EGAVE

obviative

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A grammatical marker that distinguishes a relatively non-salient referent in a given context from a relatively salient (proximate) one.
  2. adjective Relating to such a referent or grammatical marker.

Similar words

proximate intensive pronoun relativizer coreference anaphora referential opacity superordinate nominative absolute submodality plural

Often followed by

suffix marking and third forms in form

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