Re: Teaching the New Perspective on Greek Voice
Posted: May 31st, 2016, 5:34 am
Carl,
I imagine your revised paper will influence many (πείσει γε ἐμέ). So, deciding on terms is important.
Whatever you settle on, I will try to use in the future, but I wonder if you would consider these recommendations from a guy in the trenches.
Instead of διάθεσις ἡ κοινή, διάθεσις ἡ ἑαυτική, how about:
I don’t feel the same way about some other terms. I can live with “voice,” but “present” when used for subjunctive, infinitive, imperative, participle” should be struck from a teachers vocabulary and blotted out in any student grammar.
My two cents, anyway. ἆρα πέποιθας, διδάσκαλε;
Paul Nitz
I imagine your revised paper will influence many (πείσει γε ἐμέ). So, deciding on terms is important.
cwconrad wrote:2. Terminology and assumptions about the categories:
διάθεσις ἡ κοινή, διάθεσις ἡ ἑαυτική as Greek names for what have traditionally been called “Active” and Middle-Passive” voice-categories.
English equivalents: “Standard diathesis” and “Reflexive diathesis.”
Whatever you settle on, I will try to use in the future, but I wonder if you would consider these recommendations from a guy in the trenches.
Instead of διάθεσις ἡ κοινή, διάθεσις ἡ ἑαυτική, how about:
- κοινὴ διὰθεσις, ἑαυτικὴ διάθεσις ?
Simpler. Short is better in terminology.
- Common Voice and Self-Affected Voice ?
I think “common” and “self-affected” match nicely with the Greek terms. I think “self-affected” is more accurate than “reflexive.”
I don’t feel the same way about some other terms. I can live with “voice,” but “present” when used for subjunctive, infinitive, imperative, participle” should be struck from a teachers vocabulary and blotted out in any student grammar.
My two cents, anyway. ἆρα πέποιθας, διδάσκαλε;
Paul Nitz