Ambiguity, Equivocation, Unconscious
In his text L’étourdit, Lacan develops a tripartite definition of the equivocal, distinguishing between the homophonic, grammatical, and logical. Psychoanalysis, being the praxis of alleviating unconscious symptoms via the semblance that is language, depends upon the equivocity of language. This pap...
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University of Edinburgh
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Language and Psychoanalysis |
| Online Access: | http://www.language-and-psychoanalysis.com//article/view/1576 |