NEW META-MODEL DISTINCTION: Static Words

Several sent in questions this past week asking about when and how it came about that I extended the Meta-Model. What triggered it was reading Korzybski in 1989 and 1990. As I did and as I was still reading and rereading the original Meta-Model, I began finding new linguistic distinctions that I thought could be considered additions. As I collected them, I began writing about it in Anchor Point. Those articles were then picked up and republished in England and Germany, and other places. That was 1992-4. Sometime later Bandler read them or heard about the articles, and so contacted me about co-authoring a book. It would be published on the 25 th year anniversary of the Meta-Model.. That is the story in brief, I will tell more as this series continues.

5. Static or Signal Words Because we use words to construct meanings, words are creatures of definitions. Ultimately, they are entirely arbitrary. Verbally all words are only forms of representations that evoke semantic reactions within you. They refer to events outside of your skin which are literally un-speakable. The words are not the things, but are like a map or symbol of the thing.