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Publication Date: 1988
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The Distribution and the Use of the Present Perfect and Past Perfect Forms in American Spanish.
Westmoreland, Maurice
Hispania, v71 n2 p379-84 May 1988
Discusses theories and findings concerning the status of the present perfect in American Spanish. In Spain, the present perfect is preferred to the preterite whereas the simple preterite is more frequently used in South America. The lessened usage of the past perfect parallels the narrower usage of the present perfect in Latin America. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Dialects, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Language Variation, Literature Reviews, Spanish, Syntax, Tenses (Grammar), Verbs
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