The Road Less Traveled: How COVID-19 Patients Use Metaphors to Frame Their Lived Experiences

Deng, Yu; Yang, Jixue; Wang, Li; Chen, Yaokai

doi:10.3390/ijerph192315979

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“…For instance, they use positive metaphors when talking about the role of the country and the medical personnel, which revealed their demands. This is consistent with observations of previous research regarding the positive function of metaphors in communication about the COVID-19 pandemic [22,23,38,39].…”

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“…Interviewer's scripts were excluded, and patient narratives were reserved. Next, three coders identified the metaphorical narratives [21][22][23], the five types of emotional narratives (Happy, Sad, Fear, Angry, Disgust) [24,25], and the narratives of behaviors [22][23][24][25]. These narratives overlapped to some degrees.…”

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“…Metaphorical narratives were classified into different metaphor categories [21][22][23]. Table 2 presents the 308 metaphorical narratives concerning the psychological state of COVID-19 patients, including 48 metaphor categories.…”

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Psychoanalysis of COVID-19 Patient Narratives: A Descriptive Study

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Background and Objectives: COVID-19 patients are a psychologically vulnerable patient group who suffer from both physical symptoms and psychological problems. The present study is a psychoanalytic investigation of COVID-19 patients utilizing Lacan’s desire theory. We aimed to explore the manner in which patients’ desire is presented in their lived experience narratives and sought to discover factors which directly impacted on this process. Materials and Methods: In-depth semi-structural interviews were conducted with 36 COVID-19 patients in China. During each interview, participants narrated their lived experiences of COVID-19 infection. Emotions, metaphors, and behaviors in patient narratives were collated as the main points for psychoanalysis. Results: Our findings demonstrated that the desire for being a healthy person made patients emotionally sensitive to the social environment. Anxiety and obsessive behaviors emerged in the process, which reveals their desire for that which they lack. Furthermore, public fear with respect to COVID-19 was somehow converted to psychological pressure on COVID-19 patients. Thus, these patients attempted to “de-identify” their identity as “patients”. Positive responses of COVID-19 patients to the external world included admiring medical personnel, government, and country, while negative responses included interpersonal conflicts or complaints about discrimination. Following the rules of the Other, COVID-19 patients were influenced by the Other’s desire in constructing their own image of a healthy person. Conclusions: This study revealed COVID-19 patients’ psychological need to rid themselves of the identity of “patient” at the individual and social level. Our findings have clinical implications in helping COVID-19 patients to reshape their identity and to live a normal life.

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“…Overall, conceptual metaphors have been generating considerable interest among different linguistic disciplines and have inspired research on many topic domains such as healthcare communication (Semino et al., 2018; Deng et al., 2022), political discourse (Musolff, 2016), education (Andorno, 2023), advertising (Pérez‐Sobrino et al., 2021), and economic discourse (Dongman & Deignan, 2019). However, conceptual metaphors have rarely been applied to investigating linguistic taboos despite their being best suited to avoiding uncomfortable or socially forbidden concepts and being a fruitful resource for euphemistic and dysphemistic references (Pizarro Pedraza, 2013; Crespo‐Fernández, 2015).…”

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The role of reticence in the comprehension of metaphorical taboo expressions in the foreign language

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2023

Int J App Linguistics

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The present study focuses on the influence of L2 learners’ attitudes toward and perception of sexual taboos on their comprehension of metaphorical taboo expressions. Other aspects such as the presence of contextual information and the L2 learners’ stay‐abroad experience were also included in the study design. A total of 53 students of Spanish as a foreign language were presented with metaphorical taboo expressions from the MadSex corpus. They also were asked to rate their reticence to talk about sex and to use sexual taboo expressions. The results show that a higher degree of reticence to talk about sex is associated with a worse performance on the metaphor comprehension test. Furthermore, learners with a stay‐abroad experience outperformed their counterparts on the comprehension test, but they did not guess the meaning from the context more successfully. Finally, participants with stay‐abroad experience found it more acceptable to use sexual taboo expressions.

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“…A particular focus is placed on reconsidering the role of metaphors in a social world (Julich-Warpakowski & Jensen 2023) and refining the use of metaphors to address social needs. Thriving on transdisciplinary diversity, metaphor studies are increasingly linked to socially relevant research areas, embracing social sciences (Leezenberg 2009;Ghazinoory & Aghaei 2023), healthcare (Jayan & Alathur 2021;Deng et al 2022), public health (Dada et al 2021;Olza et al 2021), and social care (Siddiqi & Khan 2022;Jen et al 2022). Metaphors are considered a tool to unveil implicit knowledge and experiences (Petrucijová & Glumbíková 2021) for reconsidering social work and educational practices.…”

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A spiderweb of human trafficking: An empirical linguistic study

Paliichuk

2023

Crossroads

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The state of the art in human trafficking (HT) prevention requires the elaboration of subtle verbal techniques that can enhance informative awareness campaigns. The paper explores the representations of metaphors in the media about HT through the SPIDERWEB construal and its impact on the youth in Ukraine. Compared to previous decades (Paliichuk 2011), the SPIDERWEB metaphor can be observed more frequently in recent publications, encouraging the study of whether it contributes to a stronger reader response. The methods embrace conceptual analysis and an experiment, in which 60 undergraduates (grouped into G1, G2, and G3) took part. Four media fragments were used in three modes: authentic (A), weakened (W), and enhanced (E). In total, twelve variables were tested. The Paired Samples T Test revealed the changes in student post-reading perceptions, with the highest response to E texts (identifying oneself with trafficked persons; imagining oneself being in the same situation; imagining sounds/voices; being emotionally affected). Used for the differences between A–W; A–E; and W–E, the Independent Samples T Test revealed higher degrees for imagining oneself being enslaved in the HT situation; being secluded or isolated; emotionally affected; and being more careful about personal safety, which points to the feasibility of designing anti-trafficking educational content based on the SPIDERWEB metaphor.

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The Road Less Traveled: How COVID-19 Patients Use Metaphors to Frame Their Lived Experiences

Cited by 4 publications

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Psychoanalysis of COVID-19 Patient Narratives: A Descriptive Study

Psychoanalysis of COVID-19 Patient Narratives: A Descriptive Study

The role of reticence in the comprehension of metaphorical taboo expressions in the foreign language

A spiderweb of human trafficking: An empirical linguistic study

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