Publications
Publication details [#21034]
Wolfson, Nessa. 1982. CHP: The conversational historical present in American English narrative. Foris. 126 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
A study of the uses, meanings and occurences of the `conversational historical present tense' in narratives. It includes a discussion of methodological problems with conventional sociolinguistic field methods.