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1、The Features of Advertising English Abstract: As the rapidly development of commercial economy, advertisement has increasingly impact on our daily life. We live in a fast paced society that is ruled by mass media. Every day we are bombarded by images of, perfect bodies, beautiful hair, flawless skin
2、 and ageless faces that flash at us like a slide show. These ideas and images are imbedded in our minds throughout our lives. Advertisements select audience openly and subliminally, and target them with their product. They allude to the fact that in order to be like the people in this advertisement
3、you must use their product. This is not a new approach, nor is it unique to this generation, but never has it been as widely used as it is today. Advertising English, as the most important parts of language in advertising, is rising apparently from the system of English. The copywriters and the ling
4、uists are attracted deeply by its unique style, great impellent and excellent illustration. Advertising English possesses some lexical, grammatical and rhetorical characteristics. In this paper, a brief introduction is given to its major features in order to know advertising English more deeply. Key
5、 words: morphology syntax rhetorical features lexical features of advertising English Advertising English boasts a rich and colorful vocabulary. As a means of transmitting information, brief, vivid and lively are his most brilliant traits.1. New words or phrases created by means of imitationIn some
6、advertisement, some words or phrases we are familiar with are misspelled or added to prefix and suffix in order to attract our attention and transmit information of goods.1.1 CoinageE.g. (a) the orangemostest drink in the worldThis is from an advertisement for soft drink. “orangemostest”= orange +mo
7、st +est. “most” and “est” in here show that the drink is high quality and high purity. (b) Give a timex to all, to all a good timeThis is the title of advertisement for “timex” watch. Timex = time +time +excellent. So the ads stresses on its accuracy.In advertising English, “super” and “ex” are adde
8、d to the beginning or end of some words in order to emphasis the quality of goods. Such as supercalendered, supercolossal, supereminent, superfine, superlight, supernatural and rolex, pleytex, Kleenex.1.2 MisspellingE.g.(a) drinka pinta milka day This is an advertisement for milk. The three words sh
9、ould be “drink pint milk” and the standard sentence should be “drink a pint of milk a day”. The ads not only draws our attention and inspire our interests, but also has a beautiful rhythm of poetry. (b)we know eggsactly how to tell eggs. “eggsactly” is the transformation of exactly and correspond wi
10、th “egg” in pattern. This is the wisdom in humor.2 draw in loan words or phrases Many commodities in Britain and America are imported from other foreign countries, or produced in native country, but it has exotic favor. So we can often see some loan words in advertising, which show the different tra
11、its and high quality the goods own. The following is an advertisement of soft drink:Order it in bottles or in cannesPerrier with added je ne sais quoi. “je ne sais quoi”is French, which means “I do not know what”. The simple French not only draws our curiosity to this soft drink, but also show its a
12、uthentic French flavor. As we all know, French is famous for its grape wine, delicious foods, cosmetics and fashion costume. So added some French words into these, the goods become more attractive and valuable.3 a large number of verbs, monosyllable verbs in particular and adjectives are appropriate
13、ly employed in advertising English.3.1 verbs In order to make the ads brief, vivid, visual, advertising English often use some monosyllable words, such as get, buy, use ect. Look at the following examples:(1) Getting places in the business world is easier if your banker is there to meet you. -Securi
14、ty pacific Asian bank(2) Making life a little sweeter. - Mars Milky Way(3) KONE gives you more in materials handling. -KONE(4) We can give you a better view of investment opportunities from both sides of the pacific. _citybank(5) We love to fly and it shows. _Delta AirlinesAlthough these verbs have
15、different meanings, they are used to show the relationship between advertiser or commodity advertised and consumers. For example, “have, get, give, buy, keep” is mainly showed consumer own the goods, and “take, use, have” showed the process of one uses some goods.These verbs are necessary in our dai
16、ly life. In order to let ads and commercial read, heard and remembered easily and naturally, copywriters make good use of them. 3.2 adjectivesEnglish adjectives and the comparative and superlative forms of some adjectives are more often than not applied in advertisements, because they describe the s
17、pecial qualities of the advertised products. The most frequently used adjectives are new, good, better, best, nice, fresh, rich, real, great, extra, delicious ect. Such as,(1) This claims its good for arthritis pain.This guarantees, its better.Two Medipren relieve minor arthritis pain better than tw
18、o regular aspirin. We guarantee it _ or you money back. -an ad for Medipren Pain Reliever(2) Maybe you should for this:New Le Menu Light Style entrees.Healthy and delicious. -an ad for LASAGNA(3) This is babys happy is Lux-safe. Safe with the safety that you get pure soap. -An ad for Lux soap(4) You
19、re sure of personal freshness-lastibng day and night freshness_ and sure of a lovely, lingering perfume. This winter- is sure. Use double sure body mist the perfumed deodorant._-An ad for deodoranFrom the examples above, we can see that “good”, “new”, “great”, “fine” are often used to modify any asp
20、ect of goods. However, other adjectives are connected with certain goods. For example, “clean”, “soft” are used for soap and detergent. “Delicious”, “fresh” are often connected with foods. 4 the use of compoundsCompounds are seen almost everywhere in English ads. As we all know, English compounds ar
21、e easy to form and their forms are varied. Sometimes a compound consisting of a number of single words is full of unusual meanings and many arouse the readers rich associations. Look at some examples as following:Better-than-leather-miracle-coveringGive that the oh-so-good-to-be alive feelingLook at
22、 the oh-so-comfortable size Using these kinds of compounds, first, we feel very kind because of its colloquialism; second, we are attracted by its novelty and peculiar structure; third, we relax in its humor. grammatical features of advertising English 1 use simple sentence more and complex sentence
