Application of aspect to New Testament Greek

Christian Alexander

How can I find out who were the first to apply aspect to New Testament Greek, using Logos software? 

MJ. Smith

How can I find out who were the first to apply aspect to New Testament Greek, using Logos software? 

Christian, no matter how much one adds "using Logos software" to a linguistics question, Logos is not a linguistics tool. You need to start using Google and academic.edu to research these questions.

To the best of my knowledge, the aspect of verbs was first studied circa 7th-5th century BCE by Sanskrit grammarians. In the West, linguistics was very slow to develop. It was circa late 19th century that aspect was first studied in the West when Slavic language scholars like Polish linguist Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, who introduced the term "Aktionsart" (yes, I had to look him up). In the 20th century, aspect became a broadly accepted concept in the West, applied to all languages. Looking it up Zeno Vendler, Bernard Comrie, and Stephen Levinsohn as the scholars referenced but I  don't recall any of those names. Stanley Porter and Bernard Comrie appear to the first major names on aspect in Greek verbs judging from bibliographies. But the Bard, ChatGPT, and Google, you should be able to find this information nearly as easy as I ... although you probably wouldn't know to start with the Sanskrit grammarians.

To get the basics so that you know or can find basic linguistic information for yourself see: Prelims Reading List | Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics (ox.ac.uk) and FHS Reading List | Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics (ox.ac.uk)