Re:Children aren't born smart. They're made smart by convers...
by Alex3917 on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @07:27AM
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The study looked at the impact of genetics on language acquisition, and found that at most the contribution of IQ to language acquisition could only be a few percent. They were not really looking at the impact of genetics on IQ, although I think this is mentioned at one point and they say genetics plays a larger part here.
The study wasn't designed to measure the impact of genetics on g, so we shouldn't be surprised that it fails to measure it. It was designed to measure the impact of in-home language use on vocabulary acquisition, which it clearly does well. That effect has been further validated in meta-analysis, e.g. [1].
1: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sbneuman/pdf/marulisNeuman.pd...