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Metaphoric Transfer of Knowledge, Cultural Experiences and Social Practices in English Language Advertising Discourse

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ID22352491
AuthorsRumyana Todorova (Shumen University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume02
Pages29-39
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Linguistics, Culture, and FLT (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2534-952X • E-ISSN: 2534-9538
PublisherDepartment of English Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.46687/silc.2017.v02.003
OpenAlexW2945431352
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited1

The paper deals with metaphoric transfer of knowledge in English advertising discourse based on two- and cross-domain mappings referring to cultural conceptualisations of the world. On the one hand, text producers’ awareness of social events, as well as of people’s experiences and practices helps them in the construction of advertisements in the most intriguing and sensational way. On the other hand, text receivers are provoked and tempted by the ads deconstruction, though in some cases their unawareness of what is happening or has happened around us or in the world at large may block or hinder comprehension and thus lead to either misunderstanding of the message and their ignorance of it or to their complete indifference to it. The paper deals with all of the above mentioned issues supported by examples of English language ads and commercials. It shows in what ways multimodality related to the use of verbal and non-verbal signs works in them. The results prove the fact that the use of multimodal metaphors, especially in the non-verbal component, is supposed to trigger more emotions and feelings than the mere representation of the advertised items

Advertising · Business · Cultural knowledge · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Sociology · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology

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Citations per year0.11
Citation span2017 - 2017 (1)
Highly citedNo

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