[B-Greek] My Summer Need-To-Read list. What and Why.

Michael Aubrey mga318 at yahoo.com
Sat Jun 5 12:20:44 EDT 2010


I would suggest that you would do better for youself reading Rijksbaron's book on the Greek verb than Porter. You'll get more out of it, its shorting, more accessible, and is more accurate.

As for the semantic roles, you should look at Barry Blakes _Case_, Miriam Butt's _Theories of Case_ and the Oxford Handbook of Case_. The last is the most expense, Butt's volume is probably your best, most recent discussion.

Mike




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From: Elizabeth Kline <kline_dekooning at earthlink.net>
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On Jun 4, 2010, at 10:52 PM, Louis Sorenson wrote:

> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm looking for the five books I should read this summer. I can read the Greek NT with some ease. I read sections other LXX and non-biblical Greek and the church fathers and secular ancient Greek literature. But I want to get a handle on a few topics which I have not studied in-depth. I open this question to all. What are you reading this summer and why. Here is my list (I'm still looking for the best book(s) on these subjects.  Should I read as many pages of Greek as I do English?  NO. But if I could -- would I be better served than reading these books about reading Greek?  YES.
> 
> 
> So what books should I read? I have search the B-Greek archives and 
> found very little. It's really hard to find this stuff on the B-Greek 
> archives.  Micheal W. Palmer keeps a bibliography of Hellenistic 
> linguistic books at http://www.greek-language.com/Palmer-bibiography.html 
> I know books have been mentioned here and there, but my searches do not
> bring up much of anything.
> 
> 
> My Topics:
> 1) Greek Verbal Aspect.
> 2) Discourse Analysis
> 3) A modern linguistic book which covers such topics as Agent, Patient, Actor, and other such discussion of verbal structures
> 4) How to teach languages using living-language methodologies and cognitive linguistics
> 
> My Prospective List:
> 1)  Discourse Grammar Of the greek new testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching and exegesis by Steven E. Runge.  Why? I think studying Discourse methodologies will help me understand the flow of passages more and how to recognize allusions, referals, referents, and other such structures 
> 
> 2) Development of Greek and the New Testament, The: Morphology, Syntax, Phonology, and Textual Transmission by Chrys C. Caragounis  (It's on my shelf, I have read through most of it, but I need to try to read more of the modern Greek citations - they are not that different from Koine) A reread is definitely needed. Why? I think there are many ancient Greek phrases in modern Greek which can throw light on ancient Greek passages. 
> 
> 3) When Dead Tongues Speak: Teaching Beginning Greek and Latin (American Philological Association Classical Resources Series) John Gruber-Miller (Editor)  Why?  I'm really interested on how to teach Greek via living-language methodologies.
> 
> 4) Levinsohn, Stephen H. Discourse Features of New Testament Greek: A Coursebook. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1992.


Robert E. Longacre, The Grammar of Discourse  Plenum  1996

Lambrecht, Knud: 1994, Information structure and sentence form. Topic, focus, and the mental representation
of discourse referents.,  CUP.

Brown, G. and G. Yule. Discourse Analysis. Cambridge: CUP, 1983. 

Dooley, Robert A. and  Stephen H. Levinsohn, Analyzing Discourse:
A Manual of Basic Concepts, SIL 2000

Halliday, M A K COHESION IN ENGLISH : Longman 1976


> 
> 5) Stanley E. Porter. Verbal Aspect in the Greek of the New Testament, With Reference to Tense & Mood (Studies in Biblical Greek ; Vol/ 1)) Porter takes a view contrary to many on this list. Know Your Enemy and Know them well. (I don't know if Porter is my friend or enemy. Do you?)

RE: Verb Aspect, S.E. Porter. Why bother?  

> 
> 6) Scenarios, discourse, and translation: the scenario theory of Cognitive Linguistics, its relevance for analysing New Testament Greek and modern Parkari texts, and its implications for translation theory.  Hoyle, Richard A. 2008. SIL e-Books 10. oai:sil.org:50670  http://www.language-archives.org/item/oai:sil.org:50670
> 
> 6) ??????? on modern linguistic concepts such as Actor, Agent. Experiencer, etc. ?????

Charles Fillmore, The Case for Case, 1968  (someone else might provide something better, more recent)


Charles Fillmore Form and Meaning in Language
Volume I, Papers on Semantic Roles
311 pages,  6 x 9  © 2003


> 
> 
> OKay, so I have six books instead of five. So help me out -- what books should I be reading on these subjects?   Also, What books are on your read list and why?
> 
> FAQI MOI, PARAKALW, 
> ALL' OUK EN ELLHNISTI, EN AGGLIKI.
> 
> Louis Sorenson
> 
> 
> 
> 
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