METAPHORICAL EXPRESSIONS IN BATAKANGKOLA WEDDING CEREMONY

This study was conducted to describe Metaphorical Expressions In “Batak Angkola “Wedding Ceremony. The objectives of this study are 1)to investigate the most common source domain used in the manyapai, martahi and makkobar texts in Batak Angkola wedding ceremony, 2) to find out the dominant source and the dominant target domain used in manyapai, martahi and makkobar boru texts in Batak Angkola wedding ceremony 3) to describe the conceptualitation of the family or human relationship, desires, morality and communication in the manyapai, martahi and makkobar texts in Batak Angkola wedding ceremony, and 4) to elaborate the types of metaphor in the manyapai, martahi and makkobar boru texts in Batak Angkola wedding ceremony.. The data which consist of metaphor found in manyapai, martahi and makkobar boru expressions in Batak Angkola wedding ceremony and were analyzed by using some steps as normally applied in descriptive qualitative method. The instrument of data collection in this research are tape recorder, video and camera. Tape recorder was used to record the speakers utterances. that occur in manyapai, martahi and makkobar boru texts expressions in Batak Angkola. There were three phases, they are manyapai, martahi and makkobar phases. In manyapai, martahi and makkobar boru in Batak Angkola wedding ceremony, the dominant source domain is movement where it emphasizes polite manner, human relationship is conceptualized based on the attitude, desire is conceptualized as plant, illness, movement, and human body. morality is conceptualized as movement, plant, animal, human body. Communication is conceptualized as building, plant, movement, and illness. And In manyapai, martahi and makkobar boru in Batak Angkola wedding ceremony, there are three types of metaphors, they are conceptual metaphor, poetic metaphor, and conventional metaphor. It indicates that in this culture, everything has own rules and procedures.