Lexical Metaphor in Indonesian Version of Surah Al-Kahfi

This research deals with Lexical Metaphor in Indonesian Version of Surah Al-Kahfi. The objectives of this research were: 1) to find out the types of lexical metaphor used in Surah Al-Kahfi, 2) to describe how about the metaphor used in the Surah Al-Kahfi, and 3) to explain why lexical metaphors are used in the Surah Al-Kahfi. This research design of this study descriptive qualitative research where the researcher explained the result of the research by describing the data gained. The sources of the data were Indonesian translation of each verse in Surah Al-Kahfi. There were 42 lexical metaphors in Indonesian Version of Surah Al-Kahfi namely 33.33% for noun-adjective, 26.19% for noun-verb, 16.6% for noun-verb/adjective-circumstance, 7.14% for noun-noun, 4.76% for noun-noun-noun and noun-circumstance, and 2.38% for noun-noun-adjective, adjective-circumstance and verb-circumstance. The dominant type of lexical metaphor in Indonesian Version of Surah Al-Kahfi was noun-adjective. Process of lexical metaphor found in Indonesian Version of Surah Al-Kahfi consists of sequence in double and triple and element in clause item. The reason of Lexical metaphors consists of filed, tenor and mode. The most dominant reason from the used of lexical metaphor in Surah Al-Kahfi are specialized, un-equal, formal and written. The four reasons have same frequency which found in the same times from 42 lexical metaphors. In the “field” of in reason, “specialized’ from semantic domain, un–equal from social as the part of “tenor” and formal from formality as the component of “tenor” also. The last written medium also became the most used “mode”. In this study, there are new findings; the new types lexical metaphor, there are noun-circumstance, verb-circumstance, adjective-circumstance, noun-noun-noun and noun-noun-adjective.