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by Stephen Carlson
July 29th, 2012, 10:31 pm
Forum: Teaching Methods
Topic: Randall Buth's Fluency Workshop
Replies: 6
Views: 11520

Re: Randall Buth's Fluency Workshop

Thanks for the report. Very interesting.

There is one thing that really struck me. 65 classroom instruction hours is wonderful amount of time. That's how much total classroom time is allocated to the first year of Greek at many seminaries.
by Stephen Carlson
July 29th, 2012, 7:19 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Tense and Aspect in Modern Greek
Replies: 1
Views: 3497

Tense and Aspect in Modern Greek

I found a 2009 Master's thesis that provides a fairly clear, straightforward, and theoretically well-informed discussion of tense and aspect in Modern Greek: Lelouda Samara, The Aspect of Time: The Perfective and Imperfective Properties of Tense in Modern Greek (M.A. diss., University of Essex, 2009...
by Stephen Carlson
July 29th, 2012, 6:57 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Constructio ad Sensum in the prologue of John
Replies: 41
Views: 31903

Re: Constructio ad Sensum in the prologue of John

I'm going to have to repeat my earlier moderator's note, as the discussion is veering too close to the line:

Please keep your discussion on the grammar of the clause. This forum is not for theological speculation or argumentation.
by Stephen Carlson
July 29th, 2012, 10:21 am
Forum: Koine Greek Texts
Topic: Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaimonians, Ch. 2.1-2
Replies: 7
Views: 8141

Re: Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaimonians, Ch. 2.1-2

David Lim wrote:"ιδια" (accusative plural neuter)
In this case, the diacritical marks are significant. ἰδίᾳ is feminine dative singular. ἴδια is neuter nom./acc. plural.
by Stephen Carlson
July 29th, 2012, 10:14 am
Forum: Koine Greek Texts
Topic: Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaimonians, Ch. 2.1-2
Replies: 7
Views: 8141

Re: Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaimonians, Ch. 2.1-2

ὁ δὲ Λυκοῦργος, ἀντὶ μὲν τοῦ ἰδίᾳ ἕκαστον παιδαγωγοὺς δούλους ἐφιστάναι, ἄνδρα ἐπέστησε κρατεῖν αὐτῶν ἐξ ὧνπερ αἱ μέγισται ἀρχαὶ καθίστανται, ὃς δὴ καὶ παιδονόμος καλεῖται What or who is ἰδίᾳ referring to? I think this dative refers to something that each person (ἕκαστος) has, possibly a household ...
by Stephen Carlson
July 27th, 2012, 11:05 am
Forum: Pragmatics and Discourse
Topic: Default word order in Greek
Replies: 10
Views: 12399

Re: Default word order in Greek

I think that's right, but Steve could comment if he's not too busy. My view is that Greek is an non-configurational language, so its word order relating to the verb and its arguments is not syntactic but pragmatic. So, it makes more more sense for me to talk about pragmatically unmarked word orders,...
by Stephen Carlson
July 27th, 2012, 10:38 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Daniel C. Owens
Replies: 4
Views: 5320

Re: Daniel C. Owens

Welcome to B-Greek.

Congrulations on your Ph.D.! What was your dissertation on?
by Stephen Carlson
July 27th, 2012, 8:39 am
Forum: Pragmatics and Discourse
Topic: Default word order in Greek
Replies: 10
Views: 12399

Re: Default word order in Greek

Don't know about a "consensus," but that's what Stephen Levinsohn basically claims in his book, Discourse Features of New Testament Greek.
by Stephen Carlson
July 25th, 2012, 7:25 am
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Force of the imperfect in 1 Cor 3:6 ηὔξανεν
Replies: 2
Views: 1382

Re: Force of the imperfect in 1 Cor 3:6 ηὔξανεν

Thanks for that. It is pretty helpful. I'll just note that Robertson has a somewhat different view: Where the aorist and the imperfect occur side by side, it is to be assumed that the change is made on purpose and the difference in idea to be sought. In juxtaposition the aorist lifts the curtain and...
by Stephen Carlson
July 24th, 2012, 6:50 pm
Forum: New Testament
Topic: Force of the imperfect in 1 Cor 3:6 ηὔξανεν
Replies: 2
Views: 1382

Force of the imperfect in 1 Cor 3:6 ηὔξανεν

What is the force of the imperfect in 1 Cor 3:6? ἐγὼ ἐφύτευσα, Ἀπολλῶς ἐπότισεν, ἀλλὰ ὁ θεὸς ηὔξανεν · Here we have two aorists, ἐγὼ ἐφύτευσα ("I planted"), Ἀπολλῶς ἐπότισεν ("Apollos watered"), followed by an imperfect ὁ θεὸς ηὔξανεν. Translations usually render the final imperf...

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