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The emergence of trauma through language: How past conflicts surface as interpretative patterns in discourses of memory and identity

Memory Studies

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Abstract

Memory Studies, Volume 19, Issue 4, Page 986-1009, August 2026.
Trauma has been linked to the impossibility of verbal expression or representation. This article suggests a different approach to collective memory through Discourse Analysis, and argues that events of the past can surface in the discourses of generations ...