International Journal of Linguistics, Language and Culture (IJLLC) Available online at http://ijcu.us/online/journal/index.php/ijllc-si Vol. 2, No. 3, September 2016; pp. 71~83 ISSN: 2455-8028 Impact Factor: 2.994 | Thomson Reuters: K-4288-2016 : http://dx.doi.org/10.21744/ijllc.v2i3.213 | http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8989-0203 71 Metaphoric and Metonymic Conceptualization of LOVE in Indonesian I Made Rajeg a Article history: Abstract Received June 4 th , 2016; Accepted in revised form July 10, 2016; Approved August 23 rd , 2016; Available online September 1 st , 2016. The present study is aimed at investigating the conceptual metaphors and metonymies contributing to the structure of the LOVE concept in Indonesian, and how are these metaphors and metonymies related to each other through the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, Lakoff & Turner, 1989, Lakoff, 1993, Kövecses, 2002). In addition to conceptual metaphor, Lakoff & Kövecses (1987), Kövecses (2000, 2006, 2008a&b) claim that conceptual metonymy also plays a significant role in providing the structure of emotional concepts, such as love. The conceptual metaphors that structure to the concept of LOVE in Indonesian are: love is a (hot) fluid in a container * ; love is a unity of two complementary parts; love is fire; love is insanity; love is a rapture; love are natural and physical forces; love is a social superior; love is an opponent; love is a journey; the object of love is a deity; the object of love is a possession; rational is up; emotional is down, and conscious is up; unconscious is down (in the case of jatuh cinta--falling in love). Looking at the conceptual metonymies for emotions, there are two general types: CAUSE OF EMOTION FOR THE EMOTION and EFFECT OF EMOTION FOR THE EMOTION, with the latter being much more common than the former (Kövecses, 2000, 2008a&b). This common form of metonymy can be categorised into two types of responses: physiological and behavioural responses (Kövecses, 2000, 2008a&b). With respect to the concept of LOVE, an example of the former is BLUSHING STANDS FOR LOVE and the latter is PHYSICAL CLOSENESS STANDS FOR LOVE. There is an important and tight connection between emotion metaphors and metonymies; that is “metonymies can be said to motivate the metaphors”, in the linguistic, conceptual, and physical aspects (Kövecses 2008b:382). Keywords: Love; Conceptualization; Conceptual Metaphors; Conceptual Metonymies; Metaphorical Expressions. 2455-8028© Copyright 2016 The Author. Published by International Journal of College and University. This is an open access article under the CC-BY-SA license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) All rights reserved. Author correspondence: First Author, The University of Udayana Denpasar, Jalan P.B. Sudirman, Denpasar, Bali-Indonesia, Email address : made_rajeg@unud.ac.id a The University of Udayana Denpasar, Bali-Indonesia * It is the conventions of cognitive linguistics that small capitals are used for the statement of conceptual metaphors and italics for metaphorical linguistic expressions.