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1 online resource |
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| Summary |
This book is an attempt to analyse psychic language and its diverse modes of expression, both within psychic structure and in the interpersonal realm. It begins by looking at two basic forms of delay in the development of psychic language: concrete language, which is based on flattening, and pseudo-language, which is rooted in concealment. The next chapter focuses on the split between voice and meaning which marks psychotic syntax, and the latter's double function in defending the self against an unconscious death wish. The subject of the third chapter is the chameleon language of perversion, |
| Contents |
COVER; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE From mother-tongue to language; CHAPTER TWO The split between voice and meaning: the dual function of psychotic syntax; CHAPTER THREE The chameleon language of perversion; CHAPTER FOUR The psychic organ point of autistic syntax; CHAPTER FIVE The inner witness; CHAPTER SIX Nausea as the refusal of a mother tongue:the psychosomatic, metaphoric, metonymic, and psychotic expression; EPILOGUE Interpretation and over-interpretation; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psycholinguistics.
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Psycholinguistics. |
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Psychoanalysis.
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Psychoanalysis. |
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Psychology, Pathological.
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Psychology, Pathological. |
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Self psychology.
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Self psychology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781306410434 |
| ISBN |
1306410436 (e-book) |
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9781306410434 (e-book) |
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9781461957560 (electronic book) |
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1461957567 (electronic book) |
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9781782411468 (e-book) |
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1782411461 (e-book) |
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1782200428 |
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9781782200420 |
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