Date: Tue, 5 Dec 1995 20:01:45 -0500

From: Ron Rabin RABINRL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SNYBUFAA.CS.SNYBUF.EDU

Subject: Re: Language and Intelligence



Tom Uharriet said:

"But the fact that we all think in language suggests some correlation

between our language and our intelligence."



Why would you presume that "we all think in language?" Except for those

conscious internal monologues/self-dialogues, how would we know? That

there may be cultural constructs common to thought and language both does

not require that thought be in language and so bear the form and

restrictions of language.



Ron Rabin