* Uniquely puts psychoanalytic theory and linguistic theory in dialogue and serves as an interdisciplinary bridge between them for understanding the origins and psychology of language. It synthesizes research at the intersection of psychoanalysis, psycholinguistics, theoretical & applied linguistics, cognitive science, and anthropology - and offers a novel theory of language. It is utterly unique.
* Students and researchers across areas of linguistics and applied linguistics will benefit from this unique lens on the field and have the basis for future research work.
* There is no competition because no work looks at the intersection of these fields in theoretical terms, and the book proposes a new paradigm for understanding language.
