Linguistic intelligence involves certain abilities associated with language and oral communication. Individuals high in this type of intelligence are highly sensitive to the meaning and aspects behind the meaning of words and their interactions, also known as semantic competence (Haggerty, 1995). They also have a high sensitivity to the order and grammar among words, and the rules they abide by, this is known as syntactic competence (Haggerty, 1995). An example of someone that has high linguistic intelligence is J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, she was able to create intricate stories using only words. Musical intelligence entails abilities associated with music and sound. People that are high in this type of intelligence
