Dr. Rashid Al-Abidi's critical approach to modern linguistics

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the criticism of linguistics by one of the prominent figures in the field of modern linguistic studies in Iraq, Dr. Rashid Abdul Rahman Al-Obaidi. This is due to the scientific efforts we have seen in some of his books aimed at reviewing what contemporary linguistics has provided with its methods and research, a critical review that is not limited to presentation and summary. In order to achieve this goal, the research was divided into several axes, each axis addressing a critical trend from his orientations in evaluating linguistics, with the aim of drawing a comprehensive picture whose features are the intellectual system from which it stems and the references he relies on in his analysis, which helps in identifying the motives behind this critical approach of his. Dr. Rashid Abdul Rahman Saleh Al-Obaidi is considered one of the most prominent figures in the field of linguistic studies in Iraq during the second half of the twentieth century. Dr. Rashid Al-Obaidi was born in 1940 in the Al-A'dhamiyah district of Baghdad. He obtained a master's degree in grammar and morphology, and a doctorate in linguistics from Cairo University. He was then appointed as a rapporteur for the Arabic Language Department at the College of Education at the University of Baghdad. He played a prominent role in academic and cultural work; He held the position of professor in a number of Iraqi and Arab universities, and he left a valuable scientific heritage, specializing in the research of the Arabic language and its various fields, including: Abu Uthman Al-Mazini and his views on morphology and syntax, Al-Azhari and the Arabic lexicography, research and texts in Arabic philology, problems in linguistic composition in the second century AH, the practical implementation of the linguistic research method, discussions in linguistics and linguistics, Arabic and contemporary linguistics, and a dictionary of linguistic sounds. Dr. Rashid Al-Obaidi's efforts were not limited to these works, but he also had documents and research published in a number of Iraqi and Arab magazines, and he was also chosen as a member of the Iraqi Scientific Academy ^[1]. Dr. Rashid Al-Obaidi, may God have mercy on him, passed away on Saturday, corresponding to: 22/Muharram/1428 AH = 10/February/2007 AD ^[2]..