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广告英语中的模糊现象分析的论文语言文化论文
广告英语中的模糊现象分析的论文
语言文化论文
[abstract]advertisingmaybedescribedasthescienceofarrestingthehumanintelligencelongenoughtogetmoneyfromit.itisthusclearthatadvertisinghasplayedadecisiveroleintoday’sbusinessworld.theissueofwhetheradvertisinglanguagesareattractiveandpersuasiveornothasbecamethepointofattention.sothoroughandtheoreticalstudiesonlanguagefeaturesofenglishadvertisinghelpsimproveboththeunderstandinganddesigningofsuccessfuladvertisements.afterabriefintroductiontoadvertising,advertisinglanguage,fuzzinessandfuzzylinguistics,thethesisisfocusedonthelinguisticrealizationsoffuzzinessinadvertisingenglishfromthefollowingtwoperspectives:
thesemanticrealizationandrhetoricaldevices.inthesemanticanalysis,fuzzyqualifiers,numericalfuzzyquantifiers,fuzzyverbs,descriptiveadjectivesandsymbolsandabbreviationsareanalyzedtorevealfuzzynaturethatareusedbyadvertiserstoachievetheirpersuasiveends.whileintherhetoricaldevices,punning,metaphors,andeuphemismwhichmakelanguagemorevividandcreatemoreboundlessassociationandimaginationarediscussed.thenthethesisconcludeswithabriefsummaryofthearticleandpointsoutthelimitationsofthestudy.
[keywords]advertisingenglish;fuzziness;semanticandrhetoricalanalysis
【摘要】广告业被认为是一条通过耗尽人类智慧赚取钱财的科学之道。
WwW..Com很明显,广告在今天的商业世界已发挥着举足轻重的作用。
广告语言能否具有诱惑力和说服力已成为关注的焦点。
因此对英语广告语言系统、全面地研究,可以提高对广告的理解,构想出成功的英语广告。
论文在简短地对广告,广告语言,模糊性和模糊理论进行介绍之后,主要对以下两种模糊实现形式进行分析。
一、语义模糊。
这一类广告通过使用模糊限制词、模糊数量词、模糊动词、修饰性形容词以及符号和缩略语等具备模糊性的语言来突破日常行为的规范,使词语在表达字面意义的同时又暗示其多重含义,形成词语含义的未定性,激发了读者的联想和想象,吸引他们的注意并提起他们的兴趣,从而对广告本身的说服力起增强作用。
二、修辞格(双关、暗喻、委婉语)的使用,使广告语言更具生动,引发读者无限的想象和联想。
最后结论部分中,论文对主要概念和内容做出了总结,提出了全文的局限性。
【关键字】广告英语;模糊性;语义和修辞分析
1.introduction
withtherapiddevelopmentoftheworldeconomyandglobalization,advertisinghasplayedavitalroleinpromotingsales,providingservicesandbuildingimages.basedonthefactthatchinaremainslaggingbehindthewestinbothphysicalattractionandpersuasivenessinadvertising,thoroughandtheoreticalstudiesonthelanguageofadvertisinghavebecomeanurgentneed.
inourdailylife,fuzzylanguagehasbeenemployedincommunicationonvariousoccasions’negotiationandpublicspeaking.thoughmanylinguistshavebeenexploringfuzzytheoryandfuzzylinguisticsheavily,theunderstandingoffuzzinesshasn’tbeensatisfactoryandperfect.asanotwell-establishedregister,advertisingenglishhasitsuniquefeaturescomparedwithenglishforotherpurposes.fuzzinessfunctioninadvertisingenglishplaysapositiveroleinhumancommunication.
throughlinguisticrealizationsoffuzzinessinadvertisingenglishfromsemanticangletorhetoricaldevicesinthetext,thepurposeofthepaperistomakepeopleequipwithabettermanipulationoffuzzyadvertising,soastopreparethemforproducingmoresuccessfuladvertisements,thenarousingpeople’sinterestinads,stimulatingpeople’sneedsofconsumption,andenticingpeopletomakepurchaseinproducts.
2.generalideasofadvertisinganditslanguage
whatisadvertising?
whatdoesadvertisingoriginatefrom?
whydoesitcomeintobeing?
whatisitslanguagelike?
thefollowingisgoingtoexplainthem.
2.1 thedefinitionanddevelopmentofadvertising
inetymologicalstudies,theword“advertise”inmiddleenglishisspeltas“advertisen”meaning“tonotify”andinoldfrenchas“advertir”or“advertises”.wefindtworecordshavethesameexplanationof“tonotice”.furtherstudiesrootedoutitsorigininlatinas“advertere”,meaning“ameansusedtodrawattentionfromthepublictosomethingandleadthemtosomedirection”.[1]nowadays,thescholarsfromdifferentcountriesholddifferentopinionsabouttheexplanationofadvertising,butremainingthesimilarmeaningbasically.anexplanationiswidelyacceptedbyamericanmarketingassociationasfollowing:
advertisingisthenonpersonalcommunicationofinformationusuallypaidforandusuallypersuasiveinnature,aboutproducts,servicesorideasthroughthevariousmedia.[2]
itisnotdifficultforustofindoutfourcomponentsofadvertisingfromtheexplanationabove.
first,advertisingisdirectedtothegeneralpublicratherthanindividuals.
second,theinformationconveyedbyadvertisingcanbecommercialornon-commercial.(commercialadvertisingseeksprofits,whilenoncommercialadvertisingsponsoredbygovernmentornonprofitorganizationsisusedtopublicizetheorganization,seekdonationsorcallforsomeactionsbeneficialtosociety.)
