No subject


Tue May 3 10:41:24 EDT 2011


underlying meaning of the clause under discussion.

John 1:1c might be pretty self-evident, and easy to translate, other
examples are not quite so easy. For example, in 1 John
4:8, we read: hO QEOS AGAPH ESTIN.

This would be semantically classified as follows:

hO (R) + QEOS (O) + AGAPH (Abstract) + ESTIN (Event)

One more example which helps us to see the difference that deep
structure reading can make is Mark 1:4. In this example,
nouns are transformed into events! I.e., when stripped of their
"superficial noun-ness" (Black), seeming substantives become
VERBS. Thus in Mark 1:4, hAMARTIWN (of sins) becomes an event.
BAPTISMA also becomes an event. This has some interesting
implications for translation. the TEV follows this methodology, and
translates Mark 1:4:

"So John appeared in the desert, baptizing and preaching. 'Turn away
from your sins and be baptized,' he told the people, 'and
God will forgive your sin.'"

Contrast this deep structural rendering with the RSV (which emphasizes
the surface structure of Greek).

One work that briefly touches on deep structure is psychologist's
Sydney Lamb's _Outline of Stratificational Grammar_. On. pp.
34-35, 40, the development of deep structure is discussed in detail
(from Harris, Chomsky, and Shaumyan).

Hope this helps,

Edgar Foster

Classics Major

Lenoir-Rhyne College

Hickory, NC







_________________________________________________________
DO YOU YAHOO!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com




More information about the B-Greek mailing list