Talk:Analogical modeling

Editors' disclaimers

Just want to add a disclaimer on my work on this article: as you can see by my user page, I'm a student at Brigham Young University where much of the research on A.M. has taken place. I promise that this is not meant as a tribute to a favorite professor or anything like that. I was just browsing through the library a few days ago and came across this book, found it interesting, and looked to see if there was any info about it on Wikipedia. I've never even had Dr. Skousen as a professor, although now I think that I would like to! --RockRockOn 19:54, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd better add my own disclaimer. I have done original research on AM, but I will not post it here; rest assured, you will get citations to other people's peer-reviewed publications for every fact I contribute. eritain 09:39, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright

I'm taking a great deal of the formulae and examples directly from Skousen 1989. I assume that this is fine as long as I don't lift the actual text of his discussion, but let me know if there are any issues I should be aware of. --RockRockOn 05:03, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're fine under both copyright law and academic ethics as long as you put quote marks around quotes and cite everything you owe a debt to. Fair use law favors transformative use, and transforming a technical book into an accessible encyclopedic article qualifies.

Meanwhile, I'm taking a great deal of my discussion directly from my own honors thesis. Copyright cops, you are on notice: Article text that resembles Nathan E. Rasmussen's Analogical modeling of pronunciation: Vowels in English monosyllables is neither dishonest nor illicit, for I am he. eritain 09:39, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]