Ionesco a semantyka ogólna

General semantics was initiated in 1920 by Alfred Korzybski. Contrary to logic semantics or linguistics, general semantics is aimed at the improvement of interpersonal relations by the rearranging of language, and its misuse, according to the Polish-American engineer, logician and philosopher, might lead to some somatic turbulences. General semantics is language-oriented and it is focused on its negative influence on human beings, which demonstrates itself above all in the tendency to excessive abstraction and susceptibility to manipulation. In this context, the Author analyzes Ionesco’s selected dramas in which the writer investigates language and its usage, searching for the answer to the question: why contemporary people have problems with interpersonal communication. Ionesco’s experiments parallel scholarly research and throw new light on the ontologic status of the human being.