an artistic effect and information function which shows his anxiety about the inaugural address held in a complicated socio-economic situation that has the
representation of bad weather.
i. Datum 9 no. 31:
“America in the face of our common dangers, in this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words; with hope and virtue, let
us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come; let it be said by our children‟s children that when we were tested we refused
to let this journey end, that we did not turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizo
n and God‟s grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations.”
Explanation:
In datum 9 the metaphoric expression storms has the same meaning as the previous data. STORM and PROBLEM are two things that have very
different conceptual domain. Therefore, there is a cross domain conceptual mapping between these two. Storm is uncontrolled atmospheric condition, but
in here the metaphorical expression „storms‟ is used to describe the „nation problem‟ which problem comprehended or has the similar concept with storm.
Officially, storm is a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning or snow. The target domain PROBLEM is
conceived in source domain STORM, which some bad situation in problem described by storm.
Storm has a strong perception of a bad weather in some areas that may cause some problem. Metaphorically the storms meaning is the problem in
that may encounter by this nation. This metaphorical expression has the function of
aesthetic to create an artistic effect expression which Obama‟s main purpose is express an exclamation to the people of America to always
remember the timeless words delivered from Thomas Paine in 1776 which explained the same crisis condition when America was planning to have
revolution and struggling to get independence from British, although the America‟s recently crisis is actually different from what Thomas Paine
experienced, but Obama emphasized that people of America have to keep their courage when enduring and facing the crisis that may come.
Table 3.4.1 Mapping of PROBLEM IS STORM PROBLEM
STORM Problem is a harmful situation that
can effect political situation in a nation
Storm is an extreme weather condition that can damage a region
Problem in a nation has some indications that may cause crisis
Storm has some indications such as gather clouds, winds, thunder etc.
The mapping in table 3.4.1 above explained the relation between the source domain STORM and the target domain PROBLEM. The mapping
highlighted the bad condition in source domain STORM which applied to target domain PROBLEM.
