Verbal-Linguistic Intelligence
Gardner (1993) states that those with Verbal-Linguistic intelligence are highly sensitive to shades of meaning of a word, have keen senses of the sounds of words (sounds, rhythms, inflections, and meters of words) and their musical interactions with one another; and a sensitivity to the order among words (a capacity to follow the rules of grammar). They have a love of language and an eagerness to explore its every vein. They have a sensitivity to the different functions of language, understanding its potential to excite, convince, stimulate, convey information, or simply to please.
- Highly Auditory: They have a heightened ability to hear nuances in the sounds of language.
- Good Readers: They read a great deal.
- Process Through Listening: They have the ability to process information auditorily without having to read it.
- Storytellers: They may have the love of telling stories and can do so in a way that captivates an audience by their manipulation of words.
- Understand Diverse Vocabulary: They have large vocabularies and understand the meanings of many words.
- Good Spellers: They have an innate sense of the spelling of words.
- Wordsmiths: They have the ability to coin new words and use words skillfully.
- Etymology Trivia: They tend to know a lot about the origin and development of words.
- Awakened by Words: Since words are these people's medium, words and their uses excite them.
- Loquacious: They are fond of talking because they love the sound of language and its nuances.
- Write Endings: Good at completing or giving closure to stories or other written pieces.
- "Tape Recorder" Memory: They remember what they hear.
