Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

Randall:

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 9:58 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.
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> 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.
>

So why not take the lead and use terminology yourself that is correct and
doesn’t confuse? Terms like ”suffix morph” or “suffixing morph”, “infix
morph” and so forth?

Thanks for mentioning that you didn’t invent nor even like the terms, that
clarifies matters.

In philosophy I’ve had to deal with the same problem, historical terminology
that is incorrect, but tradition carries it on. In those cases, where I use
such incorrect terminology, I make it clear that the terminology is
incorrect, why it is incorrect, that I don’t like it, and what would
probably be more accurate terminology. That usually prevents
misunderstandings.

Karl W. Randolph.

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