FRAMING MEANINGS: A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF THE SONG TITLE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON LISTENERS’ INTERPRETATION

Abstract

Semantics plays an important role in human communication in real life situations. The present study demonstrates a semantic analysis, and its influence on the listeners’interpretations, of a famous song by Atif Aslam, a famous Pakistani playback singer. Listening music exerts much more influence than merely amusement. Infact poetry aggrandized with fascinating and rhythmic music transports a person from his/her existing physical conditions to an ecstatic environment by producing sublime emotions. The title of
the songs also plays sufficient role in determining the influence upon the listening experience. Hence the titles of the songs have enchanting effects as compared to listening and enjoying the complete songs in order to create exalted effects during the listening a
particular song. These titles have engrossing influence upon the audiences as these are grounded with the cultural entertainment values and social trends of a specific society, particularly the Urdu speech community around the globe, not only in Pakistan and India,
in a given real life situation. The current study concludes that the title of a song is semantically a literal encapsulation of romantic attachment thus creating everlasting affection with the cultural heritage of the Urdu speaking community particularly in Pakistan.