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This chapter reports the results of our study on how German speakers conceptualize LIFE and DEATH through embodied, sensory, and metaphorical patterns. Building on the methodological approach detailed in Chap. 5 , the analysis reveals a dual-layered architecture of embodied meaning; universal and cultural. Universal bodily experiences provide the foundation for conceptual structure, while cultural, linguistic, and emotional contexts shape its expressed realizations. Examples from German analogical relations and justifications in prototype selections are explained and compared with the Persian report. These findings underscore that embodiment is neither uniform nor static but dynamically mediated by both shared human physiology and culture-specific models of thought.

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Embodied Life and Death in German: A Prototypical Approach to Study Embodied Language

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    2026年

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  • Hassan Banaruee,
  • Omid Khatin-Zadeh

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This chapter reports the results of our study on how German speakers conceptualize LIFE and DEATH through embodied, sensory, and metaphorical patterns. Building on the methodological approach detailed in Chap. 5 , the analysis reveals a dual-layered architecture of embodied meaning; universal and cultural. Universal bodily experiences provide the foundation for conceptual structure, while cultural, linguistic, and emotional contexts shape its expressed realizations. Examples from German analogical relations and justifications in prototype selections are explained and compared with the Persian report. These findings underscore that embodiment is neither uniform nor static but dynamically mediated by both shared human physiology and culture-specific models of thought.