Whitney’s professional career he served as president of the Convention of American Philologists”.
 * “and was the first editor in chief of The Century Dictionary, 1889-1891”.

-What is the significance of these roles?

'''*Great ideas! I hope that the questions that I have listed above aid in guiding your research. The following scholarly article on William Dwight Whitney may be helpful (specifically p. 272): https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/287812.pdf. I have also found an additional digital preview from the book William Dwight Whitney and the Science of Language:''' https://www.google.com/books/edition/William_Dwight_Whitney_and_the_Science_o/NwwzEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 Zach:


 * “Linguistic society of america, elaborate slightly on that and prominent linguistic people that were members in it history”.

-The following link to the LSA’s “Member Spotlight Archive” may be helpful in finding prominent linguistic people that were members in its history: Member Spotlight Archive | Linguistic Society of America


 * “The Linguistic Society of America has over 4,000 members across the globe”.

-Where is the origin of the Linguistic Society of America?

'''-What individual or group of individuals found the Linguistic Society of America? What year did this occur?'''


 * “It is made up of students, teachers, and individuals with a passion for linguistics and its field of study. Most of the Linguistic Society of America’s members are either working towards a degree in the field or have already earned one.”

-An awesome sentence!

'''-Is there a specific area of interest in the field that a majority of the society's members have? For example, a focus in semantics, syntax, morphology, etc.?'''


 * “Members of LSA who have earned their PhD work at colleges or universities where they can improve their research, hold research studies, and teach courses. An increasing number of LSA members are working in government fields and are using their expansive knowledge of linguistics to create products and technologies to be used by the general public”.

-Wow that is very interesting.

-What is an example of a product or new form of technology that linguists have aided in developing?

'''*Great ideas! I hope that the questions that I have listed above aid in guiding your research. The following scholarly article on the origin of the Linguistic Society of America may be helpful (specifically p. 127-section titled “The Organization of the Linguistic Society of America):'''https://www.jstor.org/stable/4388662?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents Marissa:


 * focus on American dialectology as a narrow section?
 * American differentiation from British English


 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_linguistics
 * “From roughly 1980 onwards, pragmatic, functional, and cognitive approaches have steadily gained ground, both in the United States and in Europe.”
 * Bottom of article

“The history of linguistics in the United States begins with William Dwight Whitney, the first U.S.-taught academic linguist, who founded the American Philological Association in 1869.”


 * What was his purpose for founding APA?
 * Academic linguist– maybe define?
 * Official site APA: https://classicalstudies.org
 * WHY does the history start with him?

'''-Great questions! These are the exact forms of questions that I would have developed myself.'''

-The following link to an additional website for the American Philosophical Association's may be helpful in identifying the purpose for founding the APA (specifically the section titled “Our Mission”): [https://www.apaonline.org/? https://www.apaonline.org/?]

“Leonard Bloomfield (1878–1949), professor at the University of Chicago from 1921, founded the Linguistic Society of America in 1924. Other linguists active in the first half of the 20th century include Edward Sapir and Benjamin Whorf”.


 * “What were the contributions of Sapir and Whorf”?

-The following link to a historical description created by Yale University on Edward Sapir may be helpful in identifying his contribution:https://ling.yale.edu/about/history/people/edward-sapir

-The following link to a historical description created by Yale University on Benjamin Whorf may be helpful in identifying his contributions:https://ling.yale.edu/about/history/people/benjamin-lee-whorf


 * “What was the purpose of LSA”?

*Exceptional job breaking down sections of the preexisting article and adding points that you would like to contribute!

'''*Great ideas! I hope that the resources that I have listed above aid in guiding your research. The following scholarly article titled Why a Linguistic Society may be of benefit in describing the purpose of LSA'''https://www.jstor.org/stable/409544?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents Lexi:


 * Working on developing intro:
 * “(intro ish): The study of linguistics in the United States has been ongoing since the mid 1800s.

-What significant event happened in the mid 1800s? Specifying will aid in strengthening your introduction.


 * “Through many scholars and differing research methods, linguistics have been followed through indigenous languages and trying to find a “standard” for American linguistics, and most recently studying language and how it contributes to inequality”.

'''-Who are some of these notable scholars? What were their contributions?'''

'''-That is very interesting. What is the tie between language and inequality (a brief description)?'''


 * Why did we start studying linguistics?

working on people mentioned in current stub into their own subheading

https://saalck-uky.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01SAA_UKY/ija67f/cdi_informaworld_taylorfrancisbooks_10_4324_9780203361856_version2

https://saalck-uky.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01SAA_UKY/15remem/alma9921677256802636

-Good sources for analyzing the history of linguistics in the United States!


 * “Study of linguistics began to have a greater understanding of humans and language. Linguistics in the 1920s had a focus on grammatical analysis and grammatical structure, especially of languages indigenous to North America. In recent years, the study of linguistics in the United States has broadened to include nonstandard varieties of English speaking, as well as the question if language perpetuates inequalities”. https://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/history-modern-linguistics

-A great paragraph!

'''-What indigenous languages of North America were studied? Likewise, what nonstandard varieties of English have been studied in recent years?'''

'''*Great ideas! I hope that the questions that I have listed above aid in guiding your research. The references that you have listed are very informative and should provide you with the necessary information you need to guide your writing.'''