[B-Greek] Older grammars and categorization of Voices
Vasile STANCU
stancu at mail.dnttm.ro
Fri May 7 03:01:22 EDT 2010
Servus, Daniel. It is very good (and surprising) to get, from overseas, this
greeting which is so common in my country. And, by the way, I live in
Timisoara, which is quite close to Arad.
The name of one older Romanian grammar is:
'Gramatica limbii române', published by 'Editura Academiei Republicii
Socialiste România' in 1966. Verb voices are treated at pages 208 through
215.
The book has not been available in bookstores for long time (except for
second hand resellers, such as this, for instance:
http://www.alegecartea.net/gramatica-limbii-romane-p-54743.html). I am not
sure whether they sell it abroad, so, just in case, please find here
(http://stancu.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/grammar-ro-voices.pdf) a scan
copy of the pages related to verb voices.
By the way, here are some .pdf Romanian textbooks on Ancient Greek:
http://www.orthoblog.ro/media/books/elina/cursu_completu_de_gramatica_ellena
.pdf ('Complete Course on Greek Grammar - Second Part, Syntax', 1870)
http://www.orthoblog.ro/media/books/elina/sintaxa_ellena.pdf ('Greek
Syntax', 1871)
http://www.orthoblog.ro/greaca/2008/06/15/anghel_demetrescu_primele_elemente
_de_gr_1873 ('The First Elements of Greek', 1873)
http://www.orthoblog.ro/media/books/elina/elemente_de_sintaxa_greaca.pdf
('Elements of Greek Syntax', 1901)
http://www.orthoblog.ro/media/books/elina/manual_de_limbi_clasice_anul_iii.p
df ('Classic Languages for Theological Seminaries - 3rd year', 1993)
http://www.orthoblog.ro/media/books/elina/manual_de_limbi_clasice_anul_iv.pd
f ('Classic Languages for Theological Seminaries - 4th year', 1993)
Vasile Stancu
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Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Older grammars and categorization of Voices
While I agree with Carl regarding the helpfulness of Romance categorizing of
verbs as Act, Pass, and Reflexive, in distinction to the English two-form
system, there is also the problem with what is meant by "reflexive". In
English, the --warning, "U" word ahead-- UNGRAMMATICALIZED reflexive
construction doesn't seem to have the range of the Greek Middle voice. I'm
wondering which languages do have a quite similar emphatic range, and which
have only a truly reflexive focus.
I realize that, in one sense, the question is off-list; on the other hand,
comparative grammar is quite useful in the teaching and learning of Greek.
Servus, Vasile! Do you have a name for one of the older (3-category)
Romanian grammars? I have newer ones, but no old ones, and would like to see
the treatment. My wife was unable to bring any of her books when she left
Arad back in 1979.
Daniel
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Daniel L Christiansen
Prof. Greek, Biblical Literature
Multnomah University
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(503) 251-6436
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