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
nishio.iconIt is difficult to explain in language here that
p.127 Examples: kinetic symbols, visual symbols, actions, objects, situations
nishio.iconImagine bowling, for example.
(If I try to mention this, it becomes a linguistic symbol at that point.) That, that move.
nishio.iconFor 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
nishio.iconIt'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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