Technology and Grammar

hefin jones hefinjones at hotmail.com
Fri Aug 16 21:56:33 EDT 2002


What James Tauber said in his last mail can serve as a corrective to the 
idea that gramcord/accordance is a sufficiently powerful tool to do more 
sophisticated searches. The problem with gramcord/accordance is that it is 
simply too close to the lexical level and very unwieldy when trying out 
searches based on constituent structure. These observations have been made 
in a more sophisticated manner by MPalmer in "When is a Phrase a Phrase"

Hefin Jones

Sydney Australia


"Eric S. Weiss"
>Subject: [b-greek] Re: Technology and Grammar
>Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:54:13 -0400
>
>I believe that some of this was done by Dan Wallace in writing and
>checking his exegetical syntax book, GREEK GRAMMAR BEYOND THE BASICS. His
>syntax categories and exegetical conclusions were at times based on
>computer examinations of the Greek text. I think he also has
>discussed/used this methodology for some of his essays at www.bible.org
>("The Prof's Soapbox). He at least has mentioned how programs like
>accordance and gramcord now allow scholars and even students to validate
>or determine grammatical "rules" or usages with greater precision and
>speed than has ever before been possible.
>


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