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[[Lacan]] argues that this cry (''cri'') is not merely an [[instinctual]] [[signal]] but "is inserted in a synchronic world of cries organized in a symbolic system.<ref>{{S4}} p.188</ref>
In other words, the [[infant]]'s screams become organized in a [[linguistic]] [[structure]] long before the child is capable of articulating recognizable words.
