Athleticism Through the Eyes of Athletes: A Metaphor Study

Abstract

In addition to being one of the oldest sports branches known in the history of athletics, it is also used in metaphors (analogy) as the ‘ancestor of sports’ branches. It is also important to know how athletes in this sport see athletics from the many branch bars in it. In this context, the aim of this research is to reveal the sport of athletics from the eyes of athletics athletes through metaphors. The research is in the qualitative research model and it is in the case-science pattern. In the research, 136 (female:59, male: 77) athletes were allowed to participate voluntarily by using the purposeful sampling method. In the research, the said, ‘Athletics is for me...........because it's similar........" an example of a metaphor sentence is used. Content analysis was performed by simulating and coding the reason. As a result, 131 valid answers were taken into consideration. In the analysis of the data, coding and sorting, category development, validity and reliability stages were performed, and frequency (f) and percentage (%) values were determined in the Jamovi 2.3.21.0 statistical program for quantitative analysis. According to the results of the research, 116 valid metaphors and 5 categories were created out of 131 metaphors. The categories were determined as continuity of existence (n:42), source of joy (n:33), philosophy of life (n:20), purpose in sport (n:21) and invalid metaphors (n:15). As a result, it has been seen that athletics athletes produce positive metaphors for athleticism. Metaphors can be used as a tool to motivate athletes in the field of athletics

Keywords

• Athleticism
• Metaphor
• Simile

Atletlerin Gözünden Atletizm: Bir Metafor Çalışması

Öz

Atletizm spor dalı tarihte bilinen en eski spor dallarının biri olmasının yanında spor dallarının atası olarak da metaforlarda (benzetme) kullanılmaktadır. Atletizm spor dalı eski tarihlerden günümüze kadar popülerliği korumuş ve her zaman ilgi görmüştür. İçerisinde birçok dal barından bu spor dalındaki sporcuların atletizmi nasıl gördüklerini bilmek de önemlidir. Bu bağlamda bu araştırmanın amacı atletizm sporcularının gözünden atletizm spor dalını metaforlar yoluyla ortaya çıkarmaktır. Araştırma nitel araştırma modelinde olup olgu-bilim desendedir. Araştırmada amaca yönelik örnekleme yöntemi kullanılarak 136 (kadın:59, erkek:77) atletin gönüllü olarak katılması sağlanmıştır. Araştırmada ‘’Atletizm benim için...........benzer çünkü........’’ metafor cümlesi örneği kullanılmıştır. Benzetilen ve sebebi kodlanarak içerik analizi yapılmıştır. Sonuç olarak geçerli 131 cevap değerlendirmeye alınmıştır. Verilerin analizinde, kodlama ve ayıklama, kategori geliştirme, geçerlilik ve güvenirlik aşamaları gerçekleştirilmiş ve nicel analiz için Jamovi 2.3.21.0 istatistik programında frekans (f) ile yüzde (%) değerleri belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın bulgularına göre 131 metafordan geçerli 116 metafor ve 5 kategori oluşturulmuştur. Kategoriler; ‘varlığın devamlılığı’, ‘sevinç kaynağı’, ‘hayat felsefesi’, ‘sporda amaç’ ve ‘geçersiz metaforlar’ olarak belirlenmiştir. Katılımcıların cinsiyetine göre kadınların varlığın devamlılığı; ‘su’, ‘hayat’, ‘şeker’, erkeklerin ise sevinç kaynağı; ‘hayat’, ‘su’, ‘nefes’, ‘yaşam’ kategorilerinde daha fazla metafor ürettikleri saptanmıştır. Atletizm dalına göre koşularda; ‘su’, atmalarda; ‘hayat’, atlamalarda; ‘kum’, çoklu branşlarda; ‘su’ ve yürüyüşte; ‘yemek’ en çok üretilen metaforlar olmuştur. Sonuç olarak atletizm sporcularının atletizm spor dalına yönelik olumlu metaforlar ürettiği görülmüştür. Atletizm branşındaki sporcuları motive etme noktasında metaforlar birer araç olarak kullanılabilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Atletizm
• Metafor
• Teşbih

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