English

Noun

obviative ‎(plural obviatives)

1. (linguistics) A grammatical marker in the Algonquian (and some other) languages for a third person other than the principal

   Obviate (abbreviated obv) third person is a grammatical person marking that distinguishes a non-salient (obviative) third person referent from a more salient (proximate) third person referent in a given discourse context. The obviative is sometimes referred to as the "fourth person".^[1]

Adjective

obviative ‎(not comparable)

1. Describing such a marker

See also

• proximate

References

1. ↑ “Obviative”, in (Please provide the title of the work) (HTML, in English), Wikipedia, 2014-06-10, archived from the original on 2014-06-10, retrieved 2014-10-20