[B-Greek] Aktionsart question
Delbert Flora
delbert.flora at hotmail.com
Wed May 16 18:45:41 EDT 2007
I am reading terminology like 'inceptive' or 'iterative' or 'gnomic' as
adjectives placed beside tenses, so that I am now learning of the Inceptive
Imperfect or the Gnomic Aorist or the Gnomic Present.
When I saw Gnomic used with two tenses, I wondered if I had not
misunderstood these descriptions. Are these Aktionsart terms (inceptive,
interative, gnomic, culminative, etc.) descriptions of propositions, tenses,
or some other part of communication? I am wondering if one might refer to a
Gnomic proposition that can be used either in the Aorist or Present tense.
(I've noted that interative also can cut across tense boundaries.)
Kindly,
Delbert Flora
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