Abstract
This article describes the study of semantic in a specified domain of figurative language upon a selected work of American English literature, in form of short story written by the renowned writer and author, William Wymark Jacobs, entitled as ‘The Monkey’s Paw’. Several objectives are deduced by the researcher in quest of finding the forms of this figurative language within the passage. Briefly, figurative language itself is a feature of every languages, which emphasized the use of expression to symbolize a different meaning from the usual literal interpretation. In our analysis of ‘The Monkey’s Paw’, the varieties of figurative language: Metaphor, Personification, Hyperbole, Symbolism, also another terms used to represent unusual words construction or combination such as Onomatopoeia, Idiom, and even Imagery, are discussed in order in relation with true meaning discovery behind each figurative language properties.
Highlights
The study of figurative language, which is widely known as a branch of a bigger semantical discourse, refers to the contextual usage of speech’s figure in creating a more efficient, purposeful, influential literal meaning of the words towards its readers or listeners
This article describes the study of semantic in a specified domain of figurative language upon a selected work of American English literature, in form of short story written by a renowned writer and author, William Wymark Jacobs, entitled as The Monkey’s Paw
Metaphor became the most common kind of figurative language that we found almost every utterance in a language, though its usage is restricted by several prerequisite context such the existence of comparative expression towards two dissimilar things as emphasized by Davidson (2001)
Summary
The study of figurative language, which is widely known as a branch of a bigger semantical discourse, refers to the contextual usage of speech’s figure in creating a more efficient, purposeful, influential literal meaning of the words towards its readers or listeners. It is worth noted that the use of figurative language heavily intersects with the study of literature instead of the regarded linguistic discipline. Researchers took a theoretical concept of figurative language from two prominent linguists, Cacciari and Glucksberg (1994), in their book entitled “Understanding Figurative Language”. It is worth noted that researcher cited several experts’ notions towards some of the aforementioned figurative elements. Figurative language, by all means, is known as figure of speeches
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