But what about prepositions-genitive

c stirling bartholomew cc.constantine at worldnet.att.net
Wed May 23 13:17:42 EDT 2001


on 5/23/01 2:00 AM, Randall Buth wrote:

> Possibly exactly opposite the the above quote about the genitive,
> 
> the genitive case is LESS TRANSITIVE than the accusative, it carries
> 
> less weight and less content than the accusative.

Randall or anyone else,

Does this statement serve as a definition of the term TRANSITIVE? The way
this term is tossed around in current linguistic circles is at times a
little mystifying. 

Clay


--  
Clayton Stirling Bartholomew
Three Tree Point
P.O. Box 255 Seahurst WA 98062





More information about the B-Greek mailing list