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by Matthew Longhorn
April 15th, 2024, 4:08 am
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: English irregular verbs and Greek stem changes
Replies: 5
Views: 115

Re: English irregular verbs and Greek stem changes

You are right: In German and Dutch we have strong verbs (vowel-change in stems in different tenses) and weak verbs (using tense-suffixes) and even some verbs with a mix of weak and strong tenses. Thanks Jean, that is interesting to know re the German and Dutch My dad is fluent in Russian and noted ...
by Matthew Longhorn
April 14th, 2024, 7:08 am
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: English irregular verbs and Greek stem changes
Replies: 5
Views: 115

English irregular verbs and Greek stem changes

I am reading a book on a linguistic theory called Construction Grammar by Thomas Hoffman called “Construction Grammar - The Structure of English” It just covered some of the oddities of English irregular verbs such as (awake - awoke, draw - drew, fly - flew, get - got, run - ran, go - went etc) Some...
by Matthew Longhorn
April 12th, 2024, 9:31 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Parable of the peanut butter sandwich
Replies: 1
Views: 81

Parable of the peanut butter sandwich

Ok... not to do with Greek but a funny one with translation questions and the use of AI
https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/96472
by Matthew Longhorn
April 12th, 2024, 8:58 am
Forum: Other
Topic: Baetens and Clarysse - An Undertakers' Archive from the Kynopolite Nome (55 euros)
Replies: 0
Views: 53

Baetens and Clarysse - An Undertakers' Archive from the Kynopolite Nome (55 euros)

now published? https://www.peeters-leuven.be/detail.php?search_key=9789042952188&series_number_str=10&lang=en This book provides a comprehensive edition of five well-preserved Greek papyri from an archive of undertakers (nekrotaphoi) from the late Ptolemaic Kynopolite nome, four of which unp...
by Matthew Longhorn
April 2nd, 2024, 3:09 pm
Forum: Other
Topic: Curtis - Greek and Latin Roots of Scientific and Medical Terminologies (£43.95)
Replies: 0
Views: 52

Curtis - Greek and Latin Roots of Scientific and Medical Terminologies (£43.95)

Another borderline one, but could be interesting for folks. August 2024 https://www.wiley.com/en-gb/Greek+and+Latin+Roots+of+Scientific+and+Medical+Terminologies-p-9781118358634 Greek and Latin Roots of Medical and Scientific Terminologies explains the Greek and Latin origins of the roots, prefixes,...
by Matthew Longhorn
March 22nd, 2024, 5:49 am
Forum: Books
Topic: Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics - Vol 11
Replies: 1
Views: 131

Re: Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics - Vol 11

2 more articles posted
Porter - A NATURAL LANGUAGE APPROACH TO KOINE GREEK EXEGESIS

Ahn - A TEXTUAL-CRITICAL STUDY OF LUKE AND VERBAL ASPECT
by Matthew Longhorn
March 22nd, 2024, 5:46 am
Forum: Books
Topic: Monaco et al - Redefining the Standards in Attic, Koine, and Atticism(open access or €119)
Replies: 0
Views: 87

Monaco et al - Redefining the Standards in Attic, Koine, and Atticism(open access or €119)

Coming 29th August. Open access pdf or €119 paper version https://brill.com/display/title/69088?rskey=mUbJhx&result=10 Scholarship surrounding the standard varieties of Ancient Greek (Attic, the Koine, and Atticistic Greek) focused from its beginnings until relatively recently on the uniformity ...
by Matthew Longhorn
March 22nd, 2024, 5:40 am
Forum: Books
Topic: Carbajosa - Hebraica veritas versus Septuaginta auctoritatem Does a Canonical Text of the Old Testament Exist ($24)
Replies: 0
Views: 46

Carbajosa - Hebraica veritas versus Septuaginta auctoritatem Does a Canonical Text of the Old Testament Exist ($24)

One for the folks into Septuagint studies. Just published https://wipfandstock.com/9781666774948/hebraica-veritas-versus-septuaginta-auctoritatem/ At the end of the fourth century, Jerome decided to translate the Old Testament into Latin from the Hebrew manuscripts that were available to him, and no...

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