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	تحلیل استعاره طولی	Thematic Analysis
حوزه	کیفی	پژوهش کیفی
خانواده	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
سال پیدایش	2000s–2010s (systematic longitudinal application)	2006
پدیدآور	Lynne Cameron and colleagues (discourse dynamics framework); broader tradition rooted in Lakoff & Johnson's conceptual metaphor theory (1980)	Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke
نوع	Qualitative analytic method	Method
منبع بنیادین	Cameron, L., & Maslen, R. (Eds.). (2010). Metaphor Analysis: Research Practice in Applied Linguistics, Social Sciences and the Humanities. Equinox. ISBN: 978-1845531140	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
نام‌های دیگر	LMA, diachronic metaphor analysis, longitudinal conceptual metaphor study, repeated-measures metaphor analysis	TA, Reflexive Thematic Analysis
مرتبط	5	3
خلاصه	Longitudinal Metaphor Analysis (LMA) is a qualitative method that tracks how individuals or groups use metaphors across multiple time points to reveal conceptual, attitudinal, or identity shifts. Grounded in conceptual metaphor theory and discourse dynamics, it treats metaphor not as mere rhetorical decoration but as a window into evolving thought, belief, and meaning-making over time.	Thematic Analysis (TA) is a qualitative research methodology for identifying, analyzing, and reporting patterns (themes) in qualitative data. Developed systematically by Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke (2006), TA is flexible and accessible, applicable across diverse theoretical frameworks and data types, making it one of the most widely used qualitative methods in psychology, health research, and social sciences.