A SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF ANIMAL METAPHORICAL EXPRESSIONS FOUND IN THE NOVEL “THE WHITE TIGER” BY ARAVIND ADIGA
1. Background of Study The use of animal terms in the human daily conversation has taken place rapidly nowadays which involving the speaker’s thought and emotion. These terms have sort of imagery which is usually delivered through speech acts and idioms. The most common device to use the animal imagery is that by comparing the animal to something unrelated that cannot be taken literally. This kind of analogy which known as a metaphor also lives in everyday life of people consciously and unconsciously. According to KovecsesA primary concern of this study is to investigate the animal metaphorical expressions in the novel The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga.
2. Problems of Study In particular, this study will examine 2 main research questions:
1) What conceptual metaphor underlay the animal metaphorical expressions in the novel The White Tiger?
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3. Aims of the Study There are two primary aims of this study:
1) To investigate and analyze the conceptual metaphor underlying the metaphorical expressions in the novel The White Tiger.
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4. Scope of Discussion This study will give an account of the animal metaphorical expressions which found in the novel The White Tiger. In …show more content…
Jata (2017) in his research under title Metaphor in Queen’s Song Lyrics covered that Structural, Oriental and Ontological metaphors which proposed by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) were mostly found in the eight chosen songs while generally, those chosen songs contain metaphorical expressions. His aims were to identify the types of metaphors and to reveal the meaning of them found in the songs. The data were taken and observed through note taking technique and all the songs generally contain metaphorical expressions. However, this thesis still lacks explanation on the conceptual metaphor
1. Background of Study The use of animal terms in the human daily conversation has taken place rapidly nowadays which involving the speaker’s thought and emotion. These terms have sort of imagery which is usually delivered through speech acts and idioms. The most common device to use the animal imagery is that by comparing the animal to something unrelated that cannot be taken literally. This kind of analogy which known as a metaphor also lives in everyday life of people consciously and unconsciously. According to KovecsesA primary concern of this study is to investigate the animal metaphorical expressions in the novel The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga.
2. Problems of Study In particular, this study will examine 2 main research questions:
1) What conceptual metaphor underlay the animal metaphorical expressions in the novel The White Tiger?
2)
3. Aims of the Study There are two primary aims of this study:
1) To investigate and analyze the conceptual metaphor underlying the metaphorical expressions in the novel The White Tiger.
2)
4. Scope of Discussion This study will give an account of the animal metaphorical expressions which found in the novel The White Tiger. In …show more content…
Jata (2017) in his research under title Metaphor in Queen’s Song Lyrics covered that Structural, Oriental and Ontological metaphors which proposed by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) were mostly found in the eight chosen songs while generally, those chosen songs contain metaphorical expressions. His aims were to identify the types of metaphors and to reveal the meaning of them found in the songs. The data were taken and observed through note taking technique and all the songs generally contain metaphorical expressions. However, this thesis still lacks explanation on the conceptual metaphor