Abstract

The study is the analysis of the conceptual metaphor model “Economy is a journey” used in economic articles of The New York Times. The data used for the study are 10 articles published from 2022 to 2023, also known as the post-COVID-19 pandemic period. The results of the study show that the source domain A JOURNEY is used very frequently, with more than 70 occurrences in the total number of articles analyzed. The use of the conceptual metaphor model “Economy is a journey” has brought some higher linguistic expressive values and better communication effectiveness, making the articles more artistic and colorful.

Keywords: conceptual metaphor, Economy is a journey, post-COVID-19 pandemic, The New York Times.