Anthony DeKorte
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 Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject: errors or omissons in the text intro and chapter one |
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I was reviewing the introduction and lesson one of Prof. Schwandt's text and found what I think to be a few errors. Page iv, Hellenistic Greek is not listed in the margin. I believe it would be in the prior to 200 bc category, but I am not sure. Page vi, second line from bottom 'additional' -- should read 'addition'. Page ix, bottom line 'I sure' should read 'I am sure', fourth line up, 'some many' -- one or the other word should be deleted; six lines further up 'loose' should read 'lose'; four lines further up 'releasing' should read 'realizing'.
Page 21, section 1.5 Vowel Combinations. The text says 'six vowel combinations' and 'three that use iota' The table below that shows seven total and four using iota. Is the discrepancy a mistake or are you not counting one of the iota combinations for some reason? In 1.6(d) Iota subscripts, the combination ai is among those listed as one where the iota is not pronounced. Does this mean that ai is not a true vowel combination? If so, why does ai sound like /short e/ instead of /short a/ like a regular alpha sound.
Lastly, if that is all the vowel combinations, do all other adjoining vowels constitute two separate sounds, so that a word such as kupie (sir) would be a three syllable word?
Thanks for your help.
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Klaas
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Joined: 06 Dec 2008
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Location: The Netherlands
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| Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:46 am Post subject: Re: errors or omissons in the text intro and chapter one |
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Χαῖρε, ὦ Ἀντώνιε,
| Anthony DeKorte wrote: | | Page 21, section 1.5 Vowel Combinations. The text says 'six vowel combinations' and 'three that use iota' The table below that shows seven total and four using iota. Is the discrepancy a mistake or are you not counting one of the iota combinations for some reason? In 1.6(d) Iota subscripts, the combination ai is among those listed as one where the iota is not pronounced. |
I have to admit I haven’t got the text, but let me try to answer from acquired knowledge.
Only two combined vowels of which the latter is either a iota (subscriptum/adscriptum) or an u-psilón are considered to be diphthongs and were originally pronounced as such [in classical times].
So we have (with iota):
- αι, ει, οι, ᾳ, ῃ, ῳ & υι [7]
And (with u-psilón):
- αυ, ευ, ου, ηυ, (ωυ: only Ionic) [4(5)]
| Anthony DeKorte wrote: | | Does this mean that ai is not a true vowel combination? If so, why does ai sound like /short e/ instead of /short a/ like a regular alpha sound. |
Those combined with iota (either sub- or adscriptum) became pronounced as single vowels. In diphthongs with a iota subscriptum (indicating that the first vowel is originally long) this iota subscriptum was levelled out in time. Consequently these diphthongs became pronounced as long vowels [α,η,ω].
In the others (with iota adscriptum) the combinations became monophthongs, because the iota had an effect similar to the German Umlaut [a>ä, u>ü, o>ö]: αι>ε, ει>ι, οι>υ, υι>υ/ι?
| Anthony DeKorte wrote: | | Lastly, if that is all the vowel combinations, do all other adjoining vowels constitute two separate sounds, so that a word such as κύριε (sir) would be a three syllable word? |
Exactly: if the iota or u-psilón isn’t the second element in a combination, it’s a vowel on its own resulting in a syllable of its own – the breathings/spiritus/pneumata need to be placed accordingly!
κύ-ρι-ε, κυ-ρί-ους, κύ-ρι-οι,ὑ-ά-κιν-θος, υἱ-ός, ἰ-ά-σο-μαι, ἰ-ῶ [=ἰ-ά+ου], ἴ-α-σαι.
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