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Linguistic analysis of on-line advertising in English
Romanenko, Elena ; Matuchová, Klára (advisor) ; Morgan, Craig Alan (referee)
This thesis presents a linguistic analysis of on-line advertising in English. A corpus of 150 advertisements was divided into three thematically distinct categories: non-commercial advertising, advertising of alcohol and cigarettes, and unspecified advertising of various products. Then, the examination and identification of the linguistic features and rhetorical figures was carried out. The theoretical part deals with the concept of advertising and the most frequent linguistic devices employed in slogans. The practical part aims to statistically describe the most commonly used linguistic means in advertising slogans in relation to the thematic domain they come from, as well as to reveal the connection between the use of advertising language and advertising objectives. Key words: advertising slogan, figurative language, rhetorical figure
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Linguistic analysis of on-line advertising in English
Romanenko, Elena ; Matuchová, Klára (advisor) ; Morgan, Craig Alan (referee)
This thesis presents a linguistic analysis of on-line advertising in English. A corpus of 150 advertisements was divided into three thematically distinct categories: non-commercial advertising, advertising of alcohol and cigarettes, and unspecified advertising of various products. Then, the examination and identification of the linguistic features and rhetorical figures was carried out. The theoretical part deals with the concept of advertising and the most frequent linguistic devices employed in slogans. The practical part aims to statistically describe the most commonly used linguistic means in advertising slogans in relation to the thematic domain they come from, as well as to reveal the connection between the use of advertising language and advertising objectives. Key words: advertising slogan, figurative language, rhetorical figure
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Rhetorical Figures in Visual Advertisements of Selected Fashion Houses
Dvořáková, Andrea ; Šafaříková, Radana (advisor) ; Švantner, Martin (referee)
Selected fashion houses that exclusively offer luxurious goods use specific form of promotion of their products. Each house usually holds onto traditions of its country and features essential for its own brand while creating new collections. From the point of view of neo-rhetoric it would be appropriate to analyze visual advertisements of the houses (Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana, Burberry) if they create certain models via them. The main advertising campaigns for the spring/summer 2011 season were chosen for this comparison. Under the terms of observation and semiotic analysis of the fashion advertisement focused on rhetoric figures it can be proved that individual fashion houses aim their attention to how their potential customers' thinking is influenced by their advertising. The model of Roland Barthes is used for the analysis of chosen visual advertisements. Out of all rhetorical tropes the attention is paid to main four - visual metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche and irony. Fashion advertising meets unwritten norm that sets a target to convince the customer of suitability of the products for him.
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