From: nmartola@aqiba.abo.fi
Date: Thu Feb 01 1996 - 14:02:04 EST
I am new to this list, so I don't know to which extent you have discussed
Øthis question before. But since the following book hasn't been mentioned I
Øthought it would be worthwhile to remind of it. It's a very stimulating
Øbook, and deals also with Greek:
Harald Weinrich, Tempus : besprochene und erzŠhlte Welt. 4. Aufl. Stuttgart
Ø: Kohlhammer, 1985
//Nils Martola
//Abo Akademi University
//--- forwarded letter
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> > Would anyone care to answer a basic question: why do verb tenses change
Øso
> > easily in a narrative? For example (among many) in the parable of Matt
> > 13:24-30, the servants and the master have a conversation which is
> > introduced by verbs in the aorist (eipon and ephe, vv27-28) but then the
> > conversation continues introduced by verbns of speaking in the present
> > tense (legousin and phesi), Is the present tense here meant to imply an
> > on-going or repeated conversation,a stance being taken?
>
> We've had this question before (I know, because I have asked a similar
> question), and the basic answer seems to be that shifting to the present
> tense for verbs of speaking serves to highlight what is being said. In
> other words, it is used to emphasize or focus the attention on a
Øparticular
> statement. There are those on this list who know the topic better than I,
> so I may missing some important nuances.
>
> Stephen Carlson
> --
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