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==Communication theory==
Most theories of [[communication]] (offered by modern [[linguistics]]) are characterised by two important features.
However, both these features are put into question by the specific experience of [[communication]] in [[psychoanalytic]] [[treatment]].
Secondly, the speaker's message is seen to be not merely directed at another but also at himself;
"In [[human ]] [[speech ]] the sender is always a receiver at the same time."<ref>{{S3}} p.24</ref>
It can be said that the part of the speaker's message which is addressed to himself is the [[unconscious]] [[intention ]] behind the message.
When speaking to the [[analyst]], the [[analysand]] is also addressing a message to himself, but is not aware of this.
The task of the [[analyst]] is to enable the [[analysand]] to hear the [[message ]] he is [[unconscious]]ly addressing to himself by interpreting the [[analysand]]'s words, the [[analyst]] permits the [[analysand]]'s [[message ]] to return to him in its true, [[unconscious]] dimension. Hence [[Lacan]] defines analytic [[communication]] as the [[act]] whereby "the sender receives his own message from the receiver in an inverted form."<ref>{{Ec}} p.41</ref>
Hence [[Lacan]] defines [[analytic]] [[communication]] as the [[act]] whereby "the sender receives his own message from the receiver in an inverted form."<ref>{{Ec}} p.41</ref>
==See Also==
[[Category:Psychoanalysis]]
[[Category:Jacques Lacan]]
[[Category:Dictionary]]