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1/1修辞文体论文-外语学习
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StylisticAnalysisofanAdvertisement
Introduction
Advertisinghasalreadybecomethenecessitypenetratingintoeverycorneroflife.Adscomeinvariousforms:newspaperscarryadvertising;beyondthat,TV-set,radioandbillboardalsobringsthemintoawarenessofawideaudience.Suchagrowingtrendmakesadvertisingprofitableindustry,whichforcesrelatedagenciestomakemassiveinvestment.PersuasiveandinformativefunctionsstrengthentheimportanceofadvertisingEnglish,arelativelyindependentuniqueappliedlanguage.Suchpersonalstylewithwarmandplainspeechluresthetargetaudiencetoaddthesales(Xu,2023:137).
TheadelaboratedasfollowsistheonerelatedtothecosmeticcompanyEsteelauder.Cosmeticsofthisbranditselfmakeupalegend.GwnyethPaltrowintheposterisinvitedtopromptthesales.AsapredominantOscaractress,herpureandsimplenatureisboundtocoincidewiththebrandspirit”bringingthebesttoeveryonewetouch”.
Thispaperaimstomakeastylisticanalysisofthesample.Thestudyisundertakenbasedonfourlevels:thegraphologicallevel,thelexicallevel,thesyntacticlevelandthesemanticlevel.
AbstractThispaperistheanalysisoftheadvertisingEnglish.Thisnewlygrowingtexttypeisquiteinlinewiththecontemporarysocialenvironment.TakeEsteeLaudercosmetics,forexample.ThearticleaimstoanalyzethefunctionsoftheadvertisingEnglishaccordingtofourdistinctivefeatures:thegraphological,lexical,syntacticandsemanticlevel.
KeyWordsEsteeLauder;AdvertisingEnglish;FourFeatures
Ⅰ.AttheGraphologicalLevel
1.Conspicuousgraphologicalcontrasts
Sharpgraphologicalcontrastshavealwaysbeenundoubtedlyinspiringtheaudiencewiththeirvarietiesoftypingforms.Asthesampleshows,theadmakesthebestuseofdifferentcharacterstyles.Largersizeisusedtostrengthentheheadline”AdvancedNightRepair”and“NewForEyes”.Bythis,aneye-catchingheadlineismade.Itisn’tdifficultforthetargetconsumertorecognizewhattheadisintendedtoshowanditsrealmagiceffect.Meanwhile,smallersizeisusedtoelaboratetheproductindetail.Betweenthesmallletteringandthelargerheadlineisjustthesharpcontrast,whichistheeffectivemethodtourgetheaudiencetotakesomeactionandthenachievetheaimoftheadvertiser.
2.Abundantillustrations
Beautifulpictureshavealreadybecometheindispensableparttoasuccessfulad.Nowadaysthegeneralpracticeismixingthesharpgraphologicalcontrastswiththepicturesoftheadvertisedproducts,thepromisingconsumer,theattractivepopularspokesmanortheservicebeingoffered.Takethisadasanexample,EsteeLauder,apredominantcosmeticbrand,neverfailstolureitsconsumertobuytheproducts.Itsspecialdesignedbottlemakeitconvenientforusconsumertohaveawonderfulexperience.What’smore,asuccessionofpopularstarsspeakingforEsteeLauderalsoshortensthedistancebringingthecosmeticstotheaudience.InthefollowingpicturesisHilaryRhodawhorankedsixthinForbes2023rankingoftheworldshighestpaidmodels.HerinfluenceisthedecisivefactorwhetherEsteeLauderwouldmeeteverywoman’sneeds(SeeAppendix).
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eofthefullstop
Anothertypicalfeaturehereisthefrequentuseofthefullstop,whichaimsatachievingemphasis,andresultsinmanyveryshortsentencesorevenfragments:15-hourwear.Lightasair.New.Double.WearLight(SeeAppendix).
II.AttheLexicalLevel
1.Frequentuseofpositiveadjectives
Affirmativewordsareoftenusedtoimpressthepotentialcustomerwiththegoodqualityoftheproductoritsservice.Inthesamplead,wehave:
revolutionaryformula,groundbreakingDNAresearch,high-performanceserum,exclusiveChronolux,dramaticreduction
eofpersonalpronouns
Personalpronouns,especiallyyouandwe,arealsotheeffectivemethodstomaketheadvertisingEnglishmorefriendlyintoneandmorethoughtfulforthepotentialconsumersasitiswarmandcommoninourdailylife.Itispersonalpronounsthatclosetheconsumerandtheadvertiser,providingtheequalchancetohaveanimpersonalcommunication.Inthesamplead,youandwearefrequentlyusedtoelaboratehowtheadvancenightrepairproductcanimproveourappearanceandthenkeepeleganceforever.Justastheadsays,”theessenceofwomen”,EsteeLaudersuccessfullyachievesitsaim.
eofthecomparativewords
Comparativewordsaresometimesfoundinadvertisementsinordertoshowthattheproductsarebetterthanothersofthesametype.Wecanrecognizewithoutanddifficultythatthesampleadgiveusmassivewordssuchas”morecontrolthan”,“likenootherformula”inordertodrawourattentionitsadvantagesotherbrandhaven’tenjoy.
eoftechnicalterms
Cosmeticfieldisanareacloselyrelatedtothehealthconditionsofitspromisingconsumerandthentheuseofproprietaryvocabularyisresponsibleforusaudienceandmeanwhilegiveanexactexplanationoftheingredientsthecosmeticcontains.Inthesamplead,serum,anti-agingandSPF(SunProtectFactor)giveusabriefbutclearknowledgeoftheEsteeLauderAdvancedNightRepairseriesofproducts.
