Say "a memory of a time you surprised yourself" and the listener goes and finds one — that retrieval is the transderivational search. Vague language is an instruction to search; the listener supplies the specifics.
Transderivational Search
The internal process of scanning one's own experience to find a relevant meaning for a vague statement — the engine that makes Milton Model language work.
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ShriViral Manek, Institute of NLP India · reviewed 30 Sept 2026