Between duplication of existing patterns and onymic inventiveness: pragmatic-functional use of names in marketing Cover Image

Między powielaniem istniejących wzorów i onimiczną inwencją – w kontekście pragmatyczno-funkcjonalnych zastosowań nazw marketingowych
Between duplication of existing patterns and onymic inventiveness: pragmatic-functional use of names in marketing

Author(s): Adam Siwiec
Subject(s): Media studies, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Marketing / Advertising, Phraseology, Stylistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: nomination through proper names; motivation; naming patterns and conventions; onymic inventiveness; marketing chrematonyms; communication and functions of trade names;

Summary/Abstract: The article is concerned with two contradictory tendencies in naming objects associated with consumption, i.e., in proper names with marketing application. The first tendency is to introduce names coined according to a pattern (a model series) and a variety of semiotic conventions. The other one is to strive for uniqueness, originality and onymic inventiveness. The latter is especially common in names used as messages and marketing slogans. Their advertising function is coupled with the desire to render them more attractive and attention-gripping based on their linguistic shape.

  • Issue Year: 24/2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 103-117
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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