Word Formation and the Discourse of Advertising

Abstract

This paper presents the results of research conducted using a corpus of radio and television commercials and advertising texts gathered from 2009 to 2013. The main points of interest of the paper are word-formation processes used to create the messages of the advertisements. Analysis of the corpus showed that graphoderivation and blending were used in order to create a sense of wonder in the recipients of the message of the advertisements. According to their place in the lexicon, words created for this purpose are called advertising occasionalism.

Keywords

• word formation
• the discourse of advertising
• graphoderivatives
• blends
• occasionalisms in advertisements