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=====Translation=====It is important to note that the English word "[[language]]" (corresponds to two [[FrFrench]]. [[words]]: ''[[langue]]'', and ''[[langage]]'').

It is important to note that the English word "[[language]]" corresponds to two French words: ''[[langue]]'' and ''[[langage]]''. These two words have quite different [[meanings ]] in [[Lacan]]'s [[work]]: ''[[langue]]'' usually refers to a specific [[language]], such as French or [[English]], whereas ''[[langage]]'' refers to the [[system ]] of [[language]] in general, abstracting from all [[particular ]] languages.

When [[reading ]] [[lacanLacan]] in English it is therefore essential to be aware of which term is used in the original French; most of the [[time ]] the French term will be ''[[langage]]''.  ==One== Between 1936 and 1949 references to [[language]] are sparse, but they are significant; already in 1936, for example, [[Lacan]] emphasizes that [[language]] is constitutive of the psychoanalytic experience,<ref>{{Ec}} p.82</ref> and in 1946 he argues that it is impossible to understand [[madness]] without addressing the problem of [[language]].<ref>{{Ec}} p.166</ref> [[Lacan]]'s comments on [[language]] at this time do not contain any references to a specific linguistic theory, and instead are dominated by philosophical allusions, mainly in terms derived from [[Hegel]]. Thus [[language]] is seen primarily as a mediating element which permits the [[subject]] to attain recognition from the other.<ref>{{E}} p.9</ref> ABove and beyond its use for conveying information, [[language]] is first and foremost an appeal to an interlocutor; in [[Jakobson]]'s terms, [[Lacan]] stresses the connative function above the referential. Thus he insists that [[lanugage]] is not a nomenclature.<ref>{{Ec}} p.166</ref>        

From 1950 to 1954 Above and beyond its use for conveying information, [[language]] begins is first and foremost an appeal to occupy the central position that it ill hold an interlocutor; in [[LacanJakobson]]'s work thereafterterms, [[Lacan]] stresses the connative function above the referential.

In this period, Thus he insists that [[Lacan]]'s discussion of [[languagelangage]] is dominated by references to [[Heideggerian]] [[phenomenology]] and, mor eimportantly, to the [[anthropology]] of [[language]] ([[Anthropology|Maus, Malinowski, and Lévi-Strauss]]not a nomenclature.<ref>{{Ec}} p.166</ref>

=====Anthropology and Phenomenology=====From 1950 to 1954 [[Languagelanguage]] is thus seen as structuring begins to occupy the social laws of exchange, as a symbolic pact, etccentral [[position]] that it will hold in [[Lacan]]'s work thereafter.

There are also occasional In this period, [[Lacan]]'s [[discussion]] of [[language]] is dominated by references to rhetoric[[Heideggerian]] [[phenomenology]] and, more importantly, to the [[anthropology]] of [[language]] ([[Anthropology|Maus, but these are not elaborated.<ref>{{E}} pMalinowski, and Lévi-Strauss]].169</ref>

There are a few allusions to [[SaussureLanguage]],<ref>{{S1}} p.248</ref> but in his famous "is thus seen as [[Rome Discoursestructure|structuring]]" the [[Lacan]] establishes an opposition between ''[[parole]]'' and [[''languagelaw|langagesocial laws of exchange]]'' (and not, as [[Saussure]] doesa symbolic pact, between ''[[parole]]'' and ''[[language|langue]]''.<ref>{{L}}. "''Fonction et champ de la parole et du langage en psychanalyse.''" 1953a. In {{E}} p.237-322. ("The function and field of speech and language in psychoanalysis.") In {{E}}. petc.30-113</ref>

====="The Unconscious is Structured like a Language"=====Between 1955 and 1970 [[language]] takes center [[stage ]] and [[Lacan]] develops his classic [[thesis ]] that "the unconscious is [[structured ]] like a language."<ref>{{S11}} p.20</ref>

It is in this period that the names [[Ferdinand de Saussure]] and [[Roman Jakobson]] come to the fore in [[Lacan]]'s [[Works of Jacques Lacan|work]].

---=====Structural Linguistics=====[[Lacan]] takes up [[Saussure]]'s [[theory ]] that [[language]] is a [[structure]] composed of differential elements, but whereas [[Saussure]] had stated this of ''[[language|langue]]'', [[Lacan]] states it of ''[[language|langage]]''.

[[Lacan]] then proceeds to criticize the [[Saussure]]an [[concept ]] of [[language]], arguing that the basic unit of [[language]] is not the [[sign]] but the [[signifier]]. [[Lacan]] then argues that the [[unconscious]] is, like [[language]], a [[structure]] of [[signifiers]], which also allows [[Lacan]] to formulate the category of the [[symbolic]] with greater precision.

In 1969 [[Lacan]] develops then argues that the [[unconscious]] is, like [[language]], a concept [[structure]] of [[discoursesignifiers]], which also allows [[Lacan]] to formulate the [[category]] as a kind of social bondthe [[symbolic]] with greater precision.

=====Psychotic Language=====From 1971 on, the shift from [[linguistics]] to [[mathematics]] as the paradigm of [[science|scientificity]] is accompanied by a tendency to emphasize the [[poetry ]] and ambiguity of [[language]], as is evident in [[Lacan]]'s increasing interest in the "[[psychotic]] [[language]]" of [[James Joyce]].<ref>{{L}}. "[[Joyce ]] le symptôme." 1975a. In Jacques Aubert (ed.), ''Joyce avec Lacan''. [[Paris]]: Navarin, 1987.</ref>

[[Lacan]]'s own style reflects this [[change ]] as it becomes ever more densely populated with puns and neologisms.

