Autism and the beginnings of the word: invocatory drive, body and language

Authors

  • Aline Alves da Silva Travaglia Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i2p263-276

Keywords:

psychoanalysis, autism, language, voice.

Abstract

From the enigma posed by autism, this paper analyzes the entering of the baby on language, the vicissitudes of the merger of voice and its operation as a drive object. We consider mom talk and lalation as phenomena in which the function of sound and significant function of voice operate to articulate the encounter between the infans's real body with symbolic language. We postulate that there is not an instinctive or natural order to the advent of language, and that the word is something foreign to the neonate. We consider such elaborations fundamental to direct clinical work with autism.

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Author Biography

  • Aline Alves da Silva Travaglia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
    Mestranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Psicologia Social da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). Bolsista do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico.

Published

2014-08-21

How to Cite

Travaglia, A. A. da S. (2014). Autism and the beginnings of the word: invocatory drive, body and language. Clinical Styles. The Journal on the Vicissitudes of Childhood, 19(2), 263-276. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-1624.v19i2p263-276