Metaphorical Expressions Used in Foods Products Advertisements and Their Inferences

Metaphors are not only found in everyday use of language, but also in advertisements. The use of metaphorical expressions, specifically conceptual metaphors in advertisements, especially in the slogans, is very common because they can attract attention and they can give positive inferences for the a...

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Main Author: Tjitrakusuma N. I
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Petra Christian University 2016-06-01
Series:K@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature
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Online Access:http://kata.petra.ac.id/index.php/ing/article/view/18970
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description Metaphors are not only found in everyday use of language, but also in advertisements. The use of metaphorical expressions, specifically conceptual metaphors in advertisements, especially in the slogans, is very common because they can attract attention and they can give positive inferences for the advertisement messages. The metaphorical expressions cannot be interpreted literally, but they must be inferred because they give new meanings to the expressions. The inference can be drawn by mapping the features of source domain on the target domain. Based on this condition, this article investigates metaphorical expressions used in the foods products advertisements through the answer of these two questions: 1) What are the target and source domains of the metaphorical expressions used in the advertisements? 2) What inferences can be extracted from the mapping of the source domains on the target domains?
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spelling doaj.art-af03f3a04254487886027856494929222022-12-22T00:18:59ZengPetra Christian UniversityK@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature1411-26392016-06-01181131810.9744/kata.18.1.13-1818970Metaphorical Expressions Used in Foods Products Advertisements and Their InferencesTjitrakusuma N. I0English Department, Faculty of Letters, Petra Christian University, SurabayaMetaphors are not only found in everyday use of language, but also in advertisements. The use of metaphorical expressions, specifically conceptual metaphors in advertisements, especially in the slogans, is very common because they can attract attention and they can give positive inferences for the advertisement messages. The metaphorical expressions cannot be interpreted literally, but they must be inferred because they give new meanings to the expressions. The inference can be drawn by mapping the features of source domain on the target domain. Based on this condition, this article investigates metaphorical expressions used in the foods products advertisements through the answer of these two questions: 1) What are the target and source domains of the metaphorical expressions used in the advertisements? 2) What inferences can be extracted from the mapping of the source domains on the target domains?http://kata.petra.ac.id/index.php/ing/article/view/18970metaphorconceptual metaphorinference.
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Metaphorical Expressions Used in Foods Products Advertisements and Their Inferences
K@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature
metaphor
conceptual metaphor
inference.
title Metaphorical Expressions Used in Foods Products Advertisements and Their Inferences
title_full Metaphorical Expressions Used in Foods Products Advertisements and Their Inferences
title_fullStr Metaphorical Expressions Used in Foods Products Advertisements and Their Inferences
title_full_unstemmed Metaphorical Expressions Used in Foods Products Advertisements and Their Inferences
title_short Metaphorical Expressions Used in Foods Products Advertisements and Their Inferences
title_sort metaphorical expressions used in foods products advertisements and their inferences
topic metaphor
conceptual metaphor
inference.
url http://kata.petra.ac.id/index.php/ing/article/view/18970
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