Metafora Pandemi pada Surat Kabar Elektronik (Kajian Semantik)

Abstract

This study examines the semantic categorization and conceptual mapping of pandemic metaphors in electronic newspapers. The purpose of this study is to describe the categorization of meaning and the conceptual mapping of pandemic metaphors in electronic newspapers based on the schema-images formed. The research design used is descriptive qualitative with the type of research that is synchronous language research. The data in this study are in the form of words, phrases, clauses or sentences in electronic newspapers which contain statements about pandemics that contain metaphors. Based on the results and discussion, various meanings have been found in the conceptualization of the pandemic metaphor in news texts, namely the pandemic as an enemy,teacher, disease, objects (subcategories: door, stairs, and pole), tools, river, area, fertilizer, mountain, sea, cloud, games, natural forces, physical strength, natural disaster, fire, folk, rock, beast, invaders, products of law, bomb, cloth, hallway, cliff, weather, fog, work environment, rain, chains, artist, committee, and boat. The conceptual mapping of the several semantic categories is explained into seven image-schemas, that is spatial schema, power schema, container schema, state schema, unitary schema, identity schema, and source-path-destination schema.

Keywords: cognitive semantics, electronic newspapers, metaphor, pandemic