of this metaphorical sentence is direction function, because Obama gave the instruction to the citizens that American needs to be mature in order to give
great participation in their country. Table 3.1.1 Mapping of NATION IS PERSON
NATION PERSON
The independence day of a nation is the starting point of the nation‟s life
The day of birth of a person is the beginning part of that person‟s life
The age of a nation counting from the independence day
The age of a person counting from the day of birth
Every nation has different culture that leads to different way of
thinking Every person has a different
personality
The mapping in table 3.1.1 above explained the relations between the source domain PERSON and the target domain NATION. The mapping
highlighted the human attributes in source domain PERSON which applied to target domain NATION.
3.2 CRISIS IS SICK
There are two data represent the concept CRISIS IS SICK. The conceptual metaphor CRISIS IS SICK is derived from the mapping process
based on the metaphorical expressions found in data number 19 and 33.
d. Datum 4 no. 19:
“Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some but also our collective failure to make
hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.”
Explanation:
In datum 4 the metaphorical expression badly weakened shows that the „crisis‟ is reflected as „sick‟. Officially, weakened is used to describe the
lacking physical strength of body that leads to sick, but here the metaphorical „badly weakened‟ is used to „crisis‟. CRISIS and SICK are two things with
different conceptual domain. Therefore, there is a cross domain conceptual mapping between these two. The target domain CRISIS is conceived in source
domain SICK. CRISIS is constructed as sick and conceptually can experience the same condition as SICK, which showed that economic crisis can be
described as the condition of sick body. The meaning of metaphorical expression badly weakened is crisis
condition in economy. It can be seen from the previous sentence which explained that economic situation in America is on crisis, because of the
invasion to Iraq commanded by former president George W. Bush. Therefore, this crisis would be the main duty for Barack Obama in his first presidential
period and immediately prepare to start a better age. The function of metaphorical expression here is to inform anxiety about the crisis situation of
America‟s economy that occurred recently.
