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:{{Top}}énonciation{{Bottom}} =====Translator's Note=====The [[distinction]] between "''énoncé''" and "''énonciation''" is a common one in contemporary [[French]] [[Frthinking]].  "''Énoncé''", which is translated as "[[énonciationstatement]]", refers to the actual [[words]]uttered, "''énonciation''" to the act of uttering [[them]]. 

In [[linguistics|linguistic theory]] in [[Europe]], one important distinction is that between the [[enunciation]] and the [[statement]].

This distinction concerns two ways The [[statement]] refers to the actual words uttered; the [[enunciation]] refers to the act of regarding linguistic productionuttering them.

* When linguistic production =====Statement=====A [[statement]] is analyzed [[speech]] analysed in [[terms ]] of its abstract [[grammatical ]] units (such as sentences), independent of the specific circumstances of occurrence, it is referred to as a [[statement]].

* On the other hand, when linguistic production =====Enunciation=====An [[enunciation]] is [[speech]] [[analyzed ]] as an [[individual ]] act performed by a [[particular ]] [[speaker ]] at a specific [[time ]] / [[place]], and in a specific situation, it is referred to as an "[[enunciationsituation]]."

In 1936, for example, he stresses that the act of [[speech|speaking]] contains a [[meaning]] in itself, even if the words spoken are "[[signification|meaningless]]."<ref>{{Ec}} p.83</ref>

Prior to any function it may have in "conveying a [[message]]," [[speech]] is an appeal to the [[other]].

This attention to the act of [[speech|speaking]] in itself, irrespective of the [[content ]] of the utterance, anticipates [[Lacan]]'s attention to the [[dimension ]] of the [[enunciation]].

=====Discourse of the OtherUnconscious Enunciation=====In designating the [[enunciation]] as [[unconscious]], [[Lacan]] affirms that the source of [[speech]] is not the [[ego]], nor [[consciousness]], but the [[unconscious]]; [[language]] comes from the [[Other]], and the [[idea ]] that "I" am [[master]] of my [[discourse]] is only an [[delusion|illusion]].

=====Subject of the Statement or Subject of the Enunciation=====The very [[word ]] "I" (''Je'') is ambiguous; as [[shifter]], it is both a [[signifier]] acting as [[subject]] of the [[statement]], and an [[index]] which designate, but does not [[signification|signify]], the [[subject]] of the [[[enunciation]].<ref>{{E}} p.298</ref>

The [[subject]] is thus [[split]] between these two levels, [[division|divided ]] in the very act of articulating the ''I'' that presents the illusion of unity.<ref>{{S11}} p.139</ref> -- -- ==The Subject==[[Lacan]] designates the [[enunciation]] as [[unconscious]], and affirms that the source of [[speech]] is not the [[ego]], nor [[consciousness]], but the [[unconscious]]; [[language]] comes from the [[Other]], and the idea that '[[I]]' am [[master]] of my [[discourse]] is only an [[illusion]].  The very word '[[I]]' (''Je'') is ambiguous; as a [[shifter]], it is both a [[signifier]] acting as [[subject]] of the [[statement]], and an index which designates, but does not [[signify]], the [[subject]] of the [[enunciation]].<ref>E, 298</ref> The [[subject]] is thus [[split]] between these two levels, divided in the very act of articulating the "I" that presents the [[delusion|illusion]] of [[unity]].<ref>Sll, 139</ref> ==Examples=====Speech Act===Lacan focuses his attention on the dimension of the [[enunciation]], the [[act]] of [[speaking]] in itself, irrespective of the content of the utterance. In 1936, [[Lacan]] states that the [[act]] of speaking contains a meaning in itself, even if the actual words spoken are "meaningless."<ref>{{EcS11}} p.83</ref> [[Speech]], prior to any function it may have in "conveying a message," is an appeal to the [[other]]. ===Psychosis===In 1946, Lacan uses the term 'enunciation' to describe strange characteristics of psychotic language, with its "duplicity of the enunciation."<ref>{{Ec}} p.167</ref>  -- ===Subject of the Unconscious===In the 1950s, the term is used to locate the [[subject]] of the [[unconscious]].  ===Graph of Desire===In the [[graph of desire]], the lower [[chain]] is the [[statement]], which is [[speech]] in its [[conscious]] dimension, while the upper [[chain]] is "the [[unconscious]] [[enunciation]]."<ref>{{E}} p.316139</ref>

 ===The Statement===The [[statement]] (''[[énoncé]]'') refers to the actual words uttered. The [[statement]] is analysed in terms of abstract grammar, independent of the specific circumstances of occurrence. ===The Enunciation===The [[enunciation]] (''[[énonciation]]'') refers to the act of uttering them. The [[enunciation]] is analyzed as an individual act performed by a particular speaker at a specific time/place, and in a specific situation.__NOTOC__