=====''Lalangue''=====[[Lacan]] coins the term ''[[language|lalangue]]'' (from the definite article ''la'' and the noun ''[[language|langue]]'') to refer to these non-communicative aspects of [[language]] which, by playing on ambiguity and homophony, give rise to a kind of ''[[jouissance]]''.<ref>{{S20}} p.126</ref>

The term "[[language]]" now beocmes becomes opposed to ''[[language|lalangue]]''.

<blockquote>"Language is without [[doubt ]] made of ''[[lalangue]]''. It is an elucubration of [[knowledge ]] (''[[knowledge|savoir]]'') [[about ]] ''lalangue''.<ref>{{S20}} p.127</ref></blockquote>

=====Lacanian Psychoanalysis========The Primary Importance of ==Language in Psychoanalytic TreamentAnalytic Treatment=====

[[Lacan]] criticizes the way that other forms of [[psychoanalysis]], such as [[Kleinian psychoanalysis]] and [[object-relations theory]], tend to play down the importance of [[language]] and emphasize the "non-[[verbal ]] communication" of the [[analysand]] (his "[[body ]] language," etc.) at the expense of the [[analysand]]'s [[speech]]). This is a fundamental error, according to [[Lacan]], for three main reasons.

:1. Firstly, all [[human]] [[communication]] This is inscribed in a fundamental error, according to [[linguisticLacan]] [[structure]]; even "body language," is, as the term implies, fundamentally a form of ''for [[languagethree]]'', with the same structural featuresmain reasons.

:21. SecondlyFirstly, the whole aim of all [[psychoanalytic treatmenthuman]] is to articulate the [[truthcommunication]] of one's is inscribed in a [[desirelinguistic]] in [[speechstructure]] rather than in any other medium; even "body language," is, as the fundamental rule of term implies, fundamentally a [[psychoanalysisform]] is based on the principle that of ''[[speechlanguage]] is '', with the only way to this same [[truthstructure|structural features]].

:32. And thirdlySecondly, the [[speechwhole]] aim of [[psychoanalytic treatment]] is to articulate the only tool which [[truth]] of one's [[desire]] in [[speech]] rather than in any other medium; the [[analystfundamental rule]] has; therefore, any of [[analystpsychoanalysis]] who does not understand is based on the way [[speechprinciple]] and that [[languagespeech]] work does not understand is the only way to this [[psychoanalysistruth]] itself.<ref>{{E}} p.40</ref>

One consequence of :3. And thirdly, [[Lacan]]'s emphasis on [[languagespeech]] is his recommendation that the only tool which the [[analyst]] must attend to the formal features of the has; therefore, any [[analysandanalyst]]'s who does not understand the way [[speech]] (the and [[signifierslanguage]]), and work does not be sidetracked into an empathic attitude baseed on an understand [[imaginarypsychoanalysis]] understanding of the content (the [[signified]])itself.<ref>{{E}} p.40</ref>

==Symbolic One consequence of [[Lacan]]'s emphasis on [[language]] is his recommendation that the [[analyst]] must attend to the [[formal]] features of the [[analysand]]'s [[speech]] (the [[signifiers]]), and Imaginary Dimensions==not be sidetracked into an empathic attitude baseed on an [[imaginary]] [[understanding]] of the [[content]] (the [[signified]]).

This is, however, not correct; [[Lacan]] argues that [[language]] has both a [[symbolic]] and an [[imaginary]] [[dimension]].

<blockquote>"There is something in [[the symbolic ]] function of human discourse that cannot be eliminated, and that is the [[role ]] played in it by [[the imaginary]]."<ref>{{S2}} p.306</ref></blockquote>

The [[symbolic|symbolic dimension ]] of [[language]] is that of the [[signifier]] and [[speech|true speech]].

The axis A-S is [[language]] in its symbolic dimension, the [[discourse]] of the [[Other]], the [[unconscious]]. The [[imaginary]] axis ''a'''A-S''a'' is [[language]] in its [[imaginarysymbolic|symbolic dimension]] dimension, the wall of [[language]] which interrupts, distorts and inverts the [[discourse]] of the [[Other]]. In , the [[Lacanunconscious]]'s words, "language is as much there to be found in the Other as to drastically prevent us from understanding him.<ref>{{S2}} p.244</ref> 

==Languages The [[imaginary]] axis ''a'''-''a'' is [[language]] in its [[imaginary|imaginary dimension]], the wall of [[language]] which interrupts, distorts and Codes==[[inversion|invert]]s the [[discourse]] of the [[Other]].

In [[Lacan]] distinguishes between [[language]]s and [[code]]s; unlike [[code]]'swords, in [["language]] is as much there is no stable one-to-one correspondence between [[sign]] and [[sign|referent]], nor between [[signified]] and [[signifier]]. It is this property of [[language]] which gives rise to the inherent ambiguity of all [[discourse]], which can only be interpreted by playing on found in the homophony and other forms of equivocation (''l'équivoque'')Other as to drastically prevent us from understanding him.<ref>{{S2}} p.244</ref>

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