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Advertisement is Not only lingual factors like catch copy, slogans, narrator and lines but also non-lingual factors like images, layout and illustration of print advertisements and setting, soundtracks and the impression of characters in TV advertisements are included in subtexts. In brief, the subtext of advertisements is characterized by indirectly enhancing the features of products by not directly explaining the specific functions of products.
This study focuses on the advertisements in Japan’s automobile, drinks and cosmetics industries which are different in price zone, product features, customers’ involvement and customer value, and analyzes the interaction of all factors (lingual and non-lingual, concrete and abstract, emotional and rational), complementary embodiment of subtext expressions, the differences of advertisements expression in all industries and the comprehensive functions implied in advertisements in the modern society.
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