[B-Greek] Aktionsart

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Fri Nov 18 15:41:26 EST 2005


On Nov 18, 2005, at 3:34 PM, craig wrote:

> [from earlier post by Kelton Graham:]
>> that would depend on the verbs Aktionsart from what I can tell.
>
> What is Aktionsart?

It's not my own definition but from the neat little Matthew DeMoss  
_Pocket dictionary for the Study of NT Greek_:

"The feature of the Greek language whereby the quasi-objective  
quality of the verbal action is indicated (duration, repetition,  
momentary occurrence, etc.), both morphologically and by *tense forms  
and lexico-syntactically according to contextual features. Some older  
grammars used the term synonymously with *aspect, pl. Aktionsarten."


Carl W. Conrad
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