Advertising texts as a linguistic expertise object

We show linguistic expertise of controversial advertising texts as current but not enough developed direction in the Russian linguistic expertology. Linguistic violations classification in the sphere of regional advertising practice, linguistic expertise modern methods and problem aspects of this activity are shown. The issue of making stylistic norms easier and its liberation in advertising communication, linguistic game as a source of provocative advertisement is in the centre of attention. According to the experience of regional practice of linguistic expertise of controversial advertising texts we find ways of indecent overtone formation. Moreover there are advertising messages basing on linguistic discrimination of users who do not use the product. It is also noticed that one of the modern channels broadcasting discredit information are social networks, which became promotion platform for unreliable information, that discredit business reputation of the company or its product; as an example we use “fake” advertising company of 2018 in social network Vkontakte. Materials for the research are mostly regional (Omsk) outdoor and Internet advertising projects (50 texts are analyzed). As basic we use analysis methods such as contextual, semantic, semantic and stylistic, communicative and pragmatic.

commercial advertising, advertising text, linguistic expertise, inappropriate advertising