Díez Arroyo, Marisa
Arousing the receiver's involvement by flouting the communicative principles
DÍEZ ARROYO, Marisa. “Arousing the receiver's involvement by flouting the communicative principles”. Revista alicantina de estudios ingleses. No. 11 (Nov. 1998). ISSN 0214-4808, pp. 33-43
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/5364
DOI: 10.14198/raei.1998.11.04
ISSN: 0214-4808
Abstract: 
In this paper we examine the addresser's attempt at gaining the addressee's attention towards his message. The field chosen for the investigation is the language of advertising, and more particularly one of its effective, although not widely used, strategies: humour. The hypothesis we put forward is that humour arises as a consequence of flouting the communicative rules. In this way, readers may develop a feeling of solidarity with the advertiser for being daring or interesting, and above all for letting them' in the know'. Thus the use of humour is studied as
a persuasive tactic.
Keywords:Humor verbal, Persuasión, Estrategias discursivas, Análisis pragmático, Anuncios, Lenguaje publicitario
Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Filología Inglesa
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