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Why does the stem of οἶδα change from οιδ in the perfect indicative to ειδ in the perfect subjunctive?

There has indeed been a tendency to treat these principles as rules, but they simply don't work. Perhaps I should add that this is all pretty new to me. As I try the theory on for size, I find it helps to treat the principles as rules. Otherwise, I am liable to continue reading as I always have. Ac...

I suppose we should analyze each different kind of “marker” in a text, label it with appropriate linguistic terms, and show how it bears on the text. But this sort of analysis is too much for my brain to process. Too many details. Instead, I would add up the verbal aspect choices, the conjunctions,...

The historical present ἐκβάλλει εἰς τὴν ἔρημον seems consistent with Jesus' testing in the wilderness as an event of at least equal importance with his baptism and his arrival in Galilee. The historical present highlights the Spirit's propulsion of Jesus into the wilderness as an event of importanc...

Asking students to do things like telling a story using past imperfectives, or trying to do most *anything* with simple presents, illustrates how certain forms really lend themselves to certain discourse functions over others. There has indeed been a tendency to treat these principles as rules, but...

I appreciate the push back on wording from Stirling and Steven, although it still seems to me that 'signaling' (drawn from p. 130 in Steven's Discourse Grammar ) can serve as shorthand for the way in which "the nature of imperfective aspect and the requirements of narrative" combine "...

I am trying to make sense of Mark 1:12-13 in light of the discussions of foreground, background and historical present in Runge, Levinsohn, etc.: 12 Καὶ εὐθὺς τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτὸν ἐκβάλλει εἰς τὴν ἔρημον. 13 καὶ ἦν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τεσσεράκοντα ἡμέρας πειραζόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ σατανᾶ, καὶ ἦν μετὰ τῶν θηρίων, καὶ ο...

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I am curious about how much GNT reading your students do. Can you comment on how your current students' reading facility compares to students that you taught before you started using a communicative approach?

David

mickz wrote: so far I have only German material available. But I'm working on getting the rights to use some of the English materials I have.

Thanks Michael. Could you point me to the German material as well?

David

MAubrey wrote:Just curious, but what motivated you to choose SSA?

The program looks very simple and intuitive, but I'm not familiar with Semantic Structure Analysis. Can anyone point me to a simple how-to guide (with examples)?

Thanks,

David