Transitivity plays a central role in all voice usage, not only in the contrast between active and middle, but also within the usage of the middle voice itself. Understanding that range is important for discerning the meaning of a given verb in the middle voice when reading the biblical text or other contemporary Koine Greek literature.
Category Archive: Syntax
It’s in desperate need of an update since it’s now five years, but I decided I should just […]
What motivates the ordering. I’m looking into the question right now. Stephanie Bakker’s book on the noun phase deals […]
I uploaded a power point presentation on Greek syntax databases that presented at BibleTech 2010. It’s available for […]
The purpose of this second post (for the first post, see here: Challenges in language analysis: thesis prefatory […]
I know that this volume is not strictly about Greek. Nevertheless, it’s a worthwhile volume to examine. And […]
I have put a lot of thought into how language analysis in Greek is normally done, especially with […]
In catching up on this blog and trying staying afoot with the advancement of Greek language scholarship, I […]
For those who skipped over the nonsensically long post before this one, I successfully defended my thesis on […]
Just to recap on this series, since I’ve been so busy with so many other things and so […]
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