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Publication details [#21033]

Wolfson, Nessa. 1981. Tense-switching in narrative. Language and Style 14 (3) : 226–231.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

historical present | narrative

Annotation

The traditional explanation of the historical present tense, is that it is used to make the narrative vivid. W. presents empirical evidence for the inadequacy of this interpretation and offers her own analysis.