Volume 18, No. 5, 2021
The Ir/Relevant Being: A Linguistic Analysis Of Semiotic And Social Construction Of Multiple Realities Of Self In A Beautiful Mind
Fatima Nagrah , Dr. Amna Saeed
Abstract
This paper aims to explore the notion of the Ir/relevant being through semiotic and social construction of personal reality, which is unique to every individuals’ perception of language, in the text A Beautiful Mind. Linguistic signs play an important role in meaning making and reality construction of an individual, given the multiple layers of concepts associated with them. This research tends to emphasize on how socially acceptable meaning affects our experiences and society’s understanding of the Self while tagging the reality of the insane person as irrelevant and that of the sane as authentic and relevant. The present research focuses on how our individual experiences help build our realities and ideas, which are embedded in our language by using Lukach’s (2013) linguistic model for analysis. Furthermore, it challenges the notion of socially constructed standards of reality as authentic against the personalized individual perception of reality.
Pages: 2391-2402
Keywords: Language, Reality, Meaning, Attitude, Behavior, Semiotics.