[B-Greek] Linguists in the tower of Babel
Eric Weiss
papaweiss1 at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 27 10:46:50 EDT 2005
Even in simple things the variations in terminology can be confusing for the novice.
E.g., different grammars/grammarians use different terms for the three aspects (sort of related
to the present/aorist/perfect tenses):
a) continuous/undefined/perfect (William Mounce)
b) linear/punctilear/combined (Edward Goodrick)
c) imperfective/perfective/stative (Stanley Porter)
Mounce uses "perfect" for the aspect of the "perfect" tense(s), and Porter used "perfective" for
the aspect of the aorist tense.
Eric S. Weiss
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