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=====Modern Linguistics=====Most theories of [[communication ]] -- offered by modern [[linguistics ]] -- are characterised by two important features. # Firstly, they usually involve a reference to the [[category ]] of intentionality, which is conceived of as coterminous coterminuous with [[consciousness (e.g. Blakemore, 1992: 33)]]. # Secondly, they [[represent ]] [[communication ]] as a simple [[process ]] in which a [[message ]] is sent by one person (the addresser) to [[another ]] (the addressee) (e.g. <ref>[[Roman Jakobson|Jakobson, Roman]]. (1960) "Linguistics and poetics," in ''Selected Writings'', vol. II, ''[[Poetry]] of Grammar and Grammar of Poetry'', The [[Hague]]: Mouton, 1981, p. 21).</ref> =====Psychoanalytic Treament=====However, both these features are put into question by the specific [[experience ]] of [[communication ]] in [[psychoanalytic ]] [[treatment]].  # Firstly, SPEECH [[speech]] is revealed to possess an [[intentionality ]] that goes beyond [[conscious ]] [[purpose]]. # Secondly, the [[speaker]]'s [[message ]] is seen to be not merely directed at another but also at himself; 'in .:<blockquote>"In [[human ]] [[speech ]] the sender is always a receiver at the same [[time' (]]."<ref>{{S3, }} p. 24). </ref></blockquote> =====Unconscious Message=====Putting these two points together, 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.  =====Analytic Communication=====The task of the [[analyst ]] is to enable the [[analysand ]] to hear the [[message ]] he is unconsciously [[unconscious]]ly addressing to himself; by [[interpretation|interpreting ]] the [[analysand]]'s [[words]], the [[analyst ]] permits the [[analysand]]'s [[message ]] to [[return ]] to him in its [[true]], [[unconscious ]] [[dimension]].  Hence [[Lacan ]] defines [[communication| 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=={{See}}* [[Analysand]]* [[Analyst]]||* [[Interpretation]]* [[Intersubjectivity]]||* [[Speech]]* [[Unconscious]]{{Also}} ==References==<div style="font-size:11px" class="references-small"><references/></div>[[Category:Psychoanalysis]][[Category:Jacques Lacan]][[Category:Linguistics]][[Category:Dictionary]][[Category:Language]][[Category:Symbolic]][[Category:Concepts]][[Category:Terms]][[Category:OK]] __NOTOC__