Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Folklore, Language, Education and Exhibition (ICOFLEX 2019)

Conceptual Metaphors in Modern Indonesian Literature and Their Implication in Language Learning

Authors
Merry Lapasau, Sulis Setiawati, Ira Mayasari, Virgana
Corresponding Author
Merry Lapasau
Available Online 31 December 2020.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201230.044How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Conceptual metaphors, Emotion-specific metaphors, Tetralogy Laskar Pelangi
Abstract

The groundbreaking study on metaphor started with Lakoff and Johnson’s Metaphors We Live By (1980) which showed that metaphors are part of our everyday language and thought. This study aims to analyze the use of emotion-specific metaphors in Andrea Hirata’s Tetralogy Laskar Pelangi based on the metaphor classification of Kövecses (2015) and Lakoff and Johnson’s conceptual metaphors (1980) with a descriptive qualitative approach. As the analytical framework, we adopt the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) proposed by Lakoff and Johnson (1980). We find 349 metaphorical expressions, thereunder 76 metaphors for the concepts of love, anger, fear, and sadness. These 349 metaphorical expressions consist of 318 dynamic metaphors and 33 conventional metaphors. The dynamic metaphor is the supreme and most important stylistic feature in Tetralogy Laskar Pelangi. Those metaphors are not just stylistic language features, but they also represent meaningful content as a reflection of Indonesian culture. This study will hopefully be beneficial for language teaching and learning in Indonesia, e.g., metaphors can be taught in high school (12th grade) using the curriculum of 2013.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Folklore, Language, Education and Exhibition (ICOFLEX 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 December 2020
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.201230.044
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201230.044How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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