ABSTRACT
IN this paper I shall discuss the schizophrenic patient’s use of language and the bearing of this on the theory and practice of his analysis. I must make it clear, for the better understanding of what I say, that even where I do not make specific acknowledgment of the fact, Melanie Klein’s work occupies a central position in my view of the psycho-analytic theory of schizophrenia. I assume that the explanation of terms such as “projective identification” and the “paranoid” and “depressive positions” is known through her work.
