The Analysis of the Linguistic Realizations of Fuzziness in Advertising English.doc
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1、The Analysis of the Linguistic Realizations of Fuzziness in Advertising English Abstract Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. It is thus clear that advertising has played a decisive role in todays business world. The issue
2、of whether advertising languages are attractive and persuasive or not has became the point of attention. So thorough and theoretical studies on language features of English advertising helps improve both the understanding and designing of successful advertisements. After a brief introduction to adve
3、rtising, advertising language, fuzziness and fuzzy linguistics, the thesis is focused on the linguistic realizations of fuzziness in advertising English from the following two perspectives: the semantic realization and rhetorical devices. In the semantic analysis, fuzzy qualifiers, numerical fuzzy q
4、uantifiers, fuzzy verbs, descriptive adjectives and symbols and abbreviations are analyzed to reveal fuzzy nature that are used by advertisers to achieve their persuasive ends. While in the rhetorical devices, punning, metaphors, and euphemism which make language more vivid and create more boundless
5、 association and imagination are discussed. Then the thesis concludes with a brief summary of the article and points out the limitations of the study. 【摘 要】 广告业被认为是一条通过耗尽人类智慧赚取钱财的科学之道。 很明显,广告在今天的商业世界已发挥着举足轻重的作用。广告语言能否具有诱惑力和说服力已成为关注的焦点。因此对英语广告语言系统、全面地研究,可以提高对广告的理解,构想出成功的英语广告。论文在简短地对广告,广告语言,模糊性和模糊理论进行
6、介绍之后,主要对以下两种模糊实现形式进行分析。一、语义模糊。这一类广告通过使用模糊限制词、模糊数量词、模糊动词、修饰性形容词以及符号和缩略语等具备模糊性的语言来突破日常行为的规范,使词语在表达字面意义的同时又暗示其多重含义,形成词语含义的未定性,激发了读者的联想和想象,吸引他们的注意并提起他们的兴趣,从而对广告本身的说服力起增强作用。二、修辞格(双关、暗喻、委婉语)的使用,使广告语言更具生动,引发读者无限的想象和联想。最后结论部分中,论文对主要概念和内容做出了总结,提出了全文的局限性。1. Introduction With the rapid development of the world
7、 economy and globalization, advertising has played a vital role in promoting sales, providing services and building images. Based on the fact that China remains lagging behind the west in both physical attraction and persuasiveness in advertising, thorough and theoretical studies on the language of
8、advertising have become an urgent need. In our daily life, fuzzy language has been employed in communication on various occasions negotiation and public speaking. Though many linguists have been exploring fuzzy theory and fuzzy linguistics heavily, the understanding of fuzziness hasnt been satisfact
9、ory and perfect. As a not well-established register, advertising English has its unique features compared with English for other purposes. Fuzziness function in advertising English plays a positive role in human co mmunication. Through linguistic realizations of fuzziness in advertising English from
10、 semantic angle to rhetorical devices in the text, the purpose of the paper is to make people equip with a better manipulation of fuzzy advertising, so as to prepare them for producing more successful advertisements, then arousing peoples interest in ads, stimulating peoples needs of consumption, an
11、d enticing people to make purchase in products. 2. General ideas of advertising and its languageWhat is advertising? What does advertising originate from? Why does it come into being? What is its language like? The following is going to explain them.2.1 The definition and development of advertisingI
12、n etymological studies, the word “advertise” in Middle English is spelt as “advertisen” meaning “to notify” and in old French as “advertir” or “advertises”. We find two records have the same explanation of “to notice”. Further studies rooted out its origin in Latin as “advertere”, meaning “a means u
13、sed to draw attention from the public to something and lead them to some direction”. 1 Nowadays, the scholars from different countries hold different opinions about the explanation of advertising, but remaining the similar meaning basically. An explanation is widely accepted by American Marketing As
14、sociation as following:Advertising is the nonpersonal communication of information usually paid for and usually persuasive in nature, about products, services or ideas through the various media. 2 It is not difficult for us to find out four components of advertising from the explanation above. First
15、, advertising is directed to the general public rather than individuals. Second, the information conveyed by advertising can be commercial or non-commercial. (Commercial advertising seeks profits, while noncommercial advertising sponsored by government or nonprofit organizations is used to publicize
16、 the organization, seek donations or call for some actions beneficial to society.) Third, advertising reaches us through a channel of communication referred to as a medium, such as: TV, radio, newspapers, magazines and so on.Fourth, any advertising is launched by identified sponsors or organizations
17、 with a given purpose, either commercial advertising or public interests advertising.Indeed, advertising is the result of high degree of development of commodity economy. In order to make their goods sell well, tradesman and merchants tried every means to trigger the consumers to buy their products.
18、 Henry Sampson described the beginning of advertising in his work History of Advertising as below: There is little about that the desire among tradesmen and merchants to make good their wares have an existence almost as long as the customs of buying and selling, and it is but natured to suppose that
19、 advertisem ents in some shape or form have existed not only from time immemorial, but almost for all time. 3 Until now, with the rapid development of the world economy and the acceleration of globalization process, advertising has played a very important role in todays business world. Advertising,
20、with its persuasive function and taking action function, helps a business to create the products and corporate identities, not only realize the development of the business, but also increase the value of its goodwill, and win the confidence of the consumers. 2.2 Features of advertising language Sinc
21、e the advertising aims at drawing attention from the public and leading them to some direction, and thus the language of advertising is language that is used in efforts to persuade or otherwise entice people to purchase products or services. Toffler in his Future Shock approaches the language of adv
22、ertising as a language of finely engineered, ruthlessly, purposeful messages, intending to trigger a special response from the consumers. This point of view is echoed by linguist Peter Trudgill, who said, “The wording of advertisements is, in most cases, carefully crafted to meet particular ends. So
23、metimes it is intended to inform, but more often, and more importantly, to persuade and influence.” 4 David Ogilvy also said, “Every word in the copy must count, advertise what is unique.” 5 In other words, the ultimate goal of advertising is to sell. Thus, advertisements must be presented with a ty
24、pe of language that is persuasive in nature, concise, vivid, visual, and with emotion and appeal, that is, the language of advertising conveys the most complicated meaning with the simplest language and is loaded with persuasive intentions for sales promotion or other purposes.Look at an example: “R
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