g. Datum 7 no. 30:
“At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation
ordered these words be read to the people. ”
Explanation:
In datum 7 the metaphorical expression shows case of metaphor by using noun „fathers‟ for its object „nation‟. It indicates that the nation reflected
as family. Father is literally means the leader of a family, but in here „father‟ is
used to „nation‟, which nation has totally different concept with „family‟. NATION and FAMILY are two things that have different conceptual domain.
Therefore, there is a cross domain conceptual mapping between these two that is a nation conceived as family, in which a family consists of some members
to form a family, such as father that has the same function to lead a nation. The target domain NATION is conceived in source domain FAMILY.
NATION is constructed as family and conceptually can experience the same function as FAMILY.
The meaning of metaphorical expression father in this datum is just same with the previous one. The father of a nation is considered as metaphor,
because father usually related to family bond, but in this occasion this metaphor is to treat the leader of a nation as a father. The leader of a nation
has the same function as father. It is seen from the sentence that the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people
. In this statement, it seems that a father is giving some advices to be understood by the children.
This metaphorical expression is included in the function of direction to
influence the citizens of America to follow the instruction from the father of a nation when the nation situation is in doubt.
Table 3.3.1 Mapping of NATION AS FAMILY NATION
FAMILY Homeland is the place where
citizens are stay to live Home is the place where a family
stay together Government is the leader of a nation
who has the authority to make such regulations and decisions
Father has the highest status in a family and also responsible to his
family The citizens have to follow the rule
that government has made The children of the family has to
obey the rule from their father
The mapping in table 3.3.1 above explained the relation between the source domain FAMILY and the target domain NATION. The mapping
highlighted function of family member in source domain FAMILY which applied to target domain NATION.
3.4 PROBLEM IS STORM
There are two data represent the concept PROBLEM IS STORM. The conceptual metaphor PROBLEM IS STORM is derived from the mapping
process based on the metaphorical linguistic expression found in data number 18 and 31.
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