Covert Persuasion with Presuppositions – Change Of Place Verbs
Once You Enter The World Of Presuppositions, You’ll Never Look Back
Here we are with another article on linguistic presuppositions, those powerfully useful language patterns that you can use to conversationally persuade others to your way of thinking.
Today’s pattern is called “Change of Place Verbs” and these are words that are normally used to describe physical movement to and from a location. They include words like come, go, leave, depart, arrive, enter, etc.
When you speak of ideas in these terms, it is a lot easier for your listener or reader to accept them as true. When you speak of “entering into an idea,” or “arriving at a conclusion” it presupposes that these ideas are metaphorical places. By describing them in such terms, your listener or reader will have a much easier time “trying the on,” so to speak.
Some examples.
Idea = exercise is the best way to lose weight
When you arrive at the conclusion that simple daily exercise is the best way to lose weight, you can leave behind any notions of having to pay any monthly fees for expensive mail or meal plans or diet pills.
In this example, you are “arriving” at the idea I want you accept, and you are “leaving behind” the opposite idea.
When you come to the conclusion that exercise is the best way to lose weight, you’ll enter into a whole new world of possibility, where your ideal weight will be much more achievable than you may have thought previously.
Idea = dollar cost averaging is the best way to make money in the stock market.
When you come to the conclusion that dollar cost averaging is the best way to build long-term wealth, you’ll leave behind any fears you may used to have about the stock market, and will enter into a real possibility of finally starting to build the retirement that you deserve.
When you arrive at the concept of dollar cost averaging, you’ll realize that building long term wealth in the stock market is a simple consequence of putting away only a few dollars a month, and you’ll enter into the idea being able to really look forward to a comfortable retirement.
When you arrive at the conclusion that presuppositions are the best way to easily persuade others through simple conversation, you’ll enter into a whole new world of possibilities that you may not have realized even existed before. Not only that, but you will leave behind any fears you may have had about being manipulated by others, as you will consistently understand the underlying messages beneath the communications of others.
