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SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF THE LINGUISTIC FEATURES USED ON URDU HOARDINGS IN LAHORE

03 Pages : 26-35

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2021(VI-II).03      10.31703/gmcr.2021(VI-II).03      Published : Jun 2021

Semantic Analysis of the Linguistic Features Used on Urdu Hoardings in Lahore

    It is an established truth that advertising copywriters expertly manipulate language to suit their purpose of communicating advertising messages (Emodi, 2011). This research aims to explore to what extent advertisers manipulate language rather distinctively than the daily use of language. The current work presents a descriptive analysis of the linguistic features of Urdu ads at semantic level. The study uses qualitative approach where twenty Urdu hoardings were selected through purposive sampling technique from Gulberg and Hall Road, Lahore. The writer collected the data by looking at the meaning of advertisements printed on hoardings. In analyzing the data, the writer applied Leech's theory of semantics. The writer found the use of connotative words, adjectives, coined words,misspelled words, repetition, and the ambiguous statements in advertisements on hoardings. Every message has a very important role to play in building up the advertiser's message. So, on the basis of these findings it is stated that advertisers use persuasive language while violating the semantic laws which is distinctive from the language used in every day communication.

    Semantic Analysis, Linguistic Features, Hoardings, Urdu
    (1) Nimra Rafiq
    FAST, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Namra Fazal
    FAST, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Mohsin Tajammul
    FAST, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Rafiq, N., Fazal, N., & Tajammul, M. (2021). Semantic Analysis of the Linguistic Features Used on Urdu Hoardings in Lahore. Global Mass Communication Review, VI(II), 26-35. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2021(VI-II).03
    CHICAGO : Rafiq, Nimra, Namra Fazal, and Mohsin Tajammul. 2021. "Semantic Analysis of the Linguistic Features Used on Urdu Hoardings in Lahore." Global Mass Communication Review, VI (II): 26-35 doi: 10.31703/gmcr.2021(VI-II).03
    HARVARD : RAFIQ, N., FAZAL, N. & TAJAMMUL, M. 2021. Semantic Analysis of the Linguistic Features Used on Urdu Hoardings in Lahore. Global Mass Communication Review, VI, 26-35.
    MHRA : Rafiq, Nimra, Namra Fazal, and Mohsin Tajammul. 2021. "Semantic Analysis of the Linguistic Features Used on Urdu Hoardings in Lahore." Global Mass Communication Review, VI: 26-35
    MLA : Rafiq, Nimra, Namra Fazal, and Mohsin Tajammul. "Semantic Analysis of the Linguistic Features Used on Urdu Hoardings in Lahore." Global Mass Communication Review, VI.II (2021): 26-35 Print.
    OXFORD : Rafiq, Nimra, Fazal, Namra, and Tajammul, Mohsin (2021), "Semantic Analysis of the Linguistic Features Used on Urdu Hoardings in Lahore", Global Mass Communication Review, VI (II), 26-35
    TURABIAN : Rafiq, Nimra, Namra Fazal, and Mohsin Tajammul. "Semantic Analysis of the Linguistic Features Used on Urdu Hoardings in Lahore." Global Mass Communication Review VI, no. II (2021): 26-35. https://doi.org/10.31703/gmcr.2021(VI-II).03