Čas, vzpomínky a řečnické figury v rozhovoru

This contribution is a theoretical study of the figures of speech used by speakers during qualitative in-depth interviews. The aim of the text is, first, to explore the procedures and figures speakers use when narrating and, second, how such figures can be developed later in a specialist text or article. How memories are presented by the narrator and how it can be used by the researcher in a text, is the two main questions this article is about. Using the author’s own empirical material, fourteen figures of speech are described in detail, showing which figures may enhance the credibility of a high quality research report.