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diff --git a/benton-handout.tex b/benton-handout.tex index 2d83d4a..75151ad 100644 --- a/benton-handout.tex +++ b/benton-handout.tex @@ -357,7 +357,26 @@ These verbs have usually one argument, and thus passivization is difficult, since it usually reduces the number of arguments. Nevertheless, Niphael and Hitpael forms are not uncommon for these verbs. - In these cases, an implicit Agent appears, in others, situation aspect is transformed. + In these cases, an implicit Agent appears, in others, situation aspect is transformed\pagenr{303}. + \parnote{% + Examples of situation aspect distinction: + Ex.~34:2,5: \emph{stand} and \emph{going to stand}; + Gn.~8:12 \emph{wait until a moment} and Ps.~37:7 \emph{the activity of waiting}.} + + \parnote{% + The verb \emph{go, walk} appears almost exclusively in the Hitpael when passive. + It is then a \emph{wandering around}\pagenr{313}. + \idea{does this have to do with the nomadic origins of the Hebrew people?} + This supports the situation aspectual distinction, + since walking cannot really be conceived statively. + \emph{Flee}, however, appears mostly in the Niphal, hence it focuses on the resulting state\pagenr{314}. + } + + Niphal yiqtol forms (e.g. Qoh.~7:26) present a problem: + how to combine the resultative and imperfective aspect\pagenr{318}? + The yiqtol expresses an iterative sense, here: + this is a general rule that applies to every individual. + Every individual ends in the same state, hence the Niphal. } \end{document} |