[B-Greek] Phil. 1:13
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sat May 15 12:07:58 EDT 2004
At 7:07 AM -0700 5/15/04, Mitch Larramore wrote:
>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...
Mitch, I'm sorry, but I think you're confusing what is a prepositional
phrase in English ("of Jesus Christ") with what is in fact a genitive
singular in Greek (IHSOU CRISTOU); the genitive singular in Greek regularly
does attach to a noun (unless it's a partitive object of a verb such as
hAPTOMAI.
--
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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