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THE ANATOMY OF AN AD: BE SONY!
THE ANATOMY OF AN AD: BE SONY!

Author(s): Anişoara Pop
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii Petru Maior

Summary/Abstract: Linguistic analysis of commercial advertisements reveals the rich array of devices such as grammatical parallelisms, lexical repetitions, interplay between ad-internal and ad-external reference, heavily modified noun groups (NG), that are meant to spawn rhetorical effects of attracting attention, persuading and spurring the consumer into action.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 290-294
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English