Metaphorical differences between the Coronavirus in the headlines of Etemad and Iran newspapers

In recent months, the outbreak of coronavirus has affected the lives of all communities across the world. Because Corona is the topic of the day, the present study, using the theory of cultural-cognitive metaphor of Kövecses (2005), has examined the metaphorical differences of this virus in the headlines of the two Persian dailies, Etemad and Iran. The data of this research have been collected from all issues of different sections of Etemad and Iran newspapers from February 20, 2019 to May 20, 2019. The domains of origin, including vehicle, human, animal, calamity, obstacle, sword, object, commodity, race, living creature, force / agent, place, war, event, game, opportunity, and frightening creature were common between the two newspapers. In addition to these commonalities, metaphorical differences were also observed. In Etemad newspaper, Coronavirus was based on the domains of crisis, food, actor, cloud, drink, song and discussion, and in Iran newspaper, based on the domains of teacher, test, path, burden, ruler, natural force, prison, gift, life, season, puzzle, traffic light, tool and murderer, are also conceptualized. These differences between the domains of origin of the two newspapers are in line with the stylistic differences of Kövecses theory.