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CHAPTER III RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. Data Description
In this chapter, the writer tabulates the corpus data of metaphor and metonymy which are collected from the novel
“Breaking Dawn” and categorizes them according to the types that have been explained in chapter II. The writer
divides the data into two tables, the first is metaphor table and the second is metonymy table. Followings are those tables:
Table I Metaphors, Types, and Meanings
From The Novel of Breaking Dawn No.
Metaphorical Expressions Page
Types Meaning
1 Two Pedestrians were frozen on
the sidewalk. 4
Structural metaphor
Frozen means being unable to
move
2 Because I was so fragilely
human 8
Structural metaphor
Fragilely means weak, likely to
be ill or hurt
3 when Charlie was up I made him
pancakes 39
Orientational metaphor
Up means conscious
4 Alice invested a lot of time in
me today 60
Structural metaphor
Invested means spent time on
good and useful thing
5 Why‟re you so down, Jake? I‟ll
bet Sam won‟t bring the pack tonight.
He‟s not going to launch a suicide mission.
220 Orientational
metaphor Down means
sad
6 Edward‟s name brought other
memories boiling to the surface. 220
Ontological metaphor
Boiling means appearing to
remembered
7 He was frowning now, reading
her face while she beamed at me.
270 Structural
metaphor Reading face
means looking at expression on
the face and guess what it
means
8 There‟s a bunch in the kitchen.
You‟ve got to be empty. 280
Structural metaphor
Empty means hungry
9 Okay, I‟m definitely up for that 309
Orientational metaphor
Up means happy
10 Holding tight the warm memory
of my daughter, I knew that I would be able to fight the
darkness as long as I needed to. 375
Ontological metaphor
Holding tight the warm
memory means try hard to keep
the pleasant memory
11 Keep it under control, I thought
to myself. 420
Orientational metaphor
Under control means being
subject controlled
12 My mind had enough room to
feel both emotions intensely at the sametime.
456 Ontological
metaphor Room means
possibility to do something
13 I tasted a new flavor to the
memory —not exactly protective,
more possessive —as she
watched Jacob. 463
Ontological metaphor
Taste a new flavor means
feel a new idea
14 I was a good student, but never
the top of the class. 523
Orientational metaphor
Top means highest ranking
15 The anger drained from his
features, replaced by a cold calculation.
702 Ontological
metaphor Drain means
became weaker or not at all.
Table II Metonymy, Types, and Meanings
From The Novel of Breaking Dawn No.
Metonymic Expressions Page
Types Meaning
1 His own station had a whole
corkboard dedicated to finding Jacob.
9 Institution for
people responsible
Station means people who
work in
2 I didn‟t care, for the moment, that
the whole town was talking about me.
22 Container for
contained The whole
town means people who
live in.
3 I‟ll meet you at the altar.
29 Place for event
Altar means wedding day
4 “I‟ll be the one in white.” I smiled
at how perfectly blasé I sounded. 29
Part for whole White means
dress, gown
5 But I tore my eyes from the
bowery canopy and searched across the rows of satin-draped
chairs —blushing more deeply as
I took in the crowd of faces all focused on me
—until I found him at last, standing before an arch
overflowing with more flowers, more gossamer.
48 Part for Whole
Faces means people
6 Cameras clicked feverishly.
56 Object used for
user Cameras
mean cameramen or
people who use them
7 The flight to South America was
long but comfortable in the wide first-class seat, with
Edward‟s arms cradled around me.
76 Action for
object Flight means
plane
8 Charlie Chaplin was in his
seventies when he fathered his youngest child.
126 Agent for
Action FatherN
means Charlie Chaplin
Father v means taking
care
9 Blondie moved out of my way,
though I could tell she hated to do it.
172 Possessed for
possessor Blondie
means person who has
blondie hair Rosalie
10 Get your furry butt back to La
Push and do what Sam tells you to do.
213 Part for whole
Butt means Person
11 “Seth doesn‟t think Sam will
attack now,” Edward said mechanically.”Not with us
forewarned, and lacking two members of the pack.”
222 Controller for
controlled Sam means
pack leaded by Sam
12 Did he actually mean to give me
the keys to an Aston Martin Vanquish, or was that an
accident? 329
Producer for Product
Aston Martin Vanquish
means a car
13 I‟d been reading Tennyson to her
one night, because the flow and rhythm of his poetry seemed
restful. 529
Producer for Product
Tennyson means
Tennyson‟s poetry
14 “Why can‟t we take your
Ferrari ?” Jacob complained
when he met me in the garage. I was already in Edward‟s Volvo
with Renesmee. 630
Producer for product
Ferrari and Volvo mean
cars
15 As I spoke, I took the thick white
envelope with his bonus from my bag and handed it to him.
668 Container for
Contained Envelope
means money
B. Data Analysis