one kind of thing in terms of another” Lakoff and Johnson, 1980: 5. Moreover, Lakoff 1993: 203 stated that “the locus of metaphor is not in language at all, but
in the way we conceptualise one mental domain in terms of another.” On the other hand, Kövecses 2002: 4 proposed that “metaphor is defined
as understanding one conceptual domain in terms of another conceptual domain.” Simply, in order to understand what proposed by Kövecses 2002: 4,
CONCEPTUAL DOMAIN 1 IS CONCEPTUAL DOMAIN 2. This is what is called as a Conceptual Metaphor Kövecses, 2002: 4. A conceptual metaphor has
two conceptual domains. The conceptual domains from which the metaphorical expressions are drawn to understand another conceptual domain is called as
source domain e.g. JOURNEY, while the conceptual domain being understood this way is the target domain e.g. LIFE Kövecses, 2002: 4. For instance, an
example for the domains is LIFE IS A JOURNEY. This is achieved by means of a set of fixed conceptual correspondences of source domain and target domain
referred to as mappings Kövecses, 2002: 6; Lakoff, 1993: 207.
2.2.2 The Concepts of Metaphorical Expression
The term of Metaphorical Expressions is the linguistic expressions words, phrases, or sentences being the surface realisations or manifestations of the cross
domain mapping or of the underlying conceptual metaphors this is what the word metaphor referred to in the old theory Lakoff, 1993: 203; Kövecses, 2002: 29.
For instance, “You make my blood boil” Lakoff, 1987: 383. The example is the concept of the ANGER IS THE HEAT OF A FLUID IN A CONTAINER
conceptual metaphor.
Lakoff and Johnson 1980: 6-7 stated that “metaphors as linguistic expressions are possible precisely because there are metaphors in a person’s
conceptual system.” In addition, Lakoff and Johnson 1980: 7 as well proposed that “metaphorical linguistic expressions can be used to study the nature of
metaphorical concepts and to gain an understanding of the metaphorical nature of people’s activities.”
2.3 Theoretical Framework
In this study, the bases of the theory applied in analysing the problem would be taken from the conceptual metaphor proposed by Lakoff and Johnson
1980, completed with Kövecses 2002; 2005, and supported by Lakoff 1987; 1993. Since they clearly share similar understanding on metaphor, they are all the
sun of the study that enlightens the analysis during the process. Additionally, Metaphorical Identification Procedure would be applied as well in order to
support the analysis of the meaning identification of the metaphorical expressions found.
2.3.1 Kinds of Metaphor
Lakoff and Johnson 1980 suggested that in English Language, there are three types of conceptual metaphor, namely structural metaphor, orientational
metaphor, and ontological metaphor. The efforts in discussing the three types are presented as below.
