obviative
About 0.01 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A grammatical marker that distinguishes a relatively non-salient referent in a given context from a relatively salient (proximate) one.
- 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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