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This article investigates the conceptual system associated with brotherhood as a structured cognitive domain encoding male solidarity, kinship, and moral obligation across cultures. Drawing on conceptual metaphor theory, cognitive semantics, and frame-semantic analysis, the study maps the nuclear, peripheral, and extended conceptual zones of brotherhood and examines the cultural and linguistic mechanisms through which this concept is organised and elaborated. The analysis reveals that brotherhood is not a simple bilateral kinship term but a multi-layered conceptual system comprising frames of origin-based solidarity, purpose-based alliance, spiritual duty, and political fraternity. Universal features include the semes [+human], [+male], [+bond], and [+solidarity], while culture-specific elaborations encode age hierarchy, theological obligation, and ideological appropriation. The findings carry implications for cognitive linguistics, translation studies, and cross-cultural communication research.
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