Date:  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 17:29:35 MST

From:  Tom Uharriet <UTOM[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ADMN.712.NEBO.EDU>

Subject: Re: Language and Intelligence



> I'm just curious to know if anybody out there still holds the belief that

> a persons intelligence can be measured by the way they speak?



Some aspects of a person's intelligence are certainly linguistic.

What is meant by "the way they speak"? Are you referring to speech

abnormalities, idiolect, breadth of vocabulary, delivery dynamincs,

frequency of oral communication, inflections, . . . , or . . . ?

Clearly, there is no dialect/intelligence connection. But the fact

that we all think in language suggests some correlation between our

language and our intelligence.



Tom Uharriet

utom[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]admn.712.nebo.edu