What is the influence of heredity and environment on the development of intelligence? how is language defined, and what are its different elements and structure? 10 does language influence the way people think, and are animals capable of learning language?

1. interactive influence

2. Language defined is How different humans speak or write. There own unique way of communicating. Three elements are Economy, Power, and Clarity. Three structures are sound-system, syntax, and semantic component.

3. Yes, language shapes our lives. Yes, it takes time thought but especially apes and monkeys to speak the language but I have seen dogs that learned to speak Chinese but they obviously don't speak

Explanation:

3. With our words we influence our own, and others thoughts and taking it a step further, also behavior.  

The words we speak influence our thoughts, moods, and how we feel about the world, and the people.

Credit:

https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/popcult/lingstruct.html

https://2012books.lardbucket.org/books/public-speaking-practice-and-ethics/s16-03-six-elements-of-language.html

https://www.quora.com/Does-language-influence-the-way-people-think-How

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/can-animals-acquire-language/

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