Nominalization Chaining is when several nominalizations are used or chained together as though what is being said is a real and understood concept.
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Nominalizations
Nominalizations occur when a verb or adjective is used as a noun although not a real and tangible object. This can include such words as accuracy, superiority, excellence, and destiny. “People can come to new understandings.” In this example ‘understandings’ is used as a noun and to describe the on-going experience of ‘understanding’ or ‘making […]
Distortions
Distortions is the manipulation of the meaning of real events resulting in a false conclusion that is based on a persons actual sensory information. Coincidences in events can lead some people to create distortions of reality. In language, a distortion can be expressed in such examples as “A black car followed me all the way […]
Presuppositions: Comparative Deletions
Comparative Deletions (Unspecified Comparison) occur when a statement does not clarify what something is being compared to, such as “the hybrid car gets forty percent better gas mileage” or “shopping at Walmart is a lot cheaper”.
Lack of Referential Index
Lack of Referential Index is a type of language “deletion” where there is an unspecified group of people or an unknown “they” in the statement, such as “everyone knows you like to eat ice cream” or “they said you were too busy to go”.
Modal Operators
Modal Operators is when language implies a “must” when there is no requirement for one. Using Modal Operators limits options and remove choices, such as “I must win this competition”, “you must buy this jacket or you will be cold” or “You must resolve this issue.” Modal Operators imply things could happen or must happen. Common Milton […]
Universal Quantifiers
Universal Quantifiers are universal generalizations without referential index. They are statements that include an all or nothing type of generalization, such as “this always does that” or “every time I do that, then this happens”. The Milton Model uses statements with words such as ‘all, every, always, never, any, everybody, nobody, no one‘ that act to […]
Generalizations
A sweeping statement presented as a general truth but based on limited or incomplete evidence.
Deletions
Deletions, in language, is where specific information is left out of the verbal communication. This includes vague or generalized statements that leave out important details, such as “I had a bad day”. Deletions, or lack of details, is a very common occurrence in everyday language.
Four Tuple (or 4-tuple)
A method used to notate the structure of any particular experience. The concept of the four tuple maintains that any experience must be composed of some combination of the four primary representational classes – A,V,K,O – where A=Auditory, V=Visual, K=Kinesthetic, and O=Olfactory/Gustatory. x