Research Report

       As the project goes I definitely need to find sources with which I can back up my claims; as it is now, I think I have some sources with which I can back up my claims and arguments; I just now need to find some of the counter argument for which I can make concession statement and hopefully prove wrong. My source variety I think is pretty solid right now; I have a few mainstream media new sources and I have an academic book.

Sci-Fi’s Hottest New Writer Won’t Tell You the Sex of Her Characters

• The source for this article is WIRED, the authors are not named but most of the information from the article is based upon a interview from the podcast "Geek's Guide to the Galaxy" from David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams
• Since the discussion is not specifically about the gender neutral pronouns but more about writing, I trust the interviewer David Kirtley as a sci-fi writer himself, and an instructor in writing. 
• The post is definitely targeted at those more interested in the "nerdy" things. The website it's hosted on is all about modern innovations in science, but also has a lot of inclusion of pop culture things to interest the readers. Along with that the article is specifically about a sci-fi book series that either readers would want to read or already have read to want to hear more about the works use of gender neutrality in the way it does.
• I think the main purpose for this short article is to explain something to the audience or tell them about a certain thing happening in this certain book; it's making those reading the article both curious about the how the book author used gender neutrality and about her thoughts on other conventions in sci-fi. Primarily I cite this as a reason because the author of the article primarily just references quotes from the book author in the podcast.
• I think the source is reliable because its on the provided list of sources we should use. Also it's a good fit for this project because it shows the important of needing a gender neutral pronoun that is not associated with some gender already like the "she/her" used in the book.

Gender Shifts in the History of English

• The author for this work is Anne Curzan, the source I got the full publication from is strangely from some German google link and it seems inaccessible otherwise. But it was published by Cambridge University Press. 
• The author for this work is very reliable; Anne Curzan is a Professor of English at the University of Michigan, and she focuses on histories of English, as well as sociolinguistics and language and gender. 
• As the book is a book about the history of English, primarily I would assume that only those truly interested in how the English language has changed, especially in respects to gender. SO while some may read it to learn on free time, in all likelihood the book could be part of a class' required readings and so students studying in gender studies or sociolinguistics may also learn about this. The details revealing this include the detailed index for the book, with many section, giving an easy reference for finding specific sections. The language in the book is simple enough to understand but also uses larger words and helps to define them for the readers.
• The source is quite obviously meant to teach the readers about how gender and language are connected. The books purposefully references things like great philosophers and events like choosing the "Word of the Millennium" to show how the talk of gender in language can encompass many events and time periods. Along with that any words that the reader might not know is italicized and then explained in depth.
• This source is good for this project because it goes in depth into how gender is used through language with pronouns and how different pronouns give different feelings in regard to gender. As well as that it does not just talk about the singular they in modern culture as most of the news articles do, it gives a more extensive view to understanding this isn't just a recent idea system. 

Sorry, Grammar Nerds. The Singular ‘They’ has been Declared Word of the Year.

• The source for this article is the Washington Post, and the author is Jeff Guo.
• Jeff Guo is the author of this source, so far I know he at least graduated from MIT, and he reports for the WP on economics, domestic policy and "everything empirical". Also specifically on this issue of the singular they pronoun, he seems to have a vocal voice for LGBT+ issues on is Twitter, meaning he would take writing the article relatively seriously.
• The general target audience for this work is less specific than the others, though it seems targeted towards "Grammar Nerds" in a like "point proving" way, the article itself just seems generally for anyone who would want to read about the subject. Or those interested in the results of the Word of the Year results.
• The main purpose of this passage is along the lines of wanting to relay the results of the Word of the Year results as well as detailing a bit about how grammar and new words are coming into the language of today.
• Contextual details that shows that this article might be helpful to my arguments on the singular they, is that he talks about how it helps the discussion on gender identity that are happening in the world today. ALso discusses how the Post already amended their style of writing to include this and some of the outrage therein.

IN SEARCH OF GENDER NEUTRALITY:

Is Singular They a Cognitively Efficient Substitute for Generic He?

• The authors for this source are Julie Foertsch and Morton Ann Gernsbacher, the source is the Psychological Science Journal. 
• Julie Foertsch is trustworthy in this subject because she is an associate scientist at the University of Wisconsin- Madison focusing mostly on psychology and psychiatry, so she has the credibility to perform an experiment on the psychology of using the singular they pronoun. Morton Ann Gernsbacher is credible as well, she runs a lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, that focuses on Cognitive Neuroscience and how the brain comprehends language.
• The target audience for this work would probably be a little less the general public since it is in a scientific journal, one can assume that those reading it seek out interesting psychological studies.
• The main purpose of this passage is to explain how an experiment in psychology helps prove that the singular they is accepted by the brain grammatically when reading a passage,
• A way that this article is important to the project is that it gives more scientific, empirical proof that the singular they is accepted grammatically and not just generally from people saying it is accepted.

Yo! Mama

• The source for this article is OUT magazine and the author is Ilya Marritz. 
• Tha author Ilya Marritz  is pretty credible because he is a trusted journalist and speaker for many sources.
• Target audience for this work is more general, except for the fact its in a LGBT+ magazine, so its the general gay populous that this work could have been directed towards, who may have more desire in the gender neural usages.
• This article's purpose is to delineate different terms that could be used in the singular third person, and how naturally people want to fill this role in speech so some people have come up with words like "yo" that fit this gender neutral speech.
• This is important for my paper because the discussion of the natural usage of gender neutral pronouns supports the claims that it's not some weird thing queer people are trying to force to happen, its a real thing. Also the examples of other pronouns could be used in support of they as either a better pronoun or as substitutes if they is "too confusing because it's plural".

Singular “They” and the Many Reasons Why it’s Correct

• The source for this article is "Motivated Grammar: Prescriptive Must Die!" and the author is Gabe Doyle. 
• Gabe Doyle has credibility for writing in this source because he is postdoc in Psychology in Stanford and he works primarily in psycholinguism and building models on how we acquire language.
• The audience is people who grammar, so a bunch of fucking nerds probably and perhaps English fanatics. Maybe people who want to argue about using They find this source.
• The purpose is to explain that they is totes grammatical
• THis is so fucking good for my paper because it really has all the grammar stuff I would need to make a point about how they works 

They're Here, They're Genderqueer, Get Used to Gender Neutral Pronouns

• The source for this article is JSTOR: Daily, and the author is Chi Luu.
• Chi Luu is an experienced writer in discussing the mysteries of language, she is a computational linguist as well. She also works on dying languages so she has an idea of how past languages may have used gender neutral pronouns.
• This article is directed more towards the academically inclined, being on JSTOR and all which is usually very scholarly. Also the title may attract the queers
• The purpose of this is to show how gender neutral pronouns have been round for a while and also that they're just becoming more prevalent so really people should just accept that
• This is good for my paper because history in something for some reason makes people feel better about using it, makes them feel like it all not so new and changing which really should be  good thing.

There's only 7 sources I know but I will try to add concession posts later but it is nearly 1 am and I am tired.