TY - BOOK AU - Sedivy,Julie AU - Carlson,Greg N. TI - Sold on language: how advertisers talk to you and what this says about you SN - 9780470683095 AV - HF5821 S447 S 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Chichester, West Sussex, Malden, MA PB - Wiley-Blackwell KW - Advertising KW - Language KW - Business and Management KW - Reklam N1 - The power of choice --; The unconscious consumer --; The attentional arms race --; We know what you're thinking --; Why ads don't say what they mean (or mean what they say) --; Acting out --; Divide and conquer --; The politics of choice; HKBU library; YT2025 M08 N2 - Sold on language examines how the competitive marketplace shapes the ways in which commercial and political advertisers speak to us.: Authored by a team of highly respected language scientists; Written in an informal style with many examples drawn from popular culture; Communicates ideas and research findings about language and the mind, revealing the mental processes behind the daily interactions we all have with contemporary advertising; Brings together insights from fields as varied as linguistics, philosophy, social psychology, behavioral economics, and political science ER -