[B-Greek] Reading the GNT without a lexicon
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Fri Mar 12 09:42:19 EST 2004
In a message dated 3/12/2004 7:53:45 AM Eastern Standard Time,
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu writes:
Unfamiliar vocabulary is an obstacle, to be sure, but it is one that can be
overcome by a regimen: one could start memorizing the word-lists that group
GNT words in terms of frequency of appearance,
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I;ve found that it's not the less used words which I look up but the most
used. Sometimes there are nuances which need to be sorted out, and the lexicon
is helpful in the process. In a particular context what does EK connote? That
is the problem. Yes, you can gain the facility to read through the GNT
without use of a lexicon, but do you simply want to read through it or do you want
to really understand the implications?
gfsomsel
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