Tense and Cohesion in Brazilian Portuguese Oral Narratives.

Koike, Dale April

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ERIC Number: EJ434605

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Publication Date: 1991

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Tense and Cohesion in Brazilian Portuguese Oral Narratives.

Koike, Dale April

Hispania, v74 n3 p647-53 Sep 1991

Examines the Brazilian Portuguese use of verb tenses in oral narrative episodes as a device to mark certain utterances that have a cohesive function in relating the episode to the overall purpose of the narrative, facilitating the listener's interpretation of the discourse in a global fashion. (CB)

Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Oral Language, Phrase Structure, Portuguese, Tenses (Grammar), Uncommonly Taught Languages, Verbs

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Brazil

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