The simplest way to define verbal aspect is viewpoint. An author views an action, event, or state from the outside of an action, event, or state is called perfective aspect. The helicopter view of beginning and end of the parade. Inside of an action, event, or state is called imperfective aspect. The street or inside view of the parade. Verbal aspect in Greek is called a synthetic semantic category because aspect is realized in the morphological forms of verbs. Verbal aspect represents a subjective choice (20).
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“Insofar as we love the gospel, to that same extent, let us study the ancient tongues”----Martin Luther
Constantine Campbell answers questions about his book.
1. What is this book about? “The issues of contention, development, and even revolution are the focus here” (21). The topic concerns Koine Greek and not ancient.
2. How is this book unique? Over the past thirty there has been a paradigm shift and Campbell discusses these shifts such as the rise of discourse analysis and verbal aspect.
3. Why is this book needed? Advances in Greek linguistics can lead to insights into text and correct long term errors (23).
4. Why include these topics? Campbell answers this question by giving a preview of his coming chapters.
5. How should this book be used? It should be used for both personal study and classroom work because these are his classroom notes converted into a book (26).
6. What is the intended outcome of this book? Campbell gives eight outcomes he desires to result from the reading of his book.
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