There is effectively no debate about the definition of aspect in Greek. There is also effectively no debate about the definitions of the imperfective and perfective aspects, two categories we discussed in Part I. This is true whether you’re reading Fanning (1990), Decker (2007), Campbell (2007), any of the contributors to Runge & Fresch (2016), or anyone else.
Author: Mike Aubrey
I want to attempt hosting/leading a grammatical analysis reading group using Emma Pavey’s book, The structure of language: An introduction to grammatical analysis.
Is this the best blog post for introducing people to aspect?
I’m not sure, but I hope that it will be helpful, nonetheless.
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We try to stay on top of recent publications in Ancient Greek linguistics and share them with our readers on a semi-regular basis. The books below represent some that stood out to us. If there are others from late 2020 and early 2021 that we’ve missed, drop a note in the comments.
Koine-Greek 