The evaluation in advertising on the example of a redefinition of the lexeme beauty Cover Image

Reklamowe wartościowanie na przykładzie redefinicji leksemu piękno
The evaluation in advertising on the example of a redefinition of the lexeme beauty

Author(s): Izabela Łuc
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: advertisement; evaluation; redefinition; beauty; interpretative frame; semantic fields theory/the semantics of understanding

Summary/Abstract: This article is an attempt to reconstruct the semantic innovations created in opposition to the conventional picture of the world which is expressed in advertising creations of the redefinitions of the beauty concept. The paper includes a description of inner relations between the segmental relationships (connotations) which happen between the lexeme beauty and other linguistic units (nominal clauses), which evoke a specified type of associations (meanings) and show commercial ways of evaluation of concepts which can exist by the use of various communication and linguistic strategies. In order to describe this issue a theory of semantic fields and the selected elements of the interpretative frames concept together with appropriate methodology were applied.

  • Issue Year: 66/2018
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 75-91
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish