METAPHOR IN BARACK OBAMA’S SPEECHES

Main Author: Berlin Sibarani, Nancy Kristiani Panggabean and
Format: Article info application/pdf eJournal
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: Universitas Negeri Medan , 2016
Online Access: http://jurnal.unimed.ac.id/2012/index.php/jalu/article/view/6432
http://jurnal.unimed.ac.id/2012/index.php/jalu/article/view/6432/5632
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  • This research deals with Metaphorical Patterns in Barack Obama’s speeches. Thisresearch uses a qualitative approach. The objective of the study were to find themetaphorical patterns in Barack Obama’s speeches. The data were collected fromthe speech of Barack Obama. The study revealed that there are five metaphoricalpatterns are used in Barack Obama’s speeches: general reifying, animizing andpersonifying metaphors, materializing abstract process, process, object orsubstance. The speech was the representative of his sayings to white people. Theresponses of white people were analyzed by theory and the responses are: whitepeople receive and felt happy because everything that he said about unity is goodin the speech.