[B-Greek] word order Luke 11:45

Elizabeth Kline kline-dekoning at earthlink.net
Sun May 29 14:32:39 EDT 2005


On 5/28/05 10:56 PM, "Iver Larsen" <iver at larsen.dk> wrote:

> As far as I understand it, it is a matter of relative prominence. The less
> predictable an element is, the more it comes to the left, and the more
> predictable it is, the more it comes to the right.

Please consider Luke 11:45, where a lawyer responds to Jesus' denunciation
of the Pharisees.  

APOKRIQEIS DE TIS TWN NOMIKWN LEGEI AUTWi: DIDASKALE, TAUTA LEGWN KAI hHMAS
hUBRIZEIS. 

APOKRIQEIS in the first position serves to tie the new information to the
old. Within the quoted speech TAUTA LEGWN also in the first position, serves
the same purpose. The most salient new information in the quoted speech is
in the final position. hUBRIZEIS is the least predictable element and it is
all the way to the the right (last position).

Elizabeth Kline 

Note that DIDASKALE as a vocative is not part of the clause.




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