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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

obviate

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Source Word

obviate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɒb.viˌeɪt/

not-comparable

(linguistics) Synonym of obviative

Japanese Meaning

言語学において「obviative」は、同一文中で複数の第三者が存在する場合に、主要（proximate）でない対象、すなわち二次的あるいは焦点外の第三者を区別するための形態的・文法的な指標を意味します。

What is this buttons?

The field linguist described the lesser-known pronoun as obviate to mark it as non-topical in discourse.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

フィールド言語学者は、そのあまり知られていない代名詞をオブビアティブとして記述し、談話において非主題であることを示した。

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(linguistics) Synonym of obviative

Colville has a rich deictic system with forms which distinguish, for example, between source and location, with each possibility characterized as proximate and obviate as well (Mattina, 1973).

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