If you're going to be at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) in Washington DC from Nov. 15-17, 2006, please do consider coming to the session in which I'll be presenting. The paper is largely "in the can", I've got my presentation together, and even have the handout ready.

Date: Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006
Time: 11:00-11:40 AM
Location: State (wherever that is ... )

Paper Title: Subjects and Predicates and Complements, Oh My! Searching the New Testament with Sensitivity to Syntax

Abstract:

Logos Bible Software have implemented an edition of the OpenText.org Syntactically Annotated Greek New Testament. One facet of OpenText.org's work isolates clause boundaries. Within each clause, subjects, predicators, complements and adjuncts are identified. This enables searching of the Greek New Testament with sensitivity to clause-level criteria. This advance raises certain questions: How should syntactic annotation be used? What sorts of things can be searched for?

This paper examines different sorts of searches that can be pursued from the starting point of a word. Questions like "When is [word] used as a subject?" or "What verbs are used when [word] is a subject?" will be examined and discussed.

Update (2006-11-08): Cliff asks if I'll make the paper available. Yes, the paper will be available, either here or on the Logos Bible Software Blog.