ณัฐรัศ กลัดสกุล. An analysis of figures of speech used in fragrance advertising captions on the internet. Master's Degree(English for Business and Industry Communication (English Program)). King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. Central Library. : King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, 2553-08-02.
An analysis of figures of speech used in fragrance advertising captions on the internet
Abstract:
This study investigated figures of speech used in fragrance advertising captions
on the Internet. The objectives of the study were to find out the frequencies of figures
of speech in fragrance advertising captions as well as the types of figures of speech
most commonly applied in captions. The relation between figures of speech and
fragrance was also examined in order to analyze how figures of speech were used to
represent fragrance. Thirty-five fragrance advertisements were randomly selected
from the Internet. Content analysis was applied in order to consider the relation
between figures of speech and fragrance.
The results showed that figures of speech were found in almost every fragrance
advertisement except one advertisement of Lancôme (Magie Noire Eau de Toilette
Natural Spray). Thirty-four fragrance advertising captions used at least one kind of
figure of speech. Metaphor was most frequently found and also most frequently
applied in fragrance advertising captions, followed by alliteration, rhyme, simile and
personification, and hyperbole respectively. It was also found that for advertising
effects, a figure of speech was employed in fragrance advertisements to represent
fragrances in several aspects. The odor of fragrance, the feelings occurring from
wearing fragrance, the ingredients in fragrance, and the characteristics or properties of
fragrance were the main aspects of fragrance represented by a figure. However,
personification was applied to present only one aspect of fragrance, which was the
feelings occurring from wearing fragrance.