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	রূপক বিশ্লেষণ	বর্ণনামূলক বিশ্লেষণ
ক্ষেত্র	গুণগত	গুণগত
পরিবার	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
উদ্ভবের বছর	Theoretical foundation 1980; systematic research applications from 1990s onward	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)
প্রবর্তক	George Lakoff & Mark Johnson (Conceptual Metaphor Theory); Jonathan Charteris-Black (Critical Metaphor Analysis)	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)
ধরন	Qualitative research method	Qualitative interpretive method
মৌলিক উৎস	Lakoff, G., & Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors We Live By. University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 978-0226468013	Riessman, C.K. (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. Sage.
অপর নাম	Conceptual Metaphor Analysis, Metaphor Elicitation, Critical Metaphor Analysis, Linguistic Metaphor Analysis	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)
সম্পর্কিত	6	6
সারসংক্ষেপ	Metaphor Analysis is a qualitative method that identifies, classifies, and interprets the metaphors embedded in language to reveal how speakers and writers conceptualise experience, construct meaning, and exercise ideological influence. Grounded in Lakoff and Johnson's Conceptual Metaphor Theory, it treats metaphor not as a literary decoration but as a fundamental cognitive structure — ARGUMENT IS WAR, TIME IS MONEY — that shapes how people think, reason, and act. It is widely applied in psychology, education, political discourse, health communication, and organisational research.	Narrative analysis is a qualitative research method, synthesised canonically by Catherine Kohler Riessman (2008), that examines how individuals storise their lived experiences and construct meaning through the telling. Drawing on life history, biographical, and narrative inquiry traditions, it treats the story itself — not just its content — as the unit of analysis, attending to temporal sequence, plot structure, and the social context in which a narrative is produced.