Presupposition, Persuasion and Mag Food Advertising: A Preliminary Study

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Universidad de Almería
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In this study presupposition is examined from the point of view of the type of information assumed by advertisers (Levinson 1983; Goddard 1998) and the functions they fulfi l in achieving persuasion in nutritional advertising. Thus, 25 headlines from 5 health and fi tness magazines (2012) have been classifi ed according to the type of covert information. The results indicate that there are gender differences as regards this form of inferential information as well as the linguistic items that trigger these presuppositions. Whereas commercials addressed to men are more competitive, those addressed to women appeal more to their emotions.
Este trabajo examina la presuposición desde el punto de vista del tipo de información inferencial (Levinson 1983; Goddard 1998) y las funciones que esta desempeña en los anuncios publicitarios de revistas nutricionales. De este modo 25 encabezados extraídos de 5 revistas de salud y fitness (2012) se clasifi can según el tipo de información asumida por el publicista (Hardin 2001). Los resultados indican que hay claras diferencias de género con respecto al uso de la presuposición así como de los elementos lingüísticos que dan lugar a estas presuposiciones. Mientras que los anuncios dirigidos a hombres son más competitivos, los orientados al sector femenino optan por la apelación de las emociones.

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Bouso, T. (2012). Presupposition, persuasion and mag food advertising: A preliminary study. Odisea: Revista de Estudios Ingleses, Vol. 13, pp. 19-47. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i13.225

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European Regional Development Fund and the Autonomous Government of Galicia (Directorate General for Scientific and Technological Promotion, grant CN2012/012)

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