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THE LANGUAGE OF ADVERTISING: MODERN THEMES IN 
ENGLISH STUDIES
VOLUME ONE: Fundamentals
Contents
Acknowledgements
General Introduction
Introduction to Volume One 
Part 1: Early Critiques 
1.	Vance Packard, ?The Depth Approach?, in The Hidden Persuaders, 
(Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1956) 1956, pp. 2-10. 
2.	Vance Packard, ?The Trouble with People?, in The Hidden Persuaders, 
(Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1956), pp. 13-23. 
3.	Roland Barthes, ?Soap powders and detergents?, in Mythologies. (transl. A. 
Lavers) London: Paladin, 1972, pp. 36-39. 
4.	Roland Barthes, (first published in French in 1957) ?Operation Margarine?, in 
Mythologies. (transl. A. Lavers) London: Paladin, 1972, pp. 41-43. 
5.	Roland Barthes, (first published in French in 1957) ?The New Citro¿n?, in 
Mythologies. (transl. A. Lavers) London: Paladin, 1972, pp. 88-91.
6.	Raymond Williams, ?Advertising: the magic system?, in Problems in 
Materialism and Culture. London: Verso, 1980, pp. 170-195.
7.	Marshall McLuhan, ?Keeping Upset With the Joneses?, in Understanding 
Media, (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964), pp. 241-249. 
8.	Judith Williamson, ?A Currency of Signs?, in Decoding Advertisements, 
(London; Boston, Massachusetts: Marion Boyars, 1978), pp. 20-39 
9.	Erving Goffman, ?Gender Display?, in Gender Advertisements, (London: 
Macmillan, 1979), pp.1-9. 
10.	Erving Goffman, ?Gender Commercials?, in Gender Advertisements, (London: 
Macmillan, 1979), pp. 24-27.
Part 2: Background Theory
11.	Ferdinand de Saussure, ?General Principles?, Course In General Linguistics, 
trans. Wade Baskin, (London: Fontana/Collins, 1960), pp. 65-78 
12.	Floyd Merrell, ?Charles Sanders Peirce?s Concept of the Sign?, in Paul Cobley 
(ed.), The Routledge Companion to Semiotics and Linguistics, (London: 
Routledge, 2001), pp. 28-39. 
13.	Roman Jakobson, Closing Statement: Linguistics and Poetics?, in T. A. 
Sebeok (ed.), Style in Language, (Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 
1960), pp 350-360. 
14.	G. N. Leech, ?Language and Motive?, in English in Advertising, (London: 
Longman, 1966), ?The Advertising Situation?, pp. 25-31. 
15.	 G. N. Leech, ?The Advertising Situation?, in English in Advertising, (London: 
Longman, 1966), pp. 32-38. 
16.	H. G. Widdowson, ?Procedures for Discourse Processing?, in Explorations in 
Applied Linguistics Two, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984), pp. 100-
121. 
17.	Norman Fairclough, ?Advertising and Consumerism?, Language and Power, 
(London: Longman, 1989), pp 199-211 
18.	Guy Cook, 'Language Play in Advertisements: Some Implications for Applied 
Linguistics', in D. Graddol and J. Swann (eds.), Evaluating Language. BAAL 
Studies in Applied Linguistics 9, British Association for Applied Linguistics in 
association with Multilingual Matters, 1994, pp. 102-116. 
19.	Guy Cook, ?The Genre of the Advertisement?, in The Discourse of 
Advertising, (London: Routledge, 2001), pp. 1-17.
 
