[B-Greek] definition of syntax?

waldo slusher waldoslusher at yahoo.com
Wed May 28 08:00:01 EDT 2003


Wayne...

ABout infinitives, you said...

> "Verbal noun" is a very acceptable term and I find
> it helpful.
> 
> How have you used the term "syntax" which strikes
> you as different from
> Wallace's usage of the term?

I have always used syntax in the sense of denoting the
formal/physical structuring or relationships of words,
phrases, and clauses to the rest (other words,
phrases, and clauses) of the sentence. You can diagram
a sentence syntactically by physically connecting the
related structures. For example, do you connect a
prepositional phrase to a noun or verb? How do they
RELATE syntactically. I would probably not say that X
is an infinitive "syntactically speaking" but rather
"grammatically speaking." And I too find "verbal noun"
a good label for infinitives, but I was really asking
a somewhat grammatically picky question. 

Thanks for all who replied. 


=====
Waldo Slusher
Calgary, AB

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