[B-Greek] word order Luke 11:45
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sun May 29 21:59:28 EDT 2005
On Sunday, May 29, 2005, at 02:34PM, Elizabeth Kline <kline-dekoning at earthlink.net> wrote:
>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.
I think I'd prefer to say that KAI hHMAS is the stressed element here, more
so than hUBRIZEIS. I confess to being one who believes that the final
position in a clause CAN be emphatic, but I think it is less emphatic here.
I'd English it to bring out the emphasis thus: "When you say THAT, it's not just
the Pharisees you're bad-mouthing, but US as well!"
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Emeritus)
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