First Presentation

Prepare by reading the excerpt from Steven Pinker's The stuff of thought. Each team will have 15 minutes at the start of class on Friday to put finishing touches on their presentation, and then 15 minutes to present their theory to the group. Presentations can include media, please let Carmen know before class if you will need a projector. At the end of the presentations, we will have a debate between the 4 theories, so you should be taking notes during each presentation accordingly.

Team 1: Extreme Nativism

Jasmine David

Margarita Fuentes

Team 2: Radical Pragmatics

Domo Lafontant

Hollis Lane

Jenna Litton

Team 3: Linguistic Determinism

Ornella Njoya

Amanda Ringland

Alex Ross Farris

Team 4: Conceptual Semantics (definitely watch this TEDTalk in addition to the reading)

Rose Shuker-Haines

Owen Thompson

Kullan Warner