Adequacy of warning labels (Case study of household detergents)

زبانشناسی و گویش های خراسان

Article 8, Volume 12, Issue 1 - Serial Number 22, January 2021, Pages 217-245   

Document Type: علمی - پژ‍وهشی

DOI: 10.22067/jlkd.2021.48519.0

Authors

Parisa Najafi^* ; faride haghbin; Hoda Ardalan

Shiraz University

Abstract

Physical injuries caused by the use of various detergents and household cleaners indicate the lack of proper consumer awareness of these products. On the other hand, the most important way for the producer to inform the consumer is to put a "warning" on the product, so it seems that the warnings on the products do not have the desired and optimal adequacy, and therefore their scientific study is necessary. In the present study, based on data consisting of 67 types of detergents, household cleaners and disinfectants based on linguistic component, design component and color component, we analyzed the warning labels on the products and analyzed their adequacy. What is understood from the examined data is that the warning labels on the products do not have the desired adequacy, and finally, the authors consider the model of the desired alert label with high adequacy by considering all three of the above components. It should be noted that most of the researches conducted in this ground have been proposed and presented in "forensic linguistics" field.

Keywords

warning; warning label; language component; design component; color component

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