الملخص الإنجليزي
This study aims to discuss the most significant conceptual
structures in Thesiger's "Arabian Sands," pointing out its ideological
aspects and how to make discourses into referencing tools.
Moreover, it aims to properly apply a current linguistic theory
specifically in a translated discourse using a scientific approach.
The study relies on a theoretical approach that derives from
cognitive linguistics including a variety of theories in perception and
conceptual metaphor theory.
This study is set on two questions. The first is related to "Arabian
Sands" which romanticized Omanis in a time where other
orientalists stereotyped the other. Was Thesiger an exception? Or
would a deeper look into his metaphorical lexis show us how he
brought nothing to the table other than the same old stereotype?
The second question is on how to study conceptual metaphor that's
rooted in perception in a translated discourse, where the traveler's
self is not the only self present. This makes the search for
ideological aspects in a translated discourse almost impossible.
The importance of this study prevails, aside from applying
O'Grady's current linguistic theory, in analyzing discourse in travel
writing using cognitive theories, specifically; "conceptual metaphor
theory." Added to that, this study is needed since it tries to suggest
modifications to the metaphor identify process in translated
discourse (MIPTD) and comes out with results and
recommendations. The study has a few findings, the most important one is
questioning the theoretical requirements for travel writing
references to form with a focus on the significance of the body's
effect on managing the description and narration of travel
discourse. The study suggested using Metaphor Identify Process
in Translated Discourse (MIPTD) since using "Pragglejaz Group"
Metaphor Identify Process (MIP) is hardly possible. The study
concluded three central metaphors that had a deeper ideological
aspect Thesiger's discourse which are: the metaphor of "the
earth is a body," the metaphor of "identity is clothes," and the
metaphor of "event structure."
