Logic and Language

Speaking is the basic feature of man and occurs between individuals. Individuals become a community via language. Language can also be defined as a means of communication. This communication occurs between individuals through sound. The speaker transmits a meaning (ma‘nā) to the listener; he understands something from the speech of the speaker (mafhum). Communication occurs when the speaker and the listener commune with the same meaning. It is a knowledge or a request, transmitted by language. So speaking is an exchange of knowledge or request. Since a person will not demand anything he does not know, the foundation of linguistic communication is knowledge. Good use of language ensures a healthy flow of information and requests. This means that the community is happy through language. In this respect, language is like a school encompassing the community and in which the community is educated. Shortly, language is a school of a community, i.e. the home of a community. If the community wants to be healthy, they should notice their home and use it well. In fact, every speech is an activity of learning and teaching. Acquisition of knowledge and speaking have their own rules. The science of the laws of thinking which brings knowledge is logic; the science of the laws of speech is grammar. Although linguistics and logic are not identical, since the knowledge is transmitted through language, and learning and teaching occurs through the language, the logician must know the logic of the language of society where he teaches logic.