This article discusses the symptomatic speech repetitions and their relation to the subjective structuring of the individual. Based on the principles of Brazilian Interactionism and the language clinic, towards a psychoanalytical perspective, the text discusses the principles of repetition as structuring elements of the subject during language acquisition and how this phenomenon becomes a symptom - called echolalia by the language clinic. Based on these theories, the incorporation of speech fragments produced by others is seen as a structuring element for language acquisition during childhood, and thus may imprison the speaker - resulting in a subjective structuring that escapes the so-called ‘normality.’
Keywords
Repetition; symptomatic speech; language; subjective structuring