The term "[[slippage]]" ([[French]]:''[[glissement]]'') is employed by [[Jacques Lacan]] to describe the unstable relation between the [[signifier]] and the [[signified]]
[[Jacques Lacan]] describes the unstable, fluid relation between the [[signifier]] and the [[signified]] in terms of [[slippage]] ([[French]]:''[[glissement]]'').
==Lacan Versus Saussure==
The term thus emphasises the different ways in which [[Saussure]] and [[Lacan]] conceive of [[signification]].
[[Saussure]] conceives of [[signification]] as a stable bond between [[signifier]] and [[signified]].
[[Lacan]] conceives of [[signification]] as an unstable, fluid relationship.
==Bar==
According [[Lacan]], it is [[impossible]] to establish a stable one-to-one link between [[signifier]]s and [[signified]]s.
He [[symbolises]] this [[impossibility]] by inscribing a [[bar]] between them in the [[Saussurean algorithm]].
==Point de Capiton==
The [[signified]] [[slip]]s and [[slide]]s under the [[bar]] of the [[Saussurean algorithm]] in a continuous movement, a movement which is only temporarily detained by the ''[[points de capiton]]''.<ref>{{E}} p.154</ref>
==Psychosis==
In the case of [[psychosis]], the [[slip]]pery movement of [[signification]] is endless, and stable [[meaning]]s dissolve altogether.
==More==
The verb '[[slip]]' ([[French]]:''[[glisser]]'') (and its corresponding noun, '[[slippage]]' ([[French]]:''[[glissement]]'')) is used by [[Lacan]] is describe the unstable relationship between the [[signifier]] and the [[signified]].
The term "[[slip]]" ([[French]]:''[[glisser]]'')
==See Also==
* [[Signifier]]
* [[Signified]]
* [[Signification]]
* [[Bar]]
* [[Point de capiton]]
* [[Meaning]]
* [[Psychosis]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Psychoanalysis]]
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