Ambiguity

Milton Erickson’s use and ability with "linguistic ambiguity" was nothing short of sheer genius.
The term ambiguity applies where there is more than one deep structure to a given surface structure. When used or applied, it immediately sets the listener off on an internal transderivational search for his, or her own unique meaning.

There are primarily four types of "linguistic ambiguity" which can be utilized;
1) Phonological Ambiguity – These are words with different meanings, yet sound the same.
Eg. - dear/deer, knows/nos/nose, rite/write/right, days/daze.
Also there are words with different meanings, yet hold the same spelling and sound.
Eg. - fall, light, fast.

2) Syntactic Ambiguity – This exists when the context of a word or phrase cannot be immediately determined by the listener in the manner it was used.
There are two forms of which I am familiar;
a) a verb + ing + a noun.
Eg. - Flying planes can be dangerous.
In the above sentence, is it that planes which fly are dangerous, or is it the act of flying planes which is hazardous.
- They are murdering soldiers.
Is there a group of people murdering soldiers, or are the soldiers murdering others.
b) the nominalization of a noun.
Eg. - The touching woman…
The feeling of the chair…
Running water…
Shooting star…
Each of the above carries a double meaning.

3) Scope Ambiguity – This occurs when you cannot determine how much of a sentence applies to another by the linguistic context.
Eg. - …speaking to you as a child…
...I was riding my horse with blue jeans on….
Here again we have double meanings.

4) Punctuation Ambiguity – This is a run-on sentence, where two unrelated sentences are connected by a fitting word.
Eg. – When you go to the store your new learnings for another day.
- She has freckles on her butt I like her anyway.
Punctuation ambiguities are also formed with improper pauses.
Eg. – I was looking for my tie…into this thought.

Your Mind, Your Mine
Another nifty subliminal verbal strategy is the use of the word mind. This word can have a subconscious effect in bringing someone closer by allowing the subconscious mind to attach a different meaning to the word.

If you listen to Anthony Robbins closely, notice the way he says the word MIND. In Neuro Linguistic Programming there is a conscious use of the word MINE instead of MIND. It is a nice embedded command when you say it in the normal context of "your mind". This becomes you're mine. It is almost imperceptible on a conscious level. The unconscious mind, however, may pick it up as you're mine. A use of this would be …

Now sometimes in my own mind, I think about the way we connect with others and how it happens so automatically. I wonder in yourmine, if you ever wonder how easily this happens. For you, is there something in yourmine that connects you with others, maybe the way you feel when you are with them … and so on.

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Here again is yet another of Milton Erickson's famous techniques, the art of sending your subject on a transderivational search for meaning with a hidden double meanings behind your communication. This technique works incredibly well with any other waking hypnotic trick and is a must for anyone interested in the structure of hypnotic language.

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