Open AccessIndonesian and English Lexical Metaphoric Expressions Used In Online Competition News Text
Author(s) -
Siti Tarwiyah
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
register journal/register
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2503-040X
pISSN - 1979-8903
DOI - 10.18326/rgt.v9i1.514
Subject(s) - linguistics , focus (optics) , metaphor , indonesian , situational ethics , expression (computer science) , computer science , semantics (computer science) , subject (documents) , lexical semantics , lexical item , psychology , philosophy , world wide web , social psychology , physics , optics , programming language
The subject of this article deals with discourse semantics. The focus of its description is metaphoric expressions used to express competition news in online media. Based on some theories about metaphor, the writer tries to search for kinds of metaphoric expressions used and the reasons behind the use of the expressions. The result shows that English and Indonesian language use lexical metaphors with three specifications, i.e. anthropomorphic, animal, and synesthetic. The choice of specific lexical metaphoric expressions is related to situational and cultural aspects.