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Departing from Freud's differentiation between matter and words and in accordance with Chomsky's psycholinguistic theories, Balkányi postulates that syntax
and affects both originate from the infantile relation to the primary object (verbalization as a normal symptom of restitution). This relationship enables split off affects to become conscious through verbalization. To illustrate her thesis, the author describes the critical phase of a psychoanalytic treatment which led to the decoding of infantile neologisms hiding a lifelong defended aggression.