Similes of Woman and Man in the Book of Song of Songs

The study aimed to identify the types of similes of woman and man in the Bible book, Song of Songs, and their underlying principal metaphor. While the Songs of Songs’ figurative language is commonly analyzed through the lens of historical and pure literary approaches, the authors analyzed it using t...

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Main Authors: Dayan Domisianus Toar, Barli Bram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LP2M IAIN Sultan Amai Gorontalo 2023-02-01
Series:Al-Lisan: Jurnal Bahasa
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Online Access:https://journal.iaingorontalo.ac.id/index.php/al/article/view/3090
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description The study aimed to identify the types of similes of woman and man in the Bible book, Song of Songs, and their underlying principal metaphor. While the Songs of Songs’ figurative language is commonly analyzed through the lens of historical and pure literary approaches, the authors analyzed it using the cognitive linguistics framework. Qualitative content analysis was employed as the method. The findings showed that the similes of the woman (35) outnumbered similes of the man (12), and they grouped into 7 types, namely Architectural, Artefactual, Botanical, Celestial, Comestible, Topographic, and Zoomorphic. The similes are mostly zoomorphic (13) and botanical (12). The similes represented the woman mainly as A Protected City, while the man as A City Protector. It was argued that the underlying metaphor of all similes of woman and man in the Song of Songs is Love Is Protection. The findings may contribute as an alternative way of reading and understanding figurative language in the Song of Songs.
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spelling doaj.art-8b9090a7492f493c966fe79667b8c2b52023-03-01T22:04:51ZengLP2M IAIN Sultan Amai GorontaloAl-Lisan: Jurnal Bahasa2442-89652442-89732023-02-018111210.30603/al.v8i1.30902848Similes of Woman and Man in the Book of Song of SongsDayan Domisianus Toar0Barli Bram1Sanata Dharma University, YogyakartaSanata Dharma University, YogyakartaThe study aimed to identify the types of similes of woman and man in the Bible book, Song of Songs, and their underlying principal metaphor. While the Songs of Songs’ figurative language is commonly analyzed through the lens of historical and pure literary approaches, the authors analyzed it using the cognitive linguistics framework. Qualitative content analysis was employed as the method. The findings showed that the similes of the woman (35) outnumbered similes of the man (12), and they grouped into 7 types, namely Architectural, Artefactual, Botanical, Celestial, Comestible, Topographic, and Zoomorphic. The similes are mostly zoomorphic (13) and botanical (12). The similes represented the woman mainly as A Protected City, while the man as A City Protector. It was argued that the underlying metaphor of all similes of woman and man in the Song of Songs is Love Is Protection. The findings may contribute as an alternative way of reading and understanding figurative language in the Song of Songs.https://journal.iaingorontalo.ac.id/index.php/al/article/view/3090cognitive linguistics, conceptual metaphor theory, metaphor, simile, song of songs
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Similes of Woman and Man in the Book of Song of Songs
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cognitive linguistics, conceptual metaphor theory, metaphor, simile, song of songs
title Similes of Woman and Man in the Book of Song of Songs
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title_short Similes of Woman and Man in the Book of Song of Songs
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topic cognitive linguistics, conceptual metaphor theory, metaphor, simile, song of songs
url https://journal.iaingorontalo.ac.id/index.php/al/article/view/3090
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