Speech events, language development, and the clinical situation

Psychoanalysis brings about psychic change by the mediation of speech. This paper reflects upon the significance of the structure and developmental organisation of the speech event as a verbal and non-verbal unit composed of semantically and prosodically encoded messages, interactions and emotional...

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Published in:International journal of psychoanalysis 2002-12, Vol.83 (6), p.1325-1343
Main Author: Rizzuto, Ana-María
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
affective contact
clinical situation
Emotions - physiology
Female
Humans
Language
Language Development
Male
Mental Disorders - therapy
phatic function
pronunciation
prosody
Psychoanalytic Therapy
Self Concept
Semantics
Speech - physiology
speech event
subject communication
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Summary:Psychoanalysis brings about psychic change by the mediation of speech. This paper reflects upon the significance of the structure and developmental organisation of the speech event as a verbal and non-verbal unit composed of semantically and prosodically encoded messages, interactions and emotional contact between partners. Spoken words communicate semantic meanings and the affects of a given speech event. Words carry personal emotional meanings which are inseparable from their referential significance. Such emotional meanings are very hard to articulate in words. They are conveyed by the ineffable but essential feelings present in their sound and pronunciation. Speech is an intentionally object-related and emotionally engaging social activity resulting from a child having been spoken to early in life by an adult wanting to establish affective verbal contact. The early organisation and later transformation of the structure of the speech event carries private meanings for each person's listening and speaking stance. A refined understanding of the structural and emotional complexities of verbal communicative exchanges during analysis may enhance the analyst's ability to understand the patient'smanner of participation in the analytic process.
ISSN:0020-7578
1745-8315
DOI:10.1516/AEUM-D2W6-MHKQ-GW64