Proceedings of the 2nd Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Sciences, BIS-HSS 2020, 18 November 2020, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Metaphora Analysis on Journalistic Diversity (Discourse Study on Jawa Pos Newspaper)

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.18-11-2020.2311672,
        author={Subangun  Subangun and Diyah Atiek  Mustikawati},
        title={Metaphora Analysis on Journalistic Diversity (Discourse Study on Jawa Pos Newspaper)},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities and Social Sciences, BIS-HSS 2020, 18 November 2020, Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={BIS-HSS},
        year={2021},
        month={9},
        keywords={analysis metaphor journalism},
        doi={10.4108/eai.18-11-2020.2311672}
    }
    
  • Subangun Subangun
    Diyah Atiek Mustikawati
    Year: 2021
    Metaphora Analysis on Journalistic Diversity (Discourse Study on Jawa Pos Newspaper)
    BIS-HSS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.18-11-2020.2311672
Subangun Subangun1,*, Diyah Atiek Mustikawati1
  • 1: Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo, 63471, Indonesia
*Contact email: pak.b.jozz@gmail.com

Abstract

This study aims (1) to explain the form and types of metaphors used in the news discourse of the Jawa Pos newspaper, (2) to explain the similarities between the vehicle and the tenor of metaphoric speech in the news discourse of the Jawa Pos newspaper. In order to analyze the forms and types of metaphors, the agih method is used, with the basic technique for Direct Elements (BUL) and advanced techniques of changing techniques and techniques of changing the form (paraphrasing). To analyze the comparison between the lexical meaning and the metaphorical meaning of the expressions under study, the equivalent method is used. The results of this study are (a) The forms and types of metaphors in the discourse of the Jawa Pos newspaper news can be grouped into four forms, namely the nominative metaphor, complimentative metaphor, predicative metaphor, and sentence metaphor, (b) Metaphors in the discourse of the Jawa Pos newspaper news can categorized into four types, namely anthropomorphic metaphors, animal metaphors, concrete-abstract relation metaphors (RAK), and synesthetic metaphors, and (c) the similarities between vehicle and tenor; metaphor is created based on the similarity between the reference of something that is compared (tenor) with the reference of something that is used as a comparison (vehicle). Based on the research results, it can be suggested that the use of metaphors in the mass media needs attention, especially for language researchers.