THE ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR IN SELECTED SPEECHES BY TEDROSADHANOM GHEBREYESUS ON HANDLING COVID – 19

MUCHTAR, HAMID (2025) THE ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR IN SELECTED SPEECHES BY TEDROSADHANOM GHEBREYESUS ON HANDLING COVID – 19. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Metaphor is part of figurative language that compares one thing to another. Metaphor helps speakers or writers to describe about two different things. Moreover, metaphor can be uses to adorn the word or emphasize the word. Metaphor is not only found in a movie and song. It is also found in speech. Metaphor is interesting to discuss because metaphor is conceptual system of human being. Metaphor is pervasive in our everyday life. This study entitled ―The Analysis of Metaphor in Selected Speeches by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Handling COVID - 19‖ is an attempt to identify kinds of metaphor and to analyze the meaning of metaphor in the speech. Moreover, this study also analyzes the emotion of metaphor. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method. In analyzing the data, the researcher uses the theory that is proposed by Lakoff and Johnson about metaphor conceptual theory to identify types of metaphor and analyzed the meaning to determine target and source. Those types of metaphor are structural metaphor which is put one concept into another concept, orientation metaphor which is deals with a spatial orientation that are derivied from our physical or cultural experiences, and ontological metaphor which is consider an abstract as an entity. Besides, the researcher uses Kovecses theory to analyze the emotions that are found in the data. Those emotions are angry, fear, happiness, sadness, love, lust, shame, pride, surprise emotions. The results of this study showed that there are 15 phrases containing structural metaphor, 2 phrases containing orientational metaphor and 6 phrases containing ontological metaphor. Moreover, there are 2 anger, 3 fear, 2 happiness, 6 sadness, 2 love, 2 lust, 2 pride, 3 shame, and 1 surprise emotions. From those result, the researcher conclude that there are 3 types of metaphor which is structural metaphor the most frequently type that is used. Besidesthere are 9 types of emotions of metaphor which is happiness is the most frequently emotion that is used. Key Words: Metaphor, Figurative language, emotion

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