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Advertising
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Advertising book
Word and image and levels of context
Advertising
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Advertising book
Word and image and levels of context
ByCharles Forceville
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1996
Imprint Routledge
Pages 16
eBook ISBN 9780203064252
ABSTRACT
As stated at the end of Chapter 3, the images used to develop and elucidate the notion of pictorial metaphor in this book will be advertisements. There are at least two good reasons for focusing on advertising. The first is that it represents a ‘text’ -genre which is motivated by clear intentions; the second is that contemporary advertising contains many metaphors. I will briefly elaborate on these reasons.