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The Analysis of ParticlesAn Overview of Particles and Contrasting Definitions 11.1 11.1 An Overview of Particles and Contrasting Definitions Particles may be considered a cover term for words that in other systems of analysis might be described as adverbs, interjections, interrogative particles, and verbal particles. Whereas the three-way division of conjunctions is meant to be exhaustive, that of particles is not. In fact qs and qv may overlap. At least no word has both tags. We consider ú to be a particle (qs), not a vocative article.List 5 enables the reader to see at a glance which words we consider particles, and it shows what nonparticle analyses these same words may have. List 6 gives definitions for those Greek words that have a minimum of two different tags, at least one of which is a particle. The particles occur in alphabetical order, as do the analysis tags for each word. Following the definitions of some words is a note containing additional comments. Rhetorical questions are well known, though perhaps less well understood. The major point we wish to make is that a rhetorical question is signified by the tag qt. A real, nonrhetorical question can be asked with a negative particle. The difference is clear. A real question: "Have you never read that…?" A rhetorical question: "You have read, haven’t you, that…?" A negative marked qn may be part of a question. |