Part 3: Advertising Language 
20.	G. N. Leech, ?Words and Compounds?, in English in Advertising, (London: 
Longman, 1966). ?Cohesion and Lack of Cohesion?, pp. 135-141. 
21.	G. N. Leech, ?Cohesion and Lack of Cohesion?, in English in Advertising, 
(London: Longman, 1966), pp. 142-150. 
22.	Michael L. Geis, ?The Strength of a Claim?, The Language of Television 
Advertising, (New York: Academic, 1982), pp. 59-83.
23.	Gillian Dyer, ?The Language of Advertising?, in Advertising as 
Communication, (London: Routledge, 1992), pp. 139-157.
24.	Torben Vestergaard and Kim Schr¿der, ?Language and Communication?, in 
The Language of Advertising, (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1985), pp. 50-69.
25.	Guy Cook, ?Words and Phrases?, in The Discourse of Advertising, (London: 
Routledge, 2001), pp. 101-121.
26.	Greg Myers, ??You in the Shocking Pink Shell-Suit?: Pronouns and Address?, 
in Words in Ads, (London: Arnold, 1997), pp. 77-89. 
27.	Paul Simpson, ??Reason? and ?Tickle? as Pragmatic Constructs in the 
Discourse of Advertising?, Journal of Pragmatics, 33, 4, 2001, pp. 589-607. 
28.	E. F. McQuarrie and D. G. Mick, ?Figures of Rhetoric in Advertising 
Language?, Journal of Consumer Research, 22, 1996, pp. 424-38. 
29.	D. Crystal, Language Play, (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1998), pp. 93-100.
30.	R. A. Carter, ?Introduction?, Language and Creativity, (London: Routledge, 
2004), pp 1-10. 
VOLUME TWO: The Social Context of Advertising Language 
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction 
Part 4: Advertising in Society
31.	W. Leiss, S. Kline, S. Jhally and J. Botterill, ?Late Modern Consumer 
Society?, in Social Communication in Advertising, (London: Routledge, 
2000), pp. 295-332 
32.	R. Goldman, ?Legitimation Ads: The Story of the Family and How it Saved 
Capitalism from Itself?, in Reading Ads Socially (London: Routledge, 1994), 
pp. 85-106.
33.	Don Slater, ?Consumer Culture and the Politics of Need? in M. Nava, A. 
Blake, I. MacRury and B. Richards (eds.), Buy This Book: Studies in 
Advertising and Consumption. (London: Routledge, 1997). pp. 51-64.
34.	Andrew Goatly, ?Advertising and Consumerism?, in Critical Reading and 
Writing, (London: Routledge, 2000), pp.183-211. 
35.	J. Thompson, ?Advertising's Rationality?, in M. Alvarado and J. Thompson 
(eds.), The Media Reader, (London: British Film Institute, 1990). pp. 208-212.
Part 5: Advertising Across Cultures 
36.	Helen Kelly-Holmes, Extract from ?Foreign Languages in Advertising 
Discourse?, in Advertising as Multilingual Communication, (London : 
Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), pp. 27-54 
37.	T. Bhatia, ?Discourse Functions and Pragmatics of Mixing: Advertising 
Across Cultures?, World Englishes, 11/2-3, 1992, pp. 195-215. 
38.	Keiko Tanaka, ?Covert Communication?, in Advertising Language: A 
Pragmatic Approach to Advertisements in Britain and Japan, (London: 
Routledge, 1994), pp. 36-58
39.	Jian Wang, ?China?s Encounter with Global Advertising Culture?, in Foreign 
Advertising in China: Becoming Global, Becoming Local, (Iowa City: Iowa 
State Press, 2000). pp. 3-16 
40.	Helen Kelly-Holmes, ?The Discourse of Western Marketing Professionals in 
Central and Eastern Europe: Their Role in the Creation of a Context for 
Marketing and Advertising Messages?, Discourse and Society, 9, 1998, pp. 
339 - 362. 
41.	Karen Smith, ?Rhetorical Figures and the Translation of Advertising 
headlines?, Language and Literature 15, 2006, pp. 159 - 182. 
Part 6: Ads, Gender and Sexuality 
42.	D. MacCannell, ?Sex Sells: Comment on Gender Images and Myth in 
Advertising?, in J. Umiker-Sebeok (ed.), Marketing and Semiotics, 
(Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, 1987), pp. 521-531.
43.	R. Lewis and K. Rolley, ?(Ad)dressing the Dyke: Lesbian Looks and Lesbian 
Looking?, in M. Nava A. Blake, I. MacRury and B. Richards (eds.), Buy This 
Book: Studies in Advertising and Consumption, (London: Routledge, 1997), 
pp. 291-308. 
44.	Anne Cronin, ?Female Visions: Advertising, Women and Narrative?, in 
Advertising and Consumer Citizenship: Gender, Images and Rights (London: 
Routledge, 2000), pp. 105-133. 
45.	Keiko Tanaka, ?Images of Women?, in Advertising Language: A Pragmatic 
Approach to Advertisements in Britain and Japan, (London: Routledge, 
1994), pp.107-131. 
46.	Louise Mullany, ??Become the Man that Women Desire?: Gender Identities 
and Dominant Discourses in e-mail Advertising Language?, Language and 
Literature, 13, 2004, pp. 291 - 305. 
47.	A. Thorne and J. Coupland, ?Articulation of Same-sex Desire: Lesbian and 
Gay-male Dating Advertisements?, Journal of Sociolinguistics, 2, 2, 1998, pp. 
233-257 
48.	David Machin and Joanna Thornborrow, ?Branding and Discourse: The Case 
of Cosmopolitan?, Discourse and Society, 14, 2003, pp. 453 - 471.
VOLUME THREE: Modes, Media and Case Studies 
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction 
Part 7: Multimodal communication 
49.	Roland Barthes, ?The Rhetoric of the Image?, in Image, Music, Text, trans. S. 
Heath, (London: Fontana, 1977), pp. 32-51. 
50.	Gunther Kress and Theo Van Leeuwen, ?Introduction?, in Multimodal 
Discourse. London: Arnold, 2001), pp. 1-23.
51.	Ruth Finnegan, ?A Mix of Arts?, in Communicating. The Multiple Modes of 
Human Interconnection, (London: Routledge, 2002), pp. 223-243.
 
