The Natural Linguistic Intuition among the Arabs: Between Historical Reality and Social Context

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  • MOHAMED BELKADI University of Tlemcen

Keywords:

linguistic intuition; saliqah; classical arabic; tribal dialects; innate language ability; arabic linguistic heritage

Abstract

This research highlights arabic speakers following the rules of the language are natural speakers due to the presence of the innate ability in their environment where they live out of tribal dialects to compare and establish a standard for fasah (correctness) and to define phonological and semiotic manifestations, with support from the experiences of early linguists such as Al-Jahiz and Ibn Jinni, and through the exploration of classical articles that express how arabic is acquired through uncodified means. The research further evidences that saliqah is both a feeling associated with language and an expression of the rules associated with how mother's speak to children, in addition to understanding that the tribal formations of the environment preserved their original character more than cities; thus, referreing to the fact that the tribes represented the main source of classical arabic language. It is also recognized in this research that saliqa originates through the combination of the innate linguistic characteristic that exists in the nature of humans, combined with the society in which they have learned to utilize it.

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25-07-2026

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