Conceptual Metonymy of
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2019-10-17
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This study investigates Conceptual Metonymy of �Home� and �House� in Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). Analyzing the words �home� and �house� in COCA means looking for the meaning and language style which is used by American people to be described as the conclusion about American cognition of �home� and �house�. The theory used in this study are the theory of Conceptual Metonymy, mapping schemas, and image schemas. The data are taken from COCA based on the frequency in collocation from the words �home� and �house�. The objective of this study are to describe and analyze the types of metonymies representative from the words �home� and �house� in COCA and also to describe them into the image schema transformation. To achieve its objective, the writer uses descriptive qualitative for the method in analysis. As the result, the writer found seven types of metonymy which representative from the word �home� in COCA, such as PLACE FOR INSTITUTION, INSTITUTION FOR PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE, THE PART FOR THE WHOLE, PLACE FOR INHABITANT, PLCE FOR EVENT, THE WHOLE FOR THE PART, and PRODUCTS FOR PRODUCERS. While from the �house� types of metonymy which representative are six types, such as PLACE FOR THE INSTITUTION, INSTITUTION FOR PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE, PLACE FOR INHABITANT, PART FOR WHOLE, WHOLE FOR PART, and PLACE FOR THE EVENT. Furthermore, the image schema which appears in this study are containment schemas, path schemas, and force schemas which is divided into three kinds such as compulsion schemas, blockage schemas, and removal schemas. Based on the result, it can be concluded that American cognition about the meaning of �home� is simplified and considered to be the same as the concept of �house�. This is evidenced by the appearing of the same conceptual metonymy from the words "home" and "house".
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Conceptual Metonymy, Home, House