52.	Ron Scollon and Suzie Wong Scollon, ?Place Semiotics: Emplacement?, in 
Discourses in Place: Language in the Material World, (London: Routledge, 
2003), pp. 142-165. 
53.	Charles Forceville, Extract from ?Pictorial Metaphors in Advertisements and 
Billboards: Case Studies?, in Pictorial Metaphors in Advertising, (London: 
Routledge, 1996), pp. 108-126. 
54.	Guy Cook, ?Pictures, Music, Speech and Writing?, in The Discourse of 
Advertising, (London: Routledge, 2001), pp. 42-63. 
55.	C. Cinquin, ?Homo Coca-Colens: From Marketing to Semiotics and Politics?, 
in J. Umiker-Sebeok (ed.), Marketing and Semiotics, (Amsterdam: Mouton de 
Gruyter, 1987), pp. 485-495. 
56.	T. Kehret-Ward, ?Combining Products in Use: How the Syntax of Product 
Use Affects Marketing Decisions?, in J. Umiker-Sebeok (ed.), Marketing and 
Semiotics, (Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, 1987). pp. 219-238. 
57.	T. Pateman, ?How is Understanding an Advertisement Possible?, in H. Davis 
and P. Walton (eds.), Language, Image, Media, (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 
1985), pp. 187-204. 
 
Part 8: Case studies: products and campaigns 
58.	P. Falk, ?The Benetton-Toscani Effect: Testing the Limits of Conventional 
Advertising?, in M. Nava, A. Blake, I. MacRury and B. Richards (eds.), Buy 
This Book: Studies in Advertising and Consumption, (London: Routledge, 
1997), pp. 64-83.
59.	Iain MacRury, ?Advertising and the Modulation of Narcissism: The Case of 
Adultery?, in M. Nava, A. Blake, I. MacRury and B. Richards (eds.), Buy This 
Book: Studies in Advertising and Consumption, (London: Routledge, 1997), 
pp. 239-254. 
60.	D. Bolinger, ?A Last Case in Point: Blue Noses and Coffin Nails?, in 
Language - The Loaded Weapon, (London: Longman, 1980), pp.156-163. 
61.	J. Stauber and S. Rampton, ?Smokers? Hacks?, in Toxic Sludge is Good for 
You: Lies, Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry, (Monroe ME: 
Common Courage Press, 1995), pp. 25-32.
 
62.	M. Talbot, ?It's Good to Talk? The Undermining of Feminism in a British 
Telecom Advertisement?, Journal of Sociolinguistics, 4, 2000, pp. 108-119.
63.	Elsa S.L. Freitas, ?Summarising: Sanpro Ads?, in Taboo in Advertising: A 
Textual Study of Portuguese and UK Magazine and Television 
Advertisements, Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Lancaster, 2003, pp. 
187-211.
 
