Conceptual metaphors used by the main characters in Crazy Rich Asians movie

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Ariestanti, Vira Herlien (2021) Conceptual metaphors used by the main characters in Crazy Rich Asians movie. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This study aims to analyze the conceptual metaphors contained in the film "Crazy Rich Asians." This film tells love relationship between a rich young man and a simple woman who both come from different cultures, the man of Chinese descent and the woman of American descent. The purpose of this research is to answer the research questions, namely: (1) what types of metaphors are used in the Crazy Rich Asians film. (2) what are the functions contained in the Crazy Rich Asians film. This study uses a qualitative approach that analyzes data using words rather than numbers. Descriptive study in the textual analysis is applied in this study to analyze each expression spoken by the main character through the transcript and then analyzed by identifying the type of metaphor and then analyzing the function of the metaphor in the film transcript. The study results show that there are three metaphors in this film, namely structural metaphor is is a metaphor where one concept is expressed in terms of another structured or concept, ontological metaphor is mapping non-physical phenomena into concrete physical phenomena, and orientational metaphor is metaphors that are always related to direction such as happiness shown up and sadness shown down, and the most widely used result is the orientation metaphor. Then for the metaphorical function in this film, there are four metaphorical functions: the information function contains of ideas, beliefs and certainty Expressive function contains of hope, direction or suggestion. Directive function contains instructions and threats. And poetic function contains an implied message in the expression. Which one found the most in the results of this study is the information function