Replication data for: Systematic metaphors in Norwegian doctoral dissertation acknowledgements

This dataset contains summary data for each of the 49 analyzed texts in a research accepted for publication in the Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. The article investigates patterns of systematic metaphors used to characterize various aspects of the doctoral education period, based on analysis of dissertation acknowledgements (DAs) from doctoral dissertations across academic disciplines and written by researchers from four PhD programs offered by a Norwegian university. A discourse dynamics approach was applied to the data, allowing for the identification of metaphors employed about these topics followed by the categorization of the identified metaphors into broader categories. The resulting overview of the systematic metaphorical patterns in DAs provides empirical evidence concerning how doctoral researchers view their experiences, useful in mentoring situations as a starting point for addressing attitudes, beliefs and values about the various challenges and rewards involved in doctoral trajectories.本数据集涵盖一项已被《斯堪的纳维亚教育研究期刊》（Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research）接收待刊的研究中，49篇经分析文本的各自汇总数据。该研究以挪威某大学开设的四个博士项目的研究者所撰写、覆盖各学术领域的博士学位论文致谢（dissertation acknowledgements, DAs）为分析样本，探究用以刻画博士教育阶段各维度的系统性隐喻模式。研究采用话语动态分析方法（discourse dynamics approach）处理数据集，先识别出围绕上述主题所使用的隐喻，再将所识别出的隐喻归类至更宽泛的类别之中。本研究最终形成的博士论文致谢系统性隐喻模式概览，可为了解博士研究者对自身求学经历的看法提供实证依据，该成果可应用于导师指导场景，作为针对博士学业路径中各类挑战与收获相关态度、信念及价值观开展引导工作的起点。