Question

could Intelligence and the development of language may be related?

Answer 1

At the extreme lower and higher levels of intelligence, language development will be impeded or facilitated respectively. However, environmental factors also play a key role.

I searched Google under the key words "<I>intelligence 'language development'</I>" to get these possible sources:

http://users.ecs.soton.ac.uk/harnad/Papers/Py104/pinker.langacq.html
http://www.chomsky.info/articles/1978----.htm
http://books.google.com/books?id=GzlkmSwVvOoC&pg=PA327&lpg=PA327&dq=intelligence+%22language+development%22&source=web&ots=XlPkm9BUPv&sig=C-wXqwh3hpX9fCpBypusow2Ly5Q&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro01/web1/Sioutis.html
http://books.google.com/books?id=Zm0VAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117&dq=intelligence+%22language+development%22&source=bl&ots=AF0ALAvGXn&sig=QZW0R6qaVy4RogsTlk06lbNFrE4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.

Answer 2

Yes, Thanks