Abstract
Metaphor is often defined as a phrase used in an imaginative way to describe, com-prehend and conceive one thing in terms of something else. (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980) They, in addition, note that language, activity and human thought are con-ceptualized in metaphoric way. Furthermore, the metaphorical concept in thought is developed from several correlated experience. (Lakoff, 1992; Kovesces, 2005) For example, as it is explained by Lakoff, people talk about love in the way of talking about journey. Love is conceived in the way of journey is understood. Two lovers are positioned as two persons who are in traveling. Their relationship is the vehicle to gain their love expectations in the same way as destination in a journey. They use journey to conceptualize love and act of love in that way. When they find several difficulties along the way, it means that they have problems in their relationship.
Highlights
The way of human thinking, acting and speaking in everyday situations are basically guided by conventional metaphor. (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980) The use of metaphorical expressions is ubiquitous in either English or other languages
The first section of this paper looks at the comparison of anger in terms of conventional metaphor between English and Malay language based on the conceptual approach
- Dia membara karena kemarahan (He is steaming with anger) In terms of the concept that anger is hot fluid in the container, Malay language shares the same concept with English in conceptualizing anger as a pressure inside human body
Summary
The way of human thinking, acting and speaking in everyday situations are basically guided by conventional metaphor. (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980) The use of metaphorical expressions is ubiquitous in either English or other languages. The first section of this paper looks at the comparison of anger in terms of conventional metaphor between English and Malay language based on the conceptual approach.
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