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Conceptual Metaphors of “Selm” Verses… Z. Mirsepasi et al (43
nation of Bani Israel and • Analysis No. 2
other nations of the past, “They will have a
and soon the same will peaceful home with their
happen in this nation; But Lord; He will be their
Allah almighty has patron because of what
promised this Ummah they have been doing”.
victory. (Tabatabai, 1995, (Quran, 6:127)
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According to the fact There is a conceptual
that “entering” is in the metaphor when it is said
source domain of journey, “dar al-Salam”, peaceful
so in this verse, “peace is home. According to the
journey” is a conceptual Charteris-Black criteria for
metaphor. Also, according distinguishing conceptual
to Lakoff and Johnson's metaphor, in terms of
theoretical framework it is linguistic criteria, peaceful
a structural one; because home is reification; because
one concept is understood “home” which in other
based on another concept. contexts refers to something
Therefore, it seems that concrete, for example we
the purpose of this say Ali's home, refers to
conceptual metaphor is to “Selm” which is abstract
invite and persuade people and has created a semantic
for peace in order to pure tension.
life. Cognitively, the understanding
of the abstract concept of
“Selm” is based on the
