10 TN. Derrida is playing on the fact that Lacan's conception of the phallus as signifier, le manque a sa place , the lack in its place, sounds the same as le manque a sa place, the lack has its place. This reading should be extended to the subtitle of this section, which can be read in many ways, e.g "or the lack in its place,'' where the lack has its place," etc.