How can it be that all the human languages form logical grammar structures without anyone defining them from the first place?

Question

It seems like grammar rules just form up on their own and no language is a “mess”, how can it be?

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Answer 1

What is a “mess” depends on the language.

The phrase “she goes to the park every day at 2pm” in Chinese is 她每天下午两点去公园, which literally translates to “she everyday afternoon 2 hour go park”. It seems like a “mess” to English speakers, but has a standardized structure, and it conveys all the information it needs.

Every sentence needs verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc because that is how communication works, you need to be able to say all of those things to say what you need to.