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| [[French]]: [[quilting point|point de capiton{{Bottom}}
=====Diachronic and Synchronic Dimension=====
Since the [[signifying chain]] has both a [[diachronic]] and a [[synchronic]] [[dimension]], so also does the ''[[point de capiton]]'':
=====Diachronic Dimension=====
[[Image:PointdeCapitonGRAPHOFDESIRE-ONE.gifjpg|thumb|275pxright|[[graph of desire|rightThe elementary cell]]]]The [[diachronic]] dimension of the ''[[point de capiton]]'' lies in the fact that [[communication]] is always a [[retroactive]] effect of [[punctuation]]. It is only when the [[sentence]] is completed that the [[sense]] of the first [[words]] is determined [[retroactively]]. This function is illustrated in the [[graph of desire|elementary cell]] of the [[graph of desire]], in which the ''[[point de capiton]]'' is the leftmost point of intersection between the vector '''S - S'''' and the vector.
The [[synchronic]] aspect is [[metaphor]], by which the [[signifier]] crosses the [[bar]] into the [[signified]].
<blockquote>"The [[synchronic]] [[structure]] (of the ''[[point de capiton]]'') is more hidden, and it is this [[structure]] that takes us to the source. It is [[metaphor]]."<ref>{{E}} p.303</ref></blockquote>
<!-- But if each signification refers to [[another]] signification, and that signification refers to another one, in an endless [[chain]], how do we decide what words mean? The [[Lacanian]] term point de capiton (literally, an upholstery stud) refers to a point of convergence. Just as an upholstery stud or button is the center for the converging lines or creases on the surface of a taut fabric, so the [[linguistic]] ''point de capiton'' provides a vantage point from which everything that happens in a given [[discourse]] can be situated both retroactively and prospectively. The subject attaches [[significance]] to certain signifier; these [[signifiers]], like upholstery buttons, pin down the [[floating]] mass of [[signification]]. Lacan stresses the fact that we do not [[understand]] a sentence until we [[know]] we have reached the end; its meaning remains in suspense until the closure. A point de capiton, then, is the "anchoring point" by which the signifier stops the otherwise endless movement of signification. Its diachronic function is to put a halt to the otherwise endless [[process]] whereby signifier refers to signifier. -->
==See Also==
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* [[Graph of desire]]
* [[Psychosis]]
* [[Punctuation]]
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* [[Signification]]
* [[Signified]]
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* [[Signifier]]
* [[Signifying chain]]
* [[PsychosisSlip]]* [[Signifier]]/[[Signified]]* [[Meaning]]* [[Subject]]* [[Interpretation]]* [[Synchronic]]/[[Diachronic]]* [[Ideology]]* [[Illusion]]{{Also}}
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