Word Order...in speaking Communicative Greek 1) I have read, that word order does not matter in Koine Greek. What are your thoughts on that please.
2) Point being...what word order is a American speaker in Communicative Greek to use?
3) Have you noticed a different order coming forth, as speakers around the globe, speak a different native language?
4) If there is a difference, do you think there may become a standard someday?
5) Is there a noticeable difference between Biblical Greek and other Koine literature, concerning word order? I am thinking that one who spends a lot of time in the New Covenant as well as in the LXX, may actually be speaking with a word order proceeding from a Hebraic mindset.
I am also thinking, as similar to #3, how does/did A) Geographic Regions and B) Time, effect Word Order?
Thank you in advance for your attention to my question!
Hi, Harlan. Word order in Koine Greek is a complex subject. It does matter, however! Steven E. Runge introduces some of the factors involved in "Part 3: Information Structuring Devices" of Discourse Grammar of the Greek New Testament: A Practical Introduction for Teaching & Exegesis (2010). https://www.amazon.com/Discourse-Grammar-Greek-New-Testament/dp/1598565834 Although before that, I'd generally recommend Randall Buth's Living Koine Greek series. He and his co-laborers at BLC do a wonderful job helping students internalize and understand information structure and how it interacts with linguistic form (morpho-syntax and discourse structure) and meaning (semantic-pragmatics). The new audio recordings and resources that they're producing for their Live Video Classes are phenomenal in this respect (e.g., "Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling" and "Comprehension Questions"). I understand some of the linguistic nuts and bolts of information structure and word-order, but it really becomes clear the more you internalize it (as implicit, communicative knowledge). https://www.biblicallanguagecenter.com/books-products/koine-greek/ https://www.biblicallanguagecenter.com/live-video/