direct comparison

from Study Session 1 on “Experiential Processes and the Creation of Meaning direct comparison

• Direct Reference (DIRECT REFERENCE)
  • For example, for something you know but have forgotten and can’t find the words to say, “Was it A? No, it’s not…is it B? Yes, yes, B.”
    • This “unspoken blur” and “A” are directly matched against each other.
    • ‘I was going to say something, what was it?’ “A?” “No, no.” “B?” “Yes, yes, that!”
    • The symbols “A” and “B” are what I was going to say.
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        • Diagram of the correspondence between symbols and meanings.
      • Not limited to linguistic symbols
        • It is difficult to explain in language here that
        • p.127 Examples: kinetic symbols, visual symbols, actions, objects, situations
        • Imagine bowling, for example.
          • (If I try to mention this, it becomes a linguistic symbol at that point.) That, that move.
        • For example, someone talking about how “attention is like a spotlight to me,” and then he remembered something and looked dazzled.
          • This is a symbol of “situation
        • The role of symbols here is to point to “felt meaning,” so they do not have to be linguistic symbols if they can do that
          • It’s obvious to those who have experienced it, but it’s hard to communicate it with linguistic symbols to those who haven’t…
          • For example, “glare” is difficult, but if a “hand movement that seems to be trying to block out light” is expressed, a trained clean-language coach would ask, “What does that (pointing to the movement) look like?” would ask. Preceding most linguistic symbols.

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