Lupyan's article focused on the mental aspect of how we abstract information people provide. The triangle is used as a test to see how people respond to different cues and what interpretations come up. When asked to draw a 'triangle,' the drawings that came up resemble the more typical shape than when asked to draw a 'three-sided polygon.' Although I don't see a huge difference between the two sets, I see the smallest bit of variety in the triangle drawings with a right-sided triangle in the mix. It is interesting to see how our minds can interpret different languages with the same meaning.
Rickford talks about the African American speech and goes into detail about the African American Vernacular English (AAVE). Rickford focuses on sociolinguistics and how language and race relate. Unfortunately, the African American population is underrepresented in linguistic communities due to their skin and Rickford seeks to promote change in this view. It is inspiring to read about how Rickford first got int sociolinguistics and how he wanted to help students who were misunderstood when speaking local Creole and not Standard English. Overall, I thought both pieces were very insightful and focused a lot more on pyscho and sociolinguistics.
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