The interaction of Greek voice with other parts of the language

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Nov 1 13:52:53 EST 2001


At 9:25 AM -0800 11/1/01, Bryant J. Williams III wrote:
>Dear Iver:
>
>Please explain what you said in English :).
>
>I do not understand what you mean by 'experiencer,' beneficiary,' 'patient,'
>etc. If this is linguistic terminology, then it may be wise for those of the
>group who are dealing with linguistics, to give a definition of the terms.
>This will allow those of us who are on the outside looking in the ability to
>understand what you are talking about.

Yes, it probably would be worthwhile repeating these essential definitions
for late-comers to the topic who've missed the dialogue of the last several
days (these items HAVE been explained, and in ENGLISH even!).
-- 

Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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