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Introduction to the NLP Meta-Model
META-MODEL
The Meta-Model was first described by John Grinder and Richard Bandler in their book Structure of Magic vol. 1. In their observation of successful therapists, like Virginia Satir, they began to notice systematic use of certain language patterns that allowed these therapists to ask just the right question and enabled them to often get right to the heart of the matter. This page describes the meta-model patterns.
Introduction
John Grinder was a professor of linguistics at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and his area of speciality was something relatively new at the time called Transformation Grammar. The meta-model is based loosely on some of that model of linguistics, particularly the notion of surface structure and deep structure.
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