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My interview with linguist Lisa Smartt, founder of the Final Words Project <\/a>and author of the upcoming Words at the Threshold<\/em>, continues below. In Part 1, Lisa spoke about her father\u2019s speech<\/a> in the last weeks of his life. Here she talks about the patterns she\u2019s uncovered in the words of the dying, and what it may reveal about life after death.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve analyzed almost 2,000 end-of-life phrases. What trends and patterns have you found?<\/strong>
\nThere\u2019s a trend away from literal three-dimensional and five-sense language to more metaphoric language. For example, someone might say, \u201cI need my passport\u201d when there\u2019s no real trip planned. Or they might utter nonsensical phrases like, \u201cIntroductory offer: Closed for goods and services,\u201d \u201cDrape my legs across the fireplace\u201d and \u201cThere is so much so in sorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"LinguistThere are often metaphors related to travel or an important occasion coming soon, like getting ready for a big dance. As people die, there are often references to things breaking down, like \u201cI need maintenance for this\u201d or \u201cEverything in pieces, so many pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read More: Do Angels Really Have Wings?<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

In general, things that are deeply meaningful to people in their lives form the architecture for the metaphors people construct when dying. So people who love sailing will speak about ships or boats waiting for them. Repetition is also much more common in the language of the dying than in ordinary speech. For example, \u201cHow much wider does this wider go?\u201d<\/p>\n

Is there anything in the speech patterns that\u2019s surprising?<\/strong>
\nSeveral of the constructs in the language of the dying are relatively complex. It is intriguing to me that as our brains diminish in capacity such language emerges. Sustained narratives are common. Someone might say, \u201cI need my map,\u201d then that will change to, \u201cWho has my suitcase? I need my suitcase,\u201d followed by, \u201cMy suitcase is packed. I am ready to go now.\u201d<\/p>\n

These metaphors evolve over days, weeks. Most of us would not recall something we said 10 days ago and be able to sustain the narrative. How is it that as we are dying we can have a metaphor, develop it, remember it and articulate it over a period of time? So many of the things that I have observed in people\u2019s language, like this, indicates to me that there is, indeed, some kind of realm beyond this one.<\/p>\n

What does the \u201cnonsense talk\u201d of the dying reveal about life after death?<\/strong>
\nThere are several kinds of nonsense we observe at the end of life and each reveals interesting things:<\/p>\n

1) A prepositional shift.<\/strong>
\nPrepositions are those small words we use to indicate where we are in space (up, down, besides, etc.). We hear people talk in really puzzling ways about their orientation in space as they are dying. People lying motionless will say how they\u2019re moving up or need to be pulled down. Technically it\u2019s complete nonsense. But if you look at these statements in the context of research into near-death experiences (NDEs), they make sense.<\/p>\n

People who\u2019ve had a NDE talk about moving up and over their bodies. Clearly there is something, a spirit in us that is not our bodies. And that spirit moves in ways that our bodies can\u2019t as we approach the threshold.\n <\/p>\n

2) Hybrid, nonsensical sentences.<\/strong>
\nSomeone might say, \u201cI need my checkbook as I have to pay to get in…\u201d Pay to get in? Where? Again, it\u2019s technically nonsense, but often compelling. The dying person appears to have one foot in this reality and another in some other reality.<\/p>\n

3) The observation of beautiful dimensions.<\/strong>
\nFor example, one person said, \u201cA place that is so beautiful, is shining like diamonds, Mom, oh my God, Mom, so beautiful!\u201d This is nonsense because it\u2019s a place not witnessed by the living. But when one hears people refer to these places, we have to ask\u2013if this is just the imagination, then why is it that our imaginations see these things specifically at the end of life? Why do these images seem to comfort people so profoundly if they\u2019re just make-believe?<\/p>\n

4) Talk of deceased loved ones.<\/strong>
\nOften times, the dying see deceased family and friends who feel very \u201calive\u201d to them. I get the sense that there are two different dimensions rather than the distinction of dead versus living. However, the details of that other dimension are often not articulated.<\/p>\n

5) Contradictory language.<\/strong>
\nWe see more paradoxical language in the dying, just as we see with people who\u2019ve had a NDE. Contradictory statements from someone who\u2019s experienced a NDE might be, \u201cI have never felt as alive as when I was dead.\u201d People talk about how difficult it is to speak about a NDE\u2013it is ineffable. In the language of the dying, it\u2019s the same thing. That indicates another experience that can\u2019t be explained by ordinary language.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for part 3 of our interview coming soon. In the meantime, you can ask Lisa a question about last words in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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