[B-Greek] NT Greek accents
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Sun Sep 19 06:17:37 EDT 2004
For what it's worth, I used to teach the general rules for accentation when
I was teaching Greek, but I never downgraded exercises turned in for lack
of accents or incorrect accents. I do think one needs to understand how the
accents work on enclitics, how to distinguish interrogative from indefinite
pronouns, recognition of circumflexed contracted syllables which are key
for discerning the lexical lemma of a verb, and one of the most important,
the distinction between forms of the article and the relative pronoun. I
suppose it's such matters as these that Rod Decker was referring to in an
earlier response to this question.
At 12:07 PM +1000 9/18/04, Don Doherty wrote:
>>From a student perspective - I'm learning from Wenham's "Elements of NT
>Greek" which doesn't use accents generally. But I'm adding them from my
>other resources as I go. And, yes, I find that by going through that process
>I am "catching" accents quite painlessly, as the patterns of usage become
>increasingly obvious and recognizable.
>I also find accents very useful in indicating stress when pronouncing aloud,
>as I want, as far as I can judge it, to regard Koine as a spoken just not
>written language.
>With thanks to all the wonderfully helpful B-Greek "tutors"! Greatly
>appreciated....
>
>Don Doherty
>Alexandra Headland
>QLD Australia
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Perry L. Stepp" <plstepp at kcc.edu>
>To: "'Jun Cagas'" <juncagas2002 at yahoo.com>; <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
>Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 2:40 AM
>Subject: RE: [B-Greek] NT Greek accents
>
>
>> I've always thought that the accents could be "caught" as well as
>"taught,"
>> so I don't try to teach the accents. I DO show them to my students, show
>> how they behave (for example, when an article and noun are together in a
>> text.) I urge (but don't command) my students to pronounce Greek with the
>> accents, etc. But I don't give points (or take points away) for accents
>> unless it's part of a word (TIS vs. TI/S).
>>
>> Perry L. Stepp, Ph.D.
>>
>> Associate Professor of Biblical Studies
>> Kentucky Christian College
>>
>> "The past is never dead. It's not even past."
>> --Faulkner
>>
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