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Perfective

Passing grammar notes: Aspect and grounding in narrative

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Tense and aspect are central for narrative text. The perfective and imperfective aspect, particularly, are essential for how an author builds a narrative structure and signals to the reader the flow of the story.

Mike Aubrey October 2, 2018 Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Greek, Language, Linguistics, Semantics, Syntax

Aspectual tid-bits: οἰκοδομοῦντι & οἰκοδομήσαντι

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There’s a shift in aspect from imperfective to perfective as Jesus describing his two house builders in Luke […]

Mike Aubrey May 24, 2017 Grammar, Greek, Language, Linguistics, Semantics

Iterative usage of aspect in the imperative mood

When we look at aspectual choice in the indicative mood, we find that there are a number of […]

Mike Aubrey April 22, 2016 Grammar, Greek, Historical Linguistics, Language, Linguistics, Semantics

Aspect, imperatives, and event conceptualization

(Note: if you have the font SBL Greek installed, the Greek will look great. Otherwise…I don’t know.) A […]

Mike Aubrey April 14, 2016 Grammar, Greek, Historical Linguistics, Language, Linguistics, Semantics, Syntax
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