Metaphor analysis reveals how dying neurosurgeon framed death
A recent study examines the metaphors used by neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi in his memoir 'When Breath Becomes Air' to describe death. Kalanithi wrote the book after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer at age 36. The analysis reveals how he conceptualized death through language.
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