Evlilik Anlamına İlişkin Metaforik Bir İnceleme

Year 2019, Volume: 48 Issue: 1, 693 - 736, 21.04.2019

Nilüfer Özabacı Serdar Körük Ahmet Kara

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın temel amacı evli, bekar, nişanlı ve
boşanmış bireylerin evliliğin anlamına ilişkin algılarının metafor analizi
yoluyla incelenmesidir. Araştırmada belirtilen sorulara yanıt aranmaya
çalışılmıştır; 1. Araştırma kapsamında evli, bekâr, nişanlı ve boşanmış
bireylerin evlilik anlamı kavramına ilişkin geliştirdikleri metaforlar
nelerdir?  2. Araştırma kapsamındaki
katılımcıların cinsiyet, eğitim düzeyi ve medeni durum gibi demografik
özelliklerine göre evliliğin anlamına ilişkin geliştirdikleri metaforlar nasıl
farklılaşmaktadır? Araştırmanın çalışma grubu amaçlı örnekleme yöntemlerinden
maksimum çeşitlilik örnekleme tekniği ile belirlenmiştir. Çalışma grubu 110
kişiden oluşmaktadır. 110 bireyin 66’sı kadın 44’ü erkek olmak üzere 53 evli,
50’si bekâr, 5’i boşanmış, 2’si nişanlı/sözlü bireylerdir. Katılımcıların
evlilik olgusuna dair geliştirdikleri metaforları belirlemek amacıyla forma
“Evlilik …………… gibidir, çünkü…………….” cümlesi konularak katılımcılardan bu
cümleyi tamamlamaları istenmiştir. Veriler metafor analizi ile incelenmiştir.
110 katılımcının geliştirmiş olduğu 101 adet metaforun tanımlanmasından sonra metaforların
oluşturduğu 11 adet kavramsal kategorinin geliştirilmesi tamamlanmıştır. 11
kategori şu isimlerle sıralanmıştır; mutluluk, güven,  gerçekçilik, üretkenlik,  çaba-emek-mücadele, engellenmişlik-yoksunluk,
karşılıklılık-beklenti, 
birliktelik-dayanışma, bilinmezlik-belirsizlik, risk ve gelişim.

Keywords

Evlilik, Anlam, Metafor

A Metaphoric Examination of the Meaning of Marriage

Abstract

The aim of this study is
to investigate the meaning of the marriage concept for married, non-married,
engaged and divorced participants through metaphor analysis. The answers to the
following questions were sought in this research; 1. What are the metaphors
about the meaning of marriage developed by married, non-married, engaged and
divorced individuals? 2. How do the metaphors differ based on gender, education
level, and marital status of participants? The study group was determined by
the maximum variation sampling technique. In this study, the sample group
consisted of 110 participants including 44 men and 66 women. Participants were
divided into groups as 53 married, 50 single, and 5 divorced and 2 engaged
individuals. The data were collected in Turkish through sentence completion
exercises: “Marriage is like … because …”. An otherwise blank piece of paper
with this sentence completion exercise at the top of the page was given to all
the participants. The data were analyzed through metaphor analysis. According
to the findings, the sample group produced 101 different valid metaphors from
total of 110 people. These metaphors were grouped under 11 different conceptual
categories considering their common traits. The results indicated that the
participants described the meaning of marriage metaphorically as happiness,
confidence, realism, productivity, effort-labor-struggle,
frustration-deprivation, reciprocity-expectation, togetherness-solidarity,
uncertainty-ambiguity, risk and development.

Keywords

Marriage, Meaning, Metaphor

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