Muhammad Adam
University of Balikpapan

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Journal : Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature

TEMPERATURE AS SOURCE DOMAIN OF METAPHORICAL EXPRESSIONS: A Conceptual Metaphor Analysis to Novel Answered Prayers By Sydney Sheldon Muhammad Adam
Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature Vol. 3 No. 1 (2017): Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature
Publisher : Faculty of Letters Universitas Balikpapan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36277/jurnalprologue.v3i1.11

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This research is the study of metaphorical expressions of temperature terms used as source domain. Researcher takes dialogs and narratives in the novel Answered Prayers by Sydney Sheldon as data source. Qualitativedescriptive research is used by collecting metaphorical expression whichused temperature terms as source domain based on the conceptualmetaphor theory. Researcher finds that there are four target domains ofmetaphorical expressions using temperature terms; they are affection,emotional intensity, personality and physical appearance (related to afashionable appearance). From those four target domains, the highestnumber is the conceptual metaphor of AFFECTION is TEMPERATUREwith 23 metaphorical expressions. It also appears in this research thathuman’s experiential basis to temperature influence the terms used inmetaphorical expressions.
WHAT’S IN A BILL GATES: A Corpus Linguistics Study of the Metonymic Use of Proper name Muhammad Adam
Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature Vol. 4 No. 1 (2018): Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature
Publisher : Faculty of Letters Universitas Balikpapan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (878.404 KB) | DOI: 10.36277/jurnalprologue.v4i1.19

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The case of proper name is unique. In one hand, a proper name canonly refer to a specific entity, in the other hand, it also subject tofigurative use. Bill Gates, the name of the Microsoft founder is oneexample of how proper noun are used not to refer to a singleindividual, but is extended to refer to specific properties whichpossesses by Bill Gates.. This research aims to identify the transferredproperties embedded in the use of proper names i.e, Bill Gatesfiguratively and the objective of using the name as metonymy. Theresearch is qualitative; the data are taken from Corpus ofContemporary American English (COCA), in order to achieve thirtydata, the amount of 422 data from COCA is examined. The resultshows, that from 30 metonymic use of Bill Gates, there are tenassociative properties assigned to the metonymic use of Bill Gates,which are a very famous person, the richest person, a very successfulentrepreneur (In Computer Technology), a successful drop-out college,philanthropist, a pioneer of particular field, a computer geek, anindividual with a brilliant ideas at the first stage of business, multipleproperties assigned, and a very successful person in his field. Key Words: Bill Gates, Metonymy, Proper Name, Corpus Linguistics,