Mike: Could you elaborate a bit on Levinsohn's discourse? Particularly, what does he have in mind regarding the substantive being "focal" in the context as a determiner of definiteness? Not too long ago on this list there were some who were arguing that a noun could be both definite and qualitative (no need to mention the passage of Scripture prompting this, as it might only rekindle that exhausting discussion). I am assuming that an anarthrous noun is either definite, indefinite or qualitative, but only one of these three, as per its usage in the context. But, let's talk about specific guidelines for the determining of definiteness. Is one of those guidelines the occurrence of the articular construct of the same noun nearby? If so, why? This question is not addressed to you specifically, since you didn't bring it up. It is meant for any. Paul Dixon On Tue, 25 Jul 2000 09:52:24 -0400 Mike Sangrey writes: > > Jay Adkins said: > > While I cannot distinguish the number of definite nouns verses > > indefinite nouns, using Gramcord to search the use of a singular > noun > > directly preceded by a preposition I had the following results. > > > 1. with article: 2210 54.2% > > 2. w/o article: 1865 45.7% > > > If you have enough spare time, I would be glad to send you the > list of > > verses so that you may determine which are definite nouns. :-) > > Just a quick note of two cents worth: > > The definiteness (or not) of nouns is not just determined by > coupling the > presence of the article with the lexical definiteness of the noun. > One must > also determine whether the substantive is `focal' in the context. > > > See Levinsohn, "Discourse features of the Greek New Testament." > -- > Mike Sangrey > mike@sojurn.lns.pa.us > Landisburg, Pa. > Every Christian library should have a plaque which states: > "There is one book which explains all these." > > > > --- > B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek > You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: dixonps@juno.com > To unsubscribe, forward this message to > leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu > To subscribe, send a message to > subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu > > --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu