Dialogue - Coupling of Nations
Dialogue - Coupling of Nations

Summary/Abstract: As members of various social groups, we regularly practice communication and we confidently think that as human beings, we have an inherent ability to communicate in language. However, communication too often fails us: incomprehension and misunderstandings are present in all of life’s situations, in all aspects of the life of an individual, but also of the social community. It seems that we talk a lot, but talk to each other little, or not at all - so it’s becoming more obvious that we need serious help to master the art of talking/negotiation and discussion. Formal linguists consider language a mirror of the mind, and it should be described independently of its use in communication. Language serves to express thoughts, and every human being has an innate ability to acquire language. The basic function of language is not only communication, but to equally and freely express thoughts. Functional approaches however, focus on communication as one of the most important functions of language in society, and meaning plays a major role in this. In this approach, the expediency of language activity is highlighted. Language is not a mirror of the mind, but a tool with which we communicate, so language structures can be described from the point of view of the functions they have in language. Within the functional paradigm, language is conceptualized as an instrument of social action between human beings, and it is used with the intention of establishing a communicative relationship.

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