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Publication details [#52959]
Flores-Ferrán, Nydia. 2010. Letting go of the past in Spanish therapeutic discourse: An examination of verbs and discursive variables. Pragmatics 20 (1) : 43–70. ![DOI logo](https://benjamins.com/logos/doi-logo.svg)
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
International Pragmatics Association
Journal DOI
10.1075/prag
Annotation
This study examines various linguistic and discursive variables as they are linked to behavior change obtained via psychotherapeutic motivational interviews in the U.S., involving minority native Spanish speaking patients. As the sessions progress, patients are shown to recall less (past) conflict events and orient more towards the future.