III.AttheSyntacticLevel
eofminorsentences
Minorsentencesareshort,tothepoint,spacesavingandthereforemostsuitableforadvertisements.Asisshowninthesamplead,mostsentencesinthebodyofitareshort.Theshortestsentenceincludesonlyaword”new”.
eofsimplepresenttense
Advertisingmostlyusesthepresenttensetoimplyauniversaltimelessness.Thisistoshowtherealisticfeaturesoftheproductsandtosatisfythereader’scuriosityaboutthepresentstatusquooftheadvertisedproductsorservice.Asisshowninthesamplead,theadvertiserEsteeLauderusesasuccessionofsimplepresentverbstointroducethefunctionofadvanced
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nightrepairserum.
Nowyouhavemorecontroloveritthanyouthink.
EsteeLauderscientistsbringyouthishigh-performanceserumtohelpcontinuouslyrepairtheappearance.
Youllseeareductioninthelookofeverykeysignofagingaroundyoureyes-finelines.eofimperativesentences
Directimperativesentencesarepersuasiveinnature,urgingthepotentialconsumertobuytheproductsandthereforealsoverysuitableinadvertisements.Asisshowninthesamplead,imperativesentencesareusedtoachievetheexpectedaim,“DiscoveritnowwithapersonalizedskincareconsultationatEsteeLauder”and“LookfreshNaturalallday”.
eofnegation
Negationisusedtocomparewithotherproduct.Inthesamplead,wecanseelotsofnegativeexpressions:
DNAdamageandskinaging
Keysignofagingaroundyoureyes-finelines,wrinkles,darkcircles,dryness,puffinessandunevenskintone.
Unlikeotherformula,EsteeLauderseizestheearlyadvantagetoattractthepromisingconsumertobuythenewadvancednightrepairserum.
eofactivevoice
Activevoiceprevailsinadvertisements,becauseitissimplerinstructurethanthepassivevoice,anditaccordswiththepurchasingmentalityoftheconsumers;passivevoiceoftenplacestheconsumersinthepositionofbeingforcedtobuy,whileactivevoicehelpstheconsumerwiththerighttochoose.Asisshowninthesamplead,nopassivevoiceisseenbutactivevoiceisfilledintheexplanationoftheEsteeLauderproduct.
Ⅳ.AttheSemanticLevel
Toachievevividnessandhumoroftheoveralllayoutofthewholeadvertisement,theskillfulcombinationoftheheadline,thebodycopy,theillustration,thesloganandthestandingdetailsneedstobeorganizedlogically.Thusfigurativelanguageisalwaysmanipulatedtomaketheadmorepersuasiveandeffective.Thefrequentuseofvariousfiguresofspeechdefinitelypersuadesthepotentialconsumertobuytheproduct.Inthesamplead,wecanrecognizethefollowing:
Hyperbole:Theonerevolutionaryformulamillionsofwomencantlivewithout.Alliteration:15-hourwear.Lightasair.
Repetition:DNAdamageandskinaging
Withtheage-defyingpowerofourexclusiveChronolux?Technology
Everykeysignofagingaroundyoureyes
Comprehensiveanti-aging
ThesampleadaimstostrengthenthemagicpoweroftheEsteeLauderAdvancedNightRepairserum.Itisundoubtedlythatwesuccessfullyreceivetheinformationhowcanthisnewlyproducedcosmeticimproveouragingproblemandmeanwhilemakeavividdescriptionofhowsuchakindofage-defyingpowermakeuswomenkeepelegance.Afterreadingthead,noonecanavoidchoosingtohaveawonderfulexperience.
Conclusion
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Fromtheaboveanalysis,wecanclearlygraspthatthewholeadcontainsnumerouscharactersofadvertisingEnglish,amongwhicharetheuseofgraphologicalcontrast,conspicuoususeofillustrationsandthefullstopatthegraphollogicallevel;wideuseofaffirmativeadjectives,personalpronouns,comparativeexpressionandsometechnicalformsatthelexicallevel;minorsentences,simplepresentsense,activevoice,imperativesentencesandsomenegativewordsatthesyntacticlevel;rhetoricaldevicesabouthyperbole,repetitionandalliterationatthesemanticlevel.AdvertisingEnglishisanewlydevelopingtexttypewiththeeconomicprosperityandtechnologicalcombination.Sothestylisticanalysisoftheprevailingadgivesusachancetobeexplodedtotheaditselfandthenclearlygraspthepersuasiveandinformativepurposeitbrings.TaketheEsteeLauderAdvancedNightRepaircosmeticasanexample,thefourdistinctivefeaturesofadEnglishisthroughoutthewholetext.However,theanalysisofthissamplestillhassomelimits.Afterthisanalysis,abasicknowledgeofadEnglishhasalreadybeenformedinthemind,whichwoulddefinitelyinspiremetoexploremoreindetail.Thiskindofstylisticanalysisalsohelpstheadvertisermakecommercialsuccessandthenpromptthedevelopmentoftheadvertisingindustry.
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