AN ANALYSIS OF METAPHOR AS FOUND IN THE JAKARTA POST

Abstract

The study aimed to describe the use of metaphor in the Jakarta Post. The wordsused in the Jakarta Post will beanalyzed by using theoretical frameworks proposedby Lakoff and Johnson (1980). In conducting the research, the writer is dealingwith two purposes: (1) examine metaphorical expression used in the Jakarta Post(2) find out types of metaphor used in the Jakarta Post. There are 50 metaphoricalexpressions used in the Jakarta Post that have chosen as the data of the study.Having analyzed the data, the writer draws twoconclusions. First, metaphoricalexpression is also used in political issues. Politic has compared with other relatedthings such as circus, expensive business, and holy that conceptualizes politic inthe terms of others. Second, there are three types of metaphor used in the Jakartapost, namely structural metaphor, orientation metaphor and ontological metaphor.Among the three types of metaphors, orientation and ontological metaphor are themost frequent use in the Jakarta Post and structural metaphor is rare one.Keywords: metaphor, type of metaphor, the Jakarta post