Introduction to Linguistics - OPTIONAL Final Exam Extra Credit James Madison University

[This is optional and will be assessed as an acceptable or unacceptable effort for extra credit. (Three points or five points are possible, depending on work and on eligibility. The extra credit is due no later than with your final exam.]

• Read Steven Pinker's short essay on language acquisition, available on our Blackboard site under "Documents." If you did not do the other extra credit option for the final exam, you may earn up to five points by writing a significant 1 1/2 to 2 page assessment of Steven Pinker's stance, of the particular evidence he offers in this essay, and of how his stance differs from that of the editor whose brief introduction appears at the beginning of the essay. If you have already earned three points extra credit for the Alumna Career Talk option, then you can still earn three additional points by typing up just a two paragraph summary showing that you have read and understoon this essay.