An Analysis Of Metaphor In Jakarta Post Business Articles On May 5, 2014 Edition

This research discusses the metaphor in business articles of The JakartaPost on May 5, 2014 edition. The aim of this research is to find out the types ofmetaphors used in the business article of the Jakarta Post Newspaper. Moreover,the writer identifies word or phrases in the sentence according to the type ofmetaphor to make it easier and understand the implied meaning which containedin the word or phrase on the business articles. The writer uses qualitative researchto analyze the data. The writer also classified metaphor into 3 types, they are:ontological metaphor, orientational metaphor and structural metaphor.Furthermore, the writer explains the metaphorical meaning of the word or phrasein the sentence on the articles business based on the types. Metaphoricalexpression can help the readers to understand the message from the author.vii, 45 hlm.; ilus