[B-Greek] clarification

Mitch Larramore mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Tue Jan 27 17:26:26 EST 2004


Con Campbell wrote:

> Aktionsart (also called procedural characteristics)
> is generally regarded as
> objectively defined (how it actually occurs in time
> & space), though not
> entirely, 

.......This
> means that all
> imperfect tense-forms will be imperfective (aspect),
> but only some may be
> iterative (Aktionsart) depending on how the verb
> functions in the text. 


What confuses me here is how can an event "actually
occur in time and space" in an iterative manner? Does
any thing "actually" occur iteratively?



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Mitch Larramore
Spring Branch, Texas
Student/Memorial High School

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