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The aim of this study is to determine metaphorical sense about popular sports of students on the age group of 11-13 who studying in Isparta. 250 students have participated to the research who age average of 11,5±1.29 studying at 3 different schools in 5th and 6th classes. The data of the study collected by data tool which was prepared by the researcher as semi-structured documents identifying branches about Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Swimming, Table tennis, Taekwondo sports. Research was carried out from the same group of participants gathered twice data. First practice the collected data were analyzed by content analysis of second application depending on the improved happiness, foul, referee, lane, fight, chicanery, curse, life line, kick metaphorical groups presented to students choice. Microsoft Office Excel, SPSS 16, Minitab 16, one-way chi square, chi square homogeneity and content analysis tests used to analyze for collected data. Findings represented by using percentage, frequency and chi square graphics. Metaphor chicane has used by students in Football as expected but never used in table tennis and taekwondo. Although metaphor happiness has used in football as over the expected never used in taekwondo. As a result, significant difference found out among sports branches according to metaphors. Although metaphor chicane the most used in football, the metaphor happiness also most used in this branch.  It is observed that metaphor chicane has used in volleyball more than basketball. Metaphorical sense of students reviewed by depending on their perceptions of sport.

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