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by MAubrey
September 7th, 2025, 1:45 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Accusative Participle as Object of Preposition in Acts 27:1
Replies: 4
Views: 32700

Re: Accusative Participle as Object of Preposition in Acts 27:1

Hi Laura! If an infinitive clause has a subject that is different from the subject of the main clause, the infinitive subject is always accusative in the accusative case. It does not matter whether the infinitive is articular and that article is governed by another case. The subject will still be an...
by MAubrey
August 30th, 2025, 8:51 am
Forum: Books
Topic: De La Villa et al. Advances in Ancient Greek Linguistics (published)
Replies: 2
Views: 29964

Re: De La Villa et al. Advances in Ancient Greek Linguistics (published)

Thanks for highlighting this, Matthew. I'm going to have to pick it up!
by MAubrey
May 29th, 2025, 8:14 pm
Forum: What does this text mean?
Topic: John 16.23: ἐμὲ
Replies: 2
Views: 335485

Re: John 16.23: ἐμὲ

One last question for this round: I have a question on John 16.23: “καὶ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἐρωτήσετε οὐδέν·” I would like to know if the position of “ἐμὲ” lends a particular emphasis to the word or if that is the normal position for a direct object. If there is no particular emphasis, it wo...
by MAubrey
October 7th, 2024, 6:36 pm
Forum: Church Fathers and Patristic Greek Texts
Topic: General question about future editions of the AF
Replies: 5
Views: 50169

Re: General question about future editions of the AF

I'm desperately trying not to make a joke about him editing the NRSVue from BEYOND THE GRAVE.
by MAubrey
July 31st, 2024, 2:58 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Can a verb subordinates participle semantically?
Replies: 6
Views: 63991

Re: Can a verb subordinates participle semantically ?

Apologies for the slow reply.

Cotterell & Tuner are using "semantic" here for describing a skewing between form and meaning in the way that was common for linguistics in the mid-twentieth century, but would definitely not be the case today.
by MAubrey
May 25th, 2024, 9:31 am
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Can a verb subordinates participle semantically?
Replies: 6
Views: 63991

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...
by MAubrey
April 15th, 2024, 10:51 am
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: English irregular verbs and Greek stem changes
Replies: 5
Views: 55163

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.
by MAubrey
February 28th, 2024, 3:05 pm
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: Prepositions and verbs
Replies: 2
Views: 51378

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...
by MAubrey
February 6th, 2024, 4:48 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Campbell, Basics of Verbal Aspect, 2nd edition
Replies: 4
Views: 51605

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"...
by MAubrey
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: 69376

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...

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