Falas sintomáticas: fora de tempo, fora de lugar

This paper intends to indicate some of the effects Cláudia de Lemos’s theoretical proposal concerning language and language acquisition had on the reflection on language pathology and clinic developed, at LAEL-PUCSP, by a group of researchers who belong to the Project Language Acquisition and Language Pathology. It is also presented a brief critical review of tentative approaches to the symptom in language and the discussion I have been able to make up this moment.