Seyitoğlu, Faruk11.02. Department of Tourism Guidance / Turizm Rehberliği Bölümü11. Faculty of Tourism / Turizm Fakültesi01. Mardin Artuklu University / Mardin Artuklu Üniversitesi2021-08-082021-08-082019SEYİTOĞLU F (2019). Gastronomy Scholars’ Perspectives towards the Gastronomy Term: A Metaphorical Analysis. Journal of Tourism and Gastronomy Studies, 7(2), 688 - 699. Doi: 10.21325/jotags.2019.3862147-8775https://app.trdizin.gov.tr/makale/TXpRek16TTJOZz09/gastronomy-scholars-perspectives-towards-the-gastronomy-term-a-metaphorical-analysishttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12514/2760The purpose of this paper is to examine gastronomy scholars’ perspectives onto gastronomy term. By adopting qualitative research method, content analysis was utilized. The data were drawn from interviews with 29 scholars from tourism faculties in seven Turkish universities. After content analysis, the metaphors were put forward by the interviewees categorized into different groups such as tangible attributes, intangible attributes, living beings, food and nature, places and miscellaneous comparisons. Gastronomy and tourism scholars have yet to study the potentially useful applications of metaphors empirically. This study thus intends to fill a gap in the existing literature.en10.21325/jotags.2019.386info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGastronomy Metaphor, Food Tourism Gastronomy fieldArticle