[B-Greek] Lexemes, lemmata, and word forms

ARTHUR KING amgking at sbcglobal.net
Fri Apr 22 19:32:57 EDT 2005


Beata,

The jargon used in Greek studies is explained in the
handy "Pocket Dictionary for the Study of New
Testament Greek" by Matthew S. DeMoss ($8.00 at
Amazon)
Arthur King
Clionton, CT

 
--- Beata Urbanek <baurbanek at op.pl> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Penner" <pennerkm at mcmaster.ca>
> To: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 9:00 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] Lexemes, lemmata, and word forms
> 
> 
> Can I get a quick confirmation that I am using these
> words aright:
> 
> The dictionary form of a word (e.g., METERCOMAI
> μετέρχομαι) is called a
> "lexeme" (though some call it a "lemma").
> The inflected form of a word (e.g., METHLQEN
> μετῆλθεν) is called a "form" or
> "word-form" (but not a "lemma" or "lexeme").
> 
> Ken Penner
> McMaster
> 
> I thought as you do, but recently I've asked my
> friend who studied
> literature and she told me that lexeme is an
> abstract term, and the basic
> form of a word is a representation of lexeme,
> 'embodiment' of it in a
> dictionary.
> 
> Beata Urbanek
> 
> ---
> B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek
> B-Greek mailing list
> B-Greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-greek
> 



More information about the B-Greek mailing list