Cognitive Process of Metaphorical Expression in the Javanese Plants

The process of producing utterances involves cognitive, physiological, and physical processes. This paper focuses on the cognitive process, specifically in generating metaphorical expressions, especially Javanese Plants. In this paper, the researchers will attempt to uncover how cognitive processes occur when someone produces metaphorical expressions of Javanese plants. The data used to explain the cognitive process are metaphorical expressions in the Javanese Plants. The data were randomly selected from the Javanese dictionary. The methods used are observation and intuition. For analysis, the researchers employ matching, distributional, and reflective-introspective methods. The analysis results show that the cognitive process of generating metaphorical expressions is carried out using an associative strategy, demonstrating the correspondence between the source and target domains.