Fr. t.t. in gram.: thmes?

Rod Decker (rdecker@bbc.edu)
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 11:44:15 -0400

Can anyone tell me what the technical, grammatical term "thmes" means in
French? I've guessed that it refers to the [verb] stem?

For some context:

Ruijgh rejects not only aspect ("nous prfrons limiter l'emploi du terme
d'aspect la description du verbe slave" [we prefer to limit the use of
the term of aspect to the description of the Slavic verb]) but also a
timeless view of the verb ("Nous ne sommes pas d'accord avec ceux qui
prtendent que les >>>thmes<<< en question n'expriment pas le temps mais
l'aspect, la vision subjective du locuteur" [We are not in agreement with
those who pretend that the (Greek verb) >>>stems<<< in question do not
express time but aspect, the subjective view of the speaker]). ("Les
Valeurs Temporelles des Formes Verbales en Grec Ancien," TFT, 205)

Thanks,

Rod

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