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The Conversational Historical Present in Oral Spanish Narratives
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Bonilla, Carrie L. – Hispania, 2011
This article contributes to the literature on the use of the present tense to refer to past events in oral narratives, otherwise known as the Conversational Historical Present (CHP) (Wolfson 1978). Previous research has found that the CHP switches with the past (Wolfson 1979) frequently with verbs of saying and achievement verbs (Dunn 1998; Van…
Descriptors: Verbs, Personal Narratives, Spanish, Oral Language