academic_debate.jpg
This image is a vertical meme composed of four distinct panels stacked on top of one another. Each panel features a scene from the television show *Pawn Stars* overlaid with text resembling the title and author list of an academic paper. The meme uses the characters Rick Harrison (the older man) and Corey Harrison (the younger man) to depict an escalating argument or debate between different groups of linguists.

**Panel 1 (Top)**
The top panel shows a medium shot of Rick Harrison, an older white male with grey hair and a grey goatee. He is wearing a black sleeveless shirt that reveals tattoos on his arms. He is seated in a chair, leaning back with his right arm extended outward to the left side of the frame. His expression is one of anger or shouting. Behind him, a black t-shirt with white graphic designs hangs over the back of the chair.

Below this image is a block of text formatted like a paper header:
"The Faculty of Language: What Is It, Who Has It, and How Did It Evolve?"
Marc D. Hauser, Noam Chomsky, W. Tecumseh Fitch

**Panel 2 (Second from top)**
The second panel shows Corey Harrison, a younger white male with dark hair, sideburns, and a black baseball cap worn forward. He is wearing a black t-shirt. He is looking off to the left of the frame with his mouth open in an aggressive shout or grimace. Behind him on the left is a black microwave oven sitting on a counter.

Below this image is the text:
"The faculty of language: what's special about it?" (with a superscript asterisk)
Steven Pinker, Ray Jackendoff

**Panel 3 (Third from top)**
The third panel returns to Rick Harrison. He is shown in a close-up, looking extremely agitated with his mouth wide open as if yelling loudly. He is wearing the same black sleeveless shirt. The black t-shirt with white graphics is visible behind him again.

Below this image is the text:
"The evolution of the language faculty: Clarifications and implications"
W. Tecumseh Fitch, Marc D. Hauser, Noam Chomsky (with superscript letters a, b, c next to their names)

**Panel 4 (Bottom)**
The bottom panel shows a wider shot of the room. Rick Harrison is on the left side, looking forward with a relatively calm or neutral expression. Corey Harrison is on the right side, turned away from the camera but reaching his arm out aggressively toward Rick, appearing to grab him or gesture wildly. In the background, there are glass display cases typical of a pawn shop.

Below this image is the text:
"The nature of the language faculty and its implications for evolution of language (Reply to Fitch, Hauser, and Chomsky)" (with a superscript asterisk)
Ray Jackendoff, Steven Pinker (with superscript letters a, b next to their names)
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