verbal intelligence
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- noun
- /ˈvɜrbəl ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒəns/
- Specialized
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inteligencia verbal
- Gardner (1993) emphasizes that using paper/pencil tests emphasizes verbal intelligence such as reading.
- verbal intelligence test
- measure of verbal intelligence
Examples
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Parents, sensing their daughters' normal verbal intelligence, frequently assume that the problem is a lack of effort.
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In the original description of his patients, Turner was careful to point out that they were normal in verbal intelligence.
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Verbal intelligence is emphasized in written test items.
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We included the WAIS-R vocabulary measure to assess whether the three groups of women showed equal verbal intelligence.
Academic text (2004) -
As the Baddeley task examined reasoning ability, this was taken as a measure of verbal intelligence.
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They see the high IQ, the organizational skills, and the verbal intelligence.
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There was also a positive correlation between the HFA group's pragmatic answers and their verbal intelligence.
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Baddeley (1968) found it to be highly correlated with verbal intelligence.
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Correlations with measures of verbal intelligence have yielded coefficients approximating .75 (Carvajal, Hayes, Miller, & Wiebe, 1993).
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Her verbal intelligence allowed her to communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively.
Synonyms
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The ability to speak or write clearly and well
How Skilled
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'ability to use language effectively' is directly compositional: 'verbal' specifies the domain (relating to words/language) and 'intelligence' denotes capacity to understand or reason, so together they denote intelligence in the verbal domain. This adjective+noun combination is a common, transparent pattern cross-linguistically and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Verbal intelligence links verbal, meaning words and speaking, with intelligence, meaning the power to understand and think. Imagine a person who quickly finds the right words and understands what they read or hear; that skill is called 'verbal intelligence' and means the ability to use language well and to understand words.