23、 lessSimple sentences are used quite often. In order to make English advertising easy to read, hear and understand, English copywriters usually take great care to employ simple sentence. Many splendid advertisements are famous for their brevity. Such as Marlboro, Coca Cola.Look at an advertisement f
24、or “Honda” car. IT COMES WITH A CONSCIENCEHonda has always made good cars. People love them. But with and loved one, things can sometimes get emotional.Honda understands. And on our own we have set up a third-party arbitration programe with the better business bureau to give you an extra voice, if y
25、ou need it.But please talk with your dealer first. And follow the problem-solving procedure described in your owners manual. Our new program will help to resolve product-related questions about your Honda. This program is free. Just ask at any Honda dealer for a booklet.Or call 8005211613. You see,
26、Honda wants you and your Honda to have a long and happy relationship. Its only right. This ad has many words, but sentences are simple to understand, easy to read and apt to be accepted. 2 the use of interrogative sentence and imperative sentence 2.1 interrogative sentences Interrogative sentences a
27、re popular in advertising English, because they need us to reflect their questions and also have many different patterns. For example,(1) Are you going gray too early?(2) Have you talked to Rah co lately? (3) You will buy this special gift to your darling, dont you?(4) You have Motts Apple Sauce, do
28、nt you?(5) What will you do with the money you save using a faster, more efficient computer? 2.2 imperative sentencesOne of the functions of advertising is that of persuasion, imperative sentence are frequently employed in English advertising precisely because they are very persuasive and appeal to
29、the hearts of consumers. Such as:(1) Stop in at any Ford or Lincoln-Mercury dealer. -Ford(2) Put it all behind you. -Honda Civic Wagon(3) Buy one pair. Get one free. -Pearle Vision Center(4) End a dry spell. -Dove Beautiful Bar (5) Look for Top Shelf on your grocers shelf in the new microwave entre
30、section, and go places with it. -Hormel Food 3 the use of elliptical sentenceTo save space and reduce costs, to render advertised products more tempting and to stimulate consumers to take action, copywriters tend to properly employ elliptical sentence. Look at some examples as following:(1) a mild w
31、ay.Make it a Mild Smoke.Smooth, rich, rewarding. -An ad for “Mild” cigarette(2) Into this glass, washing powder. Into this one, soap flakes.Now into this- new label improved Rubbly Stergene. -An ad for “Rubbly stergene” detergent(3) More than a timepiece. An acquisition. -An ad for watch(4) Champion
32、 Golf shoes styled by Damon Hunter 3 Times.Open champion. -An ad for Golf shoes(5) Love in your heart - peace in your mind-lifeguard in your home-the disinfectant you trust completely. -An ad for disinfetant rhetorical devices in advertising English as is known to all, rhetorical devices are aptly e
33、mployed in English advertising, creating charming images, and fascinating scenes, and thus helping push the sale of products. On the whole, such rhetorical devices as personification, analogy, pun, and repetition. 1 personification by personification we mean that something without life is represente
34、d or thought of as a human being or as having human qualities. It tends to start something new, bringing about very good results. Take some examples as following: (1) The first bra to understand the facts of life. -An ad for bra (2) Flowers by Interflora speak from the heart. -An ad for flower shop(
35、3) We are proud of the birthplaces of our children, the grapes of Almaden.On our classic varietal wines, you will find the birthplaces of our children.-An ad for “Almaden” grape wine 2 anology anology is a figure that is often used in English advertising, including simile, metaphor, metonymy ect, wh
36、ich are conductive to create clear and vivid images. they are considered to be the most important poetic figure, and also the most common and the most beautiful. Look at some examples as following:(1) Go for the gold.Goldstar The brightest star in electronics. This is an ad for electrical device. “G
37、old” and “Star” stand for the status and high technology of this company in electronics.(2) Pick an Ace from Toshiba.This is the title of advertisement for computer made by Toshiba. Ace is the the king of puke card, which indicate the high quality of Toshiba products.(3) Wash the big city out of hai
38、r.This is an ad for shampoo. “the big city” means “the dirt of the hair”, which is called metonymy. Proper use gives us deeply impression.(4) You can go to work on an egg.This is an ad for eggs. In fact, “an egg” is “the meal of an egg”. 3 punPun is also called play on words, it means an amusing use
39、 of a word or phrase that clearly has two meanings or of words having the same sound but different meanings. A pun is often implict, and so gives one much food for thought, and causes plenty of associations.(1) The lable of achievement.Black lable commands more respect.This is an ad for wiskey. Labl
40、e is not only the meaning of sign, but also the name of wine-Black lable. By pun, it stresses on both the image of wine, and the memory of brand what consumers have. (2) Spoil yourself and not your figureThis is the title of ad for “Weight-Watcher”, Spoil yourself means enjoy oneself to hearts conte
41、nt. But spoil ones figure means damage the image, by which; consumers accept the goods in the air of relax and humor. 4 Repetitions Repetition, including repetition of key words and that of similar structures,is an important figure used to stress the tone, bring out the message and link up what goes
42、 before with what comes after. Aptly used, it will be quite impressive. Take some examples as following:(1) When you are sipping Lipton, youre sipping something special. This is the title of ad for fruit tea. Lipton is something special by repetition of “ youre sipping” which made us eager to taste
43、it. Conclusion: English advertising aims to induce consumers both at home and abroad to enter the wonderful world of commodities, to stimulate their interests, and to prompt them to take action to buy the advertised products. To achieve this purpose, the advertising language should be highly artisti
44、c and agitating. In order to create wonderful, life- like verbal pictures and to bring out the best qualities of products, copywriters have to make elaborate designs and draw up remarkable verbal blueprints by working creatively. By learning advertising English ,we can apply our knowledge from texts into practice, which made English more vivid, visual, lively and pragmatic.
