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Final  Five  Meta  Model  Patterns  
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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The  last  5  patterns  deal  with  the  more  common  patterns  you  will  hear  in  language  
all  the  time.  For  that  reason,  we  deal  with  them  last  and  without  a  lot  of  emphasis.  
 
These  patterns  can  be  thought  of  as  finger  pointing  patterns  and  are  largely  
responsible  for  the  bad  image  given  to  those  studying  NLP  right  after  learning  them.  
“Meta  Monsters”    
 
Comparitive  Deletions  
 
When  people  make  comparisons,  they  often  fail  to  state  what  is  being  compared  to.      
 
Examples:  
 
1. This  is  the  best  restaurant.  
2. I  want  the  best  marketing  expert  for  this  project.  
3. I’m  more  relaxed  after  a  nap.  
4. I  would  like  a  better  price.  
 
You  will  quickly  find  that  these  lower  level  patterns  are  often  best  left  unchallenged.  
 
 
Lack  of  Referential  Index  
 
Often,  people  omit  who  is  being  referred  to  in  what  they  say.  Who  is  speaking?  
 
You  will  hear  words  like:  He,  she,  it,  they,  them.  
 
You  can  respond  with,  Who  specifically?  
 
Examples:  
 
1. He  said  you  might  be  able  to  help  me.  
2. She  suggested  this  might  be  the  best  way  to  go.  
3. They  were  saying  on  the  news  that  this  is  not  a  good  solution.  
 
 
Time  and  Space  references  
 
You  will  often  here  references  to  time  and  space  (location)  in  peoples  language,  that  
is  very  unspecified.    
 
You  can  ask,  When  and  where  specifically  in  response  to  these.  
 
 

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Examples:  
 
1. I’ll  try  to  show  up  later.    
2. I  put  it  close  by.  
3. We  could  go  early  to  the  store.  
4. Could  we  meet  later  today?  (this  has  both  time  and  space)  
 
 
Non-­‐Referring  Nouns  
 
Very  similar  to  Lack  of  referential  index  in  that  the  challenge  question  is  the  same.  
But  here,  instead  of  not  saying  who  is  speaking,  the  noun  is  simple  general.    
 
You  can  ask,  Who  or  what  specifically?  
 
Examples:  
 
1. I’ll  take  a  car  to  the  office.  
2. Let’s  move  a  desk  from  downstairs  to  right  here.  
3. I’ll  ask  my  friend  to  help  me.    
 
 
Unspecified  Verbs  
 
Most  all  verbs  are  relatively  unspecified.    
 
You  can  ask,  How  specifically?  
 
Examples:  
 
1. He  called  me  a  name.  
2. I  want  to  go  to  the  park.  
3. I  want  to  learn  which  option  is  the  best.  
 
 
For  these  last  patterns,  condider:  
 
Who,  What,  When,  Where,    (Why)  
 
Consider  which  of  those  would  be  the  most  productive.    
 
Example:    
 
He  hit  me.  
What  are  the  possible  questions  we  could  ask  about  the  verb  hit?  

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