174 Pages
by
Routledge
174 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
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
Biography
Dana Amir
