Aspect of the Greek Verb
Eric S. Weiss
eweiss at gte.net
Mon Dec 16 23:53:18 EST 2002
Different grammars/teachers/authors use different terms for the three
aspects:
a. continuous, undefined, and perfect (William Mounce - GREEK FOR THE REST
OF US (to be published March 2003)
b. linear, punctilear, and combined (Edward Goodrick - DO IT YOURSELF
HEBREW AND GREEK)
c. imperfective, perfective, and stative (Stanley Porter - IDIOMS OF THE
GREEK NEW TESTAMENT).
Using Mounce's terminology (a. above), their respective terms would be
similarly defined by all these teachers as something like:
1. Continuous: action seen as in progress
2. Undefined: action seen as complete or viewed as a whole
3. Perfect: action seen as reflecting a state, focusing on either the
completed nature of the past action(s) that resulted in the state, or on
the state itself
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