Linguistics and opposite conclusions
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bgreek at ntresources.com
Mon Oct 28 06:45:07 EST 2002
>> but Porter chooses
>> the dubious path of going for the most numerous in the NT as the
>> default tense. The problem that I see with this is that the NT is
> I'm not that familiar with the studies in question, but if this is an
> accurate description of the methodology, I would agree that it's a
> dubious approach. There are a couple of problems here that I think
I would suggest that this is a misunderstanding/misrepresentation of
Porter's argument for the aorist serving as the unmarked form in many
contexts. He incorporates several factors, including morphology,
distribution, and frequency. He also distinguishes use in various genre.
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