ABSTRACT

The field of psycholinguistics and the application of psycholinguistic theory to advertising and marketing communication has become a topic of great prominence in the field of consumer behavior. Psycholinguistic Phenomena in Marketing Communications is the first book to address the growing research in this area. This timely volume combines research conducted by current scholars as it demonstrates diversity of the field in terms of relevant topics and methodological approaches. It examines brand names and their semantic and sound-based impact; sentence structure and research in marketing communication; advertising narratives evoking emotional responses; the effects of empathy response on advertising; and the role of language and images in creation of advertising.
 
The book includes authors from a variety of fields, including mass communication, marketing, social psychology, linguistics, and neuropsychology. A range of perspectives is discussed, from qualitative text analysis to controlled psychological experimentation. Psycholinguistic Phenomena in Marketing Communications is intended for students and scholars in numerous disciplines, such as advertising, marketing, social psychology, sociology, and linguistics. It is also suitable for graduate courses in these disciplines.

part I|100 pages

The Impact of Mere Words—Their Meanings and Sounds

chapter Chapter 1|20 pages

Linguistic Framing of Sensory Experience

There Is Some Accounting for Taste

chapter Chapter 2|16 pages

The Mental Representation of Brand Names

Are Brand Names a Class by Themselves?

chapter Chapter 3|20 pages

Sounds Convey Meaning

The Implications of Phonetic Symbolism for Brand Name Construction

chapter Chapter 4|20 pages

Phonology and Semantics in International Marketing

What Brand Name Translations Tell Us About Consumer Cognition

chapter Chapter 5|22 pages

Phonology, Morphology, and Semantics

Toward a Fuller Conceptualization of Brand Name Meaning

part III|92 pages

Stringing Sentences Together—Text and Narrative Analyses

chapter Chapter 9|20 pages

Narrative Structure

Plot and Emotional Responses

chapter Chapter 11|18 pages

Indexical and Linguistic Channels in Speech Perception

Some Effects of Voiceovers on Advertising Outcomes

part IV|30 pages

Afterword

chapter Chapter 13|28 pages

Comprehension Processes in Advertising

Words, Sentences, and Narratives