Resistance in couples counselling: Sequences of talk that disrupt progressivity and promote disaffiliation

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-37

  Muntigl, Peter ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Counselling discourse; Disaffiliation; Non compliance, Progressivity; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875082754     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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