Support-Verb Constructions in the Gospels: Greek and Latin Vulgate Comparison

Statistical data on the frequency of support-verb constructions in the Gospels, comparing the original Greek text with the Latin Vulgate translation. The dataset includes tables and figures analyzing the most frequent support verbs and differences between evangelists, compiled by M. Dolores Jiménez López and last updated in May 2024. The analysis reveals translation criteria and linguistic interference patterns between the source and target languages.

Use Cases

• Comparative linguistic analysis based on the frequency of support-verb constructions between Greek and Latin.
• Stylometric analysis of evangelist authorship based on quantitative and qualitative differences in verb usage.
• Study of translation methodology based on the criteria used in the Vulgate revision for each Gospel.

Strengths

• Provides a parallel analysis of the same text in two ancient languages, Greek and Latin.
• Includes statistical data presented in tables and figures.
• Analyzes differences between individual authors (evangelists) within the corpus.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse, author M. Dolores Jiménez López.

Collection Method

Likely contains manually or computationally extracted linguistic examples from the Greek New Testament and Latin Vulgate.

Time Range

Textual content from the Gospels (1st century CE) and the Vulgate translation (late 4th century CE).

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 05:05:51; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ancient Mediterranean region, associated with the texts' origins and translation context.