Email this article Comparison as a way of emotional representation of information in advertising text
- Authors: Prigarina N.K.1
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Affiliations:
- Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University
- Issue: Vol 7, No 28 (2021)
- Pages: 743-749
- Section: КУЛЬТУРОЛОГИЯ
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2587-6953/article/view/302416
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.20310/2587-6953-2021-7-28-743-749
- ID: 302416
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We investigate hidden comparisons that are relevant for advertising texts, created on the basis of lexical superlatives – marker words with an estimated value of high quality, superiority, originality, uniqueness, ideality, exemplaryness, etc. We show that the use of such hidden comparisons, not related to specific objects or phenomena, with which the advertised product/service is compared, is a striking feature of modern advertising texts. We substantiate that hidden comparisons created on the basis of lexical superlatives, demonstrating the advantages, superiority of the advertised goods/services over all others, increase the persuasiveness of the advertising text, enhance its effectiveness. We prove that hidden comparisons created on the basis of lexical superlatives provide emotional representation of information about the advertised object in the advertising text and perform a text-forming function, forming the dominant meanings of advertising.
About the authors
N. K. Prigarina
Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: prigarina99@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3081-0533
Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor, Professor of Language Studies Department
Russian Federation, 27 V.I. Lenin Ave., Volgograd 400005, Russian FederationReferences
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