Date:  Thu, 7 Dec 1995 00:15:26 -0500

From:  SETH SKLAREY <crissiet[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IPOF.FLA.NET>

Subject: Re: Language and Intelligence



>> >However, a historian may have a larger vocabulary than a linguist,

>> >and both have larger vocabularies than a mathematician.

>

>I'm not convinced this is true; in fact I'd be surprised if there were

>any significant differences in vocabulary size by discipline. Has any

>research been done on this?

>

>Mary Bucholtz

>Department of Linguistics

>University of California, Berkeley



OK, start counting, who has a larger vocabulary, Jesse Sheidlower or Daniel

Boorstin?

Einstein or Plutarch?



SETH