The Sacred Discourses in The Northeastern local areas with figure of speech

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the figure of speech in internal felicitation of Isan Version. Data used in the analysis include 168 internal felicitation of Isan Version. The results revealed that three most used internal felicitation of Isan Version were the simile, hyperbole, and metaphor categories. Moreover, four more types of figure of speech which were also used but inadequate were personification, allusion, metonymy, and synesthesia. Interestingly, two categories which were not appeared in internal felicitation of Isan version were analogy and synecdoche. Keywords : The Sacred Discourse, Figure of speech