Pseudo Words (a type of nominalization)

Question 1

Pseudo Words Negative Example:

(Linguistic maps that reference nothing either in the mind (including abstract logic) or the external world. These can be nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, expressions, etc. They are either names of things that do not exist or fictions based on false or idle theories. As such, they may be context-dependent. I.e., ‘unicorn’ references nothing in the external world, but does reference something in mythology. Example words: heat, space, infinity, ownership, awful, horrible.)

“It’s terrible being alone.”

Answer 1

Pseudo Words Positive Challenge:

“What don’t you like about it?”

Question 2

Pseudo Words Negative Example:

(Linguistic maps that reference nothing either in the mind (including abstract logic) or the external world. These can be nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, expressions, etc. They are either names of things that do not exist or fictions based on false or idle theories. As such, they may be context-dependent. I.e., ‘unicorn’ references nothing in the external world, but does reference something in mythology. Example words: heat, space, infinity, ownership, awful, horrible.)

“The violence of truth oppresses me.”

Answer 2

Pseudo Words Positive Challenge:

“If I could experience the violence of truth, what would I see, hear or feel?”

Question 3

Pseudo Words Negative Example:

(Linguistic maps that reference nothing either in the mind (including abstract logic) or the external world. These can be nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, expressions, etc. They are either names of things that do not exist or fictions based on false or idle theories. As such, they may be context-dependent. I.e., ‘unicorn’ references nothing in the external world, but does reference something in mythology. Example words: heat, space, infinity, ownership, awful, horrible.)

“Scientists may have found the edge of the universe.”

Answer 3

Pseudo Words Positive Challenge:

“If the universe is the whole of everything that physically exists, its ‘edge’ forms the boundary between it and what else?”

Question 4

Pseudo Words Negative Example:

(Linguistic maps that reference nothing either in the mind (including abstract logic) or the external world. These can be nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, expressions, etc. They are either names of things that do not exist or fictions based on false or idle theories. As such, they may be context-dependent. I.e., ‘unicorn’ references nothing in the external world, but does reference something in mythology. Example words: heat, space, infinity, ownership, awful, horrible.)

“We can’t finish building your house. We’ve run out of inches.”

Answer 4

Pseudo Words Positive Challenge:

“Where did you get the inches you already used?”

Question 5

Pseudo Words Negative Example:

(Linguistic maps that reference nothing either in the mind (including abstract logic) or the external world. These can be nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, expressions, etc. They are either names of things that do not exist or fictions based on false or idle theories. As such, they may be context-dependent. I.e., ‘unicorn’ references nothing in the external world, but does reference something in mythology. Example words: heat, space, infinity, ownership, awful, horrible.)

“Before time began, there was nothing.”

Answer 5

Pseudo Words Positive Challenge:

“Are you referring to a time before time began?”

Question 6

Pseudo Words Negative Example:

(Linguistic maps that reference nothing either in the mind (including abstract logic) or the external world. These can be nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, expressions, etc. They are either names of things that do not exist or fictions based on false or idle theories. As such, they may be context-dependent. I.e., ‘unicorn’ references nothing in the external world, but does reference something in mythology. Example words: heat, space, infinity, ownership, awful, horrible.)

“I have a sense that I am flawed.”

Answer 6

Pseudo Words Positive Challenge:

“Flawed as opposed to perfect? Please show me perfection.”

Question 7

Pseudo Words Negative Example:

(Linguistic maps that reference nothing either in the mind (including abstract logic) or the external world. These can be nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, expressions, etc. They are either names of things that do not exist or fictions based on false or idle theories. As such, they may be context-dependent. I.e., ‘unicorn’ references nothing in the external world, but does reference something in mythology. Example words: heat, space, infinity, ownership, awful, horrible.)

“I can’t recapture my motivation.”

Answer 7

Pseudo Words Positive Challenge:

“Perhaps I can help you find it. Can you show me a photo of it?”