Abstract
Metaphors are frequently used in everyday conversation unconsciously. People deliver the metaphoric expressions underlaid by conceptual metaphor that consists of the target and source domains. This study aims to find out the types of metaphorical expressions and analyze the conceptual metaphors underlaying the metaphorical expressions. The data were generated from Bhagavad Gita text using a corpus machine named AntConc 3.4.4w. With the corpus method and AntConc, 690 sentences containing metaphors of life were found. These data were analyzed by applying the conceptual metaphor theory of Lakoff and Johnson (2003) and Steen (2007).The result of the study shows that the metaphorical expressions of life in Bhagavad Gita are covered in all types of metaphor, they are: Structural, Ontological (along with its subsection that is Personification), and Orientational metaphors. In Bhagavad Gita, there are 24 conceptual metaphors that underlay the metaphorical expressions. The most frequently found conceptual metaphors were LIFE IS AN ENTITY, LIFE IS A JOURNEY and LIFE IS A CONTINUOUS ACTIVITY.
Highlights
IntroductionLakoff & Johnson (2003) and Kövecses (2010) proposed a new perspective on metaphor.It is not solely based on similarities
As a major study within semantics, metaphors take a great role in everyday life
It is formulated with a procedure to comprehend the conceptual metaphor, and it is classified into the types of metaphorical expression
Summary
Lakoff & Johnson (2003) and Kövecses (2010) proposed a new perspective on metaphor.It is not solely based on similarities. It is a property of concept and used in some artistic or rhetoric purposes. Metaphor is used by ordinary people, a poet, because human thought processes are largely metaphorical. This is what it means when the new view of metaphor is based on human conceptual system which is metaphorically structured and defined. This is what it means when the new view of metaphor is based on human conceptual system which is metaphorically structured and defined. Rajeg (2016) stated that the concept of target domain is structured in our conceptual system and is expressed through our language
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