Revisiting aspect and Aktionsart : a corpus approach to Koine Greek event typology / by Francis G. H. Pang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pang, Francis G. H., author.

Series:

Linguistic biblical studies ; Volume 14.

Linguistic Biblical Studies, 1877-7554 ; Volume 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek language, Biblical--Aspect.

Greek language, Biblical.

Greek language, Biblical--Verb.

Greek language, Biblical--Grammar.

Other minds (Theory of knowledge).

Typology (Linguistics)--Religious aspects.

Typology (Linguistics).

Bible. New Testament--Language, style.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brill 2016

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Revisiting Aspect and Aktionsart, Francis G.H. Pang employs a corpus approach to analyze the relationship between Greek aspect and Aktionsart . Recent works have tried to predict the meanings that emerge when a certain set of clausal factors and lexical features combine with one of the grammatical aspects. Most of these works rely heavily on Zeno Vendler's telicity distinction. Based on empirical evidence, Pang argues that telicity and perfectivity are not related in a systematic manner in Koine Greek. As a corollary, Aktionsart should be considered an interpretive category, meaning that its different values emerge, not from the interaction of only one or two linguistic parameters, but from the process of interpreting language in context.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Francis G.H. Pang

Introduction / Francis G.H. Pang

1 Aspect, Aktionsart, and New Testament Greek Studies / Francis G.H. Pang

2 Approaches to Event Typology / Francis G.H. Pang

3 A Corpus Approach to Koine Greek Event Typology / Francis G.H. Pang

4 Telicity and Perfectivity in Koine Greek / Francis G.H. Pang

5 Towards an Interpretive Understanding of Aktionsart / Francis G.H. Pang

Appendix A: Proposed Representative Corpus of Hellenistic Greek / Francis G.H. Pang

Appendix B: Aspect/Mood Distributions and Statistical Analyses / Francis G.H. Pang

Bibliography / Francis G.H. Pang

Ancient Sources Index / Francis G.H. Pang

Biblical Sources Index / Francis G.H. Pang

Modern Author Index / Francis G.H. Pang.

Notes:

"This monograph is a revision of my doctoral dissertation (McMaster Divinity College, May 2014)."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-31088-6

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004310889 DOI