Today we are going to finish our Crash Course on Linguistic Presuppositions. To this point we have covered what Presuppositions are, where they come from and the different areas in which they are categorized. In this last post we are going to talk about some of the ways in which Presuppositions can be used and I will give you a few examples to illustrate that.
Now although Presuppositions are mainly considered a quantum linguistic, it really is their hypnotic capacity that gives them their “effective communication” strength. Presuppositions, when used will do major things to the recipient’s mind when they are put into play:
- They draw the recipient’s “critical thinking radar” in a predetermined, particular direction. From an evolutionary standpoint, our mind has a natural drive to search for and register pattern and predictability in its surroundings. This includes speech… So whenever there is something that breaks “pattern” or “predictability” such as tonal inflections, sarcasm (incongruence), descriptors (adjectives), etc… Parts of this post are protected. Please login or register for Level 2 Access - The Insider's Club or Level 3 Access - The CGP Certification Program to view the complete contents of this post.
As I stated earlier in the post, there are many presuppositions that can be helpful in your every day discourse. I have only mentioned a few here for you own information. If you want the entire set you will have to wait for my book that will be in print in the very near future. For more information please contact me directly via the information in my “About” page.
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Hey, I think your mostly on track with this, I wouldn’t say I totally agree , but its not really that big of a issue.
Thanks for some great points there. I am kind of new to online , so I printed this off to put in my file, any better way to go about keeping track of it then printing?
Yes, my advice is to subscribe to the RSS feed and/or follow me on Twitter to receive the new posts as they are updated. Thanks for the comment.
David
Good read … headline catchy … good points, some of which I have learned along the way as well (humility, grace, layoff the controversial stuff). Will share with my colleagues at work as we begin blogging from a corporate perspective. Thanks!
I will use your advice from now on. Jaap