Date:  Wed, 6 Dec 1995 07:03:58 -0600

From:  "Salikoko S. Mufwene" <s-mufwene[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UCHICAGO.EDU>

Subject: Re: Language and Intelligence



In message Wed, 6 Dec 1995 00:12:34 -0800,

 Rima & Kim McKinzey <rkm[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SLIP.NET> writes:



> My husband the psychologist says that while we may recognize that accents,

> dialects et al. are not good indicators of intelligence, vocabulary is

> amongst our best indicators.



  I hear of psychologists using the vocabulary to assess the level of

cognitive development. Is this the same thing as the vocabulary being

"among the best indicators" of intelligence? I thought these are different

things!



Sali.

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Salikoko S. Mufwene        s-mufwene[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]uchicago.edu

University of Chicago       312-702-8531; FAX: 312-702-9861

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Chicago, IL 60637

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