Table 2.

Specific vocabulary from fragments of conversation at start of therapy.

Characteristic words or segments	Internal frequency	Global frequency	Test-value	p
Negative modals	8	11	2.078	0.019
Instances of disapproval	5	9	0.773	0.220
Condizionale	9	19	0.650	0.258
Imperatives	17	39	0.620	0.268