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==Jacques Lacan==
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The term "[[founding speech]]" -- sometimes rendered "[[founding speech|foundational speech]]" -- emerges in Lacan's [[work]] at the [[time]] of his growing attention to [[language]] in the early 1950s.<ref>{{L}}. "[[Works of Jacques Lacan|Fonction et champ de la parole et du langage en psychanalyse]].''" 1953a. In {{Ec}} p. 237-322. ("[[The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis|The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis]].")  In {{E}}. p. 30-113</ref>
  
The term '[[founding speech]]' (Fr.''parole fondant'') is used by [[Jacques Lacan]] in his work during the early 1950s.
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==Transformation==
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The point [[Lacan]] draws attention to in his use of this term is the way that [[speech]] can radically transform both the [[speaker]] and the addressee in the act of [[utterance]].  [[Lacan]]'s two favorate examples of this are the phrases "You are my [[master]]/teacher (''maître'')" and "You are my wife," which serve to [[position]] the speaker as "pupil' and "husband" respectively.  In [[order]] [[words]], the crucial aspect of [[founding speech]] is that it not only transforms the [[other]] but also transforms the [[subject]].<ref>{{E}} p. 85</ref>
  
[[Lacan]] is concerned with the way that [[speech]] can radically transform both the speaker and the addressee in the act of utterance.
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<blockquote>"Founding speech, which envelops the subject, is everything that has constituted him, his [[parents]], his neighbours, the [[whole]] [[structure]] of his [[community]], and not only constituted him as symboli (?), but constituted him in his [[being]]."<ref>{{S2}} p.20</ref></blockquote>
The crucial aspect of founding speech is that it not only transforms the other but also transforms the subject.<ref>E 85</ref>
 
  
<blockquote>"Founding speech, which envelops the subject, is everything that has constituted him, his parnts, his neighbours, the whole structure of his community, and not only constituted him as symboli, but constituted him in his being."<ref>S2 20</ref></blockquote>
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==Elective and Votive Speech==
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[[Lacan]] refers to the same function of [[speech]] as "elective speech" in the [[seminar]] of 1955-6 and as "votive speech" in the [[seminar]] of 1956-7. [[Lacan]] plays on the homophony between ''tu es ma mère'' ("you are my [[mother]]") and ''tuer ma mère'' ("to kill my mother") to illustrate the way that the [[founding speech]] addressed to the other may reveal a [[repression|repressed]] murderous [[desire]].<ref>{{E}} p.269</ref>
  
[[Lacan]] refers to the same function of [[speech]] as 'elective speech' in the seminar of 1955-6 and as 'votive speech' in the seminar of 1956-7.
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[[Lacan]] plays on the homophony between ''tu es ma mère'' )'you are my mother') and ''tuer ma mère'' ('to kill my mother') to illustrate the way that the [[founding speech]] addressed to the other may reveal a [[repression|repressed]] murderous [[desire]].<ref>E 269</re>
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Latest revision as of 07:47, 24 May 2019

French: [[parole fondant]]

Jacques Lacan

The term "founding speech" -- sometimes rendered "foundational speech" -- emerges in Lacan's work at the time of his growing attention to language in the early 1950s.[1]

Transformation

The point Lacan draws attention to in his use of this term is the way that speech can radically transform both the speaker and the addressee in the act of utterance. Lacan's two favorate examples of this are the phrases "You are my master/teacher (maître)" and "You are my wife," which serve to position the speaker as "pupil' and "husband" respectively. In order words, the crucial aspect of founding speech is that it not only transforms the other but also transforms the subject.[2]

"Founding speech, which envelops the subject, is everything that has constituted him, his parents, his neighbours, the whole structure of his community, and not only constituted him as symboli (?), but constituted him in his being."[3]

Elective and Votive Speech

Lacan refers to the same function of speech as "elective speech" in the seminar of 1955-6 and as "votive speech" in the seminar of 1956-7. Lacan plays on the homophony between tu es ma mère ("you are my mother") and tuer ma mère ("to kill my mother") to illustrate the way that the founding speech addressed to the other may reveal a repressed murderous desire.[4]

See Also

References

  1. Lacan, Jacques.. "Fonction et champ de la parole et du langage en psychanalyse." 1953a. In Lacan, Jacques. Écrits. Paris: Seuil, 1966. p. 237-322. ("The Function and Field of Speech and Language in Psychoanalysis.") In Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977.. p. 30-113
  2. Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p. 85
  3. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar. Book II. The Ego in Freud's Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis, 1954-55. Trans. Sylvana Tomaselli. New York: Nortion; Cambridge: Cambridge Unviersity Press, 1988. p.20
  4. Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Trans. Alan Sheridan. London: Tavistock Publications, 1977. p.269