The split between voice and meaning
The dual function of psychotic syntax
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20480926 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dana Amir (0000-0002-1574-5844, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-42 |
| Publication date | 2010-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Forum of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0803-706X • E-ISSN: 1651-2324 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08037060903352981 |
| OpenAlex | W1966929585 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
Following both Bion's and Aulagnier's thought, this paper seeks to examine two functions of psychotic syntax within the nonpsychotic personality. The first function is the creation of a split between voice and meaning in the mother–infant relationship, a split whose aim is to disengage contact with contents that cannot be metabolized and that are associated with the mother's denied death wish toward her infant. The second function pertains to the use of psychotic syntax as a way of denying separateness and annihilating the “speaking I.” Both functions will be exemplified by clinical case studies. In conclusion, psychotic language will be discussed as a “hybrid language” generated by an incestuous relationship between the mother's and the infant's language
Developmental psychology · Language function · Linguistics · Personality · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Syntax · Wish · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2018 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |