Proleptic Accusatives in Indirect Questions

Edward Hobbs EHOBBS at WELLESLEY.EDU
Wed Mar 3 13:52:13 EST 1999



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In Gerry Wakker's Conditions and Conditionals, 380-381 she makes the following
statement: "Indirect questions often involve a proleptic accusative stating
the theme upon which the subordinate clause bears or the Topic about which the
subordinate clause predicates something." What does she mean by "proleptic
accusative." She gives the following example TOUTON OISQ' EI ZWN KUREI (As for
him, do you know whether he is alive? S. Ph. 444) where TOUTON is the
proleptic accusative. In Mark 15:44 there are two indirect questions: HO DE
PILATOS EQAUMASEN EI HDH TEQNHKEN KAI PROSKALESAMENOS TON KENTURIWNA
EPHRWTHSEN AUTON EI PALAI APEQANEN. But I do not see anything which could be
considered a proleptic accusative. Could someone clarify this matter.  

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