third,advertisingreachesusthroughachannelofcommunicationreferredtoasamedium,suchas:
tv,radio,newspapers,magazinesandsoon.
fourth,anyadvertisingislaunchedbyidentifiedsponsorsororganizationswithagivenpurpose,eithercommercialadvertisingorpublicinterestsadvertising.
indeed,advertisingistheresultofhighdegreeofdevelopmentofcommodityeconomy.inordertomaketheirgoodssellwell,tradesmanandmerchantstriedeverymeanstotriggertheconsumerstobuytheirproducts.henrysampsondescribedthebeginningofadvertisinginhisworkhistoryofadvertisingasbelow:
thereislittleaboutthatthedesireamongtradesmenandmerchantstomakegoodtheirwareshaveanexistencealmostaslongasthecustomsofbuyingandselling,anditisbutnaturedtosupposethatadvertisementsinsomeshapeorformhaveexistednotonlyfromtimeimmemorial,butalmostforalltime.[3]
untilnow,withtherapiddevelopmentoftheworldeconomyandtheaccelerationofglobalizationprocess,advertisinghasplayedaveryimportantroleintoday’sbusinessworld.advertising,withitspersuasivefunctionandtakingactionfunction,helpsabusinesstocreatetheproductsandcorporateidentities,notonlyrealizethedevelopmentofthebusiness,butalsoincreasethevalueofitsgoodwill,andwintheconfidenceoftheconsumers.
2.2 featuresofadvertisinglanguage
sincetheadvertisingaimsatdrawingattentionfromthepublicandleadingthemtosomedirection,andthusthelanguageofadvertisingislanguagethatisusedineffortstopersuadeorotherwiseenticepeopletopurchaseproductsorservices.tofflerinhisfutureshockapproachesthelanguageofadvertisingasalanguageoffinelyengineered,ruthlessly,purposefulmessages,intendingtotriggeraspecialresponsefromtheconsumers.thispointofviewisechoedbylinguistpetertrudgill,whosaid,“thewordingofadvertisementsis,inmostcases,carefullycraftedtomeetparticularends.sometimesitisintendedtoinform,butmoreoften,andmoreimportantly,topersuadeandinfluence.”[4]davidogilvyalsosaid,“everywordinthecopymustcount,advertisewhatisunique.”[5]
inotherwords,theultimategoalofadvertisingistosell.thus,advertisementsmustbepresentedwithatypeoflanguagethatispersuasiveinnature,concise,vivid,visual,andwithemotionandappeal,thatis,thelanguageofadvertisingconveysthemostcomplicatedmeaningwiththesimplestlanguageandisloadedwithpersuasiveintentionsforsalespromotionorotherpurposes.
lookatanexample:
“romantic,mysterious,italian”.threeadjectivesareputtogether,conciseandsprightly,givingexpressiontodeepconnotation.anotherexample“bigthrills,smallbills”.thisisanadvertisementsponsoredbythetaxicenter.anyoneenjoystheexcitementtothelargestextentaslongaspayingthelessmoney.theword“big”standsintotalcontrasttotheword“small”,theendsyllableoftheword“thrills’and“bills”remainssame,whichcreatesasenseofrhythm.thecasesbelowalsoexplaintheideasabovewell.
(1)lookagain.alifetimeofperfectcoordination.(customeyesfromrevlon)
(2)letthenewyorktimesfindyou.
(3)thebenefitofforesight,theworldin1993.
(4)somuchflavorthatyou’llnevermissyourhigh“tarcigarette.”[6]
3.fuzziness
fromtheadvertisementsinsection2.2,wecaneasilyfindthatsomeunclearandvagueexpressionsexistinthelanguageofadvertising.andthefollowingisgoingtomakeabriefintroductionaboutfuzziness.
inourdailylife,howmanyhairsmustamanlosebeforeheisdeterminedtobebald?
howmanysecondsmakeupa“moment”?
howmuchmoneydoyouhavetoearntobe“rich”?
whenisapileofsandaheap?
weallagreethatonegrainofsandisnotaheapbutthatamilliongrainsisaheap.somewhereinbetweenthepilemustchangefrom“non-heap”to“heap”.theseindeterminateconceptsarehardtologicallydefine,andusuallyarechanged,asthevariationoftime,placeandpeoplegroups.forexample,“sheisaprettygirl.”maybeweneednottoknowhowbeautifulsheis,justinordertoconveyusefulinformation“sheispretty.”thus,vaguestatementsareprovidedwhereamoreprecisestatementiscalledforsometimes.mostimportantly,humansseemtobeabletocommunicatequitewellusingvagueterms.
paultherousevertrenchantlysaid,“languageisdeceptive,andthoughenglishissubtle,italsoallowsacleverpersonwithonealerttotheambiguitiesofenglishtoplaytrickswithmockprecisionandtocombinevaguenesswithpoliteness.englishisperfectfordiplomatsandlovers.”lakoffinhisworkalsosaid,“someofthemostinterestingjobistomakethingsfuzzierorlessfuzzy.”[7]indeed,accuracyanddeterminacyoflanguageoccursintheextreme,whileuncertainandinaccuratelanguageisoftenfoundhereandthere.justbasedontheexistenceofuncertainobjectsandvagueideas,fuzzylanguagecameintobeing.inspiteoftheunclearness,weseldomchallengethespeakertoanexactexplanationofthesubjectinquestionsincetheseexpressionsareunderstandableand