Lexical Metaphor In Obama Speech

Abstract

This thesis deals with Lexical Metaphor as found in the Obama Speech. It was conducted to discover the types of Lexical of Metaphor as proposed by Saragih (2006:162) namely Lexical metaphor that is formed by comparing Noun with Noun, Lexical metaphor that is formed by comparing Noun with verb, Lexical metaphor that is formed by comparing Noun with Adjective, Lexical metaphor that is comparing two ideology or concept, Lexical metaphor that used as symbol of sound. In this research the writer find out three type of lexical of metaphor that applied in Obama speech. The research is conducted by using descriptive qualitative approach. The subject of the study is all entire content of Obama speech. The findings indicate that lexical metaphor found in the song include, NominalVerbal/Verbal-Nominal (71.42%), Nominal-Nominal (22.85%), Nominal-Adjective (5.71%). Lexical metaphor that is formed by comparing Noun with Verb was the most dominant type in Lexical metaphor used in Obama speech. It is dominantly used when he describes the meaning and represents his feelings.