[B-Greek] Present & Aorist of general & abstract verbs
cmeadows3 at verizon.net
cmeadows3 at verizon.net
Sun Dec 11 21:59:27 EST 2005
Interesting commentary!
Randall - You described a nontemporal view of the indicative verb as in the "counsel of despair".
I have always been intrigued by Stanley Porter's work. His pure aspectual view seems to make a lot of sense theoretically. But it would seem that a 100% nontemporal indicative verb is a bit of a stretch on a very practical level. I've read almost everything I could find by Porter as well as Fanning, Smyth, Moulton, Roberston, McKay etc. Everyone has his/her own little twist. What is the current state of scholarly opinion on this issue?
Thanks.
C Meadows
Marshall University
USA
>From: Randall Buth <randallbuth at gmail.com>
>Date: Sun Dec 11 13:34:58 CST 2005
>To: b-greek <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
>Subject: [B-Greek] Present & Aorist of general & abstract verbs
>>The formula for aspect interpretation would then be.
>Aspect of general & abstract verbs = close or distant subject in motion.
>Aspect of specific & concrete verbs = close or distant motion of the
>subject.
>Does any of this make sense or am I completely off the wall on this?
>Thanks!
>Richard Lindeman>
>
>Shalom Richard,
>It sounds like you are entangling yourself in metalinguisitc metaphor.
>You probably need to cite real examples in order for others to follow
>what you might be talking about. It also sounds like you might be
>following an approach to the Greek verb that denies a temporal
>component to the indicative verbs. Most would see that as a counsel of
>despair.
>If you are referring to perfective versus imperfective aspect, e.g.,
>DOS vs DIDOU,
>then 'inside the event(s)' (DIDOU, imperfective, a.k.a.
>present-stem-formed system, 'be giving, be-in-the-process-of-giving')
>versus 'outside the event(s)' (DOS, perfective, a.k.a.
>aorist-stem-formed system, 'give') might work better for you.
>ERRWSO
>Randall Buth
>
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