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VALENCE SHIFTER

VALENCE SHIFTER
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an action phrase that indicates the person should b e somebody else. (You're just like your father, don't be like Uncle Rudy, you're just like everybody else, you're exactly like Rover, you're nobody, you're not human, you're out of this world, you can't ever be yourself, I'll just have to pretend I'm somebody else, or I'll never be happy again.) See also action phrases and valence in this glossary. Notes on the Lectures Glossary Final approval 26 March 1990