[B-Greek] Phil. 1:13

Mitch Larramore mitchlarramore at yahoo.com
Sat May 15 10:07:12 EDT 2004


Iver:


> Maybe our difference in perspective is that
> traditionally it seems to be
> understood that a prepositional phrase must always
> be adverbial, whereas I
> am saying that it can occasionally be adjectival at
> the surface level of the
> grammar. In that case EN CRISTWi belongs to TOU
> DESMOUS MOU just as EN
> KURIWi belongs to TON AGAPHTON MOU. However, if we
> go to the semantic deep
> structure, there will always be some implicit
> predicate, usually a form of
> the verb "to be" and often in a rankshifted relative
> clause or a participial
> construction. 

Do I understand you here. Are you saying that WITHOUT
EXCEPTION, EVERY prepositional phrase functions
ADVERBIALLY at the DEEP LEVEL? 

And just to make things simple for me. How about this:

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ.

The ADJECTIVAL prepositional phrase "of Jesus Christ"
at the DEEP level is actually ADVERBIAL. At the DEEP
level, it is something like: 

Paul, an apostle, (who is an apostle) of Jesus
Christ...



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Mitch Larramore
Spring Branch, Texas
Student/Memorial High School


	
		
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