Re:The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages
by kazinator on Thursday August 30, 2018 @02:00PM
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They can be assumed in high IQ native speakers, though.
These hyperpolyglots are supposed to be high IQ.
If you have a high IQ, but look like a low IQ illiterate in a dozen additional languages, then I'm afraid you're a phonyglot. This is because there are ideas that you can think but cannot say in those non-native languages; and if someone else were to say those things for you, you wouldn't understand what they are saying.
These hyperpolyglots are supposed to be high IQ.
If you have a high IQ, but look like a low IQ illiterate in a dozen additional languages, then I'm afraid you're a phonyglot. This is because there are ideas that you can think but cannot say in those non-native languages; and if someone else were to say those things for you, you wouldn't understand what they are saying.