The Interpersonal Meanings of Words and Images in Ads: An Intersemiotic Complementary View

This study is to find out the interpersonal meaning and the intersemiotic complementarity in selected public service advertisement of violence against children prevention campaign. The ads were found in social media of Pinterest; they were used in the campaign in June 2014 by Amnesty International....

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Autores principales: Fina Khanifa, Khristianto
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2c0d1cfeebc543848f35ab9397b4953d2021-11-29T20:26:32ZThe Interpersonal Meanings of Words and Images in Ads: An Intersemiotic Complementary Viewhttps://doi.org/10.24843/LJLC.2021.v12.i02.p042527-6719https://doaj.org/article/2c0d1cfeebc543848f35ab9397b4953d2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/languange/article/view/79672/42057https://doaj.org/toc/2527-6719This study is to find out the interpersonal meaning and the intersemiotic complementarity in selected public service advertisement of violence against children prevention campaign. The ads were found in social media of Pinterest; they were used in the campaign in June 2014 by Amnesty International. Another ad is from UNICEF which posted in its website in the same periode. Employing Royce’s intersemiotic complementarity framework (2001), it analyzed how the visual and verbal signs work together to create common messages sent to the public as viewers/readers. Based on the analysis, it is found out that the five aspects of visual features --visual contact, social distance, involvement, power relation, and modality—have worked together to construct the interpersonal meaning. The close up shot showing the detail of the bruises on the nose emphasizing a high modality; it represents a high naturality. The boy in bruises looks directly at viewers’ eyes, demanding a help from them. The equal frame on the picture tells the readers that the boy can be part of every one’s life. It may happen in any place and the readers are asked to do take an action. In terms of verbal features, the declarative sentences are used to inform the facts. It is to highlight the clear message in the image, saying that such a violence may be taken by a mother who inherits the boy’s nose—the one who actually loves him very much, but the situation has changed her a lot. Both visual and verbal modes contribute to convey interpersonal meaning. The intersemiotic complementarity in the advertisement is realized interpersonally through the meanings projected in both modes through the reinforcement of address.Fina KhanifaKhristiantoUniversitas Udayanaarticleinterpersonal meaningadsmultimodalityimagetextcomplementarity frameworkLanguage and LiteraturePENLingual, Vol 12, Iss 2, Pp 22-27 (2021)
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Fina Khanifa
Khristianto
The Interpersonal Meanings of Words and Images in Ads: An Intersemiotic Complementary View
description This study is to find out the interpersonal meaning and the intersemiotic complementarity in selected public service advertisement of violence against children prevention campaign. The ads were found in social media of Pinterest; they were used in the campaign in June 2014 by Amnesty International. Another ad is from UNICEF which posted in its website in the same periode. Employing Royce’s intersemiotic complementarity framework (2001), it analyzed how the visual and verbal signs work together to create common messages sent to the public as viewers/readers. Based on the analysis, it is found out that the five aspects of visual features --visual contact, social distance, involvement, power relation, and modality—have worked together to construct the interpersonal meaning. The close up shot showing the detail of the bruises on the nose emphasizing a high modality; it represents a high naturality. The boy in bruises looks directly at viewers’ eyes, demanding a help from them. The equal frame on the picture tells the readers that the boy can be part of every one’s life. It may happen in any place and the readers are asked to do take an action. In terms of verbal features, the declarative sentences are used to inform the facts. It is to highlight the clear message in the image, saying that such a violence may be taken by a mother who inherits the boy’s nose—the one who actually loves him very much, but the situation has changed her a lot. Both visual and verbal modes contribute to convey interpersonal meaning. The intersemiotic complementarity in the advertisement is realized interpersonally through the meanings projected in both modes through the reinforcement of address.
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