[B-Greek] Predicate Adjective Participles
Elizabeth Kline
kline-dekooning at earthlink.net
Fri Aug 26 12:40:18 EDT 2005
On Aug 26, 2005, at 8:56 AM, Mitch Larramore wrote:
> What is it in the nature of a
> participle that would restrict its use as a predicate adjective?
Syntax in natural languages is not calculus but human behavior. This
is a fundamental stumbling block to many would be students of Ancient
Greek who learned a list of rules from their textbooks and now want
to know why the rules work or don't work. A question like this is a
by product of reading language textbooks written by non-lingutsts.
What is required here is to start over from the beginning approaching
the language from the perspective of descriptive linguistics.
Elizabeth Kline
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