Metaphors in Indonesian Soccer News

Abstract

This article discusses a cognitive view on metaphors found in Indonesian soccer news published in two Indonesian newspapers through conceptual metaphor theory, which maps the source domain to the target domain. According to conceptual metaphor theory put forward by Lakoff and Johnson (1980), conceptual metaphors mean the domain of concept A is the domain of concept B. The source domain is relatively more concrete than the target domain. Through the mapping of the source and target domains, we can conceptualize metaphors formed by metaphor linguistic expression. Metaphorical inferences can be drawn through neural theory of language which is developed by Lakoff as the neural theory of metaphor. The method employed to identify metaphorical linguistic expressions in the data sources is MIPVU (Metaphor Identification Procedure Vrije Universitet) developed by Steen et al. (2010). The results revealed that metaphorically, the game of soccer perceives goals as gold and crops, and the games themselves are hunting.

Estado de la cuestión: análisis semántico-cognitivo de textos periodísticos

“…En el artículo "Metaphors in Indonesian soccer news", Ekaning Krisnawati (2014) realiza un análisis cognitivo de las metáforas encontradas en las noticias de fútbol de Indonesia mediante la teoría de la metáfora conceptual (Lakoff y Johnson, 1980), a partir de la recolección de expresiones metafóricas tomadas desde dos periódicos publicados en Indonesia, Kompas y Pikiran Rakyat, de las ediciones de junio a septiembre de 2013. El autor considera que las expresiones lingüísticas en las noticias de fútbol de Indonesia revelan algunas metáforas conceptuales que configuran el pensamiento.…”

Umbilical Accord and Symbiosis between Man and the Environment: A Stylistic Analysis of Selected Poems of Joe Ushie’s Hill Songs and Unimna Angrey’s Drought (Ubuang)

“…Metaphor is an understanding of one conceptual domain (the source) as another domain (the target), hence "the conceptual domain of A is the conceptual domain of B" (Kovecses2010 quoted in Krisnawati, 2014).…”

“…In yet another study that he entitles "Modality as a Discourse Strategy in New Nigerian Poetry," Aboh again tells us that in Ushie"s consideration, "poetry is a potent form of rebuke and purification. He, therefore, (sic) draws a distinction between those who use poetry to support the excesses of government and those who use poetry to reflect and refract the ills in society" (8). But he does not show how he uses these to comment on the state of the environment in the poetry.…”