Entity Metaphors About Water in Cerita Rakyat Jawa Timur

Abstract

This research used entity metaphor theory to analyze data of entity metaphors about water. Models and the characters of entity metaphors about water in the concept of Eastern Javanese have been found. The object of this research was the words or the phrases which use entity metaphors and have connection with water in the sentences of Cerita Rakyat Jawa Timur. This research used systematic metaphor analysis method to collect and analyze data. By using the extra lingual comparison method and similarity comparison technique, this research found four kinds of entity metaphorical models about water and four kinds of the characters of entity metaphors about water. Those four kinds of entity metaphorical model about water are that obstacle or dangerous thing is water; the vital thing is water; the situation which is difficult to change is water; and the mind is water. The characters of entity metaphors about water are that water is hindering and dangerous; water has vitality; water has bearing capacity, because water can determine the success or failure of an event; and water is dynamic.

Conceptual Metaphors of “water” in Javanese Proverbs from a Cognitive Linguistic Perspective

“…Although Hinduism has links with Javanese society in the past, this research cannot represent the Javanese view of the water. Then Ma and Suhardi E3S Web of Conferences 317, 02014 (2021) ICENIS 2021 https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf /202131702014 [11] used entity metaphor theory to analyze entity metaphors about water data. The object of this research was the words or phrases that use entity metaphors and connect with water in the sentences of Cerita Rakyat Jawa Timur.…”