Sawerigading
Vol 30, No 2 (2024): Sawerigading, Edisi Desember 2024

Conceptual Metaphors of Sexual Activities in Indonesian

I Dewa Putu Wijana (Gadjah Mada University)
I Desak Ketut Titis Ary Laksanti (Surakarta University)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Dec 2024

Abstract

This article intends to investigate and applying conceptual metaphor theory proposed by Lakoff and Johnson concerning sexual activities in Indonesian. All data presented in this paper are mostly collected from You Tube pornographic cinema narration comments. First all metaphorical expressions in the data collection are carefully observed. Further they are classified based on themes, and only ones related to sexual matters are chosen and brought into consideration, and the others are neglected. Through close examination toward those sexual metaphorical expressions, it is found that there are various possibilities of Indonesian speakers conceptually to perceive the sexual activities. The sexual activities can be conceived as “war and fighting”, “gardening and farming”, “food enjoying”, “paddling”, “Seal Breaking and Goal Piercing”, “Shell Cracking”, etc. These perception possibilities are inseparable from sociocultural factors and realities that exist within Indonesian speech community.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

sawerigading

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

SAWERIGADING is a journal aiming to publish literary studies researches, either Indonesian, local, or foreign literatures. All articles in SAWERIGADING have passed reviewing process by peer reviewers and edited by editors. SAWERIGADING is published by Balai Bahasa Sulawesi Selatan twice times a ...