Language emergence theories - contemporary critical readings

2020-12-21

Language emergence theories - contemporary critical readings


On the morning of Monday, December 21, 2020, the House of Wisdom Department of Linguistic and Translation Studies held a scientific symposium in the seminar hall in the House of Wisdom under the title (Theories of the emergence of language - contemporary critical readings).
The seminar was chaired by M. Ibtihaj Abbas - Spanish Language Department - College of Languages, and the researcher Rawa Mazhar Bait Al-Hikma's rectorate, and each of the following participated in this workshop:
Professor Ali Al-Zaidi is a researcher and author / research entitled (Theories of the emergence of language between linguists and scholars of fundamentals of jurisprudence) delivered on his behalf by Professor Muzaffar al-Rubaie, in charge of the Relations and Media Division at Bayt al-Hikma
- Head of translators, Samira Ibrahim Abdel-Rahman - Center for Strategic Studies / University of Baghdad, with a paper entitled (New Critical Views of Tomsky's Language Evolution Theory).
- Prof. Reda Kamel Al-Mousawi - Supervisor of the Department of Linguistic and Translation Studies - Bayt Al-Hikma, with a research entitled (Contemporary Critical Reading of the Theories of Language Genesis).
The symposium dealt with defining language as a system of communication in which humans can exchange verbal or symbolic speech, and this definition emphasizes the social functions of language, and the truth is that humans use language to express themselves and deal with things in their surroundings. The functional theories of grammar clarify the grammatical structures of their communicative functions and the understanding of the grammatical structures of a language to be the result of a grammatical adaptation process and designed to meet the communicative needs of its users. This view of language is associated with the study of language in practical, cognitive, and interactive frameworks. Functional theories tend to study rules as biological phenomena, structures that are always in the process of change as they are used by native speakers.
Researchers mentioned the theories of the emergence and development of language, and linguists such as Tsomsky saw these theories. Opinions varied on the issue of whether language in the beginning is an innate behavior or an acquired in the human mind, and this does not contradict the fact that language in its social function is a living reflection of the evolving rational existence of man, and therefore it is a dynamic, non-static structure subject to development.
The scientific symposium included the interventions, observations and comments that enriched the concepts of the symposium, and a number of professors, academics and those interested in the language attended.