Karl,You wrote:Jerry:…Sorry, but I don’t understand your objection. Is it perhaps that formal linguistics uses these terms in idiosyncratic manners that are not obvious to those who merely work with language?We should define these terms clearly at this point.
It is difficult to follow the discussion sometimes because of lack of clarity. For my part, I know that in BH we look at the form, then at its function. So we often come across a Perfect (form) and find that its function is past perfect, or instantaneous present, etc.... Or an imperfect form that functions as a jussive. In these cases discourse grammar has more to do with the meaning of the lexeme than does its form. At this level this use of the terms form and function is in line with linguistics.
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