Death and Dying

Roles: the dying, the dead, the bereaved, afterlife, transition, remains, memorial, mourning

The end of biological life and the cultural practices surrounding it. As a target domain, death draws heavily on spatial metaphors — departure, crossing over, passing on — because the cessation of existence resists direct description. The frame includes both the process of dying (a transition) and the state of being dead (an absence), as well as the social rituals of grief, burial, and remembrance that the living construct around the event.

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