[B-Greek] 1 John 4:2

Yancy W Smith yancywsmith at sbcglobal.net
Fri Mar 5 14:09:01 EST 2010


YWS wrote:
>
>> If there is any semantic distinction between aorist and perfect  
>> here, it would seem to be one of emphatic affirmation.

Elizabeth wrote:
>
> This is the final comment in your paragraph, placed there as a  
> paragraph level focus constituent? You would understand the prefect  
> as  "emphatic affirmation"; are you saying the perfect has a  
> rhetorical function?
>

YWS: Yes, the placement of my statement is of the "red herring" type.  
My assumption is, and it would need to be argued, I know, is that  
almost anything can have a rhetorical function. In linguistic terms  
this is a corollary of how pragmatics "interferes" with grammar/syntax.

Yancy W Smith



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