[B-Greek] NT Greek accents
John Schwandt
jschwandt at nsa.edu
Sun Sep 19 11:54:51 EDT 2004
One more for the list, which my students find useful, is that second aorist
participles normally shift their accent one place nearer the ultima. This
can really help since present and second aorist participles are often
confused.
John Schwandt
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> [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Carl W. Conrad
> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 3:18 AM
> To: Don Doherty
> Cc: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] NT Greek accents
>
>
> 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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