Dear Alviero,
This means that
one should be able to demonstrate *morphologically* that WAYYIQTOL is more
than YIQTOL + WAW. So far nobody has managed to do that. To try to
demonstrate that WAYYIQTOL is a form different from YIQTOL by the *use* of
the forms is simething completely different and is of course substantially
less reliable. As a minimum requirement in such a case *all* the
WAYYIQTOLs/YIQTOLs of the Bible should be considered, and it should be
shown that they (save a reasonable number of exceptions) have a uniform use.
There is no indication
anywhere that the YIQTOL YR$ has a conative force. To the contrary, in 2:22
the order of the verbs is reversed, with $MD (QATAL) coming first and YR$
(WAYYIQTOL) coming after, both indicating extermination not just an attempt
to exterminate the Horites. There are no accents in 2:12 signaling a break
after YR$ as you presume < ... >
I agree that the time of writing in principle is irrelevant, what
counts is the deictic point, which may or may not be the time of writing.
However, the time of writing must be taken into account to find the deictic
point, and therefore it is worth mentioning.
This is very interesting. Could you give me just one example of a verb with
durative or dynamic or telic Aktionsart where this property is canceled in
a particular context? I would view this as quite revolutionary!
If you have a
good definition of a clear and an obscure text, I will of course retract my
suspiction of circularity
To find the pattern of what you call first-place-verb sentences and
second-place-verb sentences would be a very fine task, and you have already
described such a pattern in a fine way in narratives. However, such a
pattern can teach us verbal *function*, but it can never teach us verbal
*meaning*. What I believe is the main issue of the BH verbal system, is the
question about which parts of the system are semantic (uncancelable) and
which are pragmatic (cancelable). But an understanding of this this can
never be achieved by discourse analysis.
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