Abstract: 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, allowin...
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