RETORIKA: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2022)

Multimodal Semiotics in Cosmetic Advertisement

Ni Putu Meira Purnama Yanti (Magister Ilmu Linguistik Universitas Warmadewa, Denpasar, Indonesia)
I Nyoman Sujaya (Magister Ilmu Linguistik Universitas Warmadewa, Denpasar, Indonesia)
Mirsa Umiyati (Magister Ilmu Linguistik Universitas Warmadewa, Denpasar, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Oct 2022

Abstract

This research deals with the elements of multimodal semiotics and the meaning of beauty. The theory used in this research was the multimodal semiotics theory by Kress and Leewuen (2011) in their book entitled Multimodal Discourse Analysis. The method applied in this research was a descriptive qualitative method. Based on data analysis, it was found that cosmetic advertisements have various multimodal semiotics such as verbal, visual, gestural, and audio. Verbal elements in the form of speech and writing which are dominated by declarative sentences. Visual elements refer to female figures in advertisements and other things with certain color. Gesture elements include smiling facial expressions, sparkling eyes, touching skin, and other movements. Audio elements come from bee sound effects, traditional Javanese music sounds, and so on. Meanwhile, the meanings of beauty conveyed through the multimodal semiotic elements refer to the meaning of physical beauty such as olive skin, white skin like jicama fruit, thick and beautiful hair, stormy hair, and graceful attitude.

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Journal Info

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jret

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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RETORIKA: Jurnal Ilmu Bahasa, 2406-9019 (Print ISSN), 2443-0668 (Electronic ISSN) is the Journal of Linguistics who published research articles and of theoretical articles in linguistic science which published by Linguistic Department, Postgraduated Program, Universitas Warmadewa. The journal is ...