words for 'death'

[Suzanne Kemmer]

Please reply directly to Dr. Shewmon.

Words for "death"
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:22:06 +0000
From: D. Alan Shewmon <ashewmon at socal.rr.com>
Subject: Words for "death"

For a medical paper on brain death we are wondering whether there are
languages with

(1) more than one word for the phenomenon we call ''death''
(2) no equivalent for the English word ''death''

Re: (1), we are not thinking of joking, euphemistic or substandard
substitutes for the ''serious'' word for death.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

D. Alan Shewmon, MD
Department of Neurology
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
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