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Author Freitas, Elsa Simões Lucas.

Title Taboo in advertising / Elsa Simoes Lucas Freitas.

Publication Info. Amsterdam, NL : John Benjamins Pub. Co., [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 214 pages) : illustrations.
text file
Series Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., v. 179
Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser., 179.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Taboo in Advertising; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of tables; List of figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Taboo; Advertising; Words & images; Image, words & humour; Words, images, sound & narratives; Summarising; Conclusion; References; Index; The Pragmatics & Beyond New Series.
Summary Taboos are much more than just a synonym of 'forbidden'. Proof of the concept's complexity can be found in the way ads often try to hide the taboo inherent to their products or, conversely, in the way certain taboo readings are foregrounded on purpose in other ads. This volume shows why and how that happens, using print and television ads to exemplify (a) the elaborate strategies used by ads for certain products to cleverly hide the taboo inherent to them, and (b) the deliberate recourse to taboo references in ads for products that do not present any taboo connotation. The linguistic analysis.
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Subject Advertising -- Social aspects.
Advertising -- Social aspects.
Advertising -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Advertising -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Advertising.
Taboo, Linguistic.
Taboo, Linguistic.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Freitas, Elsa Simoes Lucas. Taboo in advertising. Amsterdam, NL : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008 (DLC) 2008018018
ISBN 9789027254238 (cloth)
9027254230 (cloth)
9789027290496 (electronic book)
9027290490 (electronic book)