Static Words

Question 1

Static Words (Nominalization) Negative Example:

(A fixed or rigid meaning applied to a multiordinal term. Static expressions sound like pronouncements from heaven, made as if by an all-knowing deity or inaccessible legislator, or spoken with an attitude of, “Everyone knows that…” Static expressions map reality in absolutist and dogmatic terms and phrases, assumed (or intended to be taken) as true without challenge.)

“That’s just the way life is.”

Answer 1

Static Words (Nominalization) Positive Challenge:

“Life? What do you mean? All life? Which part of life? For whom? When?”

Question 2

Static Words (Nominalization) Negative Example:

(A fixed or rigid meaning applied to a multiordinal term. Static expressions sound like pronouncements from heaven, made as if by an all-knowing deity or inaccessible legislator, or spoken with an attitude of, “Everyone knows that…” Static expressions map reality in absolutist and dogmatic terms and phrases, assumed (or intended to be taken) as true without challenge.)

“Kids are a pain.”

Answer 2

Static Words (Nominalization) Positive Challenge:

“Which kids are a pain when they do what?”

Question 3

Static Words (Nominalization) Negative Example:

(A fixed or rigid meaning applied to a multiordinal term. Static expressions sound like pronouncements from heaven, made as if by an all-knowing deity or inaccessible legislator, or spoken with an attitude of, “Everyone knows that…” Static expressions map reality in absolutist and dogmatic terms and phrases, assumed (or intended to be taken) as true without challenge.)

“You’ve got to be together to be together.”

Answer 3

Static Words (Nominalization) Positive Challenge:

“If I were together, how would I know it?”

Question 4

Static Words (Nominalization) Negative Example:

(A fixed or rigid meaning applied to a multiordinal term. Static expressions sound like pronouncements from heaven, made as if by an all-knowing deity or inaccessible legislator, or spoken with an attitude of, “Everyone knows that…” Static expressions map reality in absolutist and dogmatic terms and phrases, assumed (or intended to be taken) as true without challenge.)

“It’s lonely at the top.”

Answer 4

Static Words (Nominalization) Positive Challenge:

“Is that always true?”

Question 5

Static Words (Nominalization) Negative Example:

(A fixed or rigid meaning applied to a multiordinal term. Static expressions sound like pronouncements from heaven, made as if by an all-knowing deity or inaccessible legislator, or spoken with an attitude of, “Everyone knows that…” Static expressions map reality in absolutist and dogmatic terms and phrases, assumed (or intended to be taken) as true without challenge.)

“Money can’t buy you happiness.”

Answer 5

Static Words (Nominalization) Positive Challenge:

“What kind of happiness are you talking about?”