Quirk et al., Clauses, and Greek Syntax

Steven Craig Miller scmiller at www.plantnet.com
Sat Feb 5 09:55:27 EST 2000


To: the participants of B-Greek's list,

I'm reading "A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language" by Randolph 
Quirk et al. (1985), and they suggest that there are five primary types of 
clauses, which they refer to as: (a) subject, (b) verb, (c) object, (d) 
complement, and (e) adverbial. I would guess that no one has written a 
Greek grammar which analysis Greek clauses using these five categories, but 
I wonder would there be any problems in someone doing such? Would it make 
sense to analysis Greek clauses using these five categories? Does anyone 
have any thoughts on this?

-Steven Craig Miller
Alton, Illinois (USA)
scmiller at www.plantnet.com
FWIW: I'm neither a clergy-person, nor an academic (and I have no post-grad 
degrees).




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