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- May 25th, 2024, 9:31 am
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: Can a verb subordinates participle semantically ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6014
Re: Can a verb subordinates participle semantically ?
The signal to noise ratio at Nerdy Language Majors on FB is such that I rarely frequent it any more, otherwise I would have seen your post there. I generally quite cynical about these kinds of ideas. But there is a technical term in linguistics for something parallel: 'insubordination' involves cons...
- April 15th, 2024, 10:51 am
- Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
- Topic: English irregular verbs and Greek stem changes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4583
Re: English irregular verbs and Greek stem changes
Yeah, these sorts of irregular verbs, along with sound changes, are a foundational element in historical linguistics and determining language family relations.
- February 28th, 2024, 3:05 pm
- Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
- Topic: Prepositions and verbs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4447
Re: Prepositions and verbs
I had this tab open for a month meaning to come back to it. Attached prepositions (preverbs) are understudied. I know that Chiara Zanchini (2019) Multiple Preverbs in Ancient Indo-European Languages: A comparative study on Vedic, Homeric Greek, Old Church Slavic, and Old Irish exists, but its not re...
- February 6th, 2024, 4:48 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Campbell, Basics of Verbal Aspect, 2nd edition
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4741
Re: Campbell, Basics of Verbal Aspect, 2nd edition
Campbell is in the small camp of people who think Ancient Greek does not mark past tense on the verb for the aorist and imperfect. He also, as James notes, has a novel view of the perfect, where it denotes what he calls, "heightened proximity" (perfect) and "heightened remoteness"...
- January 22nd, 2024, 10:26 am
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: Article usage in heaven and on earth (Matt 6:10, 28:18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12402
Re: Article usage in heaven and on earth (Matt 6:10, 28:18)
Yeah, I think one of the challenges in a lot of Greek grammar writing is that the full diversity of how paradigm alternations function is never really engaged with and it seems like something that should be quite transparent. From the larger picture, these distinctions feel like prototype effects. I...
- December 7th, 2023, 10:36 am
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Feedback on criteria for posting books here
- Replies: 23
- Views: 89070
Re: Feedback on criteria for posting books here
I think it'd be best to err on the generous side. More books, better!
- November 20th, 2023, 2:05 pm
- Forum: Books
- Topic: Muraoka - Wisdom of Ben Sira
- Replies: 6
- Views: 25152
Re: Muraoka - Wisdom of Ben Sira
It's available at Peeter's AAR/SBL booth this year. I'm sure it'll be available online soon.
- October 30th, 2023, 10:12 am
- Forum: Syntax and Grammar
- Topic: Article usage in heaven and on earth (Matt 6:10, 28:18)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 12402
Re: Article usage in heaven and on earth (Matt 6:10, 28:18)
I'm not going to pretend that I know or understand the motivations for one use over the other, Stephen. What I can say is that I think issues like this represent good example of how grammatical choices function as a continuum along the likes of what Carl Bache (1995, 127) describes, such that we can...
- October 12th, 2023, 3:55 pm
- Forum: Teaching and Learning Greek
- Topic: Biblical Language Grammars and the Barriers They Create, BTC23
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18689
Biblical Language Grammars and the Barriers They Create, BTC23
I just wanted to highlight this here. The paper that Rachel and I are giving at the Bible Translation Conference this weekend will also be published on YouTube at the same time that we'll be speaking. You can join in and watch if you want. It won't be streamed live or anything, but this is the next ...
- September 25th, 2023, 9:21 pm
- Forum: Pragmatics and Discourse
- Topic: Nicholas A. Bailey, "Thetic Constructions in Koine Greek"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18059
Re: Nicholas A. Bailey, "Thetic Constructions in Koine Greek"
Guys, it's here. The meaning and translation of ἰδού and ἴδε ‘behold’: A construction grammar analysis by by Nicholas A. Bailey Publishers Description The Koine Greek particles ἰδού and ἴδε have been traditionally translated as either ‘behold’ or ‘lo’. But such mechanical renderings are inadequate a...