Essay: Heated debates among linguists and anthropologists

Based on what you have read in Deutscher and discussed in class, you know that color is topic that has caused heated debates among linguists and anthropologists. Why? In your essay, you will choose three studies of color and their results. You will then explain why these discoveries are important, to the study of language and/or the study of humanity.

Remember to apply what you have learned so far in Harbrace Essentials to your writing. No first or second person in this paper and no contractions. You should use proper in text citations for Deutscher’s material. You will not need sources for this paper other than Deutscher.

Your paper should be organized as follows:

Introduction (ending in thesis statement)

Summary of the three studies, their results, and analysis of why they are important (multiple paragraphs)

Conclusion

The citations has to be only from this book and MLA format

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.