THOUGHT CONTROL-- 01-- Semantic framing definition

Thought control is not mind control. I think thought control is probably soft-core and mind control is more hard-core. Thought control would involve simply words whereas mind control would involve the physiology of a person. I could be wrong-- I'm no expert. This is simply a starting point--

My favorite starting point for thought control right now is "semantic frame". [+][+][+][+][+]

[+] Google blogsearch on "semantic frame"

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Thus, a word activates, or evokes, a frame of semantic knowledge relating to the specific concept it refers to (or highlights, in frame semantic terminology). A semantic frame is defined as a coherent structure of related concepts that are related such that without knowledge of all of them, one does not have complete knowledge of one of the either, and are in that sense types of gestalt.
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[+] Verbal hygeine concept discussed in a blog.

[+] Google search on "verbal hygiene".

[+] Political effects of verbal hygiene and semantic framing.

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Americans too often are not oriented toward the "forces and processes that shape their world," and this aspect of our national character results not only from a broad decline in critical thinking skills but from a pervasive cultural fascination with personality. Not a fascination, precisely, but a habit of mind, an inclination to think in terms of individuals -- their backgrounds, characters, doings, looks, relationships, accomplishments, failings, and so forth -- rather than in terms of a complex array of impersonal "forces and processes."
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REMARK-- Chinese has long been pointed to as not merely a language but a way of thinking. As I get to know something about Chinese language and semantic framing, it's becoming apparent to me that this is likely more true for chinese than english. There are ways to dig yourself out of through-traps in English, but it's nearly impossible in Chinese.

[+] Here's another way to describe a simple "alphabetical index". Beware-- it's very complicated in computer semantics framing-- but it's still just an alphabetical index. The argument is that people would prefer to choose topics out of a better developed alphabetical index--- as in a cyclepedia-- or good dictionary-- than come up with their own words.

[+] Blog review of Don't think of an Elephant...George Lakoff--