[b-hebrew] Emerging consensus (and paedogogy) on "Waw Consecutive" PSS

Donald Vance donaldrvance at mac.com
Tue Aug 17 16:06:36 EDT 2010


To be fair, I don't think I've heard "suffix tense." Rather I have heard suffix conjugation and prefix conjugatio, both of which are neutral as to function. 

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Donald R. Vance
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On Aug 17, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Randall Buth <randallbuth at gmail.com> wrote:

>> So what you are
>> saying in this exchange is that “tense” ≠  “tense” because you want it to
>> mean “form”. In the English language, that’s nonsense.
> 
> Karl, I did not invent the terms, don't want them to do anything,
> and don't like them myself.
> But 'suffix tense' and 'suffixing tense' have been used in the BH
> secondary literature.
> So when talking to the widest spread of people,
> I include such terms.
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