On Power Relation in the Design of Language Research Project and the Analysis of Data


  •  Wei Zhang    

Abstract

How to deal with the relationship between the researcher and the ‘researched’ is crucial thing in design of language research project and the analysis of data. The paper mainly focuses the influence of power relations between the researcher and the ‘researched’ people. To do social research ‘on, for and with’ subject does not only benefit the researched, but also benefits the researcher. In the empowering research, the relationship between the researcher and the researched is like a part of process of social interaction and like the relationships among the researched.



This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
  • ISSN(Print): 1916-4742
  • ISSN(Online): 1916-4750
  • Started: 2008
  • Frequency: monthly

Journal Metrics

Citation Metrics (for informational purposes only; sourced from Google Scholar as of May 2026):

1. Citations (May 2026): 112462

2. h-index (May 2026): 145

3. i10-index (February 2025): 1811

*Note: Citation metrics vary significantly across indexing platforms. These figures are provided transparently and should not be used for cross-database comparisons. For methodological details, please refer to the official  Google Scholar Metrics documentation.

Index

Contact