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The Language of 

Advertising

Dorota Asztabska

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Advertising and 

commercial as an 

academic subject

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Advertising - form of 
communication for marketing 
and used to encourage, 
persuade, or manipulate an 
audience to continue or take 
some new action. 

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Function of the 

Advertisement: generating an 

increased consumption of the 

products or services of the 

company

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Specific characteristics of the TV 

commercial:
• words
• sound
• visual message

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Advertising as a 

communicative event – 

Theory of sign’s

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reference

expression

Appeal, influence

speaker

listener

Things and facts

THE ORGANON MODEL

SEMIOTICS

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Angles of the study:

- verbal elements

- non-verbal elements

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Advertising slogans are short, 

memorable group of words used in 

advertising campaigns. The 

advertising phrases are means of 

drawing attention to one distinctive 

feature. The purpose is to emphasize 

a phrase that an entity wishes to be 

remembered by.

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NO TO FRUGO 

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NO TO FRUGO 

Let’s

go away

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PHONOLOGICAL LEVEL 

use of rhymes, metrum and alliteration

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trochee /ˈtroʊkiː/ is a metrical 

foot used in formal poetry 

consisting of a stressed syllable 

followed by an unstressed one. 

Trochee comes from the Greek, 

trokhós, wheel, that conveys the 

"rolling" rhythm of this metrical 

foot.

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NO TO FRUGO 

trochee

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Bigger, better, Burger 

King

alliteration

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LEXICAL LEVEL

• role of the foreign languages 

• use of anglicisms

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SYNTACTIC LEVEL

• short sentences 

• role of the mistake

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Adidas - Impossible is 

Nothing

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Milka – trau dich zart zu 

sein.

Dare to be tender

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McDonald’s: I’m loving it!

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McDonald’s:

• „Just because” NEW ZELAND

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Comparative:
Gut, besser, Paulaner.
Biały, bielszy, Wizir.

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SEMANTIC LEVEL
• frequently used words: senses,    

activity

• Puns
• Paradox

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paradox

 is a statement 

that apparently contradicts 
itself and yet might be true 

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1. new

2. good/better/best

3. free

4. fresh

5. delicious

6. full

6. sure

8. clean

8. wonderful

10. special

11. crisp

12. fine

13. big

14. great

15. real

16. easy

16. bright

18. extra

18. safe

20. rich

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1. make
2. get

3. give

4. have

5. see

6. buy

7. come

8. go

9. know

10. keep

11. look

12. need

13. love

14. use

15. feel

15. like

17. choose

18. take

19. start

19. taste 

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Puns

Citibank: Because the Citi 

never sleeps. 

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COCA-COLA: OPEN 

HAPPINESS

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Non-verbal elements:

• emotions

• culture

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EMOTIONS

Kodak - Share moments. 

Share life.

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CULTURE

• Creative approach

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SUMMARY:

• high concentration on the language

• language awareness

• influence on the users of the language. 

The commercial.

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•McDonald's I'm lovin' it PL

•Every time a good time DE

•Ich liebe es (I'm lovin' it) DE

•Venez comme vous êtes (Come as You 

Are) FR

•Just because NEW ZELAND

•I'm lovin' it US

•It's what I eat and what I do...I'm lovin' 

it US

•What we're made of US

Appendix 1: McDonald’s 
slogans

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• SEMIOTICS

• TROCHEE

• ALLITERATION 

• PARADOX 

• PUN

 

Appendix 2: Word’s list


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