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June 13, 2026Open Access

The Intervention of Language in Intimacy: A Linguistic and Psychoanalytic Study of Lyric Poetry

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This study explores why intimate moments often prompt a preference for lyrical expression over plain speech.
Surveyed psychoanalytic and philosophical theories of desire and language.
Analyzed the relationship between rhythm, poetry, and music across various theoretical frameworks.
Conducted a case study on classical Chinese love poetry, focusing on literary form and illocutionary function.
Identified a dynamic tension between desire as lack and desire as production in intimate expression.
Demonstrated that the mechanisms of longing, vow, avowal, and shared being align with poetic functions.
Argued that the lyric's failure to fully convey intimacy paradoxically deepens the expression of love.

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Linguistic and psychoanalytic study examines how lyric poetry shapes intimacy, revealing its dual nature.

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Wanhong HUANG (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2cf45afaef96ed7f056972 https://doi.org/10.17613/x9vv8-z5978

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