Linguistic functions and indirect speech acts in tobacco products health warnings

The study incorporates the theory of linguistic functions (Jakobson 1960) and speech act theory (Austin 1962) to analyse the differences and similarities of the language used to produce health warning signs on tobacco-related products in Polish and English. The analysis is based on the premise that...

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Main Author: Julia Koszmider
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Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/research/article/view/24604
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description The study incorporates the theory of linguistic functions (Jakobson 1960) and speech act theory (Austin 1962) to analyse the differences and similarities of the language used to produce health warning signs on tobacco-related products in Polish and English. The analysis is based on the premise that labels have a primary force of being a warning, when their social function is in focus. The texts proposed as health warnings are highly formulaic and despite the fact that they address a variety of issues, they seem to be inherently similar in form. This pilot study aims to analyse corpora of selected Polish and English health warnings in order to assess the level of their linguistic similarity.
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spelling doaj-art-27d5638aa4ff493eb2528bd16ffc1a1c2025-01-10T16:08:37ZengLodz University PressResearch in Language1731-75332024-12-0122321224910.18778/1731-7533.22.3.0325160Linguistic functions and indirect speech acts in tobacco products health warningsJulia Koszmider0University of LodzThe study incorporates the theory of linguistic functions (Jakobson 1960) and speech act theory (Austin 1962) to analyse the differences and similarities of the language used to produce health warning signs on tobacco-related products in Polish and English. The analysis is based on the premise that labels have a primary force of being a warning, when their social function is in focus. The texts proposed as health warnings are highly formulaic and despite the fact that they address a variety of issues, they seem to be inherently similar in form. This pilot study aims to analyse corpora of selected Polish and English health warnings in order to assess the level of their linguistic similarity.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/research/article/view/24604tobacco health warningslinguistic functionlocutionspeech act
spellingShingle Julia Koszmider
Linguistic functions and indirect speech acts in tobacco products health warnings
Research in Language
tobacco health warnings
linguistic function
locution
speech act
title Linguistic functions and indirect speech acts in tobacco products health warnings
title_full Linguistic functions and indirect speech acts in tobacco products health warnings
title_fullStr Linguistic functions and indirect speech acts in tobacco products health warnings
title_full_unstemmed Linguistic functions and indirect speech acts in tobacco products health warnings
title_short Linguistic functions and indirect speech acts in tobacco products health warnings
title_sort linguistic functions and indirect speech acts in tobacco products health warnings
topic tobacco health warnings
linguistic function
locution
speech act
url https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/research/article/view/24604
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