[Ads-l] Source-Goal Confusion online

Geoffrey Nathan geoffnathan at WAYNE.EDU
Wed Apr 27 13:44:13 UTC 2022


My Facebook feed is infested with an ad from the Wild Alaskan Company.

Air-flown fresh-caught salmon. Their video boasts:

3 Easy Ways to Swap Red Meat for Seafood

Which (in my dialect) is not what they're advertising.

Geoffrey S. Nathan
WSU Information Privacy Officer (Retired)
Emeritus Professor, Linguistics Program
https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/an6993
geoffnathan at wayne.edu


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