| Revisiting Aspect and Aktionsart: A Corpus Approach to Koine Greek Event Typology XII, 298 Pp. Edition Contributor(s): Pang, Francis G. H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004310878 ISBN-13: 9789004310872 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $153.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics |
| Series: Linguistic Biblical Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (1.05 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
