Appraisal of the Use of Metaphors in the Holy Qur ' an
Abstract
This study appraised the use of metaphors in the Holy Qur ' an, guided by Lakoff and Johnson ' s Conceptual Theory of Metaphor (1980). Data were collected from thirteen chapters of the Holy Qur ' an that were purposively selected out of one hundred and fourteen chapters through the purposive criterion sampling technique. Results revealed that structural metaphors occurred most, followed by orientational metaphors and lastly ontological metaphors. Impliedly, the Qur ' anic metaphors observed from selected chapters of the Holy Qur ' an are more structural than orientational or ontological. Thus, the study confirmed the existence of conceptual types of metaphors by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) in the Holy Book of the Holy Qur ' an.
Keywords:
Holy Qur ' an, Orientational Metaphors, Ontological Metaphors
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