64.	Mike Reynolds, ?How Does Monsanto Do It? An Ethnographic Case Study of 
an Advertising Campaign?, Text, 24, 2004, pp. 329-352 
65.	Adriana Bol¡var, ?Changes in Venezuelan Political Dialogue: The Role of 
Advertising During Electoral Campaigns?, Discourse and Society, 12, 2001, 
pp. 23 - 45. 
66.	Guy Cook and Kieran O'Halloran, ?Label Literacy: Factors Affecting the 
Understanding and Assessment of Baby Food Labels?, in T. O'Brien (ed.), 
Language and Literacies, BAAL Studies in Applied Linguistics 14, British 
Association for Applied Linguistics in association with Multilingual Matters, 
1999, pp. 145-157. 
67.	P. Fuertes-Olivera, M. Velasco-Sacristan, A. Arribas-Bano and E. Samaniego-
Fernandez, ?Persuasion and Advertising English: Metadiscourse in Slogans 
and Headlines?, Journal of Pragmatics, 33, 2001, pp. 1291-1307. 
68.	Friedrich Ungerer, ?Ads as News Stories, News Stories as Ads: The 
Interaction of Advertisements and Editorial Texts in Newspapers?, Text, 24, 
2004, pp. 307-328. 
69.	Peter T. Robbins, ?Global Visions and Globalizing Corporations: An Analysis 
of Images and Texts from Fortune Global 500 Companies?, Sociological 
Research Online, 2004, http://www.socresonline.org.uk/9/2/robbins .html
VOLUME FOUR: Public Relations and Brands; Insiders and Critics 
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction 
Part 9: Public Relations and Brands 
70.	Kevin Moloney, ?PR from Top to Bottom?, in Rethinking Public Relations: 
The Spin and the Substance. (London: Routledge, 2000), pp. 15-26. 
71.	Kevin Moloney, ?Markets, Branding, Reputation?, in Rethinking Public 
Relations: The Spin and the Substance. (London: Routledge, 2000), pp. 134-
149. 
72.	J. Stauber and S. Rampton, ?The Art of the Hustle and the Science of 
Propaganda?, in Toxic Sludge is Good for You: Lies, Damn Lies and the 
Public Relations Industry, (Monroe ME: Common Courage Press, 1995), 
pp.17-25. 
73.	J. Swales and P. Rogers, ?Discourse and the Projection of Corporate Culture: 
The Mission Statement?, Discourse and Society, 6/2, 1995, pp. 223-242. 
74.	Greg Myers, ?Products, Brands and Signs?, in Ad Worlds: Brands, Media, 
Audience, (London: Arnold, 1999), pp.17-34. 
75.	Deborah Cameron, ?Talk as Enterprise: Communication and Culture Change 
at Work?, in Good to Ttalk? Living and Working in a Communication 
Culture, (London: Sage, 2000), pp 53-90. 
76.	Gerlinde Mautner, ?The Entrepreneurial University. A Discursive Profile of 
the Higher-Education Buzzword?, Critical Discourse Studies, 2/2, 2005, pp. 
95-120. 
77.	Guy Cook, ??This We Have Done?: The Different Vagueness of Poetry and 
PR, in Joan Cutting (ed.), Vague Language Explored, (Palgrave MacMillan, 
2007, in press). 
Part 10: For Advertising. Some Insider Views
78.	J. Goddard, ?Editorial?, in International Journal of Advertising, 5, 5, 1985. 
Reprinted in Alvarado, M. and J. Thompson (eds.), The Media Reader, 
(London: British Film Institute, 1990), pp. 205-208. 
79.	David Ogilvy, ?What?s Wrong with Advertising??, in Ogilvy on Advertising, 
(London: Prion, 1985), pp. 206-216. 
80.	David Ogilvy, ?I Predict 13 Changes?, in Ogilvy on Advertising, (London: 
Prion, 1985), pp. 217
81.	A. Lury, ?Advertising Moving Beyond Stereotypes?, in R. Keat, N. Whiteley 
and N. Abercrombie (eds.), The Authority of the Consumer, (London: 
Routledge, 1994), pp. 91-102. 
82.	J. Wilmshurst and A. Mackay, ?How Advertising is Created?, in The 
Fundamentals of Advertising, (Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 1999), pp. 
185-202.
83.	R. White, ?Advertising and Society?, in Advertising. (2nd edition) (London: 
McGraw Hill, 1988), pp.176-182. 
84.	N. Ind, ?The Corporate Brand?, The Corporate Brand, (Basingstoke: 
Macmillan Business, 1997), pp.1-14.
85.	S. Brierley, ?Principles of Persuasion?, in The Advertising Handbook, second 
ed. (London: Routledge, 2002), pp. 137-150. 
Part 11: Against Advertising
	
86.	E. Clark, ?The Advertising Industry? , in The Want Makers: Lifting the Lid off 
the World Advertising Industry, (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988), pp. 23-
58. 
87.	Naomi Klein, ?Culture Jamming?No Logo: No Space, No choice, No jobs, 
Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies, (London: Flamingo, 2000), pp. 279-309. 
88.	Adbusters, ?Global Teens Growing Indifferent to Brand America?, 2006, 
http://adbusters.org/the_magazine/66/Global_Teens_Growing_Indifferent_to_
Brand_America.html 
Index

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

Advertising -- Language.
Advertising.