Abstract
Metaphors in cognitive semantics play important roles as phenomena to be understood. Understanding them require elaboration of both semantics and cognition. A news entitled “Katy Perry and Taylor Swift officially bury the hatchet” is an object that is worth studying in the light of cognitive semantics, especially the metaphors employed. The metaphors are compiled and classified into their types. From the metaphors obtained, the image schemas employed to understand the metaphors are explicated. The discussion on it is attached to the explanation of the metaphorical expressions found in the news. The result shows that there are 11 (eleven) metaphorical expressions with their own classifications noted and different image schemas that background the meaning-making process of the metaphors. Finally, by relying upon the results of the analysis, it can be concluded that there are ways, signified by the implementation of image schemas, to understand metaphors.
Highlights
IntroductionMetaphors are language devices that have been used for a very long time
Metaphors are language devices that have been used for a very long time.A study initiated by Dr Wendy Anderson of the University of Glasgow from January 2012 to March 2015 shows that metaphors have been used since thirteen centuries ago (Anderson, et al, 2016)
This paper is a content analysis due to the fact that the written data becoming the object of this paper is a news taken from cnn.com entitled “Katy Perry and Taylor Swift officially bury the hatchet”
Summary
Metaphors are language devices that have been used for a very long time. A study initiated by Dr Wendy Anderson of the University of Glasgow from January 2012 to March 2015 shows that metaphors have been used since thirteen centuries ago (Anderson, et al, 2016). It implies that the popularity of metaphor can be spotted throughout times. Katy Perry and Taylor Swift, two world female pop stars, had been reported having feud. The feud was suspected began in September 2014 after Taylor Swift released her 1989 album in which there is a song entitled “Bad Blood” is listed
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