User:Primeval-Seeker/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
 * Fossil word


 * Article Evaluation
 * There is a notice at the top of the article that says "the article needs additional citations for verification," so that would be a good place to start for editing this article. The talk page seems to focus on what words are/are not fossil words, and what kind of information can be added to the page to make it read more like an encyclopedia page and less like a dictionary definition and some examples.


 * Sources
 * "On Cranberries, Categories, and Core" by Marijana Marelj and Ora Matushansky
 * Here is a source that discusses fossil words, but I'm not sure if the discussion is long enough to be considered a significant part of the source.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Liaison (French)


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article needs inline citations, so I could read through the list of references and try to add them that way. I could also find additional sources if I end up needing to. The talk page is mostly people who speak varying degrees of French discussing pronunciation, which letters actually get a liaison, and a lot of other specific details about liaisons. It's one of the longer talk pages I've seen, so it's a little overwhelming.


 * Sources
 * "Understanding Cohesion in French Liaison" by Marie-Helene Cote (accents not included)
 * This article is a "detailed study in French liaison" that seems like it would be really helpful in clarifying some of the points people in the talk page brought up.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Neopronoun


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is pretty short and there is no activity on the talk page. It is part of the WikiProject for Linguistics, though.


 * Sources
 * "Why Shall I Call You Ze?" by Natalia Borza
 * This source discusses a gender neutral pronoun "ze" and analyzes how people react to it when the pronoun is used by institutions. It seems interesting, but I'm not sure if it's too focused on public perception and not on explaining neopronouns.

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Verlan


 * Article Evaluation
 * The discussion on the talk page makes it seem like there are a lot of areas in this article that could be more clearly written/explained.


 * Sources
 * "Une Approche Prosodique de la Morphologie du Verlan" by Marc Plénat
 * Here is an article that examines the morphology of verlan. It seems like it includes a lot of useful information.

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Philology


 * Article Evaluation
 * This is the article I analyzed previously, and I still think there are a couple sections that could use inline citations. It probably doesn't need as much work as some of the other choices, but it could still be improved.


 * Sources
 * "Cognitive Metaphor and Literary Theory: Towards the New Philology" by Donald C. Freeman
 * This article discusses more recent views/scholarship on philology and also talks about cognitive philology, one of shorter sections that could use some more explanation and citations.