Model L · Intertype Relations
Augmenting — Model L
One of the symmetric Model L relations hidden inside classical Benefit.
What Model L Says
Base Meets Instrumental
Augmenting is one of the two symmetric Model L relations that appears where Model A saw Benefit. It is defined by the two types' Base elements landing on one another's Instrumental position, B4.
The Instrumental is radial rather than central, but it is not weak. It is a foreground support function: material the psyche can use steadily while attention remains directed elsewhere. In Augmenting, each person's strongest element becomes useful instrumental material for the other.
This is not benefactor and beneficiary, not giver and receiver. Both types give from Base and both receive at Instrumental. The relation is mutual.
Pairings
The Eight Augmenting Pairs
These are the old Benefit links whose Model L Base-to-Base coincidence falls on Instrumental, B4.
| Pair | Old Model A link | Model L reading |
|---|---|---|
| LII / SLI | LII -> SLI | Base to Instrumental, mutually |
| ESI / IEI | ESI -> IEI | Base to Instrumental, mutually |
| LIE / SLE | LIE -> SLE | Base to Instrumental, mutually |
| ESE / IEE | ESE -> IEE | Base to Instrumental, mutually |
| LSI / ILI | LSI -> ILI | Base to Instrumental, mutually |
| EII / SEI | EII -> SEI | Base to Instrumental, mutually |
| LSE / ILE | LSE -> ILE | Base to Instrumental, mutually |
| EIE / SEE | EIE -> SEE | Base to Instrumental, mutually |
Model A Contrast
Why This Was Previously Called Benefit
At eight-function resolution, Model A sees one directional correspondence and names the relation Benefit. At sixteen-function resolution, the missing return correspondence appears in the radial layer. That is why Augmenting belongs on the Model L side of the split.