[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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