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Whereas the [[signifier]] is foundation of the [[symbolic order]], the [[signified]] and [[signification]] are part of [[imaginary|imaginary order]].
Thus [[language]] has both [[symbolic]] and [[imaginary]] aspects; ts in its [[imaginary ]] aspect, [[language ]] is the '"wall of language' " which inverts and orts distorts the [[discourse]] of the [[Other]].
=====Captation=====
The [[imaginary]] exerts a [[captation|captivating power]] over the [[subject]], founded in the ost almost hypnotic effect of the [[specular image]].
The [[imaginary]] is thus rooted in [[subject]]'s relationship to his own body (or rather to the [[image]] of his body).
This [[captation|captivating/capturing power]] is both [[seductive]] (the [[imaginary]] is manifested above all on the sexual plane, in such forms as sexual display and courtship rituals)<ref>{{L}} "[[Situation de la psychanalyse et formation du psychanalyste en 1956]]." ''[[Écrits]]''. Paris: Seuil, 1966 [1956b]: 272) </ref> and disabling: it imprisons the [[subject]] in series of static fixations.
=====Nature=====
