Metaphor, Clean Language and Qualitative Research
| Název česky | Metafora, čistý jazyk a kvalitativní výzkum |
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| Rok publikování | 2022 |
| Druh | Kapitola v knize |
| Fakulta / Pracoviště MU | |
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| Popis | This chapter explores the critical role of metaphor in Clean Language Interviewing (CLI) and qualitative research. It begins with an overview of metaphor theories, focusing on cognitive linguistics, which suggests that metaphors are foundational to thought, reasoning, and imagination. Drawing on experimental research, the chapter illustrates the pervasive influence of metaphor on perception and behavior, highlighting how metaphors shape meaning-making in interviews. The text then transitions to the principles and practices of CLI, developed by David Grove, emphasizing its utility in eliciting, exploring, and modeling interviewees’ metaphors. CLI seeks to minimize interviewer bias, ensuring that respondents’ metaphors authentically reflect their worldview. The chapter details the methodological options for working with metaphors, ranging from simple acknowledgment to constructing sophisticated models of experience. A central theme is the influence of metaphorical framing, evidenced by studies on linguistic framing effects. The chapter warns of the potential for metaphors to unconsciously shape interviewees’ responses, stressing the importance of interviewer awareness and ethical sensitivity. Three metaphor continua—deliberate-spontaneous, stable-variable, and descriptive-transformative—are introduced, offering researchers a nuanced framework to analyze and interpret metaphors. The chapter also highlights CLI’s broader applicability across all research phases, including design, transcription, analysis, and reporting, advocating for reflective and reflexive practices to enhance research trustworthiness. The chapter concludes by underscoring the transformative potential of metaphors in qualitative research. It positions CLI as a tool not only for data collection but also for fostering deeper insight into participants’ experiences, while remaining ethically attuned to the nuances of metaphorical expression. |