The Arabic Language Academy in Sharjah and UNESCO discuss the importance of historical linguistic dictionaries
Paris, May 24/ WAM/ The Arabic Language Academy in Sharjah, in cooperation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) yesterday, organized a specialized symposium on the sidelines of the special honoring ceremony that celebrated His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah and honoring him for the completion of the historical lexicon of the Arabic language and the official list of the lexicon in the UNESCO Library, in the framework of the celebration of the International Day of Cultural Diversity for Dialogue And development.
The symposium dealt with the importance of the historical dictionaries of the languages by focusing on Arabic and European languages: French, Italian, Spanish and German.
Dr. Muhammad Safi Al -Mostaghanemi, Secretary -General of the Arabic Language Complex in Sharjah, Dr. Paulo Datishili, President of the Italian Language Academy (Lacroska in Rome) spoke, Dr. Sebastian Gyoshir, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Guettegen in Germany, and Dr. Charlotte Korei from the third Lyon University in France, and Dr. Laura Gago Gomez from Salamanka University in Spain.
The symposium was inaugurated by His Excellency Ali Al -Hajj Al Ali, the permanent representative of the state to UNESCO, with a speech on behalf of the Arab member group in UNESCO, in which he thanked and appreciated His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah for his continued support for the achievement of the historical lexicon of the Arabic language, which has become a basic reference for researchers and interested.
The Ali Al -Ali dealt with the achievement of the historical lexicon of the Arabic language and its inclusion in the UNESCO Library and the importance of honoring the Arabic language, saying: We celebrate a achievement that is not limited to sciences only, but extends to include culture in all its human dimensions and the inclusion of the dictionary in the UNESCO Library is a honor for centuries of wisdom, philosophy, creativity and a testimony to the legacy of the eternal intellectual language, carried the torch of science, mathematics and astronomy through The West is bridges of knowledge, indicating that this dictionary is the fruit of contracts for tireless research, strict scientific methodology and firm commitment to the accuracy of the information and the accuracy of the analysis.
He affirmed the commitment of the state and the Arab group in UNESCO to the strategic partnership to support Arab culture and turn the Arabic language from a bridge to the past to a tool for the future and from a heritage container into an engine to innovate and enhance global human understanding.
In his speech, Dr. Muhammad Safi Al -Mostaghanemi dealt with the historical dictionary of the Arabic language, which was accomplished in a record time and with distinguished participation from various scholars and experts from the linguistic councils in the countries of the Arab world, reviewing the efforts made in its achievement and its comprehensive and integrated content on the history of Arabic words and their origins, where it is a huge Diwan and a large linguistic treasury that includes all the words It clarifies the date of its use or neglect and the development of its implications and buildings through the ages, and it is concerned with mentioning evidence and its sources with accurate scientific documentation for each source, which is with these specifications and benefits the largest and most recent extensive linguistic dictionary that reveals the history of the Arabic language, which is the history and civilization of the Arab nation.
And Dr. Paulo Datishili dealt with the beginnings of attempts to issue historical dictionaries for the Italian language, which includes a number of dictionaries that are updated and expanded every time and when it provides accurate information about the Italian language for those interested and researchers, pointing to the statistics included in the Italian historical dictionaries, especially the number of words, their origins and roots and the contributions made by the dictionaries aimed at documenting the date The Italian language over the past ages, pointing to the importance of the historical dictionaries of languages and the need to accomplish them as one of the most important linguistic projects for each nation.
Dr. Sebastian Gyrotheer reviewed the various publications of the historical dictionaries of the German language that exceeded the 30 dictionary, including what is specialized in the classical language, including what deals with regional dialects in Germany, taking the lexicon that the brothers (Grimm) composed and is considered the most important historical dictionary for the German language, as well as the role of German dictionaries, its history and its path since the early Middle Ages in the ninth century AD And its benefits in documenting and dealing with the history of the German nation.
Dr. Charlotte Corey dealt with the goals and methodology of the historical dictionaries of the French language, related to France’s cultural and political history and dates back to the sixteenth era, which witnessed the beginnings of the initiatives of writing dictionaries and their abundance alongside the goals of the French historical dictionaries and its endeavor to rebuild the origin of words and its history over time, where the first historical lexicon of the French language was written within the encyclopedia entitled (Dedro) that was published between 1751 and 1772 It was published after a long period of writing it.
Dr. Laura Gago Gomez concluded the interventions of experts in the symposium, consumed by the historical dictionary project for the Spanish language, which aims to document the history of the Spanish language and its development through the ages, where work began several years ago to provide a comprehensive vision on the history of Spanish words and follow its origins from the previous previous nations related to Spain and its development through the Middle Ages and the modern era.
At the end of the symposium, speakers affirmed that the historical lexicon of the Arabic language is an unprecedented linguistic achievement in the world because of its comprehensive and accurate documentation and precise documentation of Arabic words and their origins, loyal to great attention and personal follow -up to His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah, the Supreme President of the Arabic Language Complex in Sharjah and the great material and moral support of His Highness and the group of scholars who participated in its preparation and issuance to be a model An example is a role model in issuing the historical dictionaries of languages.
They pointed out the importance of taking advantage of the modern technologies provided by artificial intelligence to study languages and facilitate them on students from new generations, with the need to pay attention to students teaching the basic skills of language such as speaking, reading and writing in order to integrate, comply and fully benefit from human intelligence and artificial intelligence in learning and education.
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