An Analysis of Metaphor Found in Coco Movie

Sepnita Zulia Hesy, Sepnita and Diana Chitra Hasan, Diana (2023) An Analysis of Metaphor Found in Coco Movie. Diploma thesis, Universitas Bung Hatta.

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Abstract

The goal of this research is to identify different types of metaphorical expressions in Coco Movie. The author also tries to explain the meaning of the metaphor. The method used in this study is the descriptive qualitative method to describe the types and meanings of metaphors, which means collecting the data, then observing and analyzing the data, and drawing a conclusion. The theory of metaphor used in this study is based on Ullman (1972). The data comes from a Disney movie titled Coco. The data, on the other hand, are the utterances from the characters in the movie. The types of metaphors that are found in the Coco movie are anthropomorphic metaphor, animal metaphor, concrete to abstract metaphor, and synesthetic metaphor. The results of this study showed there are 2 anthropomorphic metaphors, 2 animal metaphors, 9 synesthetic metaphors, and 22 concrete to abstract metaphors, which are the most frequently used. Each metaphor's meaning is interpreted within the existing context.

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