Metaphor and metonymy/synecdoche in advertising: A Critical Metaphor Analysis Approach
Keywords:
ideological metaphor, advertisement, concept/culture relationship, cognitive-pragmatic approach.Abstract
This article examines persuasion in advertisement genre involving the ideological metaphor, which can be a special case of conceptual interaction among metaphor, metonymy and synecdoche, according to Velasco-Sacristán (2010). The ideological metaphor, according to Charteris-Black (2004), conceals underlying social processes and determines interpretation, and is used as well in types of persuasive speech as advertising. Moreover, given the fact that the real nature of the conceptual-cultural interface is still under debate (WEE, 2006), this research
attempts to verify the contribution - whether universal or cultural - that each of the tropes brings to the persuasive process. The analysis herein performed will be supported by the proposal of Velasco-Sacristán, from the standpoint of Critical Analysis of Metaphor (CHARTERIS-BLACK, 2004).