Semantic Study Of Orientated Metaphors In Shams Poems (According to Lakof and Johnson's theory)

Language is one of the processes that has messaging and referential feature and induces cultural themes, customs, and thoughts of a nation. Interactive role of language in our social and cultural activities is undeniable. In addition to transferring the contents of referential contents, it reflects cognitive content, human perceptual system and inspiration of abstract themes available on mind. Therefore, cognitive linguists rely on the meaning as dominant element. Some theorists in field of cognitive semantics are including Lakof and Johnson. In Lakof’s viewpoint and Johnson, metaphor is something that surrounds throughout everyday life in field of recognition and perception based on experience and since the language of mysticism is also transferring cognitive and abstract content derived from personal experience of mystics, so checking conceptual metaphors in Maulvi's mystical patterns will help better understanding paranormal and metaphysical concepts and terms with this explanation this research aims using descriptive –analytic method based on Likof and Johnson's theory examines orientated conceptual metaphors at animal symbols (birds) of Shams poems. In Likof’s viewpoint, orientated metaphors has an inextricably link with physical-bodily status of each person and it is changeable depending on cultural and social tissues of society. Research results show that symbols implies on excellence meaning including soul and body and the symbols represents bodily and carnal implicit contents that in order will find semantic accordance with upward and downward orientated metaphors and metaphorical clusters of these contents have conformity with positive and negative function of these models.