[B-Greek] Semantic Structural Analysis Software?
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Fri May 27 14:09:40 EDT 2005
I would add a second to what George says here; while there are simple sentences
that are clear-cut as to their syntactic analysis, many a clause is open to
alternative understandings of the syntax, for which reason one does him/herself
a disservice by making use of a software program that spells out one definitive
syntactical analysis.
I note that several have recently recommended the NET Diglot; I think one great
virtue of the NET is that its notes on the Greek text (I've paid more attention
to the NET of the NT than of the OT) are really helpful in analysis of possible
senses of the Greek passage. I don't always agree with the editor(s)' conclusion,
but it's helpful to see how the syntactic problems of the text have been dealt with.
When B-Greek discussion is at its best, I'd like to think we do the same thing with
particular texts and syntactic problems in list-discussion.
On Friday, May 27, 2005, at 01:58PM, George F Somsel <gfsomsel at juno.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 27 May 2005 13:47:12 -0400 ne0phlte at aol.com writes:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Does anybody know of any software that assists the user in analyzing
>> the semantic structure of a text? Any help would be greatly
>> appreciated. Thanks.
>>
>> Frank Gazerro
>______________
>
>I believe some such facility is under development by Logos / Libronix,
>but I hesitate to relinquish the analysis of noun / adjectival forms,
>parsing of verbs, identification of root forms and finally syntax itself
>to a program. This is not the way you learn the language. I find it
>very similar to the situation I encounter all to often when some use
>Strongs and then insist that their view is the only correct understanding
>of a passage based on their understanding of Strongs. Avoid reliance on
>crutches. Crutches are fine ** on ocassion ** if you really need some **
>temporary ** help, but not as a practice.
>
>george
>gfsomsel
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Carl W. Conrad
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