Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Working Definitions and Operational Preliminaries -- Chapter 2. A Theory of Tense- Aspect in Narrative Based on Markedness -- Chapter 3. "Ungrammatical" Tenses: Background of the Question -- Chapter 4. Narrative Discourse: Typological Considerations -- Chapter 5. The Linguistic Structure of Narrative -- Chapter 6. Textual Functions -- Chapter 7. Expressive Functions -- Chapter 8. Metalinguistic Functions: Storytelling in the PRESENT -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Coding Conventions -- Appendix 2. Texts -- Notes -- References -- Concept and Name Index -- Index of Texts Cited