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Ade Novira Aswani
Universitas Sumatera Utara
Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Interpersonal Metaphors in Eka Kurniawan's "Kitchen Curse: Stories" Ade Novira Aswani; Nurlela; T. Thyrhaya Zein
LingPoet: Journal of Linguistics and Literary Research Vol. 7 No. 3 (2026): LingPoet: Journal of Linguistics and Literary Research (In Press)
Publisher : Talenta Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32734/lingpoet.v7i3.26722

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This study analyzes interpersonal metaphors—mood and modality transformations—in three stories from Eka Kurniawan’s Kitchen Curse: Stories using a qualitative data condensation method. The results show that mood metaphors make up (30%) of the total, while modality metaphors account for (70%). Among mood metaphors, questions expressed as declaratives are the most common at (33.3%), followed by statements expressed as interrogatives at (30%). Modality metaphors are divided into modalization (68.6%) and modulation (31.4%). Within modalization, probability is the most frequent at (65.7%), and usuality is rare at (2.9%). In modulation, obligation and inclination each occur at (15.7%). Text 3 (Auntie) has the highest proportion of modality metaphors (40%), Text 2 (Caronang) follows with (32.9%), and Text 1 (Easing into a Long Sleep) has the least at (27.1%). Text 1 shows the highest use of mood metaphors (53.4%), linked to its focus on family interactions. These findings demonstrate how interpersonal metaphors influence narrative meaning and character relationships through shifts in mood and modality.
Co-Authors Nurlela T. Thyrhaya Zein