Iconicity in independent noun phrases in print advertising : A
multimodal perspective

C 2018

Iconicity in independent noun phrases in print advertising : A multimodal perspective

PELCLOVÁ, Jana

Basic information

Original name

Iconicity in independent noun phrases in print advertising : A multimodal perspective

Authors

PELCLOVÁ, Jana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

1. vyd. Amsterdam, Persuasion in public discourse : Cognitive and functional perspectives, p. 281-302, 22 pp. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 79, 2018

Publisher

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

60203 Linguistics

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/18:00103865

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-90-272-0138-6

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.79.13pel

UT WoS

000813447800013

Keywords in English

language iconicity; visual iconicity; typographic iconicity; noun phrases; premodification; postmodification; multimodality; advertising discourse; persuasion

Abstract

V originále

The chapter studies the interplay of multimodal iconic signs that construct the meaning of independent noun phrases in advertisements promoting food products. The methodology consists in approaching the diagrammatic iconicity found in language through the perspective of Kress and van Leeuwen’s (1996, 2001) analytical framework of multimodal text and the perspective of typeface design and impression variables as described by Henderson, Giese and Cote (2004). The analysis reveals that independent noun phrases iconicize the process of production, the ingredients used, the variety of products, and gustatory perception. The language diagrammatic iconicity in the analyzed advertisements is achieved by a sequential ordering of modifiers that mirrors either chronological order or the order of importance, and by means of figurative language, lexical cohesion, and a lack of explicit syntactic relations. Both typographic and visual iconicity tend to objectify the semantic dimension of the diagrammatic iconicity. At the same time, the visual iconicity mirrors a close spatial relation between the consumer and the product.

Links

MUNI/A/1065/2016, interní kód MU

Name: Profilace výzkumných zaměření v anglofonní lingvistické a literární vědě II (Acronym: VZALL2)

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

PELCLOVÁ, Jana. Iconicity in independent noun phrases in print advertising : A multimodal perspective. In Pelclová, Jana; Lu, Wei-lun. Persuasion in public discourse : Cognitive and functional perspectives. 1st ed. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018, p. 281-302. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 79. ISBN 978-90-272-0138-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.79.13pel.

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PELCLOVÁ, Jana. Iconicity in independent noun phrases in print advertising : A multimodal perspective. In Pelclová, Jana; Lu, Wei-lun. \textit{Persuasion in public discourse : Cognitive and functional perspectives}. 1st ed. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018, p.~281-302. Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 79. ISBN~978-90-272-0138-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/dapsac.79.13pel.

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