[B-Greek] Aktionsart question
Eddie Mishoe
edmishoe at yahoo.com
Thu May 17 20:22:26 EDT 2007
--- Delbert Flora <delbert.flora at hotmail.com> wrote:
> When I saw Gnomic used with two tenses, I wondered
> if I had not
> misunderstood these descriptions. Are these
> Aktionsart terms (inceptive,
> interative, gnomic, culminative, etc.) descriptions
> of propositions, tenses,
> or some other part of communication?
Here's something out of the archives that may help you
think through this issue:
Aktionsart is generally used to refer to what I call
'lexical aspect': the inherent properties of the verb
that indicate how it unfolds through time (state vs.
event, punctiliar vs. durative, and bounded or
not). Grammatical aspect is used for imperfective vs.
perfective oppositions, which can interact with
lexical aspect, yielding similar meanings. Aspect is
used as a cover term to both.
One reason for the confusion is that Porter does not
systematically distinguish between lexical aspect
(what the verbs bring to the interpretation) and
grammatical aspect (what the grammatical
morphology contributes to the interpretation).
(excerpt from Mari Olsen)
Olsen is just an excellent communicator. She has a way
of reducing the complex to the simple.
Eddie Mishoe
Pastor
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