ENDUW/ENDUOMAI (correction/clarification)

Mark Wilson emory2oo2 at hotmail.com
Thu Nov 1 13:40:17 EST 2001



Dale:

You wrote:

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Now why the middle form is being used with passive meaning is a whole 
'nother question entirely...but not a
totally unexpected occurrence in Greek, I'd say!
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Well, if I understand Carl, it is NOT a Middle FORM.
The FORM is M/P or "subject-focused." Which would mean then that
it is M/P in FORM, functioning semantically as a P.


Again, you wrote:

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I can see now that for some reason I put the tags in backwards, ie., the 
formal tag, namely
>middle, should have been the first tag and the passive tag, the function
>tag, should have been second, the way it is in Col 3:12.  I'll correct that
>in the next revision of the GC GNT.
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Wait! Before you change that tag, we may all figure out
that the formal tag should be M/P, and the function/semantic tag is P.

I am kind of hoping this idea of Carl's catches on; sure would make
Greek much easier. Imagine what it would be like if we could
group all tenses together, and put the Voices into two, neat subgroups,
Default and M/P (or something thereabouts). We could finally get
rid of deponents and "middle in form but passive in meaning."

:o P


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