Promotional Language of the Local and International Brands of Halal Food Products: A Comparative Analysis

The growing popularity of halal products around the world has opened up the market segment with an abundance of potential. On Malaysia’s road to being a global halal hub by 2020, the mechanics of marketing halal food has been identified as one of the significant contributing factors. Hence, this pap...

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Main Authors: Wan Mohd Fadzlullah, Wan Nor Fasihah, Ariffin, Adlina
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/75074/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/75074/22/ALAPP.pdf
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author Wan Mohd Fadzlullah, Wan Nor Fasihah
Ariffin, Adlina
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Ariffin, Adlina
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description The growing popularity of halal products around the world has opened up the market segment with an abundance of potential. On Malaysia’s road to being a global halal hub by 2020, the mechanics of marketing halal food has been identified as one of the significant contributing factors. Hence, this paper will highlight the linguistic elements utilized in the promotional discourse of halal food that is found in local and international product print advertisements. This corpus-based analysis research looks into the textual and visual content of the advertisements as part of the promotional language. The research presents an analysis of one hundred printed promotional materials of halal food which were collected from several halal food events and exhibitions in the Klang Valley. The finding calls to attention of the important elements that are found in the promotional language strategies employed by marketers of halal food in both local and international brands. By marketing ‘halal’ and its concepts such as ‘healthy’, ‘safe’ and ‘clean’ as the main idea, this will cater for the Muslim consumers’ needs in observing halalan toyyiban’ (halal and good) in their life and would undoubtedly benefit other consumers as well. This shows the significance of applying suitable linguistic elements to deliver the halal message whilst achieving specific marketing goals, and for Malaysia to ultimately lead the global halal food industry.
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spelling iium-750742019-10-23T08:34:53Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/75074/ Promotional Language of the Local and International Brands of Halal Food Products: A Comparative Analysis Wan Mohd Fadzlullah, Wan Nor Fasihah Ariffin, Adlina H61.8 Communication of information The growing popularity of halal products around the world has opened up the market segment with an abundance of potential. On Malaysia’s road to being a global halal hub by 2020, the mechanics of marketing halal food has been identified as one of the significant contributing factors. Hence, this paper will highlight the linguistic elements utilized in the promotional discourse of halal food that is found in local and international product print advertisements. This corpus-based analysis research looks into the textual and visual content of the advertisements as part of the promotional language. The research presents an analysis of one hundred printed promotional materials of halal food which were collected from several halal food events and exhibitions in the Klang Valley. The finding calls to attention of the important elements that are found in the promotional language strategies employed by marketers of halal food in both local and international brands. By marketing ‘halal’ and its concepts such as ‘healthy’, ‘safe’ and ‘clean’ as the main idea, this will cater for the Muslim consumers’ needs in observing halalan toyyiban’ (halal and good) in their life and would undoubtedly benefit other consumers as well. This shows the significance of applying suitable linguistic elements to deliver the halal message whilst achieving specific marketing goals, and for Malaysia to ultimately lead the global halal food industry. 2019-09-25 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75074/22/ALAPP.pdf Wan Mohd Fadzlullah, Wan Nor Fasihah and Ariffin, Adlina (2019) Promotional Language of the Local and International Brands of Halal Food Products: A Comparative Analysis. In: The 9th International & Interdisciplinary Conference on Applied Linguistics & Professional Practice 2019, 23-25 September 2019, Swiss-Garden Hotel & Residences, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
spellingShingle H61.8 Communication of information
Wan Mohd Fadzlullah, Wan Nor Fasihah
Ariffin, Adlina
Promotional Language of the Local and International Brands of Halal Food Products: A Comparative Analysis
title Promotional Language of the Local and International Brands of Halal Food Products: A Comparative Analysis
title_full Promotional Language of the Local and International Brands of Halal Food Products: A Comparative Analysis
title_fullStr Promotional Language of the Local and International Brands of Halal Food Products: A Comparative Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Promotional Language of the Local and International Brands of Halal Food Products: A Comparative Analysis
title_short Promotional Language of the Local and International Brands of Halal Food Products: A Comparative Analysis
title_sort promotional language of the local and international brands of halal food products: a comparative analysis
topic H61.8 Communication of information
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/75074/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/75074/22/ALAPP.pdf