Brill's Etymological Dictionary of Greek by Robert Beekes has been sitting quietly on prepublication page at Logos.com for about two and a half years now. It languished for some time, particularly because it was priced, as all Brill books are, exorbitantly high. That seems to have changed recently. It's now on pre-order for $104. rather... Continue Reading →
The Divergent Senses of λύω
What to do when a word seems to mean completely different things?
Forthcoming: The Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek
The Cambridge Grammar of Classical Greek Publisher's description: "This is the first full-scale reference grammar of Classical Greek in English in a century. The first work of its kind to reflect significant advances in linguistics made in recent decades, it provides students, teachers and academics with a comprehensive yet user-friendly treatment. The chapters on phonology... Continue Reading →
Comparing Usage: δύναμαι vs. ἰσχύω
Languages often have multiple means of communicating the same thing. Lexical inventories overlap; grammatical forms might share related functions.
SBL Proposal Accepted: The case of water-drinking
Compounding and Cogntive Processes in Word Formation with ὑδροποτέω and its relatives: Discussions of lexical semantics often make assumptions about how meaning works: that the meaning of a word is compositional, the sum-total of its parts. Sometimes this assumption is intentional (structuralist semantics). Other times, it is merely a result of a folk understanding of... Continue Reading →
Bryn Mawr Classical Review: Brill’s Greek-English Lexicon
Panagiotis Filos has written a review of The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek that was published a couple weeks ago. It's worth taking the time to read. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.03.46 (Review of the Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek) Filos is far more positive about the lexicon than John Lee was. But given that Lee... Continue Reading →
Active+Reflexive vs. Middle Voice: What’s the Difference?
What reasons are there for a Greek speaker to use a reflexive pronoun with a verb rather than the middle voice?
RBL Review of Porter (2015)
Last year I reviewed Porter's collection of essays: Linguistic Analysis of the Greek New Testament: Studies in Tools, Methods, and Practice (Amazon). SBL's Review of Biblical Literature has now also published a review of Porter's book by Héctor Martín. The author finds the book helpful and concludes: "Porter’s work is extremely useful from the point... Continue Reading →
Happy Septuagint Day, Here’s Some Data!
I recently ran a syntax query for places where conjunctions begin the apodosis of a conditional construction. For LXX Day, here's the Deutero-canon data from that search. There are a couple false hits, but it's interesting data nonetheless. CSGLXX-DA The New Revised Standard Version Wisd of Sol 13:9 εἰ γὰρ τοσοῦτον ἴσχυσαν εἰδέναι ἵνα δύνωνται... Continue Reading →
