User:Linneasmith/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
 * Linguistic relativity and the color naming debate


 * Article Evaluation
 * - Has a lot of personal opinion, so needs to be made more objective
 * - This requires more editing than new information


 * Sources
 * McHorter's "The Language Hoax"
 * Deutscher's "Through the Language Glass"

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Referential indeterminacy


 * Article Evaluation
 * - Very bare; includes only a lead
 * - Lacks any sources, so it would be like creating it from scratch


 * Sources
 * Labov

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Prototype theory


 * Article Evaluation
 * - Has a lot of information, but lacks sources for a lot of it
 * - Would require more editing than adding new information
 * - No alternative theories of prototypes, so that would need to be added


 * Sources
 * Taylor, Putnam, Rosch

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Cognitive semantics


 * Article Evaluation
 * -Does not need much work
 * -Provides multiple perspectives
 * -Fairly objective


 * Sources
 * Taylor and Putnam readings