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It was this that led [[Lacan]] to coin the neologism ''[[linguistics|linguistérie]]'' (from the words ''[[linguistics|linguistique]]'' and ''[[hysteria|hystérie]]'') to refer to his psychoanalytic use of linguistic concepts.<ref>{{S20}} p. 20</ref>
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In seminar XX Lacan formulated this distinction between his own use of the term 'language' and linguistics through the neologism ''[[la linguisterie]]''.
Linguistics is concerned with the formalization of language and knowledge.
''[[La linguisterie]]'' on the other hand is the side of language that linguistics ignores.
It refers to those points in language when meaning fails and breaks down; it is the science of the word that fails.
Fink rather nicely translates ''[[la linguisterie]]'' as 'linguistricks', which serves to emphasize the playfulness of the unconscious and the way it is always trying to trip the subject up, playing tricks on conscious thought.
It is in this sense and not in the sense of formal linguistics that the unconscious is structured like a language.
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