Ecological Balance in the Metaphor of the Novel-Partikel by Dewi Lestari (Eco-linguistic Study)

Ecology and environment by Haugen are used as analogies in creating the metaphor of ecology. Languages that exist in the world have various forms that lead to the emergence of interactions between languages. And the use of the ecological metaphor that appears from the study of eco-linguistics is to explain the relation between these languages. This study aims to reveal and describe the types of ecological metaphors in the novel Partikelby Dewi Lestari. The data source in this re-search is the novel Partikel by Dewi Lestari. The research procedure used to analyze the aspect of the metaphor uses a qualitative descriptive method. The data analysis technique used is the flow analysis model. Based on the results of data analysis on the novel Partikel by Dewi Lestari, four types of eco-logical metaphors were found, namely 1) anthropomorphic metaphors; 2) animal metaphors; 3) ab-straction metaphor; and 4) metaphorical synaesthesia.