Peace Conceptual Metaphor Analysis in the Afghanistan Peacemaking Process - Case Study: Afghanistan Peace Map

Abstract

In this research, we have used the descriptive-analytic method. The main purpose of this paper is to show the reflection and perception of the peace conceptual metaphor in Afghanistan's discourse space on the basis of "conceptual metaphor theory." Humans typically reflect on concrete or more physical things, according to this linguistic theory. The findings of this study show that the country's peace-making operatives reflected the abstract and nonphysical concept of peace on a variety of concrete and physical things. For example, on the basis of the "Afghanistan Peace Map" context, the peace abstract concept is reflected on the experimental and objective concepts, like: "journey", "structure", and "live objects." Therefore, the conceptual metaphors of "peace is journey", "peace is structure" and "peace is live objects" are the three more prevalent concepts that are reflected in this context. These metaphors are not only more prevalent and user-friendly in the context of the "Afghanistan peace map," but research into published contexts in the Afghanistan peace-making process reveals that these metaphors flowed in the substructure of all peace contexts.