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

historical present | narrative

Language as a subject

English, American

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.

Reviewed by

Romaine, Suzanne. 1984. Review of N.Wolfson (1982: `CHP: The conversational historical present in American English narrative').