Forms of Relational Meaning: Issues in the Relations Between the Implicit and Reflective-Verbal Domains

In clinical discussions, use of words often gets equated with the most abstract level of reflection on the selfs patterns of relations with others.\n The meanings (i.e., packages of implicit, reflective-verbal, and their disjunctions) build on each other and reorient the direction as the dialogue ad...

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Published inPsychoanalytic dialogues Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 125 - 148
Main Authors Boston Change Process Study Group, Nahum, Jeremy P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hillsdale Taylor & Francis Group 01.03.2008
Laurence Erlbaum Associates
Taylor & Francis Inc
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Communication
Definitions
Dictionaries
Linguistics
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Summary:In clinical discussions, use of words often gets equated with the most abstract level of reflection on the selfs patterns of relations with others.\n The meanings (i.e., packages of implicit, reflective-verbal, and their disjunctions) build on each other and reorient the direction as the dialogue advances, resulting in more global or summarizing intuitive grasps. The distinction between linguistic and nonlinguistic is necessary for academic and philosophical reasons, but subjectively the basic units of human communication are lived intentions (BCPSG, 2007).
ISSN:1048-1885
1940-9222
DOI:10.1080/10481880801909351