Milton Model

Use to learn the Milton Model Non-Directive Language Patterns. use one card a day to be aware of the language of others as well as your own relative to the pattern on the card. Make notes of what you notice.

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Mind Read
Definition:Claiming to know the thoughts or feelings of another without specifying the process by which you came to know the info.
Examples:"I know that you are wondering..."
Lost Performative
Definition:Value judgments (which may include an unspecified comparison) where the performer of the value judgment is left out.
Expamples:"And it's a good thing to wonder..."
Cause & Effect
Definition: C > EWhere it is implied that one thing causes another. (Including attribution of cause outside of self.)
Examples: "If... then...""As you... then you...""Because..."
Complex Equivalence
Definition:Where two things are equated -- as in their meanings being equivalent.
Examples:"That means..."
Presupposition
Definition:The linguistic equivalent of assumptions.
Examples:"You are learning many things..."