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. © 2014 ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland.