Abstract
This study attempts to analyse the metaphorical expressions used by the novelist Elif Shafak in her distinct novel The Forty Rules of Love. The core of any metaphorical expression lies in the intellectual conceptual, connotative and symbolic terms which require the readers to encipher such terms and grasp their intended meanings. Metaphors are the prominent linguistic devices which are deeply embedded in linguistic and literary expressions to enforce the suggestive meanings and symbolic meanings of such expressions. The researchers select four representative texts from the English novel The Forty Rules of Love in order to represent and cover all the aspects of Metaphor. To cover all the aspects of metaphor that are used in the novel, the researchers adopt a model which is based on Lakoff and Johnson’s Theory of Metaphor (1980). Based on this adopted model to examine the aspects of metaphor, two levels of analysis are followed the contextual analysis and cognitive linguistic analysis. It is found that the Sufi thoughts and symbolisms are stated by using metaphor as a type of rhetorical devices.
Highlights
Metaphor is relevant to every aspect of life-especially in the human communication and discourse in that it is widely used in the narrative and political discourses
The present study aims at finding out the concept of metaphor and its basic forms, types, and functions that are used in Shafak’s novel “The Forty Rules of Love”. This will be done by adopting the cognitive Linguistic analysis of metaphor to identify the Functions of metaphor, the most common types of metaphor that are used to reflect different aspects of Sufism to explicate the function of each type
In studying the metaphorical expressions in Shafak's The Forty Rules of Love, the following conclusions are reached: 1) The present study identifies the cognitive linguistic aspects that are used in the selected data
Summary
Metaphor is relevant to every aspect of life-especially in the human communication and discourse in that it is widely used in the narrative and political discourses. The most powerful formulas of metaphors are found in different rhetorical devices such as metonymies, similes, proverbs, and idiomatic expressions Metaphors are both linguistic and literary tools which are imagined by linguistic expressions to facilitate the reference to symbolic meaning and certain connotations being positive or negative. The present study aims at finding out the concept of metaphor and its basic forms, types, and functions that are used in Shafak’s novel “The Forty Rules of Love”. This will be done by adopting the cognitive Linguistic analysis of metaphor to identify the Functions of metaphor, the most common types of metaphor that are used to reflect different aspects of Sufism to explicate the function of each type. Four texts from the English novel The Forty Rules of Love are chosen because these extracted texts represent specific aspects of metaphor
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