Systematic Metaphors in Norwegian Doctoral Dissertation Acknowledgements, 49 Texts

Susan Nacey's dataset contains summary data for 49 analyzed texts from doctoral dissertation acknowledgements. The data underpins research accepted for publication in the Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, investigating metaphorical patterns used by doctoral researchers to characterize their education period. A discourse dynamics approach was applied to identify and categorize metaphors about doctoral experiences.

Use Cases

• Analyze systematic metaphorical patterns in academic writing based on the described discourse dynamics approach.
• Study how doctoral researchers characterize challenges and rewards based on the categorization of identified metaphors.
• Investigate cross-disciplinary differences in metaphorical framing based on data from dissertations across academic disciplines.
• Use the empirical evidence on researcher experiences as a starting point for mentoring discussions about attitudes and values.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to peer-reviewed research accepted for publication in the Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research.
• Analysis is based on a defined corpus of 49 texts from doctoral dissertations.
• The dataset applies a specific methodological framework, a discourse dynamics approach, for metaphor identification and categorization.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which limits suitability assessment.
• The dataset's summary nature means the underlying raw text data from the acknowledgements is not included.
• Geographic scope is limited to four PhD programs from a single Norwegian university.

Provenance

Source

Nacey, Susan via DataverseNO Harvested Dataverse.

Collection Method

Analysis of dissertation acknowledgements from doctoral dissertations across academic disciplines at a Norwegian university.

Freshness

Last updated 2024-03-31 10:02:49.

Geography

Norway (specifically, a Norwegian university).