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by MAubrey
August 12th, 2021, 3:49 pm
Forum: Syntax and Grammar
Topic: Present with Perfect Force?
Replies: 15
Views: 8504

Re: Present with Perfect Force?

Another voice against these kinds of labels.

There are verbs whose inherent lexical semantics are "perfect-like". This isn't a category of tense/aspect, just an the idiosyncratic realization of meaning in individual lexical items.
by MAubrey
July 18th, 2021, 6:40 pm
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Question About Accents: Syntactical Implications of εἰμι verses εἰμί
Replies: 6
Views: 3557

Re: Question About Accents: Syntactical Implications of εἰμι verses εἰμί

Is this true, false, thought-provoking, nutty, something else? False. Copular verbs always have predicates. Necessarily. The difference in accentuation is motivated on the basis of whether or not εἰμί receives stress on its own or whether it is functioning as an enclitic (i.e. has not stress and at...
by MAubrey
July 18th, 2021, 9:33 am
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: Blog on particles in Greek
Replies: 10
Views: 8830

Re: Blog on particles in Greek

No replacement for Denniston, but a nice supplement Denniston has tons of examples (which is great) but outdated theory (which isn’t). I recommend the new Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek for particles. Don't forget Particles in Ancient Greek Discourse ! https://chs.harvard.edu/book/bonifazi-dr...
by MAubrey
July 17th, 2021, 10:48 am
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: Blog on particles in Greek
Replies: 10
Views: 8830

Re: Blog on particles in Greek

Thanks for the heads up, James!
by MAubrey
May 27th, 2021, 5:21 pm
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: Thesis/Dissetation Topics
Replies: 7
Views: 7735

Re: Thesis/Dissetation Topics

Stephen Carlson wrote: May 27th, 2021, 4:50 pm
MAubrey wrote: May 27th, 2021, 1:52 pm
  • Semantic scope & pre-articular modifiers.
What do you mean by this?
Quantifiers and demonstratives appear outside the scope of the Greek article. It's typologically weird and deserves a full treatment.
by MAubrey
May 27th, 2021, 1:52 pm
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: Thesis/Dissetation Topics
Replies: 7
Views: 7735

Thesis/Dissetation Topics

I made a comment about thesis/dissertation topics on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/michaelgaubrey/status/1397674471062913034 And Jonathan Robie asked if I'd be willing to post a list here to B-Greek. I'll probably cross-post it to Koine-Greek.com, too. Much of this assumes a knowledge of linguis...
by MAubrey
May 23rd, 2021, 2:32 pm
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: John 3:13 and perfect typology
Replies: 5
Views: 5358

Re: John 3:13 and perfect typology

Thanks Mike. I shall park it in my “someday I might understand” category for now. Well, I'm not sure I understand it either, so we can both put it in that category for now! :D Porter, arguing against Pierce in BAGL vol 6, using his tenseless view argues the following, but I can’t quite see it In li...
by MAubrey
May 23rd, 2021, 9:10 am
Forum: Greek Language and Linguistics
Topic: John 3:13 and perfect typology
Replies: 5
Views: 5358

Re: John 3:13 and perfect typology

This is *the* hard example for everyone. Two possible readings that I have floating around my head, but haven't done any of the grunt work to evaluate are: A hard subject-state reading something like: "Nobody is an ascender to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.&qu...
by MAubrey
May 22nd, 2021, 6:13 pm
Forum: Koine Greek Texts
Topic: The Weekend Papyrus 5-21-2021
Replies: 5
Views: 5037

Re: The Weekend Papyrus 5-21-2021

Hi Barry, I am having a little trouble with the sense of χρείαν combined with κατέχω later. Am correct in understanding that he is holding Serenos pending payment of a debt ? My initial reading was more about having a need for him, but that does not seem consonant with κατέχω. But perhaps I am miss...
by MAubrey
May 20th, 2021, 3:14 pm
Forum: Koine Greek Texts
Topic: The Weekend Papyrus
Replies: 6
Views: 5743

Re: The Weekend Papyrus

Barry Hofstetter wrote: May 17th, 2021, 11:48 am
MAubrey wrote: May 17th, 2021, 11:27 am That's quite an initial greeting there.

I, Kyrillos, greet you.
And notice the use of the optative χαίροις instead of the more usual χαῖρε.
Yes. Indeed. That's a fun bit. The style of the letter as a whole creates a bit of formal distance between author